Not sure about those. I always thought that stainless or nylon-braided hose covers looked pretty cool. Anodized hose ends or clamp covers finish it.I think the product you’re looking at is also here at JC Whitney.

I just found some stainless steel powder coated radiator hose kits at Summit racing.. Their made by MR Gasket.  Has anyone tried these? 

Ed, I just went out and looked at mine,since as you know it is currently a bare pan. I have no experience with a narrowed beam, but I did install my own adjusters. if they take the two inches from the middle when they cut the beam to put in the adjusters it appears to me that sway bars should be fine, cutting the leaves should not be a problem…[Read more]

Paul, that is a funny story and easy to imagine. We don’t live in a condo and I have all the neighbors “paid off”with Home made beer, I also brew some really good beer and always have some on tap. It isn’t rare to have a neighbor stop by to check out our projects and have a frosty mug, I am not sure they are really that interested in the cars, but…[Read more]

Thanks Dan.  
I thought of that too, and will go that way if I have too.  I know, somewhere out there, is preformed hoses.  Of course, if I could find red ones all the better.  My car is white with red pin strips, so while I’m cleaning up under the “bonnett” I’m trying to go red and white too.   So far: red plug wires, red heater hoses, polished…[Read more]

Hilarious, Paul.So when you first rolled her out of the garage–the garage in which no car had been when you got started–what did the neighbors say then?

Thanks. I was 24 when I built my Duchess so maybe i didn’t know any better. Instead of giving up where a lot of people probably gave up…I just pushed through.The garage was my dad’s, who had to park outside for nine months. And it really was a single car. The Duchess body parts could not stay in the garage while I worked on the chassis. They…[Read more]

Nice looking car, interesting English and spelling in the description. I am not for sure he does know what he has. Thanks Larry for the posting. It is a nice car. I wonder where Juan is from.

 Montie  try a universal flex hose all parts stores have them measure the out side of your hose through the bends and then both sides in side of your current hose OR remove  your hose and match the size at the parts store I always liked NAPA .

Good luck ,,,DAN

Paul, I would say you have quite an accomplishment there. I have learned in the short time i’ve been into this and by the number of cars I looked at before and since I bought my kits that many people never finished and many of those who did, did not do as good a job as you did. Even though it went through a couple of hands before I got it, the…[Read more]

This is great stuff and will be a big help to anyone undertaking the same project.I built my car in 1982. In a single car garage. Alone. In the dark…metaphorically speaking. I had my tools and an assembly manual. Amazingly, after nine months, i fired her up and backed out of the garage. And 27 years later, nothing has fallen off!It was cool…[Read more]

Will, that looks great. Thanks for the informative posts. Good luck with the welding. Hope to see it all done & back together soon.

It’s hard to tell, but I do not think the wheel that Washington Will posted is a “zero dish” wheel.
The spokes definitely have a slight bend near the rim. They appear to bend at the center.
“Flat 4” in this case is the manufacturer; not a description of the wheel.
Nice wheel. But if you really need a “zero” Chuck, I would call CIP before I…[Read more]

If any one noticed there are seat brackets on the pans in the second set of photos and in the last set I have removed them. Here’s some advice, take it for what its worth the passenger side was removed according to some advice I was given, which was to lightly drill the spot welds on top of the seat brackets and pop them off the pan. note the pans…[Read more]

Ok Pans are in place and screwed down. patches to the tunnel and e-brake are also screwd in place and will be plug and seam welded. fortuately I did notice before I made a mistake that the plate over the old e-brake whole will have to be welded last as the pan has to be welded before the pedel assembly can be put back on and the only access to…[Read more]

Heres some shots of the new pans and some of them setting in place. They will be plug welded so I had to take an air punch and punch holes along the edge every 2 to 3 inches.  then they will be screwed in place with self tapping screws every 3 or 4 holes to hold them in place and minimize warping during welding. We will weld a spot at every hole…[Read more]

Ok I got my new pan halves. picked them up at Aircoolin’ a vw parts place in covington Wa. They owner troy is a VW nut and was a great help he has a huge inventory of new, used and refurbed vw parts. Here are some shots of the tunnel with the rusty pans stripped. You can check out Troy at http://www.aircoolin.comWill
Washington Will40200.5804976852

Chuck, here is a link to a flat wood wheel for vintage look. they also have a nice ivory banjo style with vw adaptor hubs and various horn buttons. http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C38-I-18 0
Will
(Edited by Paul Mossberg to correct the link)PMOSSBERG40200.6586458333

Paul, A friend of mine with a corvette buys from midamerica all the time and highly recommends them

Toma, how much did you pay for your wheel “blank?” I was thinking of doing the same, and wonder what’s fair for that kind of cut.