Richard you have a PM.
Thanks guys for all the help. Montie I was wondering how you attached the uphoslery after using the thicker foam. I was envisioning small screws but glad to know staples will work. So you didn’t use 3M spray carpet glue tohold the foam to the wood. That’s also good to know.
Last question on the cushions. Does/is the cushion…[Read more]

1500 to start with. Suprised as I thought our cars were slightly over 1000. Bud 1500 it is. I can always take it to the nearby truck scales and get a curb weight. Thanks Paul.

Allen, I tried to respond to your PM but screwed up somehow so my reply to your request is posted under my original post for the free seats, etc. Let me know what you wish me to do. Bare in mind that my seats are from the CMC/Chevette kit but I assume the dimensions are similiar.Catch ya later,Richard

Thanks, Paul.

Here you go….http://www.motortopia.com/car-pictures/1981-mp-lafer-ti-1016 0

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Somewhere around 1,500 pounds is a good place to start

My apologies, folks. I’ve tried three times, but can’t seem to get that link to work the way it shows up here. For some reason, when I post it, a space shows up between the final two digits. If you delete the space, maybe it’ll work. If not, do a Google search for “lafer ti” and click on the result labeled 1981 MP Lafer TI

Thanks, Allen. The Lafer isn’t a kit car, as it was factory-built, but it shares some characteristics with kits, primarily the fiberglass body, VW chassis and engine. I took some photos when it was delivered in 2007, at our previous house. You can check them out here: http://www.motortopia.com/car-pictures/1981-mp-lafer-ti-1016 0I’m having…[Read more]

 Montie, I goofed again.I forgot that the seat tapers toward the base with the amount of floor space being somewhat smaller than the top of the seat.. On my BCW,the person who did the seats for Mark  must have used the method I described above. The seat bottoms are pretty much the same top to bottom . The bottom is as big as the floor space a…[Read more]

Larry, Are you sure?  My board is quite a bit smaller than the top of the seat cover.  Even the old foam cusion I took out was at least 2″ larger all around the board.  The foam really conforms to the shape of the seat cover.  Thats 1 concern I had using the 5″ new foam.  The guy at the ulpostery shop assured me it wouln’t be an issue.  I did ha…[Read more]

 Allen, I can’t remember if the upholstry came with your kit ,but if you have it ,you would need to make the seat boards the same size and shape as the seat covers to get a good fit.You could trace arround the top edge of the cover to make a pattern for the base.

Thanks Montie. I’ll get started on that tomorrow and take pictures as I go.

Allen,
 I re-did my seats a couple weeks ago.  My seat bottom board measured 14 1/4 front to back, front is 16 1/2 and the back is 14 1/2.  All 4 corners are rounded approx a 4 inch diameter circle and then all edges were sanded smooth, (rounded top to bottom).  I used 5 inch very dense foam from an ulpostery shop.   I thought it would be too t…[Read more]

Rob,
Any idea how we work up our weights? Do we use the known chassis front and rear end and fudge in the fiberglass weights? What do our TDs weight anyway?

Duh, I forgot all about the Manufacturer Comparison! Thanks Allen.Here is the comparo thread… https://tdreplica.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1554& PN=1

Welcome aboard Scott. I’m building a TD on a 71 Beetle chassis. My kit is a CMC/Fiberfab kit. If you don’t have pics of your TD yet check out the link that does a comparison of the kits with photos. That can be found under Manufacturer Comparison heading in the My Project tab. Again welcome aboard get ready for some fun. These cars a really fun…[Read more]

Read this thread to learn how to post pictures… https://tdreplica.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25&PN =1&FID=17&PR=3

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Sometimes we can tell just from looking at it. Would you post a few pics?

I got mine at sears, if they don’t have it they will order even white walls and fairly reasonable

 Very nice work the car looks spectacular. I am interested in the gauge rebuild process also. What type of front beam is that picture looks like it only has one tube? What type of rims or those?