Bill, sounds good – maybe a run downtown w/ a few of us after Friday night dinner.Ed – 2nd gear it is – the thing is – Roy is retired and most likely spending his days practicing on a local track. I know he is fast because I have seen a picture of him in his car w/ two wheels up in the air!

 Eric,Thanks for posting – you have found the bunch of guys who care the most about these replica’s. I live in the DC area as well and was able to get my car on the road a few years back. VW doners are not as easy to find now days, but still out there. As an example a local vintage VW guy receives old cars and breaks the down for the usable parts…[Read more]

Donor VWs are out there. Just put VW or Bug in the search box on Craigslist & you’ll see a bunch. New full pans are available too but are a bit pricier than most hobbyists would like. All the mechanical parts are plentiful.If you post it to the ‘bay be sure to include lots of photos and–hate to say it–do yet another inventory of parts & list…[Read more]

If you have to get rid of it, one possibility is to trailer it out to Carlisle’s Car Corral during the Kit Car Nationals in May. 

Someone got a good deal, though one of the brackets has some weird holes in it. 

Wow. I gotta up my game.

Just put it in second and leave it there, Roy. It’s a tight course and 45 would be very, very fast on any part of it. Your syncros should not mind you running in second gear.

Friday Night Block Party…Schu, I think you expressed interest in this event. I think I’ll indulge as well. Looks like it went well last year. Should be fun.

It took very little effort to sand the second coat smooth. I had applied the paint with a cheap foam roller from Harbor Freight. This resulted in a lot of surface air bubbles which I eliminated with a soft stroke with a clean foam brush. Remember this panel from a previous post?Current conditionThird coat tomorrow.

I just looked at the results list and there is no posting as to what class our cars were placed in. I’m pretty sure I listed mine in E-Mod, as that’s where I’ve been running for years, but that doesn’t reflect the PAX number used. When I run, I just get a kick out of looking at the type of other cars my best raw time beats. The XKE, Celica, Miata,…[Read more]

That number more or less helps to level the playing field.http://www.autox4u.com/resources/pax-index-2/
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I threw the roof off a shed I was demolishing one time.

Love this:

Second coat applied tonight. Looking much better I’m starting to think she’s going to look pretty good

Welcome!

Welcome, Fred.Suggestions: 1. rebuild the brakes. get shoes, wheel cylinders, etc. Drain the brake fluid and refill with new.2. Drain the gas tank and seal it with POR 15 or something similar. Replace all rubber fuel lines with new lines that are alcohol-resistant. Replace your fuel filter–and don’t hang it in the engine compartment. Put it just…[Read more]

Hell yeah!

exhaust leak in the heater boxes eh? That sounds credible. Thinking this would be at the doughnut connection?

is that verboten? or just, ya know, frowned upon?Schu, thanks for the carb contact. My carb is pretty new so I doubt a rebuild is called for. Engine, yeah…carb, no… But who knows?She runs plenty good on the street and only pops loud occasionally. Usually the downshift results in (to me) a  pleasing burble. Only on the autoX do we get that…[Read more]

By the Way – I will be out today w/ my ride when I get home – 90 degrees today? Crazy. I need to find that empty parking lot and practice – so far everything is being used – park&ride and the schools are still open for a while.