You’ve been busy…Thank you!

Wow! A fan!

Finally got my louvered panel back from Kowalski. It’s not exactly what I had expected, but it’ll do. We had a weekend of unseasonably warm weather so I was able to spend some time beginning this process. The original (too small) engine cooling fan fits comfortably between the air cleaner and firewall and should help expel the heat this thing…[Read more]

Carlisle update. Hotel reservations and show field registration is still open!

This year we’re doing the Saturday dinner in-house.

Here’s the meal plan:

Thursday 2:00 – 5:00PM Hotel Welcome w/ Cookies, Brownies and Lemonade.

Thursday 6:30 – 8:30PM:  BBQ Buffet consisting of BBQ Pulled pork, Boneless BBQ chicken, Italian sausage w/ onions and…[Read more]

Welcome to the group, Wheels!

Congrats on an adventurous maiden voyage. Most of us would not do 500 miles on a shakedown run with one of these!

I second the suggestion you come on down to Carlisle PA in mid-May. It’s a pretty big gathering of VW-based kits, most of them Speedster replicas but with a contingent of TDs and others. We rent a block…[Read more]

Great to have a new member. Glad you found a good driver. As Schu suggested, bring her down to the Carlisle show in May. “A splendid time is guaranteed for all.” Looking forward to photos.

Welcome

Cool story – sounds like you found out the hard way the gas gauge was screwed up – anyway neat that you drove it home.

Meet us at Carlisle PA in May – seems you like road trips anyway – a couple of other Canadians have come down in the past.

Wiper motor is in and it works. 67 things left to do on the Spyder.

Very nice, Bill! Nothing so satisfying as tackling a long-put-off project.

Here’s a blog post about the latest tom-foolery.

I’m still making progress on the build, fewer than 75 individual tasks* are left on the punch list.

*subject to change without notice.

Just went and measured the summer wheels for the MINI. The backspacing is 5-3/4”. Admittedly, my MINI’s are second generation, but the same aftermarket wheels fit these and the first generation I used to have. I have never seen a MINI with 15’s though. 16, 17 & 18, yes, but not 15.

If you don’t like the fit with the fenders, consider spacers.

The grill shell is the hard to get part. For the insert you can go with a set of slats from Moss Motors, or maybe MG Magic has them as mentioned above, of you could make a custom insert out of wire mesh or expanded metal, like a lot of guys did in period.

Keep goin.