VW Floor Jack / Stand Points
TECH TIP TUESDAY! Beginners Guide to Choosing TUNGSTEN For TIG Welding
There are a lot of options when it comes to choosing tungsten. Luckily, most beginners only have to worry about choosing between red, green and purple. Cody goes over the basics of all three and when to use them!
How to Remove the Karmann Ghia Body from the Chassis
This is the locations of the bolts.
Stanced Classic Volkswagen – 1960 Karmann Ghia
I dig it! Well done Pete and the folks at Airkewld.
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What’s up AirkewldArmy, it’s your friend Pete with Airkewld with the 3rd video of a new series we are putting together showcasing the stance of Classic Volkswagens and the specifications to achieve something similar.
Because we all have different tastes, this might not be your jam, but rest assured, the PRO’s can help!
Today, we are showcasing a 1960 Karmann Ghia out of Florida that is equipped with Air Ride that allows for adjustments all the way down or all the way up or anywhere in between.
To achieve a similar stance under your pre-69 Ghia, a complete Air Ride Kit with a 4” narrowed beam, drop spindle and disc brake combination is required up front. In the rear, the client chose a Long axle, short spline transaxle, from a 67 Beetle and disc brakes.
Wheels are 17×7 all around with 205-40-17 tires front and rear. Back spacing on these wheels are 5.5”all the way around and are EMPI Repo Fuchs in their Chrome Finish.
The suspension and brake package can be built by the PRO’s in a couple different ways. Individual parts and products as the budget allows, complete Air Ride kits along with a complete disc brake package or the PRO’s can assemble a complete front end, rotor to rotor, complete transaxle, rotor to rotor, ready for you to slap it in.
All these specs can be found in the credits at the end of this film as well as in the description below.
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Complete BAD Series Disc Brakes
Additional Photos (for sale here as of publish date)
Chassis Tear Down in 7 Minutes
Karmann Ghia Chassis Assembly
Karmann Ghia Throughout the Years
Let’s take a look at the 20 years of Karmann Ghia.
Possible OEM Part Numbers Reference
This place only ships to mainland UK, but their site does have a lot of body part and trim references that might come in handy for research and such. I’m linking here just for future use.
Principal Body Demensions
3-wire vs 4-wire Branch Feeder
3-wire feeders to detached structures that had no other parallel metallic pathways(eg. conduit, water and gas piping, communication cabling, etc.) were allowed up until the 2008 NEC code cycle.
From then on, 4-wire feeders have been required.
4-wire feeders to panels in attached structures have always been required.
3-wire feeder to detached(no longer allowed as of 2008):
4-wire feeder to detached:
4-wire feeder to attached structure:
