John, The wheel looks great!! It sure does add to the period look and blends well with the interior colors.I look forward to seeing the glove box . What is the diameter of the wheel?

Thx Paul.

to replace the ugly radio with a TD glove box and door.

Thanks Gents.

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Chip. welcome aboard..You will love your LR. The guys here are the best ..very helpful answering all your questions.

Chip, i also have a london roadster.In New York State in order to register it you have the weight,they want a computer print out of the weight .I took mine to a local gravel pit  the weight was 1840lbs.The only problems i have had is fuel delivery(fuel pump),healey coil(blew out a spark plug) and wheel bearing.Any numbers you might need to ob…[Read more]

Hey Chip, Welcome aboard.  You’ll have a great time with your LR and we look forward to your questions.  I will leave any LR specific answers to one of our LR owners.  The only thing that I could see wrong with your new ride is that it is too nice.  What are you going to “tinker” with?  Good luck and don’t forget to check the tire codes (if 3 digi…[Read more]

As I understand it , the London Roadster can be built on a steel chassis or a VW pan.

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Here I am….the guy that bought that LR that started this thread. I’m sure some of you figured I’d show-up sooner or later!

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I like this disty idea. I had a pretty new one lose the center button last year. They don’t make ’em like they used to. Only takes a minute to check.

Solution:  
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Nice breeze when in the car. But no hair for it to blow through!

Wasn’t it windy up there?

I wish. But no. Other than taking them off one at a time when I checked the plugs, the wires are right where they were when the engine was running fine.

Didn’t spend much time on it on Sunday. Instead I took the Plymouth for a long, top-down ride to clear my mind! I’d say a wind in the hair ride, but that would be lying.

I had an old Beetle that I rebuilt and had the same problem on reassembly. Turns out I had plug wires crossed. Couldn’t be that easy could it?

 Paul, I know you have pumped fuel into a container,but have you checked the output PRESSURE of the new pump?  The sputtering and backfiring could be symptoms of not enough fuel getting to the carbs.

That’s part of the frustration…everything in the ignition chain is new, cap, rotor, points, condenser, plugs, plug wires. All new and correctly installed.Engine WAS running. Then stumbled and died.

loved that sinefield clip almost as much as who could hold out the longest 

Paul, just a random thought, check the dist cap too.  I remember waaay back in auto shop in high school, we had a test trying to diagnose a engine problem that was runnin rough.  Turned out the teacher had taken a pencil and marked the electrodes with the lead graffite.  New cap it ran fine , I totaly missed it.    There might be just enough…[Read more]

That would make gettin the grand kids in and out..  Not to mintion me and my tired old bones.

Maximum “shrinkage”, I’m sure.  (For you Seinfield fans)