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Mikey May 14th 2007 22:26

Dave, I remember you. Stop by sometime, but make plans on the weekend. We're busy these days.

Yeti. :laugh: You're funny.

Lets see an update on that car. :cool:

yellow73 May 14th 2007 23:36

MIkey,
Your car looks great, you have been busy, great job!!!!

Mikey June 4th 2007 22:47

My brakes are here from Lanner. I've just been too busy to post the pics.

I'm not finished but here are some pictures of "The Man"s handy work.

Spindle and bracket
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1.jpg~original
All on the car
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...4.jpg~original

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...5.jpg~original
Note my "Turbo" center caps. I also have a "Turbo" embelem for the rear deck lid.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...7.jpg~original

Lanner's quality is great as always. I went together Perfect. I just can't find my dust cap for the passenger side, but that's my fault. It appears that with a little work, the brakes can mount on stock spindles. I havn't asked Lanner yet, but they might need to go on standard spindles to get the right height, the fenders are widened, but I like the height right now. When I add weight the car will lower more. I have to keep my water lines in mind along with my fenders. Although, I can turn from lock to lock with out hitting the inner fender on either side. That was my goal. To keep a stock beam and be able to pull into a parking spot with out a lot of trouble.

davetaylor June 5th 2007 00:14

those brakes are sweet! you think it'll be ready for next year's funfest?

oasis June 5th 2007 13:03

Very, very nice. :agree: :agree:

Mikey June 9th 2007 23:31

I told Davetaylor I'd post some pictures of the fenders, before and after. I've been really busy so I havn't had much time. Yeah, it will be ready for funfest next year. I didn't think to take much before pictures. I just kinda jumped right into it. I was more worried about messing the fenders all up with my amature metal working skills.

Here are the pictures.
The first picture.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...e.jpg~original
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1.jpg~original
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...2.jpg~original
This is about the only profile shot of before.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1.jpg~original

and now the most recent pictures...

Mikey June 10th 2007 00:01

Here are the after shots, while not completely finished, these are further along than the before and a lot closer than the first few pictures.

Similar to the first picture. The angle is differant though.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...7.jpg~original
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...0.jpg~original
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...2.jpg~original
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...9.jpg~original

Are those the pictures you had in mind dave? If the before shots are not clear enough to show the profile changes you might have to find some on thesamba or some place of stock Ghia fenders. I wish I would have taken more of the before, but I was more worried about the fenders than pictures. I think if I remember correctly, the fronts are widened about an inch to an inch and a quarter. The rears are about 2 inches wider I believe. I cut the bottom of the rear and pulled it out as far as I could then welded it back to gain more cover on the rear of the rear tires. I hope that makes sence.

I worked a some thursday night, friday night, and today. I'm planing on working some more tomarrow. I'll take some more pictures and post them when I get the time.

davetaylor June 11th 2007 18:09

man, it looked pretty sweet in the before pictures, hehe. you don't like the "fresh from the bottom of the river" style? :laugh:

those fenders are a lot different than stockers. being pretty ghia ignorant i didn't notice, which is probably good, because if it's too obvious then maybe they look weird.

i can't wait to see that sucker on the road!

Mikey June 11th 2007 23:02

That is a good point, if they were too crazy, they wouldn't appear stock. I also can't wait to see it on the road.

I'm in love with this Ghia. I just need to find the pefect color. :cool:

davetaylor June 13th 2007 00:18

i had my last bug painted black and if i had the dough i'd have my current project done black too. it's a pain in the butt but it sure looks good when it's clean, all fifteen minutes of it!

i used to have paint books lying around somewhere, but who knows where those are now. just remember that if it's something too trendy it'll look dated once that's fallen out of vogue, so i'd vote for no color-changers.

with that engine no one's going to notice the color anyway!

Mikey June 17th 2007 18:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by davetaylor (Post 59639)
i had my last bug painted black and if i had the dough i'd have my current project done black too. it's a pain in the butt but it sure looks good when it's clean, all fifteen minutes of it!

i used to have paint books lying around somewhere, but who knows where those are now. just remember that if it's something too trendy it'll look dated once that's fallen out of vogue, so i'd vote for no color-changers.

with that engine no one's going to notice the color anyway!

Good point, I'm trying to make a sleeper of sorts. So the people will walk up to it first because of the big wheels and bright paint, and not turn to walk away until they see the radiator. :laugh:

I worked on it a little yesterday. I just have to work some more on the driver's side quarter where the door meets it. Then it's just going back over everything with a fine tooth comb sorta speak.

I would be working on it today and night, except I'm going to a Tool concert. I know, I'm cool. :cool:

yetibone June 17th 2007 19:01

You ba$+@rd! :laugh: Seriously though, enjoy that show.

I got two tickets to see a show this week myself. Rush is playing in Raleigh on Wednsday. :cool:

johnnyvee June 17th 2007 21:38

Rush was playin here in tampa,Florida and I missed it. I'm just supper pissed:bawling: :bawling:

Mikey June 18th 2007 17:06

It was AMAZING! :cool: My first time seeing Tool, not my last though.

NO_H2O June 18th 2007 21:49

I took all my kids and a couple of thier friends to see the TOOL show here on the 4th of June. It was an outstanding show. The opening band was a group from Japan "Melt Bannana" and they sucked. But TOOL was fantastic.
My wife camped out for tickets and was 4th in line. The show sold out in 10 min.


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