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Mike Att
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 Posted: Sun 04 Oct, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject: Mike's Nevada Lowlight "The Twisted Sister" |
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I've finally found the time to start a thread on my new ride
Back in Feb a '58 Lowlight grabbed my eye on The Samba, I have always had a thing for Ghia's and also 50's Vw's this ticked both boxes
It was listed as a Feb 1958 143 Karmann Coupe and was located in Reno Nevada
The owner Mark Schopper was a Reno Lawyer who was abit of a Ghia collector
Mark classed this Ghia as the most solid Lowlight that he had come across
After many emails back and forth I had built up a pretty good picture in my mind of the cars condition
70's driveway beige yellow paint
Non damaged nose
Straight looking panels with no visible rot only surface rust that had been badly rattle canned, I would rather that though than trying to hide problems with shiney paint 
OG Pans
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Paul_Revere's Ghia
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Great pics Mike- You have got yourself a tidy looking lowlight there- Great find! Look forward to seeing the progress! 
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Luftsick Tero
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Looks like a good find and basis for a great car
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Mike Att
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That looks sooo sweet. Loving lowlights at the mo. Looking at the pics of the under bonnet area, has the inner spare wheel well had some damage. Looks like its slightly bent like the spare wheel has been pushed back. My oval had similar damage when i was involved in a smash. But then again, it could be just a dodgy pic. Either way it looks super solid!! Lucky Barstuard.  |
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scruffydubber
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Very jealous, looks a great car.
What plans do you have?
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So with this info an offer was made which after some thought Mark accepted
About an hour later Kingstown shippers had been given the job of collecting it from Reno and hauling it to the docks in LA ready for the journey to the UK
8 weeks later and I was at the warehouse with the trailer ready for collection
Unfortunatly some mother fucker had knicked the Lowlight only OG side trim which was in a tube behind the rear seat 
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| Nice looking Ghia Mike. What are the plans? |
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Mike Att
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The plan is to get it looking presentable and give it the look ready for the Volksworld show
In the long run it will be taken off the road for a full rebuild and detail alongside a few changes
After a good look round the car no horror's have yet been discovered with only the smallest of holes where the underseal has been damaged under the rear arch so thats on my job list to sortwhen I get to that corner
One of the first job's was to see if the OG seat material had been left under the brown vinyl. Unfortunatly the seats had been fully stripped when they were recovered so the OG material was long gone so out came the CIF and nail brush
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Unfortuantly someone had stored a tyre on the passenger seat and it had badly marked it
Nothin i've tried on this sucker will lift this mark so if anyone has any magic cleaner that they have any used please let me know
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