Donna, I to am very much in love with the TD and have been for over 50 years.The classic design with the long hood and sweeping fenders is my idea of ageless beauty. However, the MGTD was built in a time of two lane curvey roads and much less traffic at a slower pace. The TD replicas are usually able to handle higher speeds then the…[Read more]

 I’m going to ask what may be the ”dumb question”. What does the title say it is?

Donna,
I’m going to be honest.  I don’t think these cars are designed to be comfortable going 70-75.  Back roads or short highway trips are fine but an hour at 70-75 would not be comfortable.  You may want to look at a Miata.  Around town the MGTD ford based replica is my car of choice in nice weather.
Rob Baker

Still don’t know what it is, but I now own it!  Hopefully I’ll get some pictures taken and post them soon.  Drove it home last night (about 50 miles) and other than one headligt lighting up the tops of trees about 20 feet up on the left side of the road everything seemed to work ok.

VERY NICE!
Great job on that dash.

It’s the 1.6L and yes with automatic trans, very comfortable car to drive.
GREAT gas milage!

Junkman, There is a yellow one for sale here in Dayton Ohio, I pass it everyday going to work.  Not sure how close you are to me.  Montie 

Sarge, another option is lowering your seat and putting it on a slight angle back.  Also moving the back rest to the top of the tub helps.  I gained about 6″ by moving mine.  Montie

 Sarge, The wood wheels you see on most kit cars are Grant wheels. The wheel itself is almost flat but the adapter raises it 2 or 3 inches to clear the turn signal lever. Some others use a wheel that is actually flat and the signal lever is reworked to clear it.That wheel is no longer available to my knowledge. See my photo gallery ,the wheel on…[Read more]

 I had a friend that had one many years ago 1970’s not a bad car quick, not fast. my Mustang was way faster,, but it had a look of the future and got a lot of attention and it had a lot of plastic bits when steel was king ,,I remember it being a hot car , noisey  and loud , there a few on Ebay………… GOOD LUCK  Dan

Club looks pretty thin. This one looks better.–update–that “better” second link above is no good, but it’s supposed to point to Troy’s site (below)http://bradleygt.proboards.com/index.cgi

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 Red ,what Chevette engine do you have ? I see a automatic      ,,,,,,,,,,,good luck and HAVE FUN   Dan

Thanks All…I’ve been working on the car since I got it, so a little over 2
months, the car is a factory built chevette, glad you love the wheel and dash,
as this has been the biggest part of the fix up, and I am quite proud of the
choice of color compared to the stock and the way it came out.

Currently I am edging the body, just to give it a…[Read more]

Check the classified section under Other VW Vehicles in http://www.thesamba.com There are always a lot of them for sale there. Personally I’d go for any of these kit cars after the MGTD (all VW powered): Bugatti, Jaguar SS-100, Mercedes Gazelle. Sorry to see you’re letting the TD go. Good hunting.

Original Bradley GT’s were VW poweredStart looking on ebay!

Week or two ago someone listed a decent looking VW-based replica on Craigslist here for $3500. Bridget cost me $3500 last year right about this time. SHe’s totally worth way more now though

There is a guy in FL who is selling his kit on the Samba for 850 OBO. But his has been sitting outside for a couple of years and will need to be restored. Just letting you know of one price. His car is white like yours and does NOT have a top.

 Junkman, Another member recently bought a nice ,complete ,running TD replica for $3500. I have not seen one sell for over $5000.in quite a while. Still another member got a new ,never assembled kit still in the boxes for less than $500.  So the prices are all over the place.
 From your previous posts and pictures it appears that your car needs a…[Read more]

Swapping to front disc brakes (dropped or stick spindles) also increases the track width by about 2″ overall.
That’s why guys that drop their stock Beetles and install disc brakes usually run a narrowed beam…otherwise you get tire rub.
The front disc brake kits that are out there are mostly Chinese junk. Be very careful of what you buy. Most…[Read more]

I bought adjusters at the beetle shop cut the top and bottom of the beam and welded them in. I also took some of the other guys advice here on the site and removed 4 of the half leaves, it rides real nice. If you can weld you will be out around 60 bucks as opposed to an adjustable beam which I believe are around 275. of course I had a whole day of…[Read more]