Saturday, if all goes well, I’m picking up a ’63 Ghia for parts. It only costs $$ and there’s enough good metal on this thing to take care of just about all the rest of the stuff I need.
It looks pretty crusty, but the body is very straight. The nose is perfect, as are the fenders. My 62 has a pretty messed up front end. One fender is not salvageable even by the most talented metal workers, and the nose isn’t in the best shape either.
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I would use this body except that someone has made some strange cuts to it, going from the rear parcel shelf through the window lip to the engine compartment, and another couple of strange cuts on the right rear fender.
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But if you’ll notice, two good straight sets of bumpers ($$$), and the container next to the car has seats in good condition ($), straight, rust free decklid and bonnet lid (mine aren’t quite so nice), a real swan neck mirror ($$$), and some other misc. parts, like a rear view mirror and visor from an early ’50s bug ($$$$) and some pop-outs that I might stick in my ’74 Super.
So cost of this Ghia is $$, and the total value of all the stuff I’ll get with it is at least $$$$$$$$, so I’ll be money ahead. It looks crusty, but it’ll be worth it.
Oh, and my pans arrived on Tuesday!
