New Member Georgia

[Bob]

Thank you for this great site. New member having purchased from an auction house here in Ga.  Has spent more time in the shop than with me,  This site is a wealth of information.  As soon as I can get it back I hope to be able to post some pictures and information on it.

Thanks to all of you for all the work that has gone into the group.

[Bill Gould]

Good to have you with us, Bob! What type of TD do you have?

1981 Lafer TI
1600 cc Type 1 engine

[Paul Mossberg]

Welcome aboard!

Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

If you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)

[Larry Murphy]

 Glad to have you here. Looking forward to seeing pictures of your car.Hope you get it out of the shop soon.

[newkitman]

Welcome aboard Bob. Where in GA are you located? I’m in Warner Robins and have a CMC/Fiberfab TD. Is your TD a front or rear engine model?newkitman40756.6083449074

Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The Shack

[Bob]

Thank you all for the welcome

The car was built in Texas. Motor is in the rear and looks like a Duchess. But I do not remember it saying that on the plaque mounted under the hood.  It has the bump at the fender not smooh like the Fiber.

I am in Atlanta.  Hard to find someone to work on it.

I found one place that I am using and it came highly rated on internet, but still not sure. I do have a friend that her brother was head of all the service at a large VW Dealership here and hope he might hook me up with a retired mechanic that can work on it.

Thank you again for the welcome     So many posts and great ideas here. 

 

[Peter C. King]

Bob,

VWs are simple cars, but they have a high tinker factor. There is always something that needs tweaking. It will be expensive to pay a mechanic every time the noises change.

It is cheaper and more fulfilling to maintain it yourself. Find a VW owner’s club and buy a copy of “Volkswagen for the Compleat Idiot” by John Muir from Amazon.

Besides, you may not find a mechanic who knows all the nuances of the air cooled Vdubs today.  

Peter

 

 

[Paul Mossberg]

Don’t let Peter scare you off Bob.

Learn to adjust your VW’s valves and change the oil every 3,000 miles (or every six months or so if you don’t rack up the miles).

And buy this How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive 19 Ed: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot

And ask us all the questions you want!

By your description, it sounds like a Duchess.

Post a couple pics and I bet we’ll be able to tell.

There is also a “features guide” here that describes features of eight different replicas.

PMOSSBERG40756.9648148148

Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

If you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)

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