a face that only a mother could love....

even this might be one of the ugliest "pretty car"

it could be better, so i ordered some panels from 

www.karmannghia.de to get the face look decent.

The guys at texas modified the front ...well ...badly.

now it really needs the help of the "plastic surgery".

i don't know, should i just give up or go with the flow?

it is ...a beauty indeed. :-) but i love "layout" :-)

 you got to have faith? don't know anymore... ;-)

some parts still needed, especially the nose panel.

what did i do today?

well there was a great progress with this blue ghia, 

mostly with the wiring and electrics,i got help from T. Parjanen, 

it was a great day, sun was shining and the cottage looked beautiful, 

have to go more often, to work this car and just to enjoy the spring weather. 

lots of things to do, but we are getting there, i believe. ;-)

 

Ghia updAtes...

Perfect day to cut gaskets to the superflows, and to make so progress to the ghias, the plenums are back in the turbo ghias enginebay, and the gaskets and the silicone hoses are installed with the clamps, looks good and feels better, 

Second thing is to put the turbo header back together, and put the oil line also to the turbo. 

I charged the battery to the baby blue "smurfette" and had to drive it in the gravel-roads for a while, it was fun, but noticed that now the shifter needs adjuStment, and tyre presUre is a bit low, and one rear chock absorber needs attention. 

If i only had working lights, and blinkers, and maybe charging system i would be happy... But i need help from someone for that...but what can i say? Old volkswagens never dies... Even they can look a bit like that

For a while i've been thinking to put weber 48 idf's with manifolds to that black ghia, because it would be a fast solution to get back to the roads, but wheres the fun part in that? I' ll get another combo for those carbs, and for these 40 drla's i have an 1915cc engle 110 combo for a regular driving engine. 

Maybe that can be done in 2015 who knows?

Its alive!!!! The topless smurf.

Ok, next thing will be rpairing the clutch release system, with a new spring, and some other stuff as well, the weather is bad to the outside of the garage repairs, but i hope that ithe rain stops for a moment... 

Check out the proof http://youtu.be/Fh2ot8XriQQ

New heart to the ghia, comes ...

...from the red bug, ... And the reason is that theres a need for a bug without an engine. It goes to seinäjoki region... So i will put it in the ghia tomorrow, and hopefully, it takes the ghia closer to the "running mode"... :-) this city needs a patina vert ghia to the streets... 

El cheapo ghia

Last time at the cottage, i wanted to stuff the engine to the ghia, its a "trash bin 12-hundred" so not much of expectations here, but im just doing these things to amuse myself... I dont know anything of this engine, but it turns, so thats something atleast. I had a new pressure bearing so i sacrifised that to this project, and it was a good decision, the used one was toasted. What i have to do also is to raise the rear because the rear suspension is useless, too low to drive, and it will stuck in places... I would like to put winter tyres and try this sled in the icy roads.... But anyways its fun to do things. To be continued...

Baby blue Ghia update

Picked up the blue cab from wagenhaus, (it was a good visit) and took the vert ...fast to the cottage, BUT... To work alone, with a pretty steep runway, the "just drop the car from trailer" didnt go as planned... I ended to smack my panelvan with the trailer... The ghia got stuck in the trailer, well etc... The ghia is at least at the cottage, i have a smashed door in the van, and i got only half of the things done... I should get the van to the kangasniemi motor zentrum, and hopefully the rsr clone too, have to talk about this with the motorsport wizard-pekka... 

new floors are always a good thing!