Mike,The cable could be catching inside it’s housing. That could happen for a couple reasons.I think the most likely reason is the housing is making bends on its way to your dash that are too sharp. Within the housing, the cable drags within the bend, which appears as a drop in speed on the speedometer. At the wheel end. the cable has continued…[Read more]

Mike
Most likely your speedo cable is giving up or it came loose on the back of the
speedo or the clip came off at the wheel. Sometimes you can squirt lube on
the cable ( between the cable and housing ) and get it to work if the two
ends are OK.
If replacing – you will need a longer then regular cable from a bug because
you are sitting where the…[Read more]

my speedometer is jumpimg all over and reads about twice what it should.other guages are ok. can some of you guys with vw irs tell me what speed you are at ,say 2500 or3000 rpm ? my tach is ok so i may be able to judge my speed by the rpm. theres a trooper around here that will give his mama a ticket. thanks in advance.btw, got caught in the rain…[Read more]

Pins in the windshield sounds like the BCW style. Also the MG style. If you take your old top, and the car, to an auto upholstery and top shop they will make you a new one. Boat top guys have allegedly been used as well. Good luck. And please post photos. Use that “up arrow with tree” button at the right upper corner of the “Post Reply” window.…[Read more]

Thanks, Richard. Checked the gen. It’s OK. Belt’s tight enough & all. Looks like it’s the battery. I put some battery water in it and a slow charge overnight, hoping it’ll come back full. Works fine, meanwhile, despite the 10-volt reading. I must have a 6-v starter in there.

disconnect radio thats rasy effough
LOOK IN YOUR ORANGE OR BLUE BOOK THERE IS A COUPLE EASY TESTS FOR GENERATOR AND REGULATOR
FINALLY CHECK GROUND

If the top has 3 bows it may be that you have a top based on a 1953 MGTD.  The tops for the earlier models wouldn’t fit as they were all 2 bow tops.  Many of the replicas used tops that were made specifically for them. MG Magic is a good source for some of them.  The cockpit was lengthened on many of the replicas, so a “real” MG top won’t fit.

Nice looking car.

Good luck, T. That’s a nice car. Don’t know how much more than about $5k you can get for it though. That’s just the market these days. Hope you prove an exception.

Welcome, nice looking car. 

OK, my “52 MGTD is on Ebay at $4650 on the bid right now.  The reserve has been met so it will be sold tomm. evening at some price.  See the red one from Boone NC.  I’m definitely selling at a loss if the numbers don’t go up more.  Item #130516967603

Welcome aboard Dick. Glad to have another New englander here. (Although I now live in Georgia I used to live in the Berkshires). How are things out there near Binghampton?

Nice car, Dick. Welcome to the forum.

Very nice car!

 Good looking London Roadster!!! Glad to see most of the snow is gone . The pictures remind me how blessed I am to live in NC.

I have a set of headlight grille’s that I can’t use. Not legal in NY. If you haven’t got any yet I have them. I beleive they are the original ones that London Roadster used.
Dick
 

My Roadster is on the road and I love driving it. It is 50 state legal and gets a safety inspection at any local inspection station. It has a metal crafters chassis with the coil over. It is weather tight. A perfect top and side windows, also have a taunea cover. It was converted to a 12V system. Been trying to post a picture in the gallery but I…[Read more]

  Hi Dick, Welcome to the forum. I too have owned a London Roadster since 1994. My car is also yellow with a brown interior. The top was brown but it ripped and I replaced it with a tan one. Is your’s on the VW pan or is it one of the custom chassis models using the coil over suspension ?

You’ll find a LOT of knowledgeable people here Dick!
Anything you want to know about our cars, chances are someone here will have or will be able to find an answer.
Is your car on the road? Or is she a “project”?