I bet Schu could do it or Ed could figure it out.  XD

Hey Schu!  Loving it down here.  Haven’t had a day below 60 yet.

Nice

Way to go Dave – Vicenc – You the man.

How is it in Florida? Liking it?

@Toller‘s gauge came in over the weekend.  We were out of town but when we got home last night I was able to put the gauge in without any problems.  It’s working now.  Thanks all for the help and advice and thanks to Dave for sending the gauge out to me.

No pics, it didn’t happen:

You know the All Blacks?  We should get red rugby shirts and call ourselves the All Reds.  XD

Additional work with the body filler & etc.

Looking really good.

You’ve got the right idea, relocating the air filter. The kit MFG requires the remote filter. I used some of the silver “heater hose” that mainly goes from the heater boxes, through the tin,* to the fan intakes on either side of the carb. Clamped some on the carb throat and went up and over the shroud on the right, and hung…[Read more]

Hey, David, several of us have had good luck with the Empi 3487. It’s not a performance exhaust; I wouldn’t put it on anything bigger than a 1776. But it doesn’t seem to hurt a 1500 or 1600. It’s also compact, easy to install, sounds good and, as a bonus, puts the exhaust tip exactly where it should be on an MG TD. I ran mine for several years…[Read more]

Hey, David, several of us have had good luck with the Empi 3487. It’s not a performance exhaust; I wouldn’t put it on anything bigger than a 1776. But it doesn’t seem to hurt a 1500 or 1600. It’s also compact, easy to install, sounds good and, as a bonus, puts the exhaust tip exactly where it should be on an MG TD. I ran mine for several years…[Read more]

Hey, David, several of us have had good luck with the Empi 3487. It’s not a performance exhaust; I wouldn’t put it on anything bigger than a 1776. But it doesn’t seem to hurt a 1500 or 1600. It’s also compact, easy to install, sounds good and, as a bonus, puts the exhaust tip exactly where it should be on an MG TD. I ran mine for several years…[Read more]

Guys

These are sold

Thanks

And I was wrong. Lots of early Bug rims were 4 inches. This thread has an apparent expert on Beetle/Ghia rim widths and offsets.

I still say 165 R 15s (about a .8 aspect ratio) are the right thing for us & will go on the skinny rims nicely.

165/80s will go on a 4 inch rim with no trouble. They will look right on the TD and handle fine. I am not sure your regular Mangels are actually 4 inches though. They might be 4.5 inches. I have thought all the stock 8-slot VW rims were either 4.5 or 5.5. Mine are 4.5. (The new wires are 4.5-inch as well)

185s I’d want the 5.5 inch rim.

A 165/70R15 should fit a minimum of 4-1/2″, maximum of 5-1/2″.

A 185/70R15 should be between 5″ and 6-1/2″.

Although I once ran a 265/60-14 on a 4″ wheel. Should have been a minimum of 7-1/2″. It sat flat with 10 pounds of air.

I have run 205/60R15 front and 235/60R15 rear with no trouble. No idea what the backspacing is.

Perfectly nice!