Hi Craigo, Welcome to the forum.Glad you have been able to find answers here.
The Duchess is a great TD replica. Looking forward to seeing pictures of your’s.
 I searched Classic Instruments on the net and found some close to Ringo’s but as old as these cars are ,it may be hard to find an exact match.You never know,some one just may have one t…[Read more]

Way to go, Ringo. Air tools rock. And painting is indeed possible with a good compressor. Have fun.

 Ringo, Great news!!! My compressor is a 30 year old  thats  knocking  so bad it scares the dog  when it starts up. Sounds like you must have been a good boy for Santa to have come early.

There was one pictured on the web that used the rear fenders from a TD on the trailer. I looked and can’t find it, but if I do I’ll post. It looked pretty good.

Can you post a picture of the broken one, so we have some idea what you are looking for?

I will be adding a pick as soon as I can get one I know it was avaible some where because I have one but the glass and clock are broken.

The car is still available…

 Bill, use the search button at the top ,type in rear springs and look at Hawk521’s post about Chevette springs. Good info on this subject.

I pull a 14′ flat bed trailer with 12″ wheels behind mine. It pulls like a dream. On road trips I put my luggage behind the seat and use the trailer for my wife’s luggage . The trailer was made from a pop-up trailer frame. 

 Hi, Quite a project you’ve got there.
 It might be helpful to give your location. Just the general area would be OK. The prospective buyer would have a better idea of the cost and effort required to get it home.
Also ,I did not see the doors on the list or in the pictures.Did I overlook them or are they missing?
You did a good job with the p…[Read more]

 Rollie, Thanks for the info. That’s a good looking TD replica.You’ve got it dressed to go out on the town.

Ahh the memories. My ribs still hurt from laughing so hard when I taught my son. One good thing is the VW transaxles can take a licking and keep on ticking.

Looks awesome Rollie. Definately going to try it.
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She looks great Rollie!
Just a slight bit of patina, appropriate for a reproduction of a 58 year old car!

I figure we’ll all be toast if we have a serious “event” in these cars anyway.
But she’s 17 now and three people don’t fit.
Of course, now I have to teach her to operate a manual transmission so she can drive the thing. 🙂

When you’re young enough, nothing beats dad’s arm for a seat belt!
 

There ! How is that for a 30 year old fiberglass shine ? As you can see , the
fender tips are a little dull, glazed, not quite as shinny, as other parts. The
finish was nice without the wax, but I wanted to save/protect what I had and
used the paste wax over it. I am thrilled !

Rollie,
I’m going to give Mequiars “Ultimate compound” a try. Did you use the 
“tech wax 2.0” “liquid” or “paste” afterward?
 

That is brilliant, Paul. Less than half a second off perfect! Was it in the TD?And, yeah, setup on these might be more work than I can handle next summer. I do have other pursuits. But there appears to be a rally club or two ’round these parts. Maybe we can muster up a TD contingent for an existing run. I’m going to open it up to the Speedster…[Read more]