That’s a good tip. I’ll try that this year.

Roy’s memory is definitely a blessing. He was generous, mischievous and just the right kind of silly—but you’d never want to have to fight him.

He was a real builder: helped put together two of Jack Breza’s cars and adapted the hubs on his MiGi to fit real wire wheels by himself.

Nuclear sub commander, and ran a bed & breakfast for years.

I m…[Read more]

We’ll miss you, Bill and Audrey (Crash); look forward to seeing Shu!

I’d try Rock Auto and look for the rear shocks for a 1977 Chevette.

Bill this is fantastic. Your air-fuel ratios are going to be on the money, and throttle response will improve.

Worth noting that you can post any photo from the internet–your own or someone else’s–by right clicking it, choosing “copy image address,” and then pasting it here using that two jagged mountains icon, second from right in you icons bar above the text posting window. As in this selection from my Spyder build blog:

That’s a smart thought John. I bet it’s set to 8 cylinders.

Please folks, if you haven’t yet, sign up for Carlisle Gate & Go ASAP. Deadline is end of March. As in the past, the more people we get who sign up as part of the Speedster gathering the more likely it is we’ll get a free thing.

You want a NON-JUDGED SHOWFIELD Gate & Go pass; sign up here. Remember to go to the club affiliation drop-down menu…[Read more]

The cable can be easy or it can be a deuce of a job. Here’s me struggling with the one in Bridget a few years ago.

Addendum: New this year is the inaugural event of the Acme Cup Valve Cover Racing Series. Details here.

I’m planing on making something for the track.

As always the Speedster Owners Group is arranging a gathering starting Wednesday May 11. We’ll have a tent on the field and tables and chairs. This year the dune buggy guys are setting up an epic valve cover race track which will be on the showfield. If you want in email Andy Burger, afburger@gmail.com and he’ll send you build specs and rules. F…[Read more]

Courtyard By Marriott Mechanicsburg.

Reservations are to be made direct with the hotel. Call:  717 766 9006 and mention “Speedsters Group”. Check in is 3PM check out is 12 noon. Early arrivals are subject to room availability. Room block reservation cut off date is April 12th.

On Thursday 1:00 pm, the hotel will be providing welcome station in t…[Read more]

There are a few cars with bucket seats. On a VW pan-based car, the tunnel spreads out toward the back and makes it hard to fit a wide seat and impossible to move it further back, but you can lean it.

Welcome to the forum, John!

Check the connections before replacing the switch. Grounds are gremlins on TDrs.

Also make sure the car is actually shifted into reverse. When I was putting together my Spyder the backup light gave me a heart attack when it wouldn’t work despite my shifting it into reverse to test. I checked the light, the wires, connections and even the switch…[Read more]

Same hotel. Probably no banquet again this year cuz it’s on me and I have not had the energy to do what I’m supposed to do. Will advise.

What feeds the hot-ignition side of your fuse box?

(By memory; grain of salt) my car has battery + running to the big starter lug, Battery – bolted to the frame and feeding a grounding buss under the dash. Fat red 10g + wire from battery to the key switch at 30, then two wires that test + go from that. The key-on + wire goes to the fuse box to…[Read more]

Weird that it broke. Why would a pulley bolt break while just driving?

Bill!

Congrats, Bill!