Well, actually…http://www.lowescruise.com/True story: Emerging from the local Home Despot last year (carrying some little stainless bit I thought might work to fix something on Bridget) I come across a bloke peering into her cockpit. “I have one like this at home,” he tells me. “VW?”

Everywhere I go with Bridget is a car show.

That thing must boogie. Real louvres too.

Got mine. Not “antique” but “historic.” Yours is a better deal though.

what is that motor??

Well I tried – not working – so if anyone needs a picture if you are planning a
seat fix let me know and I can email you some pic’s.
Dale

 Thanks for the sketch, Paul. That’s uber helpful.Doesn’t look as bad as I feared . . .Still not gonna do it though.

Bridget has a loosely fitting cover under the wheel and tire. There’s a slot on one side but nowhere near a foot diameter hole. Seems to do fine that way. I don’t guess a single PICT 34 feeding single port heads is gonna need a lot of CFM.

I’m with Larry. I think the Jag is a few inches longer in the hood. Six cylinder, ya know. Don’t believe the spare could go on a TD like that and look “right.” Great on an SS 100 though! (Here’s maybe the one to get) (though I think I like the C-type even better).Allard too.Those are both too rich for my blood, though; I’m sticking with Bridget,…[Read more]

Welcome, Tops! Good on ya.

Update: beam is back in. Had to tie off the steering box and curl/press the assembled beam into place. Some of you know I’m a little guy and sit at a desk for a living & so this was not as much fun as I had hoped.But, after a couple hours wrestling with it, there it is.The problem then? Ball joint boots = NG. Can’t believe I didn’t notice I’d…[Read more]

Welcome, Ray. You’ll find support here, and I’m pretty sure a couple Chevette-based owners are active. Post pictures and questions and have fun with your build.

Welcome Ford,
If you look below under finished cars and unfinished cars sections you will
see a few for sale. They can be easy to tow home if you are worried about a
long drive home. One of the cars is Chevy based so I am not sure that will
work for you. He He

Good luck on finding the right TD for you.

Dale

Guys,
Just a slight correction – I believe the 4 lug VW wheels are 4×130 MM
Be carefull out there

As for lugs or ears for a half moon (or stock TD) cap, looks to me like that would be a custom job, maybe manageable with some very careful measurements and sheet metal screws. But looks like it’d be tricky for a home mechanic to get that stuff centered just right.Then again, if the hump on the rim was just the right size, one might be able to fit…[Read more]

I suspect it was to give the bus lower gears.

Those’d fit four-lug Beetles, ’68 through 79, Karman Ghias of the same vintage, etc. New ones like it are $50 each at CIP1. Not sure what, if any, hubcaps fit though. Cip1 suggests a center cap of some kind that covers the grease cap but not the wheel bolts.I think they’d be very cool if you could get a dog dish or half moon cap on ’em.

Dale: You
should be able to make your photo smaller by opening the picture in your photo
program and resaving it smaller, either by choosing a lower quality
jpeg format, resizing it by pixels (I like 300 by 400) or cropping it
and saving the cropped part under a new name.

Well I guess my pic’s are to big to post – I will try to make them smaller when
I do the second seat unless anyone knows how to fix.
Dale

Sorry – didn’t get the pic’s posted last night – will get my son to give me a hand when I get home today.