There are two good VDO rebuild places in CA, Palo Alto Speedometer and North Hollywood Speedometer. They specialize in Porsche gauges. Both are run by cats named Helmut and both do very good work for very much money. My guess is, if Shu could get either of them to take the job, they would take about three months and $600. He’d end up with the best…[Read more]

Spyder reassembly progress.

The floorpan is back in.

Glass windshield is on*; wipers wipe.

54 items remain on the punch list. Some of those are such chores as “<b>VISIT MSP WITH DOCS FOR SIGN-OFF”</b>

and<b> “Get VIN/Title</b>”

There are just two dozen discrete tasks ahead of those steps. I plan to knock about a half dozen off the list…[Read more]

Hey, friends, a favor?

If you feel like it, check out the Pelican Parts Virtual Car show and then vote for my entry (i.e. the pile-o-junque depicted above) as Best DIY Project.  

You know I’d do the same for y’all.

PS: final touches are almost done. Still awaiting state authorities reopening for title/tag/taxes and destination charges to be a…[Read more]

MiGi TD replica, I think!

Welp…

Just tried to post agains with pics

(like this one:

and it failed.

Looks good, Steve. Thanks for the prompt trouble-shooting.

Test 2

Spyder construction is complete.

Now just need the MVA to open so I can title and tag it, and begin sea trials.

Spyder construction is complete.

Now

People who like rewiring a car impress me.

I need to get the outside of my car that clean.

I meant no disparagement of my friend and mentor. Of course he had a good reason for stopping!

Nice!

Wow! I do want to see them.

To post a photo, first take two or three deep breaths. Steady your mind. Get your heart rate under control.

Now direct your cursor to the upper right of the screen where your own name is. Hover there and you’ll see a drop down menu.

The bottom thing on the menu is “media.” Hover there and you’ll get a pop-out menu…[Read more]

You shouldn’t have to seal the cut edge of the glass but an epoxy coat is probably best practice and suitable for marine use. You will want to finish the edge with paint and that should prevent delamination for many years in this application.

Using a jig is also the right idea. I free-cut a fair amount on Bridget and found there’s no way to make…[Read more]

Good on ya! Hope for some good cruising this summer.

Good news!. FWIW, minus all the small leaves my car rides about stock height—not lowered. That’s how much lighter the TD is over the front wheels than the Beetle.

Get you a set of caster shims too. You won’t regret it.

I have a BCW car. No ballast in front. When I first bought it I could lock up the brakes—and did once coming up fast behind Mossberg where he stopped at the bottom of a hill!

I found that replacing the 15-year-old tires with new ones helped immensely.

Even better was when I reduced the pressure in the fronts to like 16-18 pounds. Really! T…[Read more]

Dale Schumacher has been looking for a speedometer…

Ric that looks great but I wish you’d post bigger pictures so we could really see it.