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The resurrection of my 1960 karmann ghia
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04-05-2019, 12:07 PM
Antoine_P
MetalShaper of the Month August 2020, Sept 2022
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Location: Stuttgart, Germany
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Well, I think it's time for an update. Not so much to show but that will bring my thread close to the actual condition
While waiting for the driver's seat rail to complete the pan, I decided to work on the front. First with the right side. I had bought the repro parts as basis, knowing that they will need work but I thought they could make a good starting point for their (cheap) price. Positioned and it doesn't look soo bad:
Until you look in detail..
The front opening is not bad:
But the top where the fender sits wasn't matching at all
Same thing on the bottom:
And this "dent" isn't on the repro part:
For the top I draw the correct profile and corrected it using hammer/dolly:
I then draw where to cut to keep as much original metal as possible, keeping the non reproduced indent and still have only good metal:
After a lot of notes, measuring, checking with the front part, the hood and the other side, I jumped on the big decision and cut both parts:
The new front part is really well adjusted and fitting:
I will just have to transfer all the small elements into it:
I did not welded it yet as I should first work on the metal I now have easy access to. Teaser pic:
Stay tuned
Antoine
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Resurrecting a 60 ghia:
http://www.allmetalshaping.com/showthread.php?t=18852
Fixing a 914:
https://allmetalshaping.com/showthread.php?t=20624
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