Installed my new speedo cable today. It wasn’t as hard as I had been led to believe. Speedo is much more accurate, but still floaty once you hit 40-50mph. I met a guy who’s selling Ghia gauges for $5 a pop, so I’m going to stock up and hope I find something good.
Haven’t gotten the [...]

I had a really crappy day at work, so I went to tinker with my Ghia to take my mind off it.
I readjusted the valves (they were all too loose), set the carb’s idle air screw properly, checked my points, and adjusted my timing. And let me advise anyone working on ACVWs: when you take [...]

I got my order from KGP&R today, and was all set to mount the bumper when I realized that I forgot to get the bumper bracket-to-body seals.
Stupid crappy me.
I also discovered the limit of my driving distance at night; around 15 miles. After that, the car won’t start because of the bad generator. I had [...]

I just ordered all the hardware to mount up my rear bumper from Karmann Ghia Parts & Restoration. The bumper is actually for an earlier year, and is the “towel-bar” style. My rear apron doesn’t have the bolt holes for these, so I’m just pulling them off until I can get some real blade bumpers.
I [...]

Swapped my voltage regulator with a spare to see if that made a difference, but it didn’t. So either both regulators are bad, or the generator is toast. I also replaced the brushes on the gen., but that didn’t fix it either, and looking inside it, it looks like the field windings are melted and [...]