Roy,
Don’t be put off by your brother’s experience. There are classes for everything from immaculate, period correct cars that have manufacturing paint and grease pencil marks reproduced on all NOS parts. The cars are paperweights. At the other end of the spectrum are street, regular driver and people’s choice classes. It depends on the sh…[Read more]

 
They voted for the TD because they have no problem sticking their head out of the window.

 
John,
It might not be the float. It could be accumulated crud from sitting for so long. VW carbs are easy to clean. Muir will tell you how to do it. 
You need a new grill badge. They’re available on the TD forum home page.
Pretty car. The dogs go well with it. Is it the car that makes the dogs look good or the dogs that make the car look g…[Read more]

 
British Racing Green with a tan interior. Classic colors.
Did it feel down on power when you arrived home? Check the points. I’ll bet that they closed on the ride home.
Pretty TC.
 

You might want to look at another 283 and see if it has the same cap. Is it the oil filler cap or a small tube?
Engines of that era usually had a crankcase breather that vented blowby to the atmosphere through a hose that hung below the engine. In the frozen North that was considered a critical anti-rust feature. The hose was eventually routed…[Read more]

 
I have the same thought every time this topic pops up.

 
The sheet metalwork around the engine is critical to cooling. The shrouded fan on top of the engine pushes air down through the cylinders. Pressure will take the easiest route. Without the tins that’s the space between the cylinders and not the cooling fins around the cylinders. 
Change your oil before you go. Oil is part of the cooling system.  
 

 
No picture, no happen.  

 
You will be surprised at how much noise can pass through a small hole. Close up all the gaps while you install sound deadening material.
Eastwood sells sound deadening material that is only.063″ thick yet cuts road noise from 104 – 99 db. It’s pricey at $149.99 for 33.75 square feet. It even comes in a spray.  
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Shot at a rest stop on the way back from an SCCA weekend at Lime Rock, CT in the 50s. 
Very artistic.
Don’t forget to tape the Lucas Flamethrower.
Love the meatball.
 

 
Confucius say:
“Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery”
 

 
Don’t forget the background. A picturesque setting really makes a car stand out.
I would expect to see one on a ferry
 

 
According to John Muir (VW for the Compleat Idiot}, VW specified single grade non-detergent oil so that the engine would build up deposits that served as lubricants in the engine. Switching to detergent oil scrubbed all that stuff out of the engine.
Noboby runs single weight oil today. But he makes the point that buildups inside the engine are…[Read more]

 
I like the folding windshield and Brooklands screens. Very retro.
Now you need the leather strap across the bonnet. 

 
It might be the actuator that was used to steer the car during the crash test.  

 
What are you going to do for a roll bar?

 
VW specified a really sticky black lube for the CV joints. Us the right stuff or you will shorten their life.
Wear latex gloves. It’s really hard to remove from anything it touches. 
 

 
The humidifier tank is the same stuff milk jugs are made of. UV and ozone breaks it down over time. You might want to make the box out of stouter stuff.

 
Back in the day VW ran a winter ad that featured a snowplow driver.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUnEbNgHFco
You do have chains, don’t you? I used them on my 71 Super Beetle. It was the fastest car in Westchester County when it snowed.
 
 

 
Nice front tag.