I’m generally against adding ballast in these cars. But, if I had to have ballast, here’s what I think would work better than a box o’ rocks:

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Roy, that is truly golden. I, too, will practice.

Thanks for the constructive advice. I promise to keep practicing til I get it right.

Thanks for all the extra work. Looking forward to the new look.

Wow. I’m floored. Thank you both.

Third run: Trailing arm weld breaks.http://youtu.be/JJBNcuypR9YPardon the language.

The Speedster group has more members seeking hard tops.The Speedster group have deeper pockets.

The bottom of my front crossmember is 4-1/2″ off the ground. As always, results will vary.

I said that & gave the link!

After that trailing arm broke, how much steering did you have?

Run one: clutch linkage failurehttp://youtu.be/ObxpFUIoeh8Run Two: door latch screwuphttp://youtu.be/hvNCOIzCM88Sorry, these are lousy videos. GoPro mounted with suction cup on windshield. Still too much wind noise even with windsock mounted on camera housing.
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Seems a strange “improvement” for one of the few things on a Bug that doesn’t need it.

At 6’2″ my seats sit on 1-1/2″ angle iron. The seat back was cut down and moved to the rear shelf. Some folks think it’s way too far back but I find it comfortable. It’s position was moved several times before I was satisfied.

Jes, go here: http://www.speedsterowners.com/

Better to move the pedals forward than try to move the seat back. Removing that rear bulkhead leaves the transaxle exposed, and the torsion housing blocks you from moving the seat farther back anyway. 

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I agree. When it comes apart, a professional will weld it back together.

Please, man, get a better welder than you to re-do these trailing arms. If I got my count right, that’s the third time that weld has failed in the past five years.

My volts meter has been going up and down all season with no ill effect. Sometimes it says 12. Sometimes (when I hit the brakes) it drops a little lower than 12. Other times–like today, as I took a leisurely two-hour cruise around the county for no particular reason–the volts gauge stayed between 13 and 14 the whole time. Except when I was…[Read more]

RIP

Dang!