Mark

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Thanks for all your input guys!  

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I’ll sign in as  #1 from San Diego .. any more out there?

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Just sent via PayPal.

Welcome aboard Allan and as Bill mentioned always a pleasure to know of
another Lafer owner out there..

I’m 52 and bought my Lafer in late 2007..

To give you an idea of pricing I’m attaching a copy of my original email confirming the items that I ordered
from Eduardo along with their prices.

The prices are in U.S. dollars and the coma (“,” ) is used as the decimal in Brazil so to give you an example
from my order all the rubber seals marked in red in the parts pages cost a total of $154.00…[Read more]

There is a brazilian website called mercodolivre where they advertise many
Lafer parts include some wheels in case anyone wants to see what’s out
there.

http://lista.mercadolivre.com.br/lafer

To Bill (Gould) and any other Lafer owners out there, try driving your car with
all six side windows in place and raised, the difference is very noticeable. In
my case it went from my eardrums hurting because of the wind turbulence at
45mph without the windows to cruising at 65-70 on the freeway and being
able to have a conversation with my wife…[Read more]

Ed,

Here is a picture of the old exhaust, and you’re right it was visible under the valance . . . . .

Ed,

I’m not sure how much space you have under your truncated rear valance but these two exhaust systems fit
under the Lafer rear valance.

The engine on the right was my old 1600 single port while the one left was a new 1968c.c. dual port, dual carb
with the A-1 Sidewinder exhaust.

I decided to use the Sidewinder on the new engine because…[Read more]

MP Lafer (VW Based, made in Brazil)

MP Lafers for the U.S. market were sold as a complete car with the pre-assembled body manufactured in Brazil and mated to a U.S. registered used VW
donor car. Assembly was done by MP Lafer authorized distributors.

Windshield – Folding windshield specific to MP Lafer. Front vent windows need to be pulled…[Read more]

My understanding regarding the “MP” is that it comes from name the
company which made these cars in Brazil:

M?veis Patenteados Lafer S/A hence “MP Lafer”
(which translates to Lafer Patented Furniture )

   The lafers were made by Mr. Percival Lafer from Brazil whom after taking
over the family furniture business decided to venture into the au…[Read more]

Thanks for the link Paul!! I wasn’t aware of those photos.

I ordered a product of the internet used to coat the inside of pick truck beds,
its called “Grizzly Grip” . I liked it because you can brush or roller it it on
and as it dries in expands a little bit and creates a texture that covers the
brush and rollers marks. I ended up coating all the front trunk area and
passenger area after bolting down…[Read more]

My original Lafer gauges had clear plastic covers that were scratched and dull and the chrome was
pitted and rusty. I purchased replacement glass and bezels from a company called North
Hollywood Speedometer (www.nhspeedometer.com). I was only able to find replacement glass and
bezels for the 5 smaller gauges so I ended up using the old bezels and…[Read more]

The ride height looks good Ed!!

You might want to make sure that the original shocks aren’t bottoming out half way thru
your suspension travel. I imagine I set my ride height similar to yours since we both had
the same type of issues. In my case the “shorty” shocks keep me from getting complete
extension but the normal shocks bottom out…[Read more]

The gauges are actually VDO gauges made in Brazil specifically for the MP
Lafers. The ones in my car were fairly beat up so I bought new front
glasses (originals were plastic except the speedo and tach) and bezels. I
disassembled, cleaned and reassembled the gauges with the new
components.

Original gauges…

After rebuilding them……

The…[Read more]

I ran into the same problem while adjusting the ride height on my car.  After inital setup I decided it was too low so I decided to move both adjusters to a “higher” position. No problem moving the lower one but when I tried moving the upper adjuster I ran into the same issue you are describing. In my case the new “shortened shocks” I was using we…[Read more]