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Classic Roadsters Ltd. had an optional factory hardtop.

Sam, If it were mine, I would try eliminating all possible wires and contacts by:  blocking and jacking the back of your TD up in the air, remove the right rear wheel, get some jumper cables and a good battery and make a good ground for the battery directly to the engine, then hook the jumper cable to the starter side of the starter solenoid and…[Read more]

So now here I am, proud as a peacock……..as another item gets crossed off my list, Volume XXXI page 633. Thanks Allen and Ed, couldn’t have done it without your support.  And Julie says I never do anything.  Hah!

Well…. I have a similar problem to Greg’s only my car doesn’t have to be hot. When I start it, it turns a couple of times(but slowly) and then kicks right off. I can let it run just a few seconds (probably less than 30 secs) rev the engine a few times during that time and then shut it down. Then when I try to restart it, it really turns over…[Read more]

All credit to Roy on the hard top, I say!Nice job, Roy.

Here’s a like to a TD on the samba that’s for sale and has a removable hard top. Looks to be made from fiberglass from the photo so it can and has been done.

I bought my first MGT in 1968 while living in Rhode Island.  So, I figgered that I would assemble my normal top, lay Saran Wrap or something similar over it and then lay fiberglass cloth over that.  I figured that the fiberglass would not adhere to the Saran Wrap, but so what if it did?  Then I would carefully remove the fiberglass top-shaped en…[Read more]

Mine is under the hood, and it’s a type 51…

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My Fiberfab has a velcroed flap on the bottom that is supposed to allow you to reach out and snap the snaps on the door. In my case I guess I would attach the top of the side curtian zipping it part way, then snap the front snap on the windshield frame and the other frame snaps, complete zipping the side curtain closed and then reach through the…[Read more]

Has anyone built a hardtop for our cars?  In my climate we don’t get that many days that are really suited to open top driving!

You could possibly find one at a local vw club or a vw show nearby.

I am wondering the same, since I will have to take one with me when I go to pick it up. I know during the Ford Escort era that there was a series that offered a lower profile. But if I remember right it was a little thicker front to back than a standard battery size.JeffMichigan’s Upper Peninsula

Thanks, JuneyBug. Although I appreciate the help, my vehicle having IRS and having everything blocked off makes things a whole different animal. As an update, I decided to simulate correct spring positioning by jacking the right side of the vehicle up to be even with left. When I did, it seems that my camber issue resolved itself. Does that make sense?

You may want to check Craig’s list.  The challenge is the shipping cost will run about $25 or so…

Facing a similar situation and distance from home, I chose to by a VW towbar for about the same price as renting a tow dolly.  Now I have the towbar should I ever want to tow it again, such as to a car show, shop, or something…

Jeff, I once had a tow dolly that was too wide to tow a TD.  That is to say that the wheels fell inside of the dolly’s recesses because the TD track was too narrow.  

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Oh, I’m sorry. It is a 1971 VW Powerplant. I do have access to a tow dolly but being a VW I was wondering if I could even load it backwards with the front wheels being the trailing wheels? I am not sure if I would have clearance difficulty getting it on the tow dolly.Jeff

Welcome aboard Jeff!You made the right choice picking the TD over the Gazelle. But then I may be biased! ;-)I agree you should tow or trailer the car home. You’ll want to go over it from head to tow before you put any real miles on her. A tow dolly will work. But as Ray said, if the car is VW based, VW tow bars are cheap and flat towing is a piece…[Read more]