I got all kinds of goodies for the car today.

Not much to report on the Ghia front. I’ve been shooting WD-40 into my passenger side heater box guide tube (the cable is stuck) every day for a week or two, and it still isn’t budging. I’m waiting for a fully reconditioned carburetor to arrive, which should solve several of my mechanical problems.

I got the rebuilt carburetor put back in the car last night. It ran like complete crap, because I was a retard and put the spring in the accelerator pump in the wrong place. Whoops.
Fixed that, and she’s running like a champ. Still dying at idle, though, but I think that should just be a [...]

Got the carburetor pulled and disassembled today. Cleaned it out, though it didn’t look that bad. It’s going to the machine shop to get a new bushing for the throttle plate rod. So later this week, it should be good
Also managed to pull out the left-side heater control cable. Part of it, anyways; I think [...]

Got my new points & condenser installed the other day.
I strongly recommend that nobody ever buy Wells brand anything for ACVWs. The condenser is a cheap piece of crap that didn’t fit properly.