That second link (above) is the bomb! Thanks Paul.

“Picnic Mode!” Brilliant.

Man I gotta look into that…

Somewhere on this site I did a repair with pictures of the wood base seats that eliminates the painful numbing and on top of it allows more distance from the steering  wheel and sits you lower in the car. I am a big guy ( working on that) and have no issues with my seating position etc. Others on here have seen my seating and will agree.

I think…[Read more]

If these are VW pan cars there’s not too much that can be done. I don’t think VW bucket seats will work without modification, because the seat placement on a TD replica is about where the back seats on the bug were. The way the pan and the tunnel are shaped, you don’t have the width to put the stock bucket there.

The fiberglass bulkhead that…[Read more]

For my Subaru swap I used an aftermarket radiator designed to fit a 1992-2000 Honda Civic, similar to this. It fits nice behind the grill and was easy to make mounts for. The larger of the two original Subaru Legacy fans also fit nicely over it.

The rad was made for a 1.6l engine but the Subaru engine is 2.2 and it cools very well. If I had a…[Read more]

The Chevette manual reproduced here is showing the original Chevette radiator being used. A cross flow unit with side tanks.

Michael, can you jump in here and help Bob out? I’m of no help on the Chevette model.

I’ve taken the seat back and put it up on the package tray. Cut it down for height. I’ve also taken a few inches out of the seat base.

Took the car out Sunday afternoon during the recent heat wave. With air temps in the mid 90’s I put about 25 miles on it. The temp gauge just creeped up on 210* when I got it home. Considering how hot out it was, I was pleased. I was also cooked.

Tonight I made a paper template of the hood which will go to the fabricator for louvre production.

The original Mustang radiator was a 2 core, which is what I am currently running. I’ve saved that link for the 3 core for future reference. Last Saturday morning when it was cool I drove mine to work apx 17 miles. By the time I got there the temp gauge was just climbing over 200*. Before I came home in the heat of the day I dumped (2) bottles of R…[Read more]

Painless! Thanks!

Thanks, man.

Except for taping off the limits for top and bottom, mine were done freehand. Just took out what looked right.

Yours looks good. Metal hood or louvered sheet grafted in?

I’d say you got it done.

While waiting for the fabricator to punch louvers into aluminum sheets that I plan on grafting into the sides, I decided to cut out the fake louvers. Why not? They’re going to be cut up anyway.

I started using a vibrating saw to cut all the vertical lines.

The, using a Dremel I shaped the tips and used a grinder to smooth out the spacing.

I…[Read more]

Update on the Spyder build, for any interested.

The engine is in.

I made a front sway bar.

The hood closes, the battery is in, and the fuel tank (which is very special) is coming in for a landing.

I continue to make slow progress on most days. Thank you for your support in this difficult time.

Stellar! Friends, You can see me in that first video at 1:30.

The weather this year could not be beat. But the timing system… Lots of guys wanted to beat the guys that set that up, I was told.