1966 Karmann Ghia, Part II
The 2007 New Year holidays has allowed a huge amount of work to be done on the Karmann Ghia, with all the non-structural rust repairs completed. This included the spare wheel well, areas around the front air intake vents, the driver's side head lamp surround, the bottom of the passenger door and both lower fenders behind the rear wheels.
All the repair work that has so far been completed is in areas that have had previous repairs. These had been done pretty poorly with sheet metal brazed over the old rusted material, it is no wonder that the rust has surfaced again. I have cut out the rust this time and hopefully am only left with good solid metal.
The repairs have been cleaned up, filled, and primered. The next step is to wet sand, and then apply spray putty to get rid of any sandmarks and pinholes that may be left.
Santa also came back for a second visit this year and delivered a set of five genuine sixties EMPI GTV Sprintstar wheels (that's all four wheels and the spare!). They came with centre caps and Flat 4 (replica) GTV stickers to go on them.
In order to fit the 4-stud wheels and to increase safety with the bigger motor, we have also purchased a complete Beetle disc brake front end, complete with ride height adjusters. This item will bolt right up to the Ghia... and we already have the 4-stud brake drums to fit to the rear (another item donated from the 1500 Beetle purchased for the Kombi restoration).
