Nice Ghia! New Friend!

I went over to Happy's picnic in Corydon, IN a few weeks ago.

I saw this sharp 69' Ghia vert owned by Herschel. It was neat to talk with someone that had just completed a restoration to pick their brain. Herschel completed this in less than a year and is real knowledgeable about VW's. It turns out he lives across the street from my brother-in-law in Spencer County. Nice Ride, Nice Guy.

Engine In! Check!

We started to put the engine back together a couple of weeks ago. Kerry, my dad Paul and myself. We put it back together and realized we need to get a few things before we could get it in the car. I sprayed the tin, heater channels, manifold, etc... black. We changed out all the needed gaskets, gas lines, fuel filters, new plug wires, accelerator cable and vacuum lines. We also put in a new exhaust system from Mid American Motorworks(Eurosport). We had to bend it a little to get it to line up with the heater channels.

We needed the new engine seals before we could get the engine in.

Putting the pieces back together.

Just about ready to put in the car.

New engine seals. Kind of a tight fit.

Kerry working away, looking good. I choose to put in 2 fuel filters, just in case the gas tank has some leftover dirt in it.

It's in. Now I need to start getting the new wiring harness, gas tank and auto transmission parts in the car.