Bill do they know you race the car? Is there a rider for that? Or an exclusion rider?

$200 is less than I pay now for Bridget, I think.

My sister, an independent insurance agent, informed me Hagerty has a new policy concerning replicas. For just over $200/yr. I now have collision and comp. I’m restricted to not using it more than 20 times a year for work. That won’t be a problem. So, better coverage and less money. If interested, her agency is JLDAVIS Insurance.

http://www.jldavisins.com

Sorry those I don’t have.

Still hacking away at the Spyder. We’re down to fettling now.

I continue to be very stoked at how very close to the real deal this car is coming to appear.

vs Seinfeld’s former car:

rear subframe, engine with breather and coils mounted:

As against 550-0054:

Hotel reservations are open.

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Great information..  I’ll take a look st the history !

thank you all…. I will start a build thread when we get started in the spring.   I am building this with my 13 yr. old granddaughter !

Bill, are you and Audrey attending in your MG? (I hope, I hope)

Excellent!

Audrey & I will be there

listen to Ed the hard work has already been done . look into the history & the library and see how to do it . learn from the trial & error everybody else has done in the past

Registered!

Glad I could help. Mine’s on a ’69 and that’s a really good pan for these conversions. Independent (double jointed) rear suspension and ball joint front beam works well.

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Thank you for this detail… I was looking at a 2001… I have a very nice 1969 that I can use !

I signed up for the show field yesterday.

What do you mean by “newer?” As far as I know, the VW Beetle’s chassis (aka pan) kept the same wheelbase from the 1940s through the end of production circa 1979, and the later Mexican/Brazilian cars were also the same: 94.5 inches. They’re not a few inches longer and don’t need to be cut to work with a TD kit.

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Phil
What do you mean by issues? With shortening of the pan the following are also shortened
Shift rod
Fuel line
Brake lines
If manual transmission the clutch cable is affected
Likewise for the throttle cable
If reusing the VW wiring harnesses that will be slack created in wires to rear lights, coil, generator light, etc

That shouldn’t take long. Looking forward to Spring and seeing everyone there.