VW Karmann Ghia Resto

[mike os]

personally I Prefer concourse restores or invisible upgrades

 

[Chomas]

I got my lazy **** down the barn tonight... and didn't even touch the car!

Instead I was playing Pimp My Welder, or rather my dad's welder - an old SIP 150. Got a new torch kit from Weldequip and fitted it all - liner, neck, neck liner, tip and shroud. I then made and fitted a metal connecting piece to improve the wheel alignment. Finally, I ditched about 10m of wire from the big reel so that I could get some clean stuff that will work smoothly (it had been sitting a while).

This welder has a whopping 3 switches and a wire feed as opposed to my old gasless SIP with simply a "high" or "low" switch. So I spent the rest of the evening trying out the different settings and practicing some welds.

I also got an auto darkening helmet from Weldequip to replace my splattered, shattered and broken old £10 jobbie that won't even stay on my head anymore. WOW! I love it! That's a move I should have made years ago. I can't get over how good it is for the money.

Although no progress was made on the car, I feel I've still being productive in the long run.

 

[Chomas]

Small update. Near side A pillar section and heater channel are cut and offered up. I've sent my door hinges off to be re-bushed so that I can use the doors as a big tool to align everything. I'm literally building the car around a pair of doors!

 

[Chickenjohn]

Small update. Near side A pillar section and heater channel are cut and offered up. I've sent my door hinges off to be re-bushed so that I can use the doors as a big tool to align everything. I'm literally building the car around a pair of doors!

That is probably the only way of doing it, get the doors to shut right and the doors to line up with front and rear wings and the car will look right

 

[Ian D]

Flip i thought i had proplems with my resto, good luck.