Mikey's Ghia Thread...

[davetaylor]

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

[oasis]

Very, very nice. :agree: :agree:

[Mikey]

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.



This is about the only profile shot of before.


and now the most recent pictures...

[Mikey]

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.





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]

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

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]

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.

[davetaylor]

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!