Slowly but surely making progress on the beam. Turns out I had the last upper arm in wrong–off by about five degrees. Not sure how the leaves got in it that way, but when I went to tighten everything up the other day, noticed the grub screw on that one was out about a quarter inch. And the arm was turned just a bit tighter–closer to the lower…[Read more]

Very cool! Still waiting on mine.

Interesting.

Crooks. I bet there’s no law against it either. Only solution would be a lawsuit. And the only lawsuit worth taking for a lawyer is if a person or two died ’cause of the blowout. New congress will be shooting for “tort reform” again to cut down on such profit-diminishing activities.I put new Eagle GTs on my Nova round about 1985. Got an excellent…[Read more]

Thanks for that, Paul. I’m still slapping my own forehead over this.

Wind deflector was a TF item. The bottom 6-8 inches was oak wood and locked in behind the seats somehow. Then there was afoot-high strip of  1/4-inch lexan, clear acrylic, or something like it hinged to the wood, so it could fold down when not in use. That ran the width of the car. Holding that in place were aluminum channels the latched in to…[Read more]

Montie, I’d be interested to hear about your behind-the-seat wind blocker experiences. Thinking of making one after I saw an ebay seller unload his custom-made fold-down TF model for several hundred bucks. In the ad he said it worked well, and the bidding was spirited. Looked like something I could assemble for about $50 in parts–including enough…[Read more]

Gots me one of them there propane dealies.$120 from Lowes. Gotta crack a window or door to keep from dying of CO, but even in that cavernous space it picks up the inside temp enough for epoxy to cure. Got the beam all together, just filling up the holes in the frame head with some metal before re-installing with the caster shims. Will post that…[Read more]

Me and Mossberg and Wobby and Schu (Schu, right? Or are you going Speedster this year?). That could be four right there. But if we could get 2-3 more TDs those Speedster guys would sh*t. Especially if we bring on a couple righteous Detroit-powered, engine-ahead-of-the-windscreen bruisers. I thought there was a couple other New England-based…[Read more]

Maybe they thought to put the Rabbit motivation out back. I believe some Volk bugs have that swap. Heard that, anyway. Seems like either way, in a TD-looking kit it’d be a lot more work than would make sense.
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Looks great, Paul.I did not know that Classic Roadsters offered a Rabbit-based TD.Ever seen one? Anyone?Was it also front wheel drive?

Montie! I was afraid to take Bridget on the interstate until I realized my speedo was off by 20 percent. Now it’s a breeze. And you with a 2.3(?)You gots power to burn and all-important ballast over the front wheels. Why you no like the highway? Too windy up there at 90mph? If those CA speedster boys go they’ll be flying right past you in Ohio, I…[Read more]

C’mon, Sarge! With that V-6 you could make 1100 miles in half a day! Plus, I’m dying to see that car in person. You’ll be the hit of the show.If you do change your mind, you probably won’t be the farthest comer though: One guy in Cali has a six cylinder (911-powered) Speedster he’s making noises about driving to Carlisle.IM-6 Speedster, meet…[Read more]

Ed,
That will be the day – I have never seen more then 3 in one place – come on
guys – prove me wrong!

Nice.

In a couple years we’ll have enough TD people to have our own club and tent!

Just made my reservations at the Hotel Carlisle, May 20 and 21. Plan to get there Friday late morning.Signed in with the Speedster Owners Group. We park next to them & by bolstering their numbers they (we) get a handy shade hut. With Wobby coming with a camper that’ll make us well provisioned.Let’s see if we can muster up a healthy contingent…[Read more]

Thanks, gentlemen–remember tough, they’re your pictures. I didn’t take a one of ’em. Next year, though, I’ll be shooting for it.

Excellent choice, Clockdoc. If I run across one I’ll for sale send you the info.

I’ve got the BCW rear-engine build manual. Fairly detailed, well-illustrated and in decent condition. Just need to scan ‘er in.