we are getting to the point of this car so it can be enjoyed for the summer. time to put the new door panals on and use bar and chain oil to stop the rust.
Thanks Darren - always fun wrenching with you. Lily is such a sweet dog, she is healthy and happy and seems well. I have a similar lab mix, same name too, and about the same age. Real, real good dog. Stay safe, my friend. Chuck in NE Kansas
Old aircraft mechanic here, Our hangar dog was called "prop bait" because we never knew when he would try to run thru a running prop. He died in our arms at 19 yrs of old age....
I have had success mixing gear oil with acetone to lubricate leaf springs. The acetone acts as a carrier, then evaporates leaving the oil behind. Thanks for taking your time making these videos, it brings back a lot of great VW memories.
To stop the rot, i've never found anything beats good old Waxoyl....superb stuff, doesn't just cover existing rust, it kills it, then sets as a tough wax, used it every few years on my old 1962 Land Rover...still has a rust free chassis which is remarkable in itself
An old mechanic (from the 40s and 50s told me to put a quart of kerosene in the crankcase and drive it for 40 or 50 miles, then change the oil and filter. It totally cleaned my 1958 Ford 292 engine! I actually dit it twice, and every part of the engine was spotless!
What a great job you did ! Nice simple little go-cart to blast around town in . Dated a girl many years ago with a 1966 Ghia that had a similar "poor mans " restoration it was a super fun car to drive great daily driver and road tripper too ! Enjoy it Mustie
I really enjoyed watching you, more or less, restore this beauty. By watching you work on vw's in general, I'm getting an education in vw's . I drove one for a couple of years when I was in high school, it was a blast to drive. Those are great in snow. I enjoy all the videos you make. I'm still in the process of watching them all..
Don't know if you've ever tried this. But way back when I was a teenager I was told by an ol timer that if I had a sludgey engine I should just replace a quart of oil with a quart of ATF during an oil change. Then after 100 miles or so change the oil again. The detergent in the ATF cleans out the sludge. I've used that trick on a few old engines with good luck. Great work on getting that Ghia back on the road.
Great job--love your videos. On those door/interior cards, here's what I do: before you put the clips on the card, put a little of that chain oil around each of the rubber cup lips. Then put the panel in place without clips, and press it against each rubber cup. This marks where the clip point needs to line up. Saves much aggravation. (I've had a Type III Fastback, several Beetles, a Squareback, and a Super).
Top advice. So many restos just get their strips smashed straight back onto the body. Makes me cringe. As well as protecting from the elements, anything oil- or wax-like in the holes also protects the paint that's just been newly applied (and so it is still soft for weeks, unless 2K lacquered (but even then, still no excuse 🙂)) from being chipped off as soon as it's re-installed. Amazing how many times you never see that.
With regards to your fuel lines, we are finding out the braided line (even the German made stuff), is not holding up well to ethanol laced fuels. We used to not use hose clamps either, but now find them necessary. Sometimes the hose goes soft and squishy, sometimes rock hard and cracks. Also, make sure your brass fittings to the fuel pump and carb are tight, as after many decades they are starting to come loose with disastrous consequences. We want to see you safely driving that car for a long time!
Being a New York resident, pretty much everything I ever work on qualifies as rusty junk. I always enjoy seeing how others handle the unique problems that rust creates.
I have a real soft spot for Ghias. I enjoyed the videos a lot even though I found then pretty late (2+years). Yours is making me SO jealous. I want one. I have no reason to have one but I want it anyhow.
Amazing is all I have to say, I thought I was the only one who knew about bar oil and its properties in the application you talked about. I kept a 1994 GMC Sonoma rust free for 17 years with summer bar oil.
Great series! Like the tip about using the bar oil. On my Ghia, I tucked the plastic sheet inside the door at the bottom like it was done originally on my model (1968). It was a lot more difficult, but it channels the water outside through the drain holes instead of inside between the door and the plastic. But I don't take mine out in the rain; so I guess it really didn't matter. LOL
I have the same dog about the same age that does the same thing! Good ol buddies they are. Car looks great. Just enough fixin without having to pamper a restored one.
If I've had a shit day (and I have) To come home and find an Mustie1 video waiting for me in my inbox is a great boost. I can then relax with a beer, watch the vid and feel the stresses of the day fade away. :) Marvelous.
Thanks for this series. I have never sealed areas with oil as we don't have the salt on the roads as bad as your area. All the best to to and the family.
A wonderful series... very satisfying and entertaining to watch! And the car is looking great... perfect for a daily driver. Any man who loves dogs and old VWs is o.k. in my book! Thanks for taking us on the journey!
Nice car, Great Dog. How people treat their animals say a lot about the people. Shame we get to know you but you don’t get to know us. Thanks for letting us hang out in the garage and do some wrenching 🤠
Good tips with 'winterizing' with bar and chain oil. Being a cheap broke bloke I use Cooking oil or Corn oil. Mixed 50/50 with Isopropyl alcohol makes it runny and wicks upwards on the metal. For doors that still have the covers on them I use a Turkey Butter Syringe and inject in the door drain holes at the bottom. Squirt upwards it runs down and up. I like to do it on the hottest days in July. The Isopropyl alcohol evaporates and leaves the corn oil very sticky. Wipe of excess as it drains out the next day or hard to get off later. I use a sponge around body seams at wheel wells, it seeps into them. So far no rust on a 2002 Ford Taurus anywhere. I use a power washer and add it to the soap dispenser and a Ryobi Under car washer, has wheels and easy to spray under the car. Water drips away leaving the Corn oil. I was looking forward to the quarter panel replacement, I guess that will be later.
I think what would work great for the door liner is a product we use in building construction called Super Six. It's a vapour barrier you put over your insulated stud wall before you put up your drywall. It's clear and 6 mil thick. It is almost as thick as the stuff they put on new cars and trucks.
Suggest hitting that rust with a rust converter before applying the chain oil. Brand I prefer if Ospho which has the viscosity of water, can be sprayed, dipped or brushed on, and converts the iron oxide (rust) into iron phosphate which is a hard, air-tight coating. Applying the chain oil on top of that will provide even better protection against future rust issues. Ospho isn't expensive and a quart goes a long way. There are many more brands on the market that do basically the same thing.
Another great completed project Daren, those inner door panels really clean and finish off the interior. Can't wait to see you driving the finished product once winter is over. I didn't realize VW engines didn't use a paper/cardboard style oil filter. A handy tip... House 6 mill vapour barrier plastic is much thicker than garbage bag plastic plus it is UV resistant if you ever have to add a plastic lining to the interior doors of a future car. Lilly's cameo at the end made this video even better. :) Thumbs up! 👍🏼
reminds me of my best friend Blue. She was a good bubby duggin dog. she use to steal my sockets off the floor while i was workin, just so id chase her to get em' back... i miss my bubbin dog.
My German Shepherd is a THIEF too. He steals whatever I have on my desk that he can find. Cute, but ANNOYING! When I go outside to garden, I had better watch my tools!
Oh how I dream of dinner day owning a car like that. Even a bug would be nice but this was always my favorite of the VW's. Very nice job and awesome video Sir.
She totally moved her mouth when you said say goodbye to the people 👍 thanks for always letting me hangout with you bud I have had so much fun with you and your adventures and fixing stuff over the years.
Been following you for a little while now and I have to say you have the best personality on you tube. You should actually have your own TV show. Great job.
Hey Mustie, long time watcher here. Just wanted to say i've always loved your ending little 30 second ish clips you add to the end of some of your videos. Always relaxing wrenching in the garage with you, then ending it off even more relaxing to those clips. Keep up the good work sir, have a good day!
I like where you show your problem solving and methods to the madness... AIN'T IT JUST AIN'T IT 😜 lols That will be an awesome Fun ride... especially with the personal touches..
Thank you for further explaining and illustrating your bar oil rust proofing method Mustie. I have spent hundreds of dollars on products such as POR-15 or cold galvanizing spray compounds to prevent or stop rust on interior or trouble water holding areas with good results but ending up with a empty wallet. I will give your method a try on my most recent restoration a 1980 Jeep CJ-5 and maybe it will hold up under Michigans high road salt applications in winter time conditions. Great content as always. Cheers!
I used Blue-Tac poster adhesive for my vapor barrier on my Beetle. Saw it somewhere on the interweb. Worked great. Also allows a bit of re-positioning if needed.
Thanks for sharing your time in the shop with us. I hope to get my small work area finished someday, so I can lay my mess of tools out and then come back to your channel and go back and revisit lessons on VW's and some small engines, that I have to work on as well. I miss all my dogs, the last one lasted 16 years and broke my heart when she passed on. Most of my dogs lived passed there expected age, and I really love it when they are older, and then I can keep up with them for a change LOL. My 68 type 1 and my great uncle's 68 type 1 (with 485K one owner miles) will need some love in the future and you're knowledge, that you are passing on, will help me do so. Thanks and have a wonderfully blessed day! Logan Smith Lewisburg TN.
I see what's going on here! vwnut 1967 has the power and cuteness of Patina to draw in viewers and Mustie took that idea and ran with it with a cute scene of Lilly. It worked (even though I already watch Mustie1 videos anyway).
it is always a pleasure watching you work i learned a lot from you Thank you.... keeping doing what you are doing you will always have an audience in me
I think an oval red refector on the bottom of the front door cards would look really nice and even a lighted flush mount red light would look really awesome.
It took you 17 years and 7 months less than it took me! ;D. I love the wide whites... The Ghias look so much better with them... I also dig the white panels. I think it goes with that car. You are going to be a hit at shows with your fleet. Now you need a Thing!
Doors and dog! Finnegan's Waxoyl used to be the thing in the UK also something called Ziebart (which I now discover is an American product). Beautiful little car!
good stuff...repairing that quarter panel really must be a a job full of no return(monies) else you would get done...you putting these cars back together and back in service with using your methods is most entertaining, all the crud in that engine yet she purrs sssssss...thanks for taking me along, could say i am a "MuskeTeer". love your friend, you too are like a old married couple/more good stuff
I do like the white door cards, they lift the inside. If you'd gone with black, it may have been a bit too dark in there, it's a nice looking interior now!
I'll say my piece now while still watching, I love this car, I'm not telling you what to do, by any means, your the greatest, I'm gonna miss this car, please finish the body work, it deserves it, and if it was mine, I'd do the seats white too, it would be gorgeous
Pontiac GrandPrix73 I had a triple black ‘77 Grand Prix. “Radial Tuned Suspension”. I traded it for an ‘80 F-150 that I needed to work on my dream house. That GP was a pleasure to cruise in.
Fantastic Karmann Ghia, your videos have helped me a bunch in the past to help me get my 1973 Super Beetle that I got last August back on the road. My bug was plagued with a bunch of little problems but I been watching your channel for years and love it keep sharing your projects.
I have found adding a quart of ATF with your oil change can really help clean a grungy engine out. There is a lot of extra detergents in ATF. Cool looking cruiser you have there, Should be fun this summer!!
You've done so much for this car without spending much at all. Many old cars just don't get saved because people assume repairs will put them deep in the red. This series proved it can be done. Great job. Looking forward to the quarter panel repair at a later date.
Well. you have to remember he had a spare engine that he could clean up and install. Most of us don't have a "hoard". Mustie has a nice setup when it comes to restoring worn out vehicles. Don't hold your breath waiting for the panel repair. That is a major undertaking that will require a full paint job. I don't think we will see this daily driver go through that for some time.
Thank you for sharing your Karmann-Ghia experience. Great job! I'm currently working on an related project - KG Type 34. Therefore I've pretty good benefit from your videos. Olaf (in Germany)
Mustie...the VW is looking awesome. Like in the ole cigarette commercial ad...you've come a long way baby! Been a nice journey. One thing nice about being a mechanic and having a black dog...they don't show grease after you're done petting them! 😁
It made me laugh, and realise that we all make those decisions sometimes, when you realised the oil trough may have been a tad on the small side. But like most of us would have done, you pushed on, only then to realise, gotta empty this somehow now. I love that stuff, cos we all do it. Loving the Karmann Ghia, such a cool car. There has to be a cheaper alternative to the chain saw oil that has that tackiness, something to consider I guess. Greetings and thanks from a stinking hot Melbourne, Australia.
drove my sixty six ghia convertible barefooted a hundred thousand mile's before it blew up on the new jersy turn pike at 95 mile's per hour keeping up or out of the way of other traffic! loved the car. grew up with it.
The plastic between the door card should be fitted with a mastic( it’s called a shedder) I fitted thousands of them in a car factory. The mastic stops the moisture so much better than glue as you can see the bead on the shedder...
So good to see this car given a new life. I am just so glad you didn't sell out to the TV, they would have stolen your soul Mustie. If Lily could talk I think she would agree on that. My golden lab/retriever likes shed time with me and he keeps me grounded. Thanks for all the time and effort you give making series like this and letting us come along for the ride.
Looking good now. We used to do the trick with the window winder at the dealerships. Customers would come in and say the windows are dropping on there own! So we'd move the handle to stop it happening. Oh & My dog makes the same noise when I rub his ears too. Must be a dog thing. Great vids as ever all the best. Pete. UK.
Garbage bags work just fine (so long they aren't the perishable kind, the ones that stink really, really bad). I have one on my range rover that's a beat up outside work horse with no registration, basically expecting it to die at any moment. And so far no issues with it after one and a half years since i glued them on with double sided sticky tape.
I wish that we could find affordable air cooled vw cars to repair in the uk. I’ve had six beetles and a late bay over the years, love them, but way out of my price range these days. Your videos are great!
If I remember right when I worked for GM they used that grey putty/"DUM DUM" to hold tar paper to door to prevent water intrusion. As always the MASTER OF WHAT OTHERS WOULD HAVE TRASHED DID HIS USUALLY EXCELLENT JOB...
I think that car is really sharp considering where you started. Another beauty back on the road where is belongs. Excellent series. And a cameo from Lilly is awesome a welcome sight! Cheers.
Love Lily!! Also love your channel, thanks!! For me, the biggest two mistakes that VW made was not equipping the Karmann Ghia with a larger, more powerful motor. Imagine these with the six cylinder Porsche that came with some of the 914's... Even adding dual Webers and getting a freer flowing exhaust gives it a bit more excitement. The other? They should have made the 'New Beetle' a rear engine car... Would have been an instant and long lasting classic... Instead, they did the same thing to the car they did to the Ghia by putting it on a Bug pan they just made it look good but stuck it on a Jetta pan... shame.
I think you did the right thing doing all the issues without taking the whole the car apart, - being able to still drive it a n d do all the improvements is an excellent choice ! And the outcome turned out to be very successful without spending too much money and time ! Thank you for sharing all your efforts..!
l see it all the time, so many projects that get taken apart then never put back together as the owner gets overwelmed, but its a good way to buy them as they are cheap and come with lots of new parts,
VWnut puppy style end of video :-) Love it ! Its so relaxing to watch, and the aawwww feeling instantly starts warming up your body and soul. Thanks so much for the video!
Sweet old dog! Your treating her with affection was best part of the altogether fine video.
Thanks Darren - always fun wrenching with you. Lily is such a sweet dog, she is healthy and happy and seems well. I have a similar lab mix, same name too, and about the same age. Real, real good dog. Stay safe, my friend. Chuck in NE Kansas
Thank you for mentoring a new generation into the wonderful world of turning wrenches; it's a dying art in a world of high technology.
Thank you for posting. Nothing like snuggling with a sweet dog. I got some Lab love today from my cousin's dog
Old aircraft mechanic here,
Our hangar dog was called "prop bait" because we never knew when he would try to run thru a running prop.
He died in our arms at 19 yrs of old age....
Great videos.... thanks. Thanks for reminding me to spend a bit more time with the things, (and pets) we love. They're not going to be there forever.
I have had success mixing gear oil with acetone to lubricate leaf springs. The acetone acts as a carrier, then evaporates leaving the oil behind. Thanks for taking your time making these videos, it brings back a lot of great VW memories.
To stop the rot, i've never found anything beats good old Waxoyl....superb stuff, doesn't just cover existing rust, it kills it, then sets as a tough wax, used it every few years on my old 1962 Land Rover...still has a rust free chassis which is remarkable in itself
An old mechanic (from the 40s and 50s told me to put a quart of kerosene in the crankcase and drive it for 40 or 50 miles, then change the oil and filter. It totally cleaned my 1958 Ford 292 engine!
I actually dit it twice, and every part of the engine was spotless!
What a great job you did ! Nice simple little go-cart to blast around town in . Dated a girl many years ago with a 1966 Ghia that had a similar "poor mans " restoration it was a super fun car to drive great daily driver and road tripper too ! Enjoy it Mustie
I really enjoyed watching you, more or less, restore this beauty. By watching you work on vw's in general, I'm getting an education in vw's . I drove one for a couple of years when I was in high school, it was a blast to drive. Those are great in snow. I enjoy all the videos you make. I'm still in the process of watching them all..
Don't know if you've ever tried this. But way back when I was a teenager I was told by an ol timer that if I had a sludgey engine I should just replace a quart of oil with a quart of ATF during an oil change. Then after 100 miles or so change the oil again. The detergent in the ATF cleans out the sludge.
I've used that trick on a few old engines with good luck.
Great work on getting that Ghia back on the road.
Great job--love your videos. On those door/interior cards, here's what I do: before you put the clips on the card, put a little of that chain oil around each of the rubber cup lips. Then put the panel in place without clips, and press it against each rubber cup. This marks where the clip point needs to line up. Saves much aggravation. (I've had a Type III Fastback, several Beetles, a Squareback, and a Super).
good idea
Top advice. So many restos just get their strips smashed straight back onto the body. Makes me cringe. As well as protecting from the elements, anything oil- or wax-like in the holes also protects the paint that's just been newly applied (and so it is still soft for weeks, unless 2K lacquered (but even then, still no excuse 🙂)) from being chipped off as soon as it's re-installed. Amazing how many times you never see that.
With regards to your fuel lines, we are finding out the braided line (even the German made stuff), is not holding up well to ethanol laced fuels. We used to not use hose clamps either, but now find them necessary. Sometimes the hose goes soft and squishy, sometimes rock hard and cracks. Also, make sure your brass fittings to the fuel pump and carb are tight, as after many decades they are starting to come loose with disastrous consequences. We want to see you safely driving that car for a long time!
yep, been using fuel injection line for a while
Being a New York resident, pretty much everything I ever work on qualifies as rusty junk. I always enjoy seeing how others handle the unique problems that rust creates.
I have a real soft spot for Ghias. I enjoyed the videos a lot even though I found then pretty late (2+years). Yours is making me SO jealous. I want one. I have no reason to have one but I want it anyhow.
Amazing is all I have to say, I thought I was the only one who knew about bar oil and its properties in the application you talked about. I kept a 1994 GMC Sonoma rust free for 17 years with summer bar oil.
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I was just going to say smacking the panel and making the clip pop in is a special feeling.
Great series! Like the tip about using the bar oil. On my Ghia, I tucked the plastic sheet inside the door at the bottom like it was done originally on my model (1968). It was a lot more difficult, but it channels the water outside through the drain holes instead of inside between the door and the plastic. But I don't take mine out in the rain; so I guess it really didn't matter. LOL
I have the same dog about the same age that does the same thing! Good ol buddies they are. Car looks great. Just enough fixin without having to pamper a restored one.
If I've had a shit day (and I have) To come home and find an Mustie1 video waiting for me in my inbox is a great boost. I can then relax with a beer, watch the vid and feel the stresses of the day fade away. :)
Marvelous.
like therapy!
Thanks for this series. I have never sealed areas with oil as we don't have the salt on the roads as bad as your area. All the best to to and the family.
A wonderful series... very satisfying and entertaining to watch! And the car is looking great... perfect for a daily driver. Any man who loves dogs and old VWs is o.k. in my book! Thanks for taking us on the journey!
Nice car, Great Dog. How people treat their animals say a lot about the people.
Shame we get to know you but you don’t get to know us.
Thanks for letting us hang out in the garage and do some wrenching 🤠
Good tips with 'winterizing' with bar and chain oil. Being a cheap broke bloke I use Cooking oil or Corn oil. Mixed 50/50 with Isopropyl alcohol makes it runny and wicks upwards on the metal. For doors that still have the covers on them I use a Turkey Butter Syringe and inject in the door drain holes at the bottom. Squirt upwards it runs down and up. I like to do it on the hottest days in July. The Isopropyl alcohol evaporates and leaves the corn oil very sticky. Wipe of excess as it drains out the next day or hard to get off later. I use a sponge around body seams at wheel wells, it seeps into them. So far no rust on a 2002 Ford Taurus anywhere. I use a power washer and add it to the soap dispenser and a Ryobi Under car washer, has wheels and easy to spray under the car. Water drips away leaving the Corn oil. I was looking forward to the quarter panel replacement, I guess that will be later.
I think what would work great for the door liner is a product we use in building construction called Super Six. It's a vapour barrier you put over your insulated stud wall before you put up your drywall. It's clear and 6 mil thick. It is almost as thick as the stuff they put on new cars and trucks.
Suggest hitting that rust with a rust converter before applying the chain oil. Brand I prefer if Ospho which has the viscosity of water, can be sprayed, dipped or brushed on, and converts the iron oxide (rust) into iron phosphate which is a hard, air-tight coating. Applying the chain oil on top of that will provide even better protection against future rust issues. Ospho isn't expensive and a quart goes a long way. There are many more brands on the market that do basically the same thing.
That was great . Well done Mustie ... I got such a chuckle out of your dog ... mans best buddy
Another great completed project Daren, those inner door panels really clean and finish off the interior. Can't wait to see you driving the finished product once winter is over. I didn't realize VW engines didn't use a paper/cardboard style oil filter.
A handy tip...
House 6 mill vapour barrier plastic is much thicker than garbage bag plastic plus it is UV resistant if you ever have to add a plastic lining to the interior doors of a future car.
Lilly's cameo at the end made this video even better. :)
Thumbs up! 👍🏼
l used hefty contractor bags
reminds me of my best friend Blue. She was a good bubby duggin dog. she use to steal my sockets off the floor while i was workin, just so id chase her to get em' back...
i miss my bubbin dog.
Nothing like a good friend
My German Shepherd is a THIEF too. He steals whatever I have on my desk that he can find. Cute, but ANNOYING! When I go outside to garden, I had better watch my tools!
My lab Buddy does the same thing. He'll grab something and haul but , then turn around and wait for me, all the while tail wagging.
Yep our dogs are simply the best! We can judge the character of a man by his treatment of animals.
Oh how I dream of dinner day owning a car like that. Even a bug would be nice but this was always my favorite of the VW's. Very nice job and awesome video Sir.
thanks for showing the chain oil up close and describing it. i always imagined it being darker for some reason
She totally moved her mouth when you said say goodbye to the people 👍 thanks for always letting me hangout with you bud I have had so much fun with you and your adventures and fixing stuff over the years.
a boy and his dog....better than any blood pressure medicine in the world. Thanks!!!!
true,
I knew I liked you anyway, but the bit with your dog at the end .... you just went up a whole other level right there!
Been following you for a little while now and I have to say you have the best personality on you tube. You should actually have your own TV show. Great job.
Hey Mustie, long time watcher here. Just wanted to say i've always loved your ending little 30 second ish clips you add to the end of some of your videos. Always relaxing wrenching in the garage with you, then ending it off even more relaxing to those clips. Keep up the good work sir, have a good day!
thanks gabe
Looks like an old friend at the end. Thanks for sharing.
That car is looking pretty good! Those whitewalls are awesome.
looking good.. what a difference the door panels make. aww , what a nice doggy.. :)
I like where you show your problem solving and methods to the madness... AIN'T IT JUST AIN'T IT 😜 lols That will be an awesome Fun ride... especially with the personal touches..
Thank you for further explaining and illustrating your bar oil rust proofing method Mustie. I have spent hundreds of dollars on products such as POR-15 or cold galvanizing spray compounds to prevent or stop rust on interior or trouble water holding areas with good results but ending up with a empty wallet. I will give your method a try on my most recent restoration a 1980 Jeep CJ-5 and maybe it will hold up under Michigans high road salt applications in winter time conditions. Great content as always. Cheers!
Love hangin out in your shop
My co in korea back in 86 had a burgundy convertible karma Ghia. Got to ride in it once, sweet ride. Keep on keepin on mustie!
Thanks Mustie. you can buy cheap bathroom/kitchen extractor fan flexible pipe to vent exhaust from your vehicles. love the show
I always loved that color scheme with white walls! Good work as always!
Rear quarter panel rebondo for now so we can all sleep better.
Yep. Repeated bondo to the screen 50 times. Haha. That looks like shit
Love the car man. Another great series!
yep, been fun to watch
I used Blue-Tac poster adhesive for my vapor barrier on my Beetle. Saw it somewhere on the interweb. Worked great. Also allows a bit of re-positioning if needed.
good tip
Thanks for sharing your time in the shop with us. I hope to get my small work area finished someday, so I can lay my mess of tools out and then come back to your channel and go back and revisit lessons on VW's and some small engines, that I have to work on as well. I miss all my dogs, the last one lasted 16 years and broke my heart when she passed on. Most of my dogs lived passed there expected age, and I really love it when they are older, and then I can keep up with them for a change LOL. My 68 type 1 and my great uncle's 68 type 1 (with 485K one owner miles) will need some love in the future and you're knowledge, that you are passing on, will help me do so. Thanks and have a wonderfully blessed day! Logan Smith Lewisburg TN.
I see what's going on here!
vwnut 1967 has the power and cuteness of Patina to draw in viewers and Mustie took that idea and ran with it with a cute scene of Lilly. It worked (even though I already watch Mustie1 videos anyway).
it is always a pleasure watching you work i learned a lot from you Thank you.... keeping doing what you are doing you will always have an audience in me
I think an oval red refector on the bottom of the front door cards would look really nice and even a lighted flush mount red light would look really awesome.
Those trash bags worked nicely. The door panels look great.
Thanks for that one as always, that old lab loves his dad! one man and his dog best thing in the world, lovely to see.take care..
Nice job, Darren. I like the different colors as well.
Thank you for the great video series & getting this Karmann Ghia back on the road , I really enjoyed it ..... " I'm committed " 😂
you should be committed?, that explains your channel name,
@@mustie1 lol , the oil change bit
oil changes are good for views l here,
@@mustie1 🤣😂🤣
Mustie1 Let him borrow your looong sleeve strap in the back jacket sometimes.
Well , we certainly know the drivers side door closes smooth ! Great little cruiser car and thanks for sharing the work on it !
It took you 17 years and 7 months less than it took me! ;D. I love the wide whites... The Ghias look so much better with them... I also dig the white panels. I think it goes with that car. You are going to be a hit at shows with your fleet. Now you need a Thing!
or a Doo Dad
a lifted thing
or a double cab
Doors and dog! Finnegan's Waxoyl used to be the thing in the UK also something called Ziebart (which I now discover is an American product). Beautiful little car!
This Ghia is a sweet little number and I love the Labrador at the end! Thanks Mustie!
Really looking great, thanks for taking us along!
good stuff...repairing that quarter panel really must be a a job full of no return(monies) else you would get done...you putting these cars back together and back in service with using your methods is most entertaining, all the crud in that engine yet she purrs sssssss...thanks for taking me along, could say i am a "MuskeTeer". love your friend, you too are like a old married couple/more good stuff
I do like the white door cards, they lift the inside. If you'd gone with black, it may have been a bit too dark in there, it's a nice looking interior now!
I'll say my piece now while still watching, I love this car, I'm not telling you what to do, by any means, your the greatest, I'm gonna miss this car, please finish the body work, it deserves it, and if it was mine, I'd do the seats white too, it would be gorgeous
Pontiac GrandPrix73 I had a triple black ‘77 Grand Prix. “Radial Tuned Suspension”. I traded it for an ‘80 F-150 that I needed to work on my dream house. That GP was a pleasure to cruise in.
Another morning with Mustie, really starts my day off right, watching a very smart, hard working, logical guy. Gettum teach.
Great to see Lily getting some much appreciated attention!
Beautiful old dog. Beautiful old Ghia. My rat terrier does that trick of grabbing my hand or arm and pulling it toward him for some free scratching.
Fantastic Karmann Ghia, your videos have helped me a bunch in the past to help me get my 1973 Super Beetle that I got last August back on the road. My bug was plagued with a bunch of little problems but I been watching your channel for years and love it keep sharing your projects.
There is nothing better than a Mustie1 video for breakfast and learning new very time.
I have found adding a quart of ATF with your oil change can really help clean a grungy engine out. There is a lot of extra detergents in ATF.
Cool looking cruiser you have there, Should be fun this summer!!
You've done so much for this car without spending much at all. Many old cars just don't get saved because people assume repairs will put them deep in the red. This series proved it can be done. Great job. Looking forward to the quarter panel repair at a later date.
Well. you have to remember he had a spare engine that he could clean up and install. Most of us don't have a "hoard". Mustie has a nice setup when it comes to restoring worn out vehicles. Don't hold your breath waiting for the panel repair. That is a major undertaking that will require a full paint job. I don't think we will see this daily driver go through that for some time.
Those door panels really look sharp. Nice job! Now you need to fix the rear quarter panel to finish it off.
What a great driver restore for this car. New life to an engine that many others would've just scrapped as well.
Thank you for sharing your Karmann-Ghia experience. Great job! I'm currently working on an related project - KG Type 34. Therefore I've pretty good benefit from your videos.
Olaf (in Germany)
Mustie...the VW is looking awesome. Like in the ole cigarette commercial ad...you've come a long way baby! Been a nice journey. One thing nice about being a mechanic and having a black dog...they don't show grease after you're done petting them! 😁
l had a all white dog and know what you mean, he would just walk in the garage and be a mess
Awesome reply! I'm not a mechanic but wrench on my tractor about every other day and my cat used to be tan like.
@@mustie1 The dog in the video started out white, didn't he?
still chuckling about strangely satisfying. I love your tip of lining the card and positioning the door handle. very clever in both cases.
It made me laugh, and realise that we all make those decisions sometimes, when you realised the oil trough may have been a tad on the small side. But like most of us would have done, you pushed on, only then to realise, gotta empty this somehow now. I love that stuff, cos we all do it. Loving the Karmann Ghia, such a cool car. There has to be a cheaper alternative to the chain saw oil that has that tackiness, something to consider I guess. Greetings and thanks from a stinking hot Melbourne, Australia.
its pretty cheap at $12 a jug
I've never been a big vw fan, but after you doing these projects I've come to wish that I had the time and money to play around with one.
drove my sixty six ghia convertible barefooted a hundred thousand mile's before it blew up on the new jersy turn pike at 95 mile's per hour keeping up or out of the way of other traffic! loved the car. grew up with it.
The plastic between the door card should be fitted with a mastic( it’s called a shedder) I fitted thousands of them in a car factory. The mastic stops the moisture so much better than glue as you can see the bead on the shedder...
Thank you musti1 I always wondered why there was plastic behind the door card , you have cleared up the mystery !
its also for stopping air from coming through the door
So good to see this car given a new life. I am just so glad you didn't sell out to the TV, they would have stolen your soul Mustie. If Lily could talk I think she would agree on that. My golden lab/retriever likes shed time with me and he keeps me grounded. Thanks for all the time and effort you give making series like this and letting us come along for the ride.
Great series Mustie1, looking forward to the finish.
Looking good now. We used to do the trick with the window winder at the dealerships. Customers would come in and say the windows are dropping on there own! So we'd move the handle to stop it happening.
Oh & My dog makes the same noise when I rub his ears too. Must be a dog thing. Great vids as ever all the best. Pete. UK.
Superbly done!! Glad you included the oil change part. Found that interesting just to see what came out. Hats off M1.
-Pidge
Garbage bags work just fine (so long they aren't the perishable kind, the ones that stink really, really bad). I have one on my range rover that's a beat up outside work horse with no registration, basically expecting it to die at any moment. And so far no issues with it after one and a half years since i glued them on with double sided sticky tape.
I wish that we could find affordable air cooled vw cars to repair in the uk. I’ve had six beetles and a late bay over the years, love them, but way out of my price range these days. Your videos are great!
If I remember right when I worked for GM they used that grey putty/"DUM DUM" to hold tar paper to door to prevent water intrusion. As always the MASTER OF WHAT OTHERS WOULD HAVE TRASHED DID HIS USUALLY EXCELLENT JOB...
yeah ive seen that too , but just working with what l have,
@@mustie1 just a comment, didn't mean to incinerate you should use it or that you did something wrong
You way was probably better than factory anyway
Never mind the car lol, what a sweet doggie! He/she looks pretty old, but will hopefully be with you for a long time to come :)
I have restored and loved 4 Ghias over the years, loved them all....this should be a keeper!
I think that car is really sharp considering where you started. Another beauty back on the road where is belongs. Excellent series. And a cameo from Lilly is awesome a welcome sight! Cheers.
Nice work! The more i think i am getting close.... watching you do finish work I'm thinking man I got a long way to go. Great video
Car looks great. Love the videos keep them coming. You’ve help me out with a lot of carburetor issues thank you
Love Lily!! Also love your channel, thanks!! For me, the biggest two mistakes that VW made was not equipping the Karmann Ghia with a larger, more powerful motor. Imagine these with the six cylinder Porsche that came with some of the 914's... Even adding dual Webers and getting a freer flowing exhaust gives it a bit more excitement. The other? They should have made the 'New Beetle' a rear engine car... Would have been an instant and long lasting classic... Instead, they did the same thing to the car they did to the Ghia by putting it on a Bug pan they just made it look good but stuck it on a Jetta pan... shame.
My dog does the same thing. They are such sweeties.
Think that dog loves you as much as you love him. So placid. ❤
I think you did the right thing doing all the issues without taking the whole the car apart, - being able to still drive it a n d do all the improvements is an excellent choice !
And the outcome turned out to be very successful without spending too much money and time !
Thank you for sharing all your efforts..!
l see it all the time, so many projects that get taken apart then never put back together as the owner gets overwelmed, but its a good way to buy them as they are cheap and come with lots of new parts,
Amazing what you've done in the time for very little outlay but most of the value is in the wrenching. Love to have a Karmann Ghia as my daily driver
VWnut puppy style end of video :-)
Love it !
Its so relaxing to watch, and the aawwww feeling instantly starts warming up your body and soul.
Thanks so much for the video!