They seem to have a presence on Facebook...
https://www.facebook.com/houseofghia
And a website that seems to be under renovation...
http://www.house-of-ghia.com/
Might have to hold my nose and use my Facebook account I guess, if
that's where they are active.
As a random side note, while I had the car out in the sun I cleaned and
polished all the glass. What a difference that makes in the appearance
of any car. Something simple that sellers should be aware of.
Allan
Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes:
> Look up House of Ghia. That use to be “the” place for everything Ghia. Not
> sure that’s still the case, but the guy that founded it (who has since passed
> on) was a major league fanatic about them and probably forgot more than
> anyone else ever knew.
>
> -D
>
>> On May 23, 2021, at 6:36 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>
>> You may recall I picked up a Karmann Ghia last November. Not wanting to
>> subject it to any salt or winter it has been in the garage since then. I
>> got it out today and it started up and ran nicely. It ran pretty rough
>> in the driveway the few times I tried to run it during last winter so I
>> figured I'd need to clean out the carbs and give it a general tune up.
>>
>> However it is running much better now. I added about 5g of fresh gas and
>> half a bottle of Techron but not sure that really made a difference.
>>
>> It has a dual carb setup with Webers and I took a closer look and they
>> don't seem to have any choke mechanism at all. So that would explain the
>> rough running in the cold. I guess the car was set up as a summer
>> driver. Not sure if such a thing is commonplace?
>>
>> I found in the documentation that with the rebuilt the prior
>> owner installed has a 9:1 compression ratio. So I guess I should
>> probably buy at least mid-grade gas for it? Or premium?
>>
>> I also discovered some rust on the passenger side rear floorpan. Not
>> catastrophic but probably need to replace about a square foot of it. A
>> project for next winter. The rest of the car seems solid.
>>
>> Need to track down an extra wheel for a spare tire, as that is
>> missing. Anyone know of a good Aircooled email list?
>>
>> Allan
>>
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