Wish I did. Not sure he told anyone . . .

When the suspension botoms you have no suspension. That’s not good. In the VW case, in front, that will tend to make it plow. A bottomed-out shock is not acting like a sway bar. Sway bar limits body roll.Not following you on the “preload applied to the bottom tube.” You’re not trying to run a beam with the center grub screws other than parallel,…[Read more]

Put some pictures of what you have now, particularly edging, fasteners, etc. I’ll help.From what you describe, sounds like a reupholstery type job might be the way. Buy a yard or two of marine vinyl; try to match the color you have (or contrast, or get some vinyl dye and spray the whole interior so it all matches.Take whatever your current coating…[Read more]

John, you can get those two dogs in there and let them run like in a hamster wheel. Woo Hoo!!

Figured you guys would’ve figured out by now that I am graceless in every aspect of life. It used to bother me, but now . . . 

Super to hear it, Jack. Hope you have a safe ride from MA to NC. I used to drive FL to CT and back on the regular and would stop in NC overnight. Not towing a project car though (most times) and never flat-towing. Looks like Baltimore is right around your half way point. If you need a waypoint layover contact me. 

Calm down, Ed…take a deep breath.

Good luck on your trip!,

It’s stunning, isn’t it? Stock 2011 WRX is 265HP. And all-wheel drive. They are thinly-disguised pro-rally cars that ought to be able to run circles around us with even grandma at the wheel. Now I laugh at these hood-scooped wannabe racer boys. Ha! I laugh!Someone find them so I may laugh to their face. 

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I wonder how the pair of WRX’s feel getting beat my an old MGTD?

The most common bulb for fog lamps, if the bulb is indeed replacable, would be the H3.

There are others, but this is the most popular.

I know there is a history of MG’s and Speedsters at Carlisle, and that I’ve only been there twice, but…The number of speedsters in attendance minus our 10 entries still leaves them with an amazing lead in the contest for club size. The second place club had only 11 entries. With an even greater attendance projected for 2014, would it make sense…[Read more]

Very cool! Thanks, Paul.Word on Chuck Beck: He drove Cory’s car for one round–lost oil pressure–and so then transferred the number to one of his own creations. Cory knows which car it was; it was not a 356.Holy crap! Just noticed: My car iced, like, 3 Miatas in raw time? I don’t know how that happens….edsnova2013-05-29 08:14:15

$5k sounds a little high to me for a car that needs work. But that’s me. $5k is always gonna sound very high to me until I want to sell my car, at which time it will suddenly seem an insultingly low figure, not meriting a counter-offer.Carpet: $100 from Lowes or Despot for enough marine low-pile black to do four or five TDs. Padding is up to…[Read more]

Have a look at the brakes. The soft lines are probably NG. My car was running and I still had bad lines, a crumbly shoe on one side, etc. Drain the fluid, replace the soft hoses, at least. Probably do the shoes and wheel cylinders too, at least in front. You’ll get a look at the bearings while you’re at it, and that won’t hurt. Re-grease them and…[Read more]

He was playing hard to get…

Welcome aboard. I’m not a VW person, but these other guys are good.

Paul, you took yourself to dinner?   That’s just wrong.

Yeah right? The guy was–still is–a craftsman. I kind of wonder if Mark didn’t help on the car and if that helped tip off the family. His mom told us she was suspicious for a long time. Took her years to work up the courage to ask him. She educated herself about gays while waiting for the right day. She says, “all I knew about was the leather and…[Read more]

So Bridgette was a rainbow rider. Who’d a thunked it? It’s pretty cool you found the original builder and that he still had pieces of the car from so long ago. He cared for the car.