Hi David:

Thx for the reply.

I’m assuming that the gauges work (except the temp) as the did before I removed the dash. I will give this a shot.

I was hoping not to have to remove the dash again but it is probably easier that way

Yeah. Bridget’s old hubcaps are those rare no-logo style & have the correct MG TD center emblems—or 4 of them do. The spare has a larger BCW emblem. They’re old but in good shape. Since I went to wire wheels I think I ought to let them go. PM me if you’re interested.

Looks good. Need hubcaps?

Thanks for that. Faster is better.

Another one on the road! Great news!

Enjoy!

Yee Haw !!!

Great news. Congratulations.

Enjoy your summer !!

Mine hit the seat back but because it’s compressible foam I can still open the hatches by plunging mu hand down in ther, grabbing the “lip” of the seat and forcing it up. A little Armor All or similar on the vinyl makes it slide nice.

OK, friends, here is the new blog documenting my Spyder build.

As some of you know, I already grabbed a low-mileage, high-pedigree engine for the car: a Jake Raby-built 1915 from a Beck Special Edition. Carey Hines then went through the carbs, put in new floats, gussied it up and delivered it to the back of my pickup truck at Carlisle last…[Read more]

Ringo’s dash was my inspiration, and that real TD dash on the ‘bay looks very usable as-is. I’d try to grab that for $100-$200 if I were you. My un-patented “bead cheat” will finish it off for like $20 more.

The 924 gauges are just about 4.25 in diameter, I think–a little smaller than the TD gauges, so if you went with that dash you’d have to…[Read more]

Ringo’s dash was my inspiration, and that real TD dash on the ‘bay looks very usable as-is. I’d try to grab that for $100-$200 if I were you. My un-patented “bead cheat” will finish it off for like $20 more.

The 924 gauges are just about 4.25 in diameter, I think–a little smaller than the TD gauges, so if you went with that dash you’d have to…[Read more]

Dash board is where you really make the car your own. And you’ll be staring at it forevermore so it’s best to design something you can live with the first time.

I am partial to the original TD layout with the speedo/tach in front of the driver on big gauges, and the rest off to the right. If you’ve been lurking here long you have probably already…[Read more]

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He’s got the steering wheel on the wrong side!

Years later:

Good on ya, Bill. Sorry we missed you for breakfast this a.m. I got home around 5 and unloaded a whole truck full of Speedster/VW junk and tools and stuff from Alan Merklin. I have his Porsche banner now…