Juan’s 59 Lowlight

[Pete]

#42661

The wait for the floor mat set will be worth it.  The guy making them has gone above and beyond with the investment of his time and money to reproduce them.  He’s announced that once he runs through this last batch of material he’ll no longer be able to make them, so future Ghia resto’s will be back to carpet kits.

[John Jones]

#42682

Juan 59 DDWT wrote:

Thx Franz, I sent the heat mechanism with knobs, did you receive it too? 👍🍻

  That is going to suck balls to change if that was the plan… I was hoping for some replacement knobs or something??  The originals look dipped on the lever.. as in non replaceable or removable..

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[Juan 59 DDWT]

#42686

John / Franz, I know it is impossible to remove the knobs, my idea is to change all the heat mechanism or disassemble the mechanism and use the two levers with knobs and install them in the actual mechanism that the Karmann Ghia already has installed,.. is it possible? 🤔

Yes John, I hope to bring it to home soon 🤞

[Franz]

#43621

I had our friend Matt 3D scan and print some fresh air control knobs.
Original type rubber floor mats arrived from Low Light Werks.👍

[Rustabus]

#43622

Oh Damn!!!! The last of the jewelry?!!!?!?

[Pete]

#43625

Nice!  Worth the wait for those unobtanium details!

[Juan 59 DDWT]

#43698

Perfect Franz,… I think we just need the trims for the inside door handle “driver side”,.. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel of this project  👍👏👏👏😃

[Juan 59 DDWT]

#43700

Guys, We need your help, Does anyone have a set of trims of the door handle?, we only need them to get everything, if we could get one piece, we could make aluminium  repro set.

[Pete]

#43701

This?

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2041207

[Juan 59 DDWT]

#43703

Thanks Pete, I already ask the seller “John” but he does not have inventory in this moment, he is plannig to make some in a few months.

[Pete]

#43704

I understand.  I was wondering how you got his ad photos without responding to his ad….turns out you did.  It’s annoying when people leave ads up for things they don’t have available to sell anytime soon.

If you haven’t already try contacting https://www.californianclassics.co.uk/ – they often have lots of used parts available for sale.

[omr_007]

#43707

Have you tried Jerry Heldt?

http://www.karmannghia.com.au/Upholstery/View-all-products.html

His contact details are at the top of his webpage.

[WAY2COOL]

#43709

Jerry Heldt is located here in Perth ,if you need me to check anything out,in person, for you.

KIM
Test Pilot @ Submarine Airways

[Juan 59 DDWT]

#43712

Thanks everyone, I contacted Jerry Held a couple of weeks ago and he didn’t have it  ☹️,  but Please Kim do ask Jerry, I hope you receive a positive answer.

Pete, I’m going to contact the supplier in UK tomorrow morning, I hope they have some. 🤙

[Franz]

#43897

Alright! Let’s finish this.

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