Sorry you wont bring the TDr. I assume you will be bringing the little yellow rocket, then? If you’re going to keep the MINI around for a while, join us in July.

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All the circuitry for the Ford Duraspark system have been eliminated and the wiring added for the MSD ignition. The circuits for the exhaust cut outs are in along with the circuit for the Accusump. Back up switch circuit has been repaired and several unused circuits that have never been hooked up to anything from the original Ford harness have…[Read more]

Bill, you and Audrey will be missed.

Alright. Mother Nature decided to cooperate this weekend and we were able to get things done.

I really didn’t like all the washers to space out the existing engine mounts. I decided to go with an earlier Ford setup where the mounts used studs to anchor the engine before they went to that horizontal thru bolt.

Remodified the mounting points on…[Read more]

Not a VW based owner, but such a minor cut should not produce any problems. It looks to be welded up nice and tight. Seats look comfy. Very good.

Copied from the Speedster Owners site:

2018 Carlisle Hotel Reservations

It’s time to book your Hotel reservation for Carlisle 2018 !

The room block count @ 50 rooms for Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.

I now have a contract with the Hotel in place, the room rate is just $136.00 per night. You are encouraged to book your room now as…[Read more]

These are the instructions Ed posted for photos. They work.

First you go to your own thing. Upper right corner it should say something like “Howdy, Happy Jack.” Click on that and you get a drop-down menu. At the bottom it says “media.” Hover over that with your curser and you should see another drop-down menu with “albums,” “photos” “vi…[Read more]

Hope everyone had a good one. We froze ourselves at the Eagles game last night.

The accusump that I bought is the small one with only a 1quart capacity. It’s basically used at startup to preoil the system. I push a switch and pressurized oil circulated through the engine. Once started, engine oil pressure refills the unit to be ready for the next startup. As it sits for long periods, there won’t be any dry starts. There are…[Read more]

Spent a few hours in the garage today. Pulled the transmission, removed the bell housing and clutch to drive the pilot bearing deeper into the crankshaft. Initial installation was tough. I had to pull the transmission up tight with the mounting bolts. Now it slides right in all t he way. While it was disassembled I finished the mounting of the…[Read more]