1969 Karmann GhiaRu

[FowlerE30]

This car is so sweet, that "swamp cooler" can just acts as a scooping vent to pull air in? Things' real strange looking. build points over 9000 though!

[mdmvisuals]

I put the swamp cooler together that I started a while ago.

It works great! It's just an air pusher right now and it still needs to be fully welded and then painted. I'm excited for actual air movement in the cab now!!!









Also having this on the car makes you drive slower! I'm afraid of it getting ripped off the car, even though I know it won't cause its mounted quite solid.

[hinrichs]

Man that sounds so good inside the car, looks great with the rad shroud now and the new fuel cell.

[eethirty]

Love the lights

IMG_3351 by Ian Ball Photography, on Flickr

[TWM Performance]

This thing is AMAZING

- Renato

[mdmvisuals]

well it appears I havent updated this in a while!

The new coilovers in the rear are amazing. No more hard squatting when I give it some pedal or when the turbo starts to spool. It's very responsive and quick now! We'll get out and shoot some good video of how it is now.

Some things that have been done over the last couple of months...

Fuel Cell and Radiator shroud plus some panels to block excess air from coming inside.





Love this foam filled fuel cell! The shroud keeps the heat off the cell and now I dont have unwanted hot air coming in the cab when the Fan turns on.

I have to properly seal the panels to the car and also coat them in some paint or something.

Then I Put the Rear bumper on Yesterday and took it out for some new photos... Oh yeah, and the stinger is gone... just straight 2.5" from the turbo. It's amazing.













Maybe this week Jesse and I will take a couple hours from the Oval build and go shoot some video of the ghia on the road. For now, here's a short clip a friend took while i took him out for a quick rip.

https://youtu.be/5s8a2ZEVGiU

Cheers!

[Ryan.]

such an awesome car, looks killer and that subaru rumble puts it over the top

[mdmvisuals]

So I picked up some QA1 coilovers for the Ghia. I'm hoping these will help with the hard squatting when the engine is boosting.





Put the engine back in and put it on the ground to see if the additional suspension was going to lift the car too much... and it did raise it up a bit. Im hoping once I'm driving the car again the springs will settle and the car gets back down to where it was before.





and a short clip of Jesse seeing how the coils are on their stiffest setting

https://flic.kr/p/rhPkX3

All that's really left to do is get a fuel cell and re work the radiator shroud thing, then I can drive it again!

[FRANKIBOY27]

amazing job

[Aitch]

If anyone was interested in the lacing process we did on the ghia, here's a little video of that process!

http://https://vimeo.com/118567955

Oh man the grind getting into the garage

[mdmvisuals]

If anyone was interested in the lacing process we did on the ghia, here's a little video of that process!

http://https://vimeo.com/118567955

[mdmvisuals]

Motor is out and floor pan reinforcement plus other things to tidy up has begun.






Lowest point in the rear... when it squats...


So since I wont be driving the car for a bit... heres acouple rollers.

[mdmvisuals]

Amazing work so far, love it. Looking forward to whatever comes next.

thanks guys!

this is whats next!

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69126

[_e90]

Amazing work so far, love it. Looking forward to whatever comes next.

[stillsteezy]

Love it man.