Bonemaro's '73 Ghia

[Bonemaro]

[Ol'fogasaurus]

Never seen skirts on a Ghia before.

[Marc]

Sorta looks like a pregnant early Honda Insight. J.C. Whitney used to sell skirts for Beetles, these may have come from them as well.

[Bonemaro]

Knowing granddad, these are from JCW. He was their greatest customer, I think.

[Bonemaro]

I think I like it better without the rear fender skirts.



I also saw another of my grandfather's VWs.

[Ol'fogasaurus]

Was he a Shrinner (SP)? This is (probably) a Maxi Taxi, a very common body style for parades that they use(d); there is another body similar to it but it is usually referred to as a Lincoln (Continental or something like that) but the grill was different. There was a very nice example of one of them for sale around here lately. It should have a glass top for it. There was another one similar to it called a Sand Taxi which I had a chance to buy one when I was buying my first buggy but it had the passenger's side fender broken off and the broken off part was not with it so I passed on it.

http://s23.photobucket.com/user/dunebug ... y.jpg.html

[Bonemaro]

Day 2:

I was just told by my better 2/3 and CFO that we weren't wasting money "getting the Ghia running for now" and I needed to start stripping it down for the full show restoration.

I replied, "yes ma'am."

[Bonemaro]

Was he a Shrinner (SP)?

I don't think he was. He just really loved VWs.

[Bonemaro]

I got into the engine a little last night and it appears sometime between the time this picture was taken and now, the coil and any surrounding hardware has been swiped, What the deuce man!

[Bonemaro]

First things first... I have to free up that rear wheel. My first "fix" also required me to buy a new tool, now the largest socket I own. The disc brake conversion will be nice.

[Steve Arndt]

Wait till you get a bus. Then you will own a 46mm socket and a bigger air compressor

[Bonemaro]

46? Hoy!

[Steve Arndt]

Crank up the air pressure on your compressor if you can. 100 PSI helps to bust those big nuts loose. Be careful. They are tighter than a bulls ass in fly season.

[Ol'fogasaurus]

I use a torque dude or what ever their name is. 30# of pressure to get 270# of torque (9:1). Can't help you with the bigger stuff other than get something larger than 1/2" drive!

http://www.mooreparts.com/store/search.asp

[mountainkowboy]

I use the BFH tool...........the 36mm hammer plate!