Hello Betsy!
- DjEep
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Hello Betsy!
Here she is. Work in progress. Needs rear drums and a front end rebuild to be "safe".
One rear drum and the spindles were bent as she slid sideways, but she still rolls, steers and stops. Speaking of which... anyone have any 65-compatible k&l spindles just takin' up space?
The only set I can find at the shop is rusted to holy heck, races and all.
Her good side:
Her pretty face:
Ouch:
Nice butt:
Risque!:
One rear drum and the spindles were bent as she slid sideways, but she still rolls, steers and stops. Speaking of which... anyone have any 65-compatible k&l spindles just takin' up space?
The only set I can find at the shop is rusted to holy heck, races and all.
Her good side:
Her pretty face:
Ouch:
Nice butt:
Risque!:
"Live life, love life. Enjoy the pleasures and the sorrows. For it is the bleak valleys, the dark corners that make the peaks all the more magnificent. And once you realize that, you begin to see the beauty hidden within those valleys, and learn to love the climb." - Anonymous
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- Amskeptic
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Re: Hello Betsy!
Photobucket has a "web-sizing" feature for their photo uploads. Please use it. Your photos are stretching my reply window to un-useable width.DjEep wrote:Here she is. Work in progress. Needs rear drums and a front end rebuild to be "safe".
One rear drum and the spindles were bent as she slid sideways, but she still rolls, steers and stops. Speaking of which... anyone have any 65-compatible k&l spindles just takin' up space?
The only set I can find at the shop is rusted to holy heck, races and all.
Her good side:
Her pretty face:
Ouch:
Nice butt:
Risque!:
That is a beautiful car. Took me 40 years or so to finally see them as pretty. What were the original colors int./ext?
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- DjEep
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Re: Hello Betsy!
Haha, will do. Didn't notice the the reply window didn't auto-resize.
I love 'em. My dad had a Volvo P-1800 when I was a kid, and these always reminded me of one, but with the engine in the right place
I love 'em. My dad had a Volvo P-1800 when I was a kid, and these always reminded me of one, but with the engine in the right place
"Live life, love life. Enjoy the pleasures and the sorrows. For it is the bleak valleys, the dark corners that make the peaks all the more magnificent. And once you realize that, you begin to see the beauty hidden within those valleys, and learn to love the climb." - Anonymous
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Re: Hello Betsy!
What is the original color ext/int combination on this car?DjEep wrote:Haha, will do. Didn't notice the the reply window didn't auto-resize.
I love 'em. My dad had a Volvo P-1800 when I was a kid, and these always reminded me of one, but with the engine in the right place
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- Sylvester
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Re: Hello Betsy!
Heavens to Betsy I like that car! I see it had a rack on the back.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue, I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace. Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod, The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
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Yup, gonna try to find a rack at some swapmeet this year, or have a welder friend build me one.
"Live life, love life. Enjoy the pleasures and the sorrows. For it is the bleak valleys, the dark corners that make the peaks all the more magnificent. And once you realize that, you begin to see the beauty hidden within those valleys, and learn to love the climb." - Anonymous
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- DjEep
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Well, just got one spindle done, was able to salvage the rusty ones after some pb, some wire wheel and some solvent, still nice and tight! Got the right spindle soaking now, beer break.
"Live life, love life. Enjoy the pleasures and the sorrows. For it is the bleak valleys, the dark corners that make the peaks all the more magnificent. And once you realize that, you begin to see the beauty hidden within those valleys, and learn to love the climb." - Anonymous
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- DjEep
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Re: Hello Betsy!
The Volvo or the VW?Amskeptic wrote:What is the original color ext/int combination on this car?DjEep wrote:Haha, will do. Didn't notice the the reply window didn't auto-resize.
I love 'em. My dad had a Volvo P-1800 when I was a kid, and these always reminded me of one, but with the engine in the right place
Colin
p-1800 was white paint/red leather
I think the ghia was always yellow, but the respray wasn't pretty. The interior, I'm not sure, don't know how to trace it like a bus.
Also today I leather wrapped the wheel, sprayed the steering column lo-gloss black w/ yellow bracket, and the turnsignal switch yellow-base black-lever. Looks way better as opposed to the dirty white/yellow overspray they were before.
I'd post pictures, but my cell cam hates flouro lights.
"Live life, love life. Enjoy the pleasures and the sorrows. For it is the bleak valleys, the dark corners that make the peaks all the more magnificent. And once you realize that, you begin to see the beauty hidden within those valleys, and learn to love the climb." - Anonymous
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- DjEep
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Re: Hello Betsy!
Ok, two spindles and an extra 'shirey Bloody Marydown, bedtime.
"Live life, love life. Enjoy the pleasures and the sorrows. For it is the bleak valleys, the dark corners that make the peaks all the more magnificent. And once you realize that, you begin to see the beauty hidden within those valleys, and learn to love the climb." - Anonymous
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- DjEep
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Re: Hello Betsy!
Just braggin' I guess...
Where she sits now:
Took her out to Bagby hot springs on Sunday. About 400mi roundtrip; her longest yet. No major problems, no oil light at idle (I did boost the idle to about 1100rpm), only a small chirp from the dizzy when I got home. Best of all, even with 3 people in her and running Premium, she made the trip for maybe $50.
Where she sits now:
Took her out to Bagby hot springs on Sunday. About 400mi roundtrip; her longest yet. No major problems, no oil light at idle (I did boost the idle to about 1100rpm), only a small chirp from the dizzy when I got home. Best of all, even with 3 people in her and running Premium, she made the trip for maybe $50.
"Live life, love life. Enjoy the pleasures and the sorrows. For it is the bleak valleys, the dark corners that make the peaks all the more magnificent. And once you realize that, you begin to see the beauty hidden within those valleys, and learn to love the climb." - Anonymous
Do you want to Survive? Or do you want to LIVE?
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- Sylvester
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Are you going to sell her?
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue, I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace. Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod, The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
- DjEep
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Sure. For you, $10,000 :D
"Live life, love life. Enjoy the pleasures and the sorrows. For it is the bleak valleys, the dark corners that make the peaks all the more magnificent. And once you realize that, you begin to see the beauty hidden within those valleys, and learn to love the climb." - Anonymous
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- Amskeptic
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They are such strangely good-looking cars.DjEep wrote:Sure. For you, $10,000 :D
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- ruckman101
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Indeed they are. Still amazed when folks ask me what kind of car it is.
neal
neal
The slipper has no teeth.
- DjEep
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Yeah, Every time I stop for gas in her it's either "what year?" or "what is that?!?"
Need to get a ghia cruise going some time. My buddy in town has an all original tan '69 in near perfect shape that he scored last year for $1000 because it was out of gas and the PO had given up years ago trying to figure out why it wouldn't start. He poured in some gas, jumped it, and drove it 200 miles home. Lucky @$!@&%
Need to get a ghia cruise going some time. My buddy in town has an all original tan '69 in near perfect shape that he scored last year for $1000 because it was out of gas and the PO had given up years ago trying to figure out why it wouldn't start. He poured in some gas, jumped it, and drove it 200 miles home. Lucky @$!@&%
"Live life, love life. Enjoy the pleasures and the sorrows. For it is the bleak valleys, the dark corners that make the peaks all the more magnificent. And once you realize that, you begin to see the beauty hidden within those valleys, and learn to love the climb." - Anonymous
Do you want to Survive? Or do you want to LIVE?
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