Oh well that won't work then. We got rid of all
the bolt wheels with the bug.
Good luck.
Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote:
4 bolts, 15" wheel.
The car has 165R15 tires on it currently, and I think they are from at
least 2005 so I'll probably need to replace them before I do any serious
driving
4 bolts, 15" wheel.
The car has 165R15 tires on it currently, and I think they are from at
least 2005 so I'll probably need to replace them before I do any serious
driving. I can't find a DOT date code though. The brand is
Mastercraft. They have a lot of tread left.
I only see one option for repl
Is that the big 5 bolt pattern or the small 4
bolt? I have an old 5 bolt from my long gone pickup.
Allan Streib via Mercedes 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 a
Aircooled engines run much higher cylinder head temps than liquid cooled
engines, meaning a higher risk of detonation. Yes, I'd run premium without
question. An aircraft engine with 8.5:1 pistons needs a minimum of 93
octane fuel.
On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 5:37 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes <
mercede
IIRC it's 10:1 (or is it after 10:1?) at which point you need higher grade gas
but I could be remembering wrong...
Curt
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On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 6:37 PM, Allan Streib via
Mercedes wrote: You may recall I picked up a Karmann
Ghia last November. Not wanting t
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, whil
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
A guy I know is into old VWs. There’s quite a group around here. I can ask him
if he might know of a group or a wheel
--FT
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> On May 23, 2021, at 6:37 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> You may recall I picked up a Karmann Ghia last November. Not wanting to
> subject
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
