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Storing the Ghia for the Winter - I put the ghia in storage for the winter, which means that I put blocks under it and a car cover over it and left it in the driveway. The pan is jammed up in the garage. The many boxes of parts are stacked neatly. I got my first letter from the homeo... - 2006/02/20

Pulling the Pan - I didn't feel safe going all the way up in one go because I didn't know how stable the thing would be. Or how heavy. In retrospect, it would have been easier to go all the way up to start with. On day two here I had to raise the frame higher on the a... - 2005/11/03

Pulling the Frame - After disconnecting the seatbelts from the pan I was ready to pull the frame. The steering wheel wasn't that hard to undo. Or at least it wouldn't have been if the Germans knew how to make a bolt that a half inch wrench could fit on. That's the reaso... - 2005/11/03

Switching to thumbnails - I've actually gotten quite a bit done since the last post. I just haven't posted. The reason is that the pics got too big for dialup to load well. I need to switch to thumbnails instead. So now I'm working on going back to the beginning of the blog a... - 2005/11/03

Getting There - It only took one drill bit and an afternoon to get the other door off. We drilled off all of the door screws on the passenger side while Ambre drove the drivers side And then FINALLY the thing is off. Now it's time to work on the front bump... - 2005/11/02

Hurricane Rita Slowed Me Down - Well, it took a while to get going again due to hurricane Rita. I wound up having to shuffle the garage around enough to push the car in because the frame isn't bolted on anymore and I didn't want it to blow away. It was a pretty tight fit, but it fi... - 2005/11/02