Welcome aboard!

 Welcome to our group 2 cars  two the choices to drive and have twice the fun  Dan

Ah, here we are mike.When you reply, look at the second button from the right, top row, just above the “post reply” window. See that? On the far left is “font Type,” then “font size,” etc.? Then the second o the lest one over is the tree with the up arrow next to it. Hit that button.That’ll open a box somewhere on screen that says “image upload,”…[Read more]

Thanks, guys. Found that Harbor Freight mask & am looking up community college courses now. Also need an electrician to come by and drop a 220/240 outlet in the corner of the garage. Lotta stuff around this house that a good certified electrician ought to look at, so the welder gives me extra incentive to hire someone in and pay the price.

Took me a few tries too. In fact, as I look at this, the button you need is not here. It’s a tree with an arrow next to it pointing up. Hope to see it back soon.

 Welding is a good thing to learn my father was GOOD I’m a poor welder  but i keep trying . I just use a grinder to cover and remove my mistakes   Have fun with it        Dan 

 thanks guys my car does look like a fiberfab.im having trouble uploading photos. im sure its simple, i just dont get it yet.

IMHO…avoid Lance Motors.
As far as I know, if the car you buy was titled out of state as a Replicar (RECON, etc.) you can just transfer the title to a NJ Title.
I did this with the BCW that is now Larry Murphy’s. It had a Connecticut RECON title that I simply transferred to a NJ RECON title back in 2004.

Want to learn the basics of welding? Does you county have a Community College or other “Adult Education” Service?
Most of these offer courses in welding from beginner to advanced…well worth the time and $$.
Good luck!

 Welcome Mike, Glad to have you on the forum.We would most likely be able to tell you exactly what you have from pictures but if that is not possible ,ask any questions you may have any way. Look in the members photo gallery ,click on the button at the top right of this page, and compare your car to the ones in the gallery .We already know what…[Read more]

Welcome a board Mike.
Tons of great people and even more great knowledge here!
Like they said, add some pics to this thread (click the tree icon above with the arrow, to upload or the tree icon without the arrow to link to a picture stored on-line).
We’ll help you figure out what you own!

Harbor Freight has the darkening masks that start at $59.  They are often on sale for $39.

I know. It ain’t fair. 

Thanks for the reply. I guess this will be the last year for the tires on the Ghia. Tires for the Ghia and TD. Guess I’ll have to save up some. 10 tires may be a tad on the expensive side. 

I got my welder from Sears. It’s wa MIG wire feed welder. The helmet I bought an auto-darkening one from Harbor Freight. Works great.
Never used a stick welder. As for what you need, I’d get a sheet of sheet metal from Lowes, Home Depot etc and cut strips and squares and such and then drill some holes thropugh one edge and clamp the pieces…[Read more]

Yeah pictures will be easier to recognize. Is your TD front or reear engine (VW) ?

Welcome, Mike. Take some photos of what you have and I’ll bet someone here has one just like it. They’ll tell you what you got. Also, where to find the ID plates.

Age and wear are separate. Moss tested new-in-wrapper tires mfg’d 10 or 15 years ago and they performed just like very old tires. Very dangerous. 

Younger daughter and grandson.