The seller would be better off letting the car get totaled or stolen! 

Yes.An original TD hubcap has a smaller diameter than the stock VW hubcap. As you can see, the Prototype Research approach leaves the TD cap sitting on top of the wheel and not over the wheel’s ring.

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That’s pretty trick! You can still see part of the VW hubcap ridge though. 

$18,000 replacement cost?

Thanks newkitman!Those are the ones you need to come close the an original style TD cap.There is another approach. The earlier five bolt VW rims used a set of spring clips to hold the hub caps. They were originally riveted to the wheel. You could use them, on a four bolt wheel. And use reproduction original TD caps.Another TD replica…[Read more]

Paul,
I have admired your TD for some time. The wheels and caps look great….Allen, thanks for the hubcap link. I have been searching for the no logo caps for sometime. I am ready to do away with the fake wire wheel look, but until you posted this link all I could find were the  VW and Empi logo.
Mike

I’ve been looking for those or similar for a while. I now have 4 wire wheel steel hubcap covers for my car, the PO “lost” one on the road, and you can’t buy just one, you need to buy 4 or 5 in a set.My car has the VW 15″ wheels with the round holes in them. but how do you know what years they are from? Aren’t they all the same? Airheadparts.com…[Read more]

Paul and for those interested in a VW hubcap WITHOUT VW logo so you can attach the MG wheel medallion, here’s a supplier I’ve use a number of times. Gonna get my hubcaps from them when its time.
http://airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/trim-brite-work/chr ome-hubcap-311601151-d
Hope this helps a little bit.

 “there only two types of FOOLS in this world those who lend books and those who give them BACK  ”’   Dan —- I am BOTHDan R40757.6117824074

OK Mark…I get it. We need more detail.
Bentley Blue covers: Volkswagen Beetle and Karmann Ghia Official Service Manual Type 1: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
Bentley Orange covers: Volkswagen Super Beetle, Beetle & Karmann Ghia (Type 1) Official Service Manual: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
Mark, I can’t find a Bentley…[Read more]

Try contacting Billy, the proprietor of Foreign Car Werks in Bound Brook. He’s just off I-287. http://www.foreigncarwerks.com/
Tell him that a fellow CJVWS http://www.cjvws.com member told you to call him.
I am sure he can help you out.

And for older VW based kits, the Bentley “Blue Book” VW manual is a “sister” to the Bentley Red or Orange book.
I have an extra Red Book if anyone is interested. Unfortunately, I loaned my Blue Book to a fellow NJRC member and never got it back.
He is long gone out of NJ…last we heard he had bought an old church in West Virginia that he turned i…[Read more]

How the %^(* could they fit tires that are three inches too tall?
And the manager is blowing smoke.
It has nothing to do with the kit car body. VW based TD replicas use stock size VW tires.

Here is the Bently manual:
http://www.amazon.com/Volkswagen-Beetle-Karmann-Official-Ser vice/dp/B000AP0KFK/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1312299417&am p;sr=8-10
And here is Muir’s book:
http://www.amazon.com/Keep-Volkswagen-Alive-Step-Step/dp/156 6913101/ref=pd_bxgy_auto_text_b
 
 

I could offer the services of a Phoenix VW shop. They still work on air-cooler engines and I’m sure they would love to see your car.  Too bad it is such a long haul from New Jersey.

Hello Mike, and welcome to the club.  Do you have any idea of what is wrong with the engine or other parts?  Do you have a copy of the John Muir book?  VWs should last almost forever if you can keep them alive and that’s this book is designed to do, written for the non-technical reader, it is essential for all VW owners.  I believe he even tel…[Read more]

No, They put the wrong size tires on the car, they were almost 3 inches too tall. They did some damage to the body. They finally got the right tires, but I had a manager tell me that if he had known it was a kit car body he would have told me to find another Pep Boys.   Now we are starting the fight over the body. I highly recommend that you use a…[Read more]

Don’t let Peter scare you off Bob. Learn to adjust your VW’s valves and change the oil every 3,000 miles (or every six months or so if you don’t rack up the miles).And buy this How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive 19 Ed: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat IdiotAnd ask us all the questions you want!By your description, it sounds…[Read more]

Post photos, J byrd. I had my pedal assembly out of Bridget over the winter. bit of a PIA to remove and replace, but not nearly as bad as, say, rear torsion bar reindexing. Everything can be done by you with hand tools, most likely.

Bob,
VWs are simple cars, but they have a high tinker factor. There is always something that needs tweaking. It will be expensive to pay a mechanic every time the noises change.
It is cheaper and more fulfilling to maintain it yourself. Find a VW owner’s club and buy a copy of “Volkswagen for the Compleat Idiot” by John Muir from Amazon.
Besides,…[Read more]