Ed,

Ed,

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Greg,

I’m impressed that someone would spend the bucks to recreate one of the Art Deco cars of the period.

Is the clutch disengaging fully?

Would the top and side curtains that were just offered for sale fit this one?

Edsnova,

Regardless of whether or not it fits your car, somebody buy this top and side curtains and stash them for the day when someone else has the right car and needs a top. If no one wants to do that I will gladly take them and I don’t even have a TDR, yet.

Rick,

The Kitplanes article recommends separate grounds. One for the starter/generator and another for the electronics and lights. You might even run separate grounds for the last two if you run a lot of gizmos or big lights. That keeps voltage spikes and errant signals from disturbing the rest of the electrical system.

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Four wheel disk brakes and coil springs all around. Put sway bars on it and you can out Porsche the Speedster replicas with that chassis. That is pretty.

Have you looked at the tank vent? If it’s plugged the fuel pump could be lowering pressure in the tank until it equals the suction of the pump. Open the cap the next time you drive the car. If it’s harder to turn and makes a sucking noise you have a plugged vent. Do you have the correct cap? Do you have a non-vented cap on a fuel system that expects one?  

Rick,

Great story.

 
Back when I was driving aircooled VWs, I regularly put 100k on engines, including 2 vans. I dropped the screen, torqued the heads and adjusted the valves at every 3000 mile oil change. It can be done. I’d put a spin on filter on one today. It’s a belt and suspender thing. It even acts like an oil radiator.    
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Did they even have oil filters when this engine was designed in the 30’s? We’re talking about an 80 year old design. It is elegant in its simplicity but you have to assume that VW would design oil filtration differently today. Why wouldn’t you want to filter the oil?

 
A hardtop that looks like a convertible top would be the cat’s meow.

 
Beware of used VW heater boxes. There is an asbestos gasket inside that compresses with time and allows exhaust gas to enter the car. It cannot be replaced. Granted, a TD isn’t as well sealed as a Type 1. But you still don’t want to breathe carbon monoxide.  
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Have you considered putting another chassis under the TD?
This one is too pretty to cover up.
Besides, an original VW slush box has to be the rarest transmission on the block.