Show Us Your Motors!

Janesy B · 11 Jan 2011 at 20:22

I adore the Karmann Ghia but I'm afraid the above makes me sad.

Princey · 11 Jan 2011 at 20:27

It's a work of art.

ScarySquirrel · 11 Jan 2011 at 20:30

It looks broken.

RenoRanes007 · 11 Jan 2011 at 20:33

I wish I still had it

Fr0dders · 11 Jan 2011 at 20:55

not a fan of the rusted "rat" look at all.

Goody_GTI · 11 Jan 2011 at 22:31

[TW]Fox;18202316 said:
Congratulations on completely ruining what was probably quite a nice car. It looks beyond awful, sorry

Ha! I thought you'd like it Fox

The rear wheel does sit like that yes... no photshop, it's on air ride (aka bags), I don't actually drive it like that

I like the Ghia's, but I'm afraid I'm not a fan of the rat look

[TW]Fox · 11 Jan 2011 at 23:10

What sort of performance does it deliver?

Stormster · 12 Jan 2011 at 00:17

Goody_GTI said:
Ah right who's your mate? Yeah I'm part of PeakVag, you should sign up

Edwh0re if it rings a bell? Or Ed@AC - I help him run a local club (Automotive Connection).

I will sign up to PVC soon, keep meaning do so and come one of these breakfast meet thingies lol

Aleksandrs · 12 Jan 2011 at 16:04

I'd roll that Ghia any day. I'd also roll one that was in good nick too, I'm not too fussed.

MikeHiow · 12 Jan 2011 at 23:30

Gave the Strada a sparkle at the unit this evening, so I thought it was about time I put some decent pictures up;

IMG_1014 by mikehiow, on Flickr

IMG_1015 by mikehiow, on Flickr

IMG_1017 by mikehiow, on Flickr

IMG_1019 by mikehiow, on Flickr

Stormster · 13 Jan 2011 at 00:14

Cool

Fr0dders · 13 Jan 2011 at 00:16

paintwork looks good

problem is now it makes the plastics look bad on the bumpers. Any plans for those ?

MikeHiow · 13 Jan 2011 at 00:19

Nope.

Tonight's efforts were purely just to tidy it up a bit - the car is a tool, so there will be no significant money spent on anything non-functional

To give you an example of this car's philosophy, until now the rear arches have been held on with duck tape, but tonight I replaced them by drilling a hole and sticking a self tapper in

You should see how the bumpers were before I cleaned it up - there is quite significant improvement!

DSCF1968 by mikehiow, on Flickr

Oh, and a quick pic for anyone that is interested in what is under the bonnet. Twin 40 Solex carbs, and unknown but huge lift cams make an already awesome engine (Lancia 1.6) pretty damn quick (for what it is, at least)

DSCF1969 by mikehiow, on Flickr

DSCF2021 by mikehiow, on Flickr

Fr0dders · 13 Jan 2011 at 00:30

if you want to keep it with that look, why machine polish the paintwork ?

It now looks at odds with the rest of the car imo.

Just my 2p.

MikeHiow · 13 Jan 2011 at 00:39

Because spending 2.5 hours cleaning it is not only free, but a bit of fun as well.

New bumpers would be impossible to source, and a waste of money IMO even if you could. The old bumpers are not salvageable beyond their current state.

Morba · 13 Jan 2011 at 01:37

looks horrible tbh, though it shows you can polish a turd!

ash_scotland88 · 13 Jan 2011 at 16:00

Would love an older classic car, but sadly cant afford them.
I blame playing through Mafia 2 again and loving the shapes they have!

Smokey26 · 13 Jan 2011 at 17:40

I thought you said that would run rings around a DC5 mike? LOL. Looks like it would fall to bits.

Kenai · 13 Jan 2011 at 18:02

MikeHiow said:
Because spending 2.5 hours cleaning it is not only free, but a bit of fun as well.

New bumpers would be impossible to source, and a waste of money IMO even if you could. The old bumpers are not salvageable beyond their current state.

Surely a heatgun (applied very carefully and gradually) would bring back a bit of blackness to those?

Joshy · 13 Jan 2011 at 18:46

Mike, is that your workshop/garage in the first set of pictures? Hugely jealous if it is!