Hi,I have a set of five wire a wheel covers from my Duchess. Send me a private message with your email address, and I’ll send you photos.  It’s likely the factory did not supply the exact same wire wheel covers through-out the production run. Plus, my set was on my car for many years, so they are not “new”.If you have Classic Roadsters serial…[Read more]

I noticed that in the EMPI catalogue there is a listing of both chassis and engine serial #’s that will identify them both.  Hope this helps.

bout i/4 turn.  Did find some of it in the steering coupler, but the steering box appears to be the main culprit.  Thanks for the reply.  I will probably need all the help I can get!

Wow Paul…you’re an old fart now! Have you been getting AARP stuff in the mail yet? Seriously, thanks for compliments.
Joe, most retired age people need more “clearance”, so join the club. My first TD was made to fit me and no one else could see over the dashboard. I’m not retired yet, but wish I was.
I’m at the NJ Shore, just south of Sandy…[Read more]

A stealth TD Replica

Hi Larry,Welcome aboard. Lots of good people and credible info here. It may be me, but I don’t see any pictures, either in your post or in the LarryMurphy gallery folder. Would you try again?

Hi Joe,Pink’s name is Mark. Good guy and very knowledgeable.Mark is in NJ. I am too. And it’s not just what retirement’s all about. I built my Classic Roadsters Duchess in 1982. I was 24! And it’s still running great, 26 years later.I second Mark’s comments re the column. Most of the TD replicas you see were “adjusted” to the original owner by how…[Read more]

Email me at hawk521@triad.rr.com with some pictures and a way to get in touch. 
I live just north of Winston-Salem.  Would like to arrange a time to see this car.
 
 
 
 

thanks for the info, since i don’t know your name ill just call you pink!  lol. im working on getting some pics soon, just draged it into the garage and now that im looking at it closer im starting to get the shakes! Just going to start at the bottom and work up i guess! Thanks again, Ill keep you updated. Are you located on the east coast? Im…[Read more]

Hey Joe,
As far as moving the seats back, you are probably already there. The seat back mounts almost flush with the cockpit rear bulkhead. If you move the seat bottoms rearward, then you gain nothing but less seat bottom. With a butt like mine, that’s a no-no.
Your room will probably come from moving the steering column toward the dash.
Sounds…[Read more]

The VW steering design is not exactly geometrically correct, but if you have checked the linkages and they are tight, the box may be the culprit.
A new steering box is the best bet. Keep in mind these cars were built from donor cars…who knows in what condition or mileage.
I sold an NOS German made box I had a few years ago, but I think Brazilian…[Read more]

Awesome. Thanks Ringo! I was able to download and un-zip the file with no problem. I’d love to just wander through MG-Magics “garage” with a shopping cart.

Hi…could you send some pictures of the car to me at stewed64@aol.com? 
 
Thanks,
Mike
 

Great find Ringo…I had no idea they even had an inventory/price list. I wonder where they got/get all this stuff?
I opened the file no problem…thanks!

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I have a Ford front engine kit about 1/2 complete for sale.Red with White inside.

Synthetic oil will help too. Lot’s of old school people tell you not to use it, but that’s because they never tried it or they are cheap (my opinion).
I’ve been using synthetic lubricants for a couple decades and they only get better. Organic lubricants don’t remotely compare.
You could even install a remote oil cooler and put a switched small…[Read more]

I changed my timing from 25 deg BTDC to 32 deg BTDC and it seems to run cooler.  We’ve had some cooler days and that helped.  It runs consistently around 225 now.  I’m still looking into ways to bring it down even more.  Full-flowing is something I might try this winter when I have it stored in the garage.

I re-fitted the fuel inlet tube with epoxy, and I am going to safety wire everything after thinking about it some more.
Years ago I lost a car (67 Olds Cutlass, brand new) to a fire.  I was driving along and kept hearing a car horn behind but wasn’t paying much attention.  Suddenly, the engine quit and everything on the dash lit up.  I pulled ov…[Read more]

I was at a VW show several yrs back and was quite impressed with a nice restored 1965 VW and I was following the car back to New Jersey and going down Rt 23 I noticed that his rear end was on fire .. I beeped at him and pulled up to him and motioned that he was on fire .. By the time he pulled over. He was luckey he and the girl with him got out…[Read more]