Itinerant Air-Cooled

Okay, we told lots of folks at Maupin about our newest AC car...
Decent body and all just needs lots of work to really clean it up nice...

Now that looks like a lot of fun. Seems to be a really nice straight body. What are the first things you are planning on doing with it?

I buffed out the crappy black paint last night so atleast it looks nice from 10 feet..
I have to order a seal kit to replace nearly ALL the rubber seals..they are toast or missing....
Interior door panels/dash are falling apart so they are next..the rest of the interior will clean up.
turn signal lenses are on order....

For now its a city driver.....I have to pull the westy's engine again as the rear seal is leaking again...sh*t.

Bleyseng wrote:I buffed out the crappy black paint last night so atleast it looks nice from 10 feet..
I have to order a seal kit to replace nearly ALL the rubber seals..they are toast or missing....
Interior door panels/dash are falling apart so they are next..the rest of the interior will clean up.
turn signal lenses are on order....

For now its a city driver.....I have to pull the westy's engine again as the rear seal is leaking again...sh*t.

Nice Car! Black on black?
Colin

originally orange but the original owner had it painted black with a really crappy paint job. White top was installed too at that time, maybe late 70's..

This is a oneish owner car as a lady bought it new, then needed money in the late 70's and sold it to her mom who parked it then gave it to the other sister who parked it in her garage. That is who I bought it from with 122k miles on it....its not too bad other than I hate black cars!!!

Its going to have a paint job soon, Guards Red.

Bleyseng wrote:originally orange but the original owner had it painted black with a really crappy paint job. White top was installed too at that time, maybe late 70's..

This is a oneish owner car as a lady bought it new, then needed money in the late 70's and sold it to her mom who parked it then gave it to the other sister who parked it in her garage. That is who I bought it from with 122k miles on it....its not too bad other than I hate black cars!!!

Its going to have a paint job soon, Guards Red.

Talk to Willy.

Really nice meeting you and your better half!!!!! Know we'll see you again soon.

ok, who is Willy??

yep, we had a great time stopping by at your house...Thanks

Willy the painter! Try the Bus section....

Do you know my version for "GHIA" stands for?

werksberg wrote:Do you know my version for "GHIA" stands for?

No. Share please.


Beautiful car. Gonna love having you as her owner fer sure.

Can't wait to hear progress reports.

Willy is a good ol' boy that is an incredible painter/bodyman (from the jobs I've seen). As far from McBusiness as one can get.


Sample: http://itinerant-air-cooled.com/viewtopic.php?t=6406


Bookwus, IFBwax, Oregon72, and others round these parts speak very highly of him. I was bummed he didn't make it to Maupin. Last year he gave a bondo workshop. Very informative.

Ooooo, sweet car. I'm jealous. Convertible even.


neal

Air Cooled Nut was over yesterday for a BBQ we had (they drove up from Portland_. Good guy and his wife and kids are a riot. we poked around the Ghia as I was getting his opinion..."There should be rust here, oh good there not!" So I was pleased, it needs alot of work but I have gotten lots of electrical sorted out and working except the horns and clock. I took the clock apart today and it the little internal fuse thingy. I'll solder it up and reinstall it as I love having a working clock. The PO was FAT and so sitting in the seats makes you feel like you are 6 years old driving this goofy car down the road..Monique can't even see as she has to look thru under the parked wipe blade...haha, I was laughing and crying when she was trying to drive. New seat pads and a total spring rebuild ASAP.
Oh yeah, I did take Toby for a quick ride up the street in the Westy so he could "experience" a Camper Special.. yup, the first words out of his mouth were " I want one!". too funny, plus he couldn't believe a bus motor would rev to 6000rpms..."Holy Sh*t"

WOW!!!

Gypsie wrote: Willy is a good ol' boy that is an incredible painter/bodyman (from the jobs I've seen). As far from McBusiness as one can get.

Bookwus, IFBwax, Oregon72, and others round these parts speak very highly of him. I was bummed he didn't make it to Maupin. Last year he gave a bondo workshop. Very informative.

Here's the thread on Miss Zora getting her work done:
http://itinerant-air-cooled.com/viewtopic.php?t=4923

That is a fine example of Italian design mated with German engineering.

Years of enjoyment!

-John

July 4th I drove upto Stanwood, WA to meet up with a guy selling VW parts.. Nice stash of stuff are organized and pretty clean. I picked up a few things for the Ghia so now I can roll the windows up and down! =D>

I also picked up a NOS PPG tinted Bus windshield he had...sweet now I can finish the Westy!