Happy Easter from middle Georgia. Hope everyone keeps in mind the reason for Easter. Also remember to bite the ears off the Easter Bunny first!

I did the stations with the dog this morning.Well, not exactly the stations of the cross, but a pretty long walk nonetheless. At 6:30 or so he (the dog) was risen, and would be neither mocked nor denied (I tried both).While out and about we did see the Easter Bunny, and Fritz gave chase. Bunny won, as always.Happy Easter, everyone!

Yeah, more than I paid for Bridget too, but it is a hell of a kit. 

Mike, that looks great. Good job. FYI, I was definitely not the first to go with the 3487 exhaust on this site. I learned of it here.And mine is a bit proud of the bumper too; just took a little punishment from a very high curbstone. It’s also scraped on the way out the driveway more than once. Scraped up a bit but no flaking so far. If I were you…[Read more]

Day was very cloudy, not the best photo taking day.

Gee he got more for his unbuilt kit than I paid for a running car.   Still looked like a good deal.  All I need is another project. 

Happy Easter from southwest Ohio. 

Oh, by the way, Roy. I did not join the MG Experience club just to respond to that post.  joined a few months ago to watch and learn. I’m not there much, but when I saw that post yesterday I just had to chime in.Then I thought I had to share it with you guys.

Ohh, Buzz is onto something. I think if I was you I’d be looking at the v6. Shorter, so less weight up front, and still plenty of grunt. If you have a 4.3 handy there’s probably no need to go source a 60-degree version. That said, I ran my 3.1 for 150,000 + miles with no issues except the coil pack and alternator (they eat alternators–but that…[Read more]

For parts availability old iron Chevy stuff is right up there with VW, and the HP-per-$ ratio can’t be beat. If you’re even a little patient at the junk yard or swap meet you can make 400 reliable horses for $1,000. Irrelevant to VW-based TD work though, unless you want a real project.That said, the new GM crate engines–LS3 and such–are a…[Read more]

Sorry Scott, I was thinking of the MGA/MGB Bob that Ed responded to.  If I were to do a swap of the sort you are contemplating I would first look at weight and dimensions not hp.  Most any of those engines you mentioned will make your “new TD” run like a scared rabbit if it’ll steer and handle nicely. 

Roy

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And sold, $3700. Hope it went to someone who will put it on the road in the coming months.And hope we’ll see him or her here soon.

Bob,

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Roy,

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Ed, the club should “elect” you as our Replica recruiter.  You joined their club just so you could respond to his post?  I had to read all the way through to find that out.  I was tempted to copy your comments and post here, but it is your post, so you do it if you want.  BTW, I was one of them, I have always had a fun car (as distinguished from…[Read more]

Sage advice. 

Just yesterday I had exactly the same problem, – only different.  I had too much gas in my TD.  Went for a ride and it was all better.  Try it. 

Wish I had that problem.(to much money)

Some people just have too much money and don’t know what to do with it.