Hey, kits is kits! 

Right back at you, Roy and Allen, and everyone else who posts here–those I’ve met and those I’ve not met yet.

Your Heli-coil kits do not come with the drill bit required.The drill bit size required will be posted on the package, though.Good luck.

Good Answer, Allen.

Personally, I would not know.

HAR!!Seriously though, folks: some of us have just been lucky. That’s all.

Nice looking car. Not a BCW. The signal lights, windshield, door latches, hood hinges and front splash pan are all different from what BCW kits have. Look at the 9th picture: BCWs have a tell-tale break in the fender there where the steering shaft pokes through on its way to the steering box. The dash is not BCW issue either. Nor the taillights,…[Read more]

I like the idea for several reasons. But I do think its value will come only if the database is maintained for many years.I also think we’ve got something similar already in our membership roster and map, which the proposed registry could augment and link to. Why do I like it.1. The practical. As Roy says, having an as complete as possible record…[Read more]

Beautifuly presented…I like the garage.

Don’t quite understand who the end result would benefit. We, who have built/rebuilt our cars know what we have.It might be beneficial to a future owner years after we move on. Not quite sure the work involved in building a data basewould be worth the effort.Just an observation , not a criticism.

I like it. But it’s almost familiar… What do we have that’s comparable?

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I think you’re onto something, G. Those lever forces would seem to be easy to measure & think about (mostly). Which means any of us with the no-stoppie problem should be able to think of how to fix it, then look for the pars or do the mods needed.

The exhaust manifold is now a quarter inch smaller? Dudes, I bolted up my share of Chebby small block exhausts and don’t remember ever getting one that was off by that much.But, generally with everything on those cars (chassis, body panels, suspension bits, etc. etc.), I always had better luck starting the end bolts first, just a couple threads,…[Read more]

Years ago they sold a “spreader” for the Chevy small block exhaust manifold for just such a problem.Don’t know if it would work on 4 cyl but an Internet search might turn one up.

Mine measures 93.5″

They were Whitworth. And original TDs had fasteners with those threads, plus metric threads in the guts (Trans and rear end, if I recall it right), plus (in later years of the TD run) some American nuts and bolts too. It is another commonality they share with our replicas.

I’ll measure mine when I get home tonight.

If it’s no good you could always put it back, Roy.Carb-wise, would one of those progressive Holley-Weber 2 bbl jobbies fit? And does anyone know if they offer up any appreciable performance boost? I believe Syl Mathis’s beautiful white speedster has that carb setup and I don’t hear him complaining.

If it’s not gone by May, drag the whole rig to Carlisle! I’d sell the TD and the trailer separately, since VWs are so easy to flat tow. That trailer sounds like a beaut–and more suited to a Cobra replica or something similar.