Here is a better picture of the car.
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Sept. 2, 2008 3:32 p.m. ratghia New Reader
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Sept. 2, 2008 4:29 p.m. AngryCorvair HalfDork
yeah, that's tasty!
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Sept. 3, 2008 6:50 a.m. admc58 New Reader
Aaron,
Your doing great work on this rat, keep it up. 59hp...this is going to be a blast, I'm already giggling! Only 28 more days...
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Sept. 3, 2008 7:01 a.m. Jax2A HalfDork
And to think I used to think Ghia's were ugly. It's looking great, nice work.
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Sept. 3, 2008 8:17 a.m. Wally SuperDork
Nice work with the paint. It hardly looks like the same car
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Sept. 3, 2008 12:49 p.m. ValuePack HalfDork
Wwwwwow. Between the newer paint and the dropped front end, this rat is dead sexy. I greatly approve of the use of steelies.:)
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Sept. 7, 2008 4:38 p.m. ratghia New Reader
I took a few pictures of the ghia after we put the stock wheels back on.
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Sept. 7, 2008 6:10 p.m. Volksroddin Reader
hmmm weed eater. looks nice.
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Dec. 21, 2008 3:39 p.m. ratghia New Reader
I finally got out to the shop last weekend for the first time since getting back from Florida. I have been busy with ice hockey four times a week and haven’t had any time. We were having an electrical problem so I did a run-through and it fired up on the first crank. I also got some time to put in the new carpet and reupholster the original seats that i have had in the basement since the beginning of summer. We also got a chance to take it out into the snow.
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Dec. 21, 2008 5:38 p.m. wheels777 HalfDork
Is that a Hurst shifter and a tissue dispenser?
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Dec. 21, 2008 8:26 p.m. gamby UberDork
wheels777 wrote:
Is that a Hurst shifter and a tissue dispenser?
The tissue dispenser is PIMP.
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Dec. 21, 2008 10:23 p.m. alex Reader
Want. Bad. Now. eBay here I come...
Really, this is a very cool build and it's going in the perfect direction. That thing looks just about perfect in that color, with that stance, on those sweet half-moon-capped steelies there in the snow.
Good show. Keep the updates rolling.
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Dec. 21, 2008 10:51 p.m. AngryCorvair Dork
Aaron, the seats look great, and I bet the carpet makes it a lot quieter on the inside. Now fess up, the tissue dispenser hides an MP3 player, right?
Nice work, kid!
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Dec. 22, 2008 7:20 a.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor
Aaron, you know you can update your Reader Ride now?
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Dec. 6, 2009 5:08 p.m. ratghia Reader
Well yesterday I was talking to my dad and decided I would like to either find the Ghia or buy a new 1964 Ghia. I had lost the guys email since selling it a year ago and last I heard he sold it to a friend and it was sitting in his yard. I decided to just buy another one. I found one with a 2” beam in Indian that was blue like my old one. I looked at a tail shot saw the hole and Steuben badge and realized it was my old Ghia. I emailed the guy and worked out a trade for the 1952 standard.
Since being sold the engine dropped a valve and no longer has the judson. It is on a restored 1960 ragtop. The 40hp engine was replaced by a 1600. The interior was also put in the car. The car also received a set of original empi sprint star wheels that will come with it.
I am going to get the car the first week of the year. It is the soonest I don’t have anything going on. I want to rebuild one of the 40hp engine I have for it to get it running. I am unsure if I want to do a vintage speed engine or something big. Either way I will becoming back to the $2010 challenge. I just want to get it running and inspected by the end of winter so I can drive it this summer. I then want to fix the rust next winter.
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Dec. 6, 2009 5:15 p.m. gamby UberDork
I would have liked to see the '52 come to fruition (that was the one you found that was a basket case, right???
Either way--good that you're reunited w/ your old car.
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Dec. 6, 2009 5:23 p.m. ratghia Reader
gamby wrote:
I would have liked to see the '52 come to fruition (that was the one you found that was a basket case, right???
Either way--good that you're reunited w/ your old car.
I would have liked to re-do the 1952 (basket case), but I really wanted this car back. I have always regretted that I sold it. I also don't know if I would have been able to fix the car as it would required a lot of work. I also don't know if I would have wanted to learn to do body work on a car that rare. In the long run the 1952 will be worth a lot more but it would also cost a lot more to get it to that point.
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Dec. 6, 2009 5:28 p.m. Jay Dork
Good to see this thing back. I remember thinking it was a real WTF moment when you sold it (not that the Standard isn't cool though!) Any plans for returning it to forced induction glory?
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Dec. 6, 2009 5:39 p.m. ratghia Reader
Jay wrote:
Good to see this thing back. I remember thinking it was a real WTF moment when you sold it (not that the Standard isn't cool though!) Any plans for returning it to forced induction glory?
I am thinking rajay turbo.
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Dec. 6, 2009 8:42 p.m. admc58 New Reader
Aaron, Keep up the great work. Can't wait to see what you do with it this time. Love to drive it again. Alan
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Dec. 6, 2009 8:51 p.m. aussiesmg SuperDork
Nice Aaron, I saw the car on a trailer on US30 behind a Hong Norr tow vehicle headed West past Van Wert Ohio, I was flat out excited just to see it.
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Dec. 6, 2009 8:56 p.m. sanyarcosean New Reader
aussiesmg wrote:
Nice Aaron, I saw the car on a trailer on US30 behind a Hong Norr tow vehicle headed West past Van Wert Ohio, I was flat out excited just to see it.
That was us on the out bound trip I would think to deliver it. We have Hong stickers on our Escape. Love those crazy kids
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Dec. 6, 2009 10:21 p.m. friedgreencorrado Dork
Aaron, I'd consider bringing it back home with Empi Stars well worth having to rebuild a 40hp.
Glad to see you got it back. I'm sure you've seen a lot of us here whining about the one we "never shoulda sold"..
OTOH, sorry you had to let the Standard go. Does it look like that guy will restore it?
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Dec. 7, 2009 6:05 a.m. ratghia Reader
He seems to already have a plan for it so yes. The most important thing you need to save the standard is the drive to do so.
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Dec. 7, 2009 11:54 a.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
ratghia wrote:
The most important thing you need to save the standard is the drive to do so.
that's a very deep statement right there. i'm happy for you, aaron. and IMO you'll be happier with the Ghia done the way you want it versus the zwitter done the way a car of that rarity "should be" done.
