I’d say you got it done.

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.

That is a truly good question. Wish I knew the answer. No one has yet uploaded an assembly manual for a Chevette-based kit. I doubt anyone here ever knew Chevettes came with more than one length of steering column…

Speaking on general principle I’d get the “standard” length or the longest available, since it’s easier to cut one down if…[Read more]

Mine was supposed to have an adaptor and didn’t. When it read 40 you were doing about 55, something I didn’t discover until about four or five months after I started driving her. That was a big part of the reason I went with all new gauges and build the dash around a ’73 Bug speedometer.

Bouncing speedometer is usually the cable. Unscrew it from the back of the gauge and drip a couple drops of oil down in the cable sheath, see if that hurts it.

If that works, buy a new cable (VW Bus length seems to work best in our cars) and stand by; next time it starts snagging like that, just change it out.

Gauges generally, though: Yeah, you…[Read more]

Thanks for posting those, Bill. And thanks for showing up with Shubie, and Bill and Audrey. And thanks to Schu for bringing Rick again and his coolio MG. Sorry I failed to revive Bridget in time for the ride.

The MG contingent needs reinforcements! I do consider Paul’s Intermeccanica Speedster to be an “honorary” Fake TD but don’t tell him…[Read more]

Carlisle driving directions, courtesy of Alan “Dr. Clock” Merklin. Especially if you’re the sort to let your phone batteries die or don’t use them newfangled sat nav thingies, go ahead and print these out and stick them in your door pocket just in case.

Carlisle Driving Directions

Courtyard by Marriott
503 Newburgh Rd
Shippensburg, PA…[Read more]

Hey hey hey!

Glad the legs on the mend. And the car too.

SIX DAYS TO GO UNTIL CARLISLE BANQUET DEADLINE.

I’ve got to give the hall a final guaranteed headcount (and a check to cover it) next FRIDAY MAY 10 so everybody who wants to eat with us better get me your form and the moolah by then.

So far I have forms and cash from Paul, Bill and Audrey (Crash) Hass, and Billinparts.

Couple others have…[Read more]

Richard Wobby tells me he and Lauren are coming to Carlisle again. So that’s a big plus.

HERE IS THE OFFICIAL 2019 SPEEDSTERS MEET SPYDERS AND MGs CARLISLE SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

Thursday May 16., noonish-5:45 pm: arrive and fix shyt and mingle. Enjoy a cold one (or two). 6:00 pm BBQ on the hotel patio (rain location: or Hospitality…[Read more]

What year pan is it built on? I think TN exempts pre-1975 vehicles from emissions testing; there should be a way to get antique plates for it.

Learning to let go is also a crucial skill I’m trying to develop.

I do plan to drive it a few hundred miles at least to sort it and make it right. I think that’ll be enough.

Then it’s probably going on Bring a Trailer with a lower reserve than I will be comfortable with.

Bridget is my forever plastic clown car.

Dang. The clutch MC on your race car was not mounted to steel?

Hours so far: just under 1,000. Cash in is circa $36,000. There’s a little more to go. Not cheep.

Here’s a run-of-the-mill Beck on Bring a Trailer which sold the other day for $43,000.

Another last summer.

There are quite a few trading around this figure, which is close to what a new Vintage or Beck would go for—but without many of the coolio d…[Read more]

I visited the car Saturday and it’s looking pretty awesome. Painter says he’ll probably bring me the Spyder Saturday.

I love how some of these cars look like they just rolled out of high tea at a garden party and others (ahem) look like they just rolled out of Thunderdome.

Good on ya both tackling this though.

Roy, like you I was taught the dual master cylinder gave redundancy. It is supposed to, but it’s also supposed to be scary–like pedal goes to the floor scary. Fortunately I’ve never had to test the theory that you can still stop with one part of the system wide open.

Oh, I’ll be there for sure, Dale. I have the banner.