I was successful in talking the wife and kids into heading up to Bandimere Speedway this morning for the 2010 Bug-In. My boys had never been to the speedway so it was a treat. We spent about 45 minutes watching the track, everything we saw was double digits but was still impressed with quite a [...]
Sunday the 1970 Karmann Ghia convertible successfully made a 4-hour round trip to and from Loveland, CO. I am officially calling this car road’able. Some of you may remember that this car met a firey end on its last trip to Loveland. Until Sunday my wife and I were very nervous about taking it too [...]
I love a good Road Trip. If someone would pay me, I’d drive all around the country looking at sites and writing. I just love driving. That’s why this thread on the Samba has caught my eye. The couple has bought a 1971 Karmann Ghia hardtop in the Northeast United States and is driving it [...]
The black Stayfast canvas boot cover came for the 1970 Karmin Ghia today. I bought it used off Samba. The boot usually sells for $399 new, but I picked up the “used” one for $165. What a smoking deal. The wife and I had to put the snaps on. It had NEVER been used. EDIT: [...]
We closed down work around 12-12:30 today. That left me an opportunity to get started early on the Ghia motor pull. The first step was to use my label tool to badge all the electrical wiring. Removed some engine compartment floor shielding. Heater cables and hoses were next. Then four bolts and she dropped out. [...]
The 1970 Karmann Ghia needs some maintenance. A few months ago the clutch peddle was giving us quite a shimmy. In a previous post I noted that the clutch had a little whine. I think the throwout bearing is bad. This being bad can cause the clutch peddle to whine when fully engaged. Since this [...]
My Mini Cooper has had some company for the past couple of weeks. On July 6th I bought Nicole her dream car. Through out 13 years of marriage I have been the “car hog”. Always choosing the new vehicle. During these times I would always ask…what she wanted. She would usually just agree with the [...]
