my ghia

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blueghiaman
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my ghia

Post by blueghiaman »

This is my 71 karmann ghia (link at bottom), it was an overheating oil dripping 3 colored ghia with a shredded interior and terrible rubber when I bought it 5 years ago for $800. Ive put about 6-7 thousand into since then.

The engine is currently being rebuilt because I was running dual rev springs with a vz-25 cam and it beat the lifters into the case and turned the lifter bores into ovals after only 10,000 miles. Rebuilt motor is going to include scat lifters with SLR surfacing and a few more parts from aircooled.net, case is having the lifter bores sleeved at Rimcovw.com (a very good place for machine work) new webcam 163, single rev springs for the heads, and a rebuilt set of 45mm dellortos, along with new stock cooling tins and an alternator.

Car needs new suspension along with some new rims and tires. I would like to install new rotors up front and change the rear brakes to disc. Eventually in the future I want to tear the car back down to a shell, remove the body from the pan, and have the body work done professionaly with some new rubber and trim, cut the front end off and put a tilt fiberglass front end on (cause of the underlying body damage) with a spun gas tank up front instead of the stock one, and then get some steel fender flares for the back fenders so I can fit wider tires.Interior needs a new dash and some new carpet peices. And once and for all I am going to rewire the car and do it RIGHT this time. And if I ever win the lottery I would like a 5 speed berg transmission and possibly turbocharge the motor. No stinkin car that has a spoiler on the trunk of a front wheel drive car is gonna rev at me and get away with it. :-)
I love this car and its very fun to own, work on, and above all its fun as hell to drive. Enjoy the pics, they may take awhile to load, and feel free to email me.


http://kghia71.8k.com
libila
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Post by libila »

That's a sweet little ride you have there.
blueghiaman
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Post by blueghiaman »

just wait till I'm finished with her...
Stupid money, no matter how hard I work, i never have enough!!! :roll:
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