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update on `71 ghia restoration - pics
Hi,
So, I got the car up on homemade blocks and have the engine about 80% ready to be pulled. After getting a look under the car, I'm surprised to find the pans in MUCH worse condition than I previously assumed. I'm thinking of dropping the engine to work on myself and giving the body to a shop to work over because it's a tad too much for a newcomer like me. Anyway, I have four pics...would have had more but the batteries were dead when I took the camera over. Just for ****s and giggles, I drove my truck over behind the Ghia and hooked up jumper cables to see if the starter would still click over (no one has tried since 1989). Sure enough, that starter clicked over. I only gave it juice for a split second because I have no idea of the conditions inside the engine...But it was nice to see I hadn't blown a fuse or anything else had rotted away. What also gave me a chuckle was how it took a whole day to drain all the oil, not that it surprised me. -Alex http://www.alexander-david.com/71ghia/rear1.JPG http://www.alexander-david.com/71ghia/rearright.JPG http://www.alexander-david.com/71ghia/right1.JPG http://www.alexander-david.com/71ghia/topright.JPG --- 1971 Convertible Ghia 1969 Sunroof Beetle --- ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Cool car!
I dropped the engine out of my type 1 last week -- it was my first time. I think pictures are our friends when it is ready to be put back in. The body doesn't look in terrible shape. Any rot elsewhere other than the pans? Is a body off on a Ghia much worse than a bug? |
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There's a bit in the engine comparment, battery area and such. I dunno about
taking the body off, it's beyond me... -Alex "Remco" > wrote in message oups.com... > Cool car! > I dropped the engine out of my type 1 last week -- it was my first > time. I think pictures are our friends when it is ready to be put back > in. > > The body doesn't look in terrible shape. Any rot elsewhere other than > the pans? Is a body off on a Ghia much worse than a bug? > ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Pulling the body on a Ghia & pretty much the same as a bug. It's a little
different shape, but mounts in the same way. ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver" Giggle Cream - it makes dessert *funny*! |
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