Hi DENNIS, I put a new tank in last year and had the neck cut down as far as possible. Of course, the vent tube is eliminated. The VW’s cap is unvented, of course. I followed my shops advice and drilled a very small hole (1/8”) in the top of the gas cap so air can bypass the seal and I also leave the tank about three or 4 inches low.  (I alwa…[Read more]

OK so: I’m planning on handing out cruise directions via text or email so you can just hit the link on your phone and open the turn-by-turn navigation. This will require the (free) Google Maps app, which I suppose many of you already have and which I downloaded for the first time onto my iphone a couple weeks ago. Seems to work fine.

I just…[Read more]

Very close to perfect…and…Good enough for who it’s for…Words to live by.

“very close to perfect”….  words of encouragement for when I get done with this project!

Yep. They can be shortened, as you discovered. Couple years ago as I finalized my Spyder build I discovered the same issue—the shaft length that had looked perfect in mock-up was, in reality, not quite perfect,

That kit uses a stock Beetle assy. so it was down to cutting the slotted end and re-slotting it for the stock D clamp. Pushed it in a…[Read more]

Sorry folks, it’s been a while since I added to my post.  Work seems to always get in the way with the hobbies.  😉

One of the projects on this car was to move the steering wheel forward as much as permitted.  The steering wheel felt a little too much into “my space”.  OK, it wanted to rub slightly on my belly.   Looking at the original posit…[Read more]

Could happen! I plan to be there with Bridget.