When I rehabilitated my MiGi TD I tore out orange shag carpet that was glued to the entire interior except the door cards. I used marine grade carpet that will standup to getting wet without the smell that normally occurs with wet wool based carpet.

Initially I used double sided carpet tape but found that cleaning the floor carpet at end of…[Read more]

Turns out carpeting is not too hard if your only goal is to make it look decent. I am unsure of how I want to do the space under the dash. Does or can anyone provide a picture of what their car looks like under the dash?

Thanks,

-S

Thanks

Cory and Jeni are also coming Thursday.

As I will be towing my car to leave at the show field, I’ll have my Subaru to transport those who want to avoid any rain.

OK everyone I’ve routed a nice pre-dinner cruise for Thursday to Grandpa’s Love Shack (same place as last year’s Friday run). Gonna step off from the hotel about 4:30 and do about an hour loop ending at the restaurant. It’ll be a short trip back to the hotel unless you want to go back the way we came.

Here’s the route.

Right now I’ve got me a…[Read more]

I saw the same video and contacted my VW mechanic. He said he just pulled some off of a 58 bug and they were still in good shape. He said to replace them about every 10years. Four bolts. 15-minute job. Check them, of course, yet it not that frequent of a replacement issue.

1979

Here’s a history I wrote about Classic Roadsters Ltd.: https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/classic-roadsters-ltd-history/

Main The Samba forum: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/

Classified ad section: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/

You’ll have to make an account to place your ad.

Here’s a link to a running TD kit car priced at $8500.

Good luck!

Forgive me for not knowing, but is Samba a specific website?

I agree with you on Facebook Marketplace. The interactions can be very frustrating!

Thank you for those instructions! I am uploading the photos to my post.

Thank you for those instructions! I am uploading the photos to my post.