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« Reply #90 on: September 29, 2008, 19:46:36 pm »

155/15 semperit frt & 165/15 semperit rear  Wink
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« Reply #91 on: September 29, 2008, 19:53:10 pm »

Doug, I'm guessing it is a '68 model, and you fitted it with short axles to get those 7's in there?? Must have been a tight fit!

Hi Zach,

No, it's a '69.  Only year that Oriole Yellow was available [like anybody else wanted it anyway].  The car is IRS, and the 7's required only a bit of griding to the lip of the fender for clearance.  It was tight though.

Dang, I would never guess that a late 7" would fit on the back of a IRS Ghia! You can narrow the trailing arms 26mm to tuck the wheels in, and use 2 left side T3 automatic axles... I did it to my GTV... then you could fit rear disc brakes as well. Something to ponder Wink

Great info Zach, but this car is going to be as close as it can to the way it was.

Discovered just this weekend that the front rotors and rear drums are the original ones that came on the car in '69.  The rotors and drums are drilled for Porsche 5-lug; they're the same ones that FAT did for me back in the day!  They have to stay on the car.  The Rivieras on the car now each have one stud and a Porsche lug nut, and the other holes have stock VW lug bolts.

Yes, hard-anodized CNC brakes would be bitchen, as would Porsche calipers, but I owe it to history [hope that doesn't sound too proud] to keep this car exactly as it was, within the limits of possibility.

That's fantastic!!

Do you remember what size tires you ran in the rear back then???

I believe they were 215/60's
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« Reply #92 on: September 29, 2008, 19:54:47 pm »

155/15 semperit frt & 165/18 semperit rear  Wink

Sarge, I think we found a source for the 'bong stuffing'...   Cheesy
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« Reply #93 on: September 29, 2008, 19:58:48 pm »

155/15 semperit frt & 165/18 semperit rear  Wink

Sarge, I think we found a source for the 'bong stuffing'...   Cheesy

 Grin Grin Grin the archivist  work fasrnu  Grin Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #94 on: September 29, 2008, 20:03:47 pm »

155/15 semperit frt & 165/18 semperit rear  Wink

Sarge, I think we found a source for the 'bong stuffing'...   Cheesy

 Grin Grin Grin the archivist  work fasrnu  Grin Grin Grin Grin

OUCH!  I think it actually looks better now... Wink

'Bong stuffing' was in response to the 165/18 rear tires...  I was just kidding.

Will Karamel Ghia never be forgotten? 

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« Reply #95 on: September 29, 2008, 20:11:41 pm »

 Grin Grin fasrni  Grin Grin
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« Reply #96 on: September 29, 2008, 20:25:47 pm »


The secret of how I achieved 'the wet look' for my engine tin...

I thought KS was adding the cam break in lube from the looks of it.

This is a cool fairy tale story, Doug, one for the history books for sure. It was just the other night I was reading that exact Hot VW's (with Crawford's Bad Company on cover doing the wheelie going the wrong way) on the toilet.... can't beleive you got the same car back. Right on buddy!

Speaking of that article, if anybody (speedwell Roll Eyes) has it laying around, there is an article on a pretty neat '67 that was featured as a "sleeper".... some mechanic or shop owner that souped up the motor and trans, looks like he widened stock '65 spec wheels and ran CN36's on it.... that car is very " Cool"....something said about he used the car to chase parts.
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« Reply #97 on: September 29, 2008, 20:36:28 pm »

jim in an old hot vws Huh what year  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #98 on: September 29, 2008, 20:39:59 pm »

jim in an old hot vws Huh what year  Roll Eyes

1977...has BAD COMPANY on cover... you know the one!
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« Reply #99 on: September 29, 2008, 21:00:14 pm »


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I thought KS was adding the cam break in lube from the looks of it.

This is a cool fairy tale story, Doug, one for the history books for sure. It was just the other night I was reading that exact Hot VW's (with Crawford's Bad Company on cover doing the wheelie going the wrong way) on the toilet.... can't beleive you got the same car back. Right on buddy!

Speaking of that article, if anybody (speedwell Roll Eyes) has it laying around, there is an article on a pretty neat '67 that was featured as a "sleeper".... some mechanic or shop owner that souped up the motor and trans, looks like he widened stock '65 spec wheels and ran CN36's on it.... that car is very " Cool"....something said about he used the car to chase parts.
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Thanks much Jim.  It is one hell of a thing, and I still don't believe it myself.

And uh, having had a FK-8 go flat on the dyno due to inferior cam lube, I don't think I'll be using "KS Jelly" anytime soon... Cheesy
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« Reply #100 on: September 29, 2008, 21:04:35 pm »

I don't think I'll be using "KS Jelly" anytime soon... Cheesy
That's not what you said last time! Grin
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« Reply #101 on: September 29, 2008, 21:14:14 pm »

more  Cool
doug why did you removed the red signal on the rear fenders Huh i like that stuff on a ghia only in the states   Wink
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« Reply #102 on: September 29, 2008, 23:05:43 pm »

I don't think I'll be using "KS Jelly" anytime soon... Cheesy
That's not what you said last time! Grin

Always be very, very careful when trading jabs with a member of the press...
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« Reply #103 on: September 29, 2008, 23:08:15 pm »

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doug why did you removed the red signal on the rear fenders Huh i like that stuff on a ghia only in the states   Wink

I think I'm dying; my entire life just flashed before my eyes...

If this guy comes up with pics of my ex-wives, I'm never coming back.

Funny how stuff changes.  Now, everybody can't get rid of amber lenses fast enough; back then, red lenses weren't cool.
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« Reply #104 on: September 29, 2008, 23:09:08 pm »

Doug

Is that a old or new photo of you ?

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« Reply #105 on: September 29, 2008, 23:12:46 pm »

I think I'm dying; my entire life just flashed before my eyes...

If this guy comes up with pics of my ex-wives, I'm never coming back.
Oh sh*t. Better change the photos in the book... Shocked
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« Reply #106 on: September 30, 2008, 00:09:14 am »

Doug

Is that a old or new photo of you ?

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Yeah, that was last Tuesday.  A lot has changed since you left...  smartass. LOL
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« Reply #107 on: September 30, 2008, 00:09:57 am »

I think I'm dying; my entire life just flashed before my eyes...

If this guy comes up with pics of my ex-wives, I'm never coming back.
Oh sh*t. Better change the photos in the book... Shocked

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« Reply #108 on: September 30, 2008, 08:47:44 am »


 Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #109 on: September 30, 2008, 14:51:31 pm »

i notice something on this picture  there's a hood badge at the place of the original one , and on the picture of the vw trends no hood bagde but one on the top of the front hood  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
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« Reply #110 on: September 30, 2008, 16:22:15 pm »


 Grin Grin Grin

That's a great pic Keith...  Thanks "pal"
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« Reply #111 on: September 30, 2008, 16:28:04 pm »

i notice something on this picture  there's a hood badge at the place of the original one , and on the picture of the vw trends no hood bagde but one on the top of the front hood  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes


I never liked the nose badge.  For the Trends shoot, I took it off.

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« Reply #112 on: September 30, 2008, 16:31:50 pm »

Hey doug ,what a find huh ! So whats your plans for the ghia?
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« Reply #113 on: September 30, 2008, 16:32:56 pm »

So, did the little honey/ex-wife/ex-girlfriend come along with the Ghia when you found it?
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« Reply #114 on: September 30, 2008, 16:48:34 pm »

I didn't know Charlie Manson was in DKP.  Huh
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« Reply #115 on: September 30, 2008, 20:15:30 pm »

Hey doug ,what a find huh ! So whats your plans for the ghia?

Incredible find!

Putting it back the way it was...  2161cc, Porsche alloys and gauges, Recaros, etc.

VERY excited; can't wait to get it back on the road.
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« Reply #116 on: September 30, 2008, 20:17:07 pm »

So, did the little honey/ex-wife/ex-girlfriend come along with the Ghia when you found it?

No, but she WAS known to come when I'd hit 2nd gear hard.  And I'm not jokin'

That was a very sweet girl named Julie who was my girlfriend for about 6 years...
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« Reply #117 on: September 30, 2008, 20:18:48 pm »

I didn't know Charlie Manson was in DKP.  Huh

Real gearheads do NOT have time for haircuts, or the money for them either.  At least in the 70's...

I love that pic!
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« Reply #118 on: September 30, 2008, 20:21:41 pm »

doug for me i will go with the riviera   Cool , i prefer that way than the porsches , but it's yours  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
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« Reply #119 on: September 30, 2008, 20:42:28 pm »

doug for me i will go with the riviera   Cool , i prefer that way than the porsches , but it's yours  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

I totally respect that, as so many cars have had Fuchs, and not so many had Rivieras.

I thought about doing just that, and putting it back to what appeared in VW Trends, but I really love the way the car looked after that much better.  Most pics of the car are from '77 or '78 [I think] and I was able to improve the car a lot in those last 4 or 5 years.

My idea is to create a 'time machine' that puts the car back on the road as though the last 26 years never passed. 

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