Moto Lita? Thought the thing had air bags.Love me some air bags. But love me some shiny wood-rimmed three-spoke steering wheel more. At least until I hit something head-on, hard.

HAR!That’s a great idea, oldbuzz, but then: with all that extra horsepower from the roundells, plus the extra confidence from the “rollbar”, I might get myself into trouble!

The BCW Chevette cars used adaptor plats to fit the VW wheels, I believe.No idea where one would find those now but other 15-inch steelies might work just as well. I seem to recall someone using Hyundai wheels on their ride. 15 round holes in them (as the TD had), and 15 x 5 rims. Could be mis-remembering that.

Mine cost $6,115 delivered and was appraised after assembly at $13,500, more or less. That was in Sept. 1982.http://bridgetmgtd.wordpress.com/bridgets-history-2/

rollbar, schmollbar. no one had ’em in ’52 anyway.
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That’s like double what I’ve got now!

why, again, can’t you get the master cylinder out?I ask because maybe it’s too small for the brakes. You might get better brakes if you put a proportion valve in it to hold back some juice from the rears, which–coming from a 240-26-280 z car–are probably bigger (and require more fluid) than the Chevette brakes they replaced. Check with the…[Read more]

Ah, for the Cobra. I was wondering who I’d missed with meatballs on their TD.Thanks for the link. RatRacing is in the running. I might go local though.I want to get all done for under $50. Especially since I might end up not liking it…

I put a 3-inch diameter trailer light (something like $6 at Auto Zone) on a bit of galvanized angle steel I had left over from a garage door hanging. Bolted that to the license plate so the big light sticks up. This was one of the first things I did to the car, so small and weak and low are the TD’s tail lights.So far, so good.

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I was thinking static cling–at least for the meatballs. 

YAY, man! First try, even. Nice work, and glad we could help (by typing guesses thousands of miles away).

Beautiful pics of hard work, well done. I feel like I’m learning a lot just watching and reading. Thanks!

Nice.I drove Bridget to the grocery store to pick up some lettuce. There was one perfect tomato left from the garden and I wanted a final BLT of the season.Guy walks over to the car as I’m leaving. “I want that car,” he says. “How much would you sell it for?””Well,” I said, “since there’s no ‘for sale’ sign on it and you’re coming to me, how…[Read more]

Welcome aboard, John.

You’ve got what I got, and it’s perfect for me. Hope you get the same result.

Drove Bridget to AutoZone & bought some StaBil fuel stabilizer & poured about 4 oz in the tank, which is full.Installed the Gene Berg dipstick temperature sensor too. Don’t like the way the wire is routed, but can’t see another way. Ah well.Nice to get out one more time. Work to be done over the winter though, starting with the heat lever, which…[Read more]

Welcome, Craig.

Good work, Roy.Interesting that your bottom tube had big leaves where two side-by-side small ones usually go.

Trade for four kayaks? that could be a deal. Think the engine will be a 2.8, 60-degree V6 though, which imho would be just about right. Did they make a 3.9?

THAT’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout.