Ok, I stopped on my way home from work and, surprisingly, he had brought them in. Hopefully my photos will make it.

All right! Four fronts and one rear(pulled at random). He has no use for these and basically wants the room they take up. He will pretty much accept the first offer he gets.

Vicenc,

I am sorry you and your lovely wife will not be there – will miss you both.

Hope to see you at Va Beach in October?

Dale

I’m really sorry I will miss y’all this year.  Have fun and enjoy the show!

Ex post facto of getting Toller’s gauge installed I found a place in Fort Lauderdale that will repair the old VDO speedos like the one I have (see pics above).  It’s not cheap but it’s something to consider.  Here’s their website if you’re interested:

https://www.lspeedo.com/

I believe Classic makes a VW cable driven speedo. So if the one you have actually has gear damage you can probably find a replacement. They make a 3.38″ version. You can check some of the dune buggy parts supliers or the standard Jbugs, cip1 (http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C14-3992), etc. Should be a pretty simple swap. Good luck!!

I got the bezel off by using a pair of SMALL needle nose pliers from the back side(so it wouldn’t show) and flatten the lip on the bezel. Then I sort of “screwed” the glass lens out.You’ll need to remove the knob from the trip meter and the glass should come right off.

As to the sending unit you refer to, it’s for the digital trip meter. The…[Read more]

I hope to roll up on Thursday late afternoon after work if I can get Friday off. Most likely will not make the Caddy shack but if anyone else is running late I can meet for dinner.

Otherwise it will be after work on Friday.

I am planning/hoping to roll in Thursday evening. I have to tow Bridget this time b/c I’m picking up the Spyder’s engine from Carey Hines, so there will be some rigamarole involved in getting set up and on the road after work.

1 week to go. Who else is heading up Thursday?

I don’t know if this string is still alive or not, but thought I would give it a try as I also have a speedo problem.  Pulled the wheel, removed cable from speedo and tested it and cable seems good.  I think the trouble is in speedo.  I have a “VDO” model speedometer.  I removed the speedo from the dash, and removed the two nuts and the wash…[Read more]

Sorry for the delay in responding Rabien.  Re. painting the grill I used a Rustoleum Almond Color and painted it on with a disposable sponge brush.  I had previously spray painted the grill a semi-gloss black, so the Almond went right over that with decent coverage.  Has been about a year since I did it and it is holding up just fine.

My British Coach Works Model ’52 has 14 Inch wheels too mounted with P185 75 R14 tires.  As far as I can tell the wheels are original to the car (factory manufacturered vintage 1986).

I’ve been looking for replacements and there is a Continenal 185 80 R14 called the “Vanco 8” which is the highest aspect ratio (width to height.. the “80”…[Read more]

Very nice! 😎  Sounds like you have a good plan. Remember to send us pics of the finished project!

OK, I concede. 🙂

Yes, 14″x4-1/2″.

Oh, and the wires on my car are 14″. Look great.

The key metric to watch out for is the inch increase in track width, imho.