1960 Ghia Restoration - Oldspeed project

[TRS63]

Hello all,

As I always loved reading build thread and also saw some interests in my 914 build, I decided to eventually also show here this project. If not wanted, please just tell me and I will remove the thread, no issues!!

A bit of background: I am a 34 years old french mechanical engineer living in Germany that felt in love with metal shaping. I always wanted a ghia and was already part of the local club as much as collecting everything I can about this car before getting one.

My first aircooled is a 62 ragtop bug I bought 8 years ago as a barn find and it is now enjoyed every day when there is no salt on the roads. And I also have the 914 you might already know :-)

But back to this topic: I bought in September 2017 a 60 (sept 59) strato blue ghia on the samba. Originally from Portland, Oregon but I bought it already imported. As the pictures were showing, it was in poor condition (and still is..) but I decided to save it. It will end up as a vintage/oldspeed restored ghia.

Here is a picture from the ad:



And when it came home:













I am of course already much further, although far from finished, and if you want, I will first update up to today's status and then..well, continue to update but slowly as it progresses

Antoine

[72targa]

^^^^ Excellent! A true labor of love.

[TRS63]

Thanks!

So, after its arrival, I did a bit of disassembly and created some reinforcement to "replace" the doors:












And then it was time to build a dolly and take off the body:







Now you can enjoy the view on the terrible fiberglass pan riveted by the previous owner :shock: :evil:





Stay tuned! :wink:

Antoine