Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah.

Holy crap Bill is that your car??

“Cherished Salvage.” Another great band name. Another great sales pitch!

“This cherished salvage was lovingly crashed into the Turn 6 guardrail during the 2018 Duryea Hillclimb competition. It’s equipped with blown-out Nitto Extreme tires in 245/50/17 (front) and gently-flogged 305/40/17s on the rear. Note the authentic “OH SHIT” rust streak…[Read more]

Bill do they know you race the car? Is there a rider for that? Or an exclusion rider?

$200 is less than I pay now for Bridget, I think.

Still hacking away at the Spyder. We’re down to fettling now.

I continue to be very stoked at how very close to the real deal this car is coming to appear.

vs Seinfeld’s former car:

rear subframe, engine with breather and coils mounted:

As against 550-0054:

Hotel reservations are open.

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Excellent!

Glad I could help. Mine’s on a ’69 and that’s a really good pan for these conversions. Independent (double jointed) rear suspension and ball joint front beam works well.

If you’re just starting a build, do yourself a favor and don’t cut the front beam and weld it back together twisted to “soften” the front suspension as the kit instructions will…[Read more]

I signed up for the show field yesterday.

What do you mean by “newer?” As far as I know, the VW Beetle’s chassis (aka pan) kept the same wheelbase from the 1940s through the end of production circa 1979, and the later Mexican/Brazilian cars were also the same: 94.5 inches. They’re not a few inches longer and don’t need to be cut to work with a TD kit.

The Superbeetle with MacPherson…[Read more]

Engine is back in and the interior work is all but done.

It won’t be long now.

Yes! Carlisle is happening and the SOC/TD Replica club will be gathering as usual. Same hotel as last year. More details to come soon.

Well? Everything still working? Everyone still breathing?

ditto

Updates:

Of course after I got the car perfectly aligned I discovered that I’d assembled the clutch without a crucial part.

So it goes. Cory Drake (he with the Swiss Army Speedster) came up to help pull the engine and transaxle out, and I ordered the $22 clutch collar I actually had one of back when I put the Suby in Bridget (that time, I tried…[Read more]

Yeah Roy. Carlisle 2020 starts May 15! Come on up!

Car is aligned, the ride height is set.

Got the wiring tucked up under the dash. Putting the car back together now.

Dang, Al. Sorry to see that.

The Spyder runs.

https://alongcameaspyder.wordpress.com/2019/09/15/she-run/

Video in link.

Well, these cars are small.