Gaahh! 10-20 more inches coming. I’ve been calculating snow loads on the garage roof. I calculate that I need to get up tomorrow and shovel the roof, lest Bridget (and the boat) (and all the tools) (and a bunch of other stuff I’m forgetting about right now) be crushed. Figure what’s up there weighs 18 pounds per cubic foot, and it’s two feet deep.…[Read more]

Here is the 1984 Pittsburgh Press article on Fussenegger & his BCW-52. Note he’d done 250 cars by then but “projected” another 150 sales for that year. 

I’ll have to remember that when I do mine. I was thinking spar varnish, brushed on. Your way looks quicker and maybe better.

Dick, I have a full assembly manual for the BCW VW kit. You still need? If so, private message me.

Good news. For the record, it quit snowing here about 2:30 yesterday. So 28 inches total, my estimate. Should take half the day to finish digging out, assuming the plow comes. Neighbors across the street will need a hand.Once more unto the breach, dear friends.

Looking good, Will. Looks like a 3/4-inch slab of number 1 walnut.That epoxy finish looks to be a step or two above the polyurethane I’d instinctively reach for. Will it require much sanding to finish?

That sounds like a neat rig, Richard. You got pics?Paul: about 28 inches and counting here. Supposed to get another 5-6 inches at least. Heavy stuff, too–much denser than the stuff we got in December.Glad they got the power restored. Went out at 4 a.m. & we lost about a degree an hour before it popped back up at 1 pm. More incentive to install…[Read more]

I got the picture, Paul. They’re calling for 20-28 inches here in Baltimore. It’s just starting to stick now.

That sounds about right, Paul. I’ll take a look at that stuff when I fix the brake lights. If only it would warm up just a little I could get going on this stuff. These days the garage is just a bit too cold to be laying down under a car–much as I love that sort of thing. Soon, soon!Thanks for the insights. I hope that within a season or two my…[Read more]

Dash plaque was my idea! Ringo’s job got me thinking to redo Bridget’s dash. And since I’ve not done any work at all, but instead have been sitting on me butt dreaming, I’ve hatched all sorts of plans involving glove boxes, new gauges, etc. etc. One of them was to put the BCW enamel plaque on the dash. Got ideas for the hubcap emblems too, and…[Read more]

Here it is. Page 82: “Cut two heater duct hoses 38 inches long. The remain ing length of hose will be used later for the air cleaner installation. Insert heater ducts into VW heater boxes. Secure this connection with duct tape.”There’s a photo showing the two hoses running, yes, along the outside channel of the belly pan. Can’t tell from the pic…[Read more]

They’re center tunnel, just under the e-brake handle. I should be clear here that I’m repeating what I was told in regards to the heat. I’ve not driven her long enough to feel any heat yet, or lack of same.I was under the misimpression that heat came in via the tunnel, amidst all the cables and shift linkage and whatnot. If I’m wrong on that then…[Read more]

Larry, I may have a use for your BCW emblem if you’re willing to part with it. Mine came with an MG emblem up front and I can’t find the original BCW one (though I do have all five wheel emblems).

That’s a nice one. I’m skeptical of his 50 mile range claim; it’s out of line with other rigs of that voltage, particularly with 12-volt batteries.

Bridget has the heat vents up in the footwell, as in the stock VW. Previous owner stuffed tennis balls in the hole; told me the vent accentuators no longer work right so she gives heat alla time. Just one more thing to sort out.

Clean job, Will. You make it look easy, and we all know it ain’t. Good luck with the reassembly, and thanks for the step-by-step. 

extraordinary work. In most cases I’d never know they were scale models.

I would love to see Bridget with tru wires all around. Ringo’s car (is it Ringo’s, with the trick third brake light set behind the spare’s basket?) looks gorgeous. But $2,000 is more than I’m prepared to spend on her–at least for a dress-up item. Wish I was richer, I guess.

British Coach Works is still registered as an “active” corporate entity.From PA corporate records:Business Name HistoryName     Name TypeBRITISH COACH WORKS LTD.     Current NameFictitious Names – Domestic – Information    Entity Number:     2032995Status:     Active    Entity Creation Date:     12/24/1979 4:00:43 PM    State of Business.:    …[Read more]

For the seller’s sake, I hope the bidders are legit.