I could never keep my top in that groove. It’s unnerving when it lets loose at speed. I placed a row of snaps under the top of the frame. No problems since.

It’s flat glass. Any decent glass shop can cut you one. Just make sure they know it’s for a windshield. No big deal. I just had one made. The glass shop suggested tinted glass. It’s different.

I picked up a 1/8″ x 1″ x 48″ aluminum strip at Ace (True-Value) Hardware for less than 10 bucks. I cut it to fit the width of the channel, polished the strip on my buffer, and then used rivets to fasten the forward lip of the top to the strip. Be sure to leave enough room to get the bar into channel when you attach the top lip.

I haven’t…[Read more]

Thanks, Stephen.

Well then. Looks like our hosting provider applied the update yesterday. All looks good. Please let me/us know if there are any problems!

Stephen

thankscrash!

use the bus cable. the beetle cable is too long

thanks paul…

Fingers crossed for you.

Finally the car was delivered to its garage yesterday. I’m busy at work and haven’t been able to see it. Maybe I can see it this weekend.
The engine builder says it will have 100 to 120 hp, which is more than enough for this car. About 3 weeks ago, we thought it was going to be ready, except that the brakes failed on a test drive. We went wit…[Read more]

Prices are all over the board, dependent largely on condition. I’ve seen “ads” for running cars from $1,000 to over $10,000 and an occasional dreamer looking for close to $20k.

The dreamers are literally that; since one can find a decent original TD for $20k, there’s no reason to pay that for a reproduction.

For a nice, clean, running TDr which…[Read more]