Yea Mel!
Awesome

The Moss Motors offering won’t work for me.  I don’t have the same kind of bumper attachment.I looked at one tire step and the weight limit was only 150 pounds.  That might be OK for a few pieces of luggage, but if I wanted to use it for my van, I would be too heavy for that rack, and it was priced over $57.00 not including shipping. “…[Read more]

I don’t have a badge bar, but there are two badges on my grill.  They must be screwed in from behind somewhere.  When I get some funds together again, I think I’ll need a badge to thank everyone who’s helped me so far.

Man, the spam is getting worse and worse. 
Ya’ll never really see it, but we have always been hit by auto-registration programs that add fictitious members. That is fairly easy to deal with, as there is an admin tool to batch delete members that have never made a post.
But lately, as I’m sure you have noticed, there have been dozens and dozens o…[Read more]

 Bill, Thanks for the link to the gauge repair article. The odometer on my London Roadster recently stopped working and having had the same problem on a previous car with a VDO speedometer,I knew what the problem was without pulling the gauge. I managed to get the odometer working but the unit locked up shortly after I sold the car.With the help…[Read more]

Thanks for the information and photos, Ricardo, and for showing the more timid among us that it really is possible to do this stuff ourselves.
Two questions: Is there a gasket under that gauge glass? And if so, where did you obtain a replacement?
Again — great job!

I’ve never cared for the “patented furniture” tag. I usually tell people that MP stands for Motriz Prazer, which is Portuguese — the language of Brazil — for “Driving Pleasure.”  TexAg7140766.5666898148

I’ve been thinking about doing that. Don’t know about the other models but my e-brake is way under the dash and I have to lean way over to reach it. In it’s present location we should refer to it as a parking brake cause in an emergency you’d never reach it in time.
Anyway, moving mine to between the seats would pose a problem cause my seat frame…[Read more]

Mine’s the second link. Works nice, makes the car much safer and it looks much more authentic as well–best change I’ve made so far and not really very hard to do. I recommend everyone do it.

Nice!

Had a new muffler put on yesterday. I went with the recommendations of this forum and installed the EMPI 3487. The difference in the noise output was phenomenal (night and day difference) When I first got the FF it had a muffler that looked like it had been brazed on a half dozen times and very loud. At the time I changed it with a 4 tip exhaust…[Read more]

Grandpajo
their has been a couple of guys that did it.You can use the search engine at the top of the page or try this link
https://tdreplica.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1495& KW=parking+brake
original link https://tdreplica.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=864&K W=emergency+brake
hope this helpsray1040752.9603356481

It’s never too late!

 Hi I guess i’m a little late    Dan

Let me guess – You went for the buy 4 tires get one free rebate and when
you sent in the rebate w/ the recept they said the tires you choose were
not in the program even though the store said they were – been there done
that

Thanks for posting those pics to illustrate what I tried to explain.
IMHO, wheel adapters are just as bad…great to get those “cool” wheels mounted on a “trailer queen” show car, but not the ticket for a driver that I am riding in.
Tim Smith has decades of experience and is a true expert. He was worth every penny I spent on his work.
I had two…[Read more]

Wheel Works info:
Tim Smith
Burlington NJ609 499 2233

A picture is worth a thousand words. And in this case, really drives home Mark’s point about the bolt holes:
http://www.jbugs.com/store/graphics/00000001/VW-FRONT-BRAKE- DRUM-GERMAN-111405615B.jpg
The five bolt VW pattern is probably unique too. In case you need to know, it’s 205mm.  The five bolt drum is also reinforced where the bolt holes…[Read more]

Stay away from re-drilled rotors and drums. The VW 4 bolt disc and drum has a “cross” pattern cast into the drum/rotor on the back side that makes the drum/rotor more than twice as thick where the log bolt holes are drilled and threaded.
If you buy redrilled drums/rotors, the threads are MUCH TOO THIN to safely secure the wheel because the lug…[Read more]

Here are a bunch  of MP Lafer links.
http://mplafer.com/
But a lot of the linked sites appearto have been untouched for years.