Grelland's Ghia

[Grelland]

Then the piece was trial mounted and the final trimming still remains:

The second picture is taken from the outside of the inner fender, but this view will be lost once the outer panel is attached.

[Grelland]

And the final pic show the wheel arc being trial mounted once again, to ensure the fit.

[Grelland]

And after tonights session, the area now looks like this:

[Grelland]

Smoe clean-up, and sandblasting, now, and this entire corner of the car can be sealed up :-)

[Grelland]

And this is how it looks now.

Man, buliding a Ghia from scratch is A LOT OF WORK....

[Grelland]

Time for some updates, I guess...

I have spent the last few evenings on the inner fender, and have run into several problems...

first of all the area was more rusty than I expected, and that says alot...

Here you can see I have cut away the rotten parts, and the next picture sho where I have stareted to fabricate the missing part of the shelf inside the car.
The last picture show the repair panel being trial mounted

[Grelland]

and then I had to separate the two layers of the rust panel, as the fit was terrible, and I was not able to shape the double panels..

The second picture show the outer reinforcement panel also attached, and the black stuff around the new panel is a welding primer, making sure all the unaccessable areas are covered. That was also a reason why I separated the panels, as they had no primer or anything where they overlapped.

The last pic show a modification I made in order to be able to fit the body without interfering with the "beetle cup" bar

[Grelland]

and finally; in order to make sure the quarter panel aligns well with the pressing in the door, I reattached the door once again.

Here you can also see that the frontmost part of the inner fender has been trial fitted.

[roland]

that's mad, impressive work!

[speedwell]

which parts of the original  vehicule does it stay 
nice job roy 


fabian

[Grelland]

which parts of the original  vehicule does it stay 
nice job roy 


fabian

It seems only the roof and the top parts of the rear fenders will survive..., ah, also the firewall and most of the engine compartment :-)

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

Damm Roy It's not in Paint Yet??? LMAO    it's Looking Good 

[Grelland]

not quite  ... but here is a sneak preview of what this will look like :

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

not quite  ... but here is a sneak preview of what this will look like :

I Hope you are taking lots of pictures as you go I cant Imagine how many hours have gone in to your car just to get it where it is at now  you have to have a real love for a car to devote the time it takes to do it right.. Car is Looking Great Roy

[Grelland]

Yup, I just counted, and I have 748 pictures in the project folder on my computer... And I am definately not counting the hours...

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

Yup, I just counted, and I have 748 pictures in the project folder on my computer... And I am definately not counting the hours...

LOL why not??  I ll Bet  your making less then 1 cent per hour worked LMAO

[Grelland]

Dont rub it in.. 

[Grelland]

Small update:

It seems that the inner fender finally has all the rust removed, and I can prepare for applying some primer, sealer and undercoating before the final coat of paint in this area:

[Grelland]

There is still some chickenshit to be ground off in the lower part of the first pic, but I had to stop last night, as the noise with the grinder is terrible, having the entire head inside the inner fender...  Still rings...

The next step here is to apply some paint etc on the surfaces that will be un-accessable later, before mounting the last part of the fender lip and quarter panel.

I also made some small progress on the engine, as the plenum for the FI setup is done. I know this engine is not as per the"Cal-look laws", but I really don't care, as I want to learn more about FI and engine management, and figured this engine would be a perfect place to develop these skills :-)

The cal-look is still my inspiration for the overall look and stance of the car, so I hope I still qualify to hang around on this site

[Trond Dahl]

With the amount of work you have taken upon yourself and executed with such quality of work, who are we to exclude you just because you run a bit different engine setup... nah.. keep up the good work and keep taking pictures for us :-)

[yvre]

I also made some small progress on the engine, as the plenum for the FI setup is done. I know this engine is not as per the"Cal-look laws", but I really don't care, as I want to learn more about FI and engine management, and figured this engine would be a perfect place to develop these skills :-)

I've been following your thread on the STF. I love the design and I'm curious to see how it goes. Planning an intercooler?

[Grelland]

Thanks, no, no plans for an intercooler nor a turbo. Believe me, I am also curious as to how it will work :-)

[Harry/FDK]

Grelland you are inspiring me to Turbo the T4 in my Ghia (with DTM shroud). Plenum and all looks perfect.Are you welding all this TIG, I only have a MIG.( but also an aircraft TIG welder, if i beg long enough). Have a relaxed Wkend.

[Grelland]

I'm using a MIG for this. I will ultimately build this in alu, and by then I need to have "converted" to a TIG....

Glad I can be an inspiration for others, even at a cal-look forum :-)

[Harry/FDK]

Grelland, where will you locate the injectors ? In the manifolds or in the central box on top...?

[Grelland]

They will be located on the manifoils, aiming at the back of the valves.

btw, there has been some updates the last few days, and I have finalised the runners, and here I have mounted the plenum using rubber hoses:

[Grelland]

Next on the engine list is to fabricate and mount the injectors, and a few brackets and mounts for various sensors.

I also made some minor progress on the car, as I opened up holes for the rear bumper brackets, and trial mounted the bumper to ensure a good fit against the fenders etc. I also painted the part of the heater channel that will be covered by the outer skin on the quarter panel, so that I can now finalise this part of the car also.

[kev d]

Been following this thread for a while - good work!
I`m really interested in your engine, I love seeing new ideas & want to learn about efi & so on, the technology is there - why not use it?
Cheers,
Kev

[Grelland]

Thanks,

I also like the thought of utilising newer technology. I will keep you posted on the progress on the engine too.

Progress is a little slow the last few days, as I have been busy organising a local show this weekend,

here's an overview pictures of the show:

[Grelland]

As you can see, we still have summer here in Norway, so the oulook for next weekend's action at Gardermoen should be the best