Richard you are da man! Thanks for the highly detailed description that an old Geezer like me can understand. Its invaluable infor for the rest of the members as well. Maybe Paul can add this to some technical area in our forum so we don’t lose it!

water was red line on cab this was after i could get in
 

…Ya picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel . . .

Good to hear from you, Richard. Looks like some of the gang are going to meet in Chambersburg MD when the Great Race passes through on June 14. They’re headed your way though, so you might want to meet up with them a few days later.Sorry to hear about your amblance. Do you really get engine damage before the water comes through the exhaust ports?…[Read more]

One afternoon as I was sharing a green bottle with Hulmet he shared with me hgis secrets to good fiberglass repair. Remember this was over a few green bottles and I’ve got this blackout thing going on ever since I started really working on my drinking problem. I think this is pretty much what he said. I even conjured up a few mental images to…[Read more]

I think so. The bottom of the scratch is white.

Yes, what Pink (Mark) said. Sorry. The one I linked to is the one you’ve got. You can resell the tow bar & get your $60 back. Just put it on Craigslist.On the good side, you have a more sophisticated and probably better front suspension than most of us. Towing this is now complicated. There used to be “universal” style tow bars available. Not sure…[Read more]

i do carry a sissors jack , a tool box , a spare coil and distributor (in case the electronic one melts) and yes, ive heard the(kinney rodgers) song……  “with four hungry children and a crop in thu field”

I’ve got one, Lost it yesterday. Mrs Wobby didn’t realize how fun and easy it was to drive. Same as yours silver and black. Mechanically if a part could come off I’ve taken it off. You’ll love it. Its easy to work on and very well put together. I PMed you my # feel free to call anytime.
Anyone know of a cheap well put together Speedie that the…[Read more]

And with all this chatter, I got home and Mrs Wobby thought we should do some yard work. Who needs a Pickup.
 
 
 And so as to quickly digress into a real lonely space of my brain that absolutly no one wants to visit regularly, Yes a pot of coffee.
I hate having coffee in those little cups always having to have the waitress come back time and tim…[Read more]

VERY tempting Rich  …PM me.
Those S-2000’s are SAH-WEET!!! What color is yours?

That tow bar is not going to work with your front end. You’ll need to rent a tow dolly or enroll in AAA and have it transported via a flatbed roll-back to the mechanic.
Your front end is one of the rare, custom chassis that Larry Murphy mentioned in his previous thread. It is NOT an OEM VW twin beam trail arm style front suspenion. You have an…[Read more]

Mark,
Definitely not a stock VW front end! And as Larry wrote earlier, you may not be riding on a stock VW floor pan/chassis.
The stock VW tow bar attaches to the lower of the two torsion tubes in the  front suspension..
In your picture, we are looking at the “moveable” parts of the suspension. What is just to the left of the image you posted?

Not wanting to break the bank on a Gene Berg 5 speed for my VW based TD replica. I opted for a Freeway Flyer. I was VERY happy with it. The nearly 500 pound lighter vehicle made the higher 4th gear a joy at highway cruising speeds.  Freeway Flyer is a great thing for open road cruising IMHO.
Around town it was not a problem either as 40 mph and…[Read more]

Thanks,  would like to get a cad drawing made up so we can use it to compare.  I will look into a cad program I can use at home to model.  May be able to look at “refignments” before cutting and wrenching.

edsnova,What should I do to the front end?  My car work experience has been limited to oil changes and spark plugs, points and condensers on my old ’67 bug.

Thanks for the pics

Tow bar Throat (too small).  My axle bar above measures 3 inches wide.

Front End

Tom,
If you can get me jpg or PDF files of the brochures and spec sheet, I will get them added to the TD Replica History page
https://tdreplica.com/reproduction_mgtd.htm
Thanks
Send me a private message and I’ll send you my email address.
P.S. to All – For some reason, the links to all the pictures are broken when you view the TD Replica History…[Read more]