Kidding! I kid. Come on, man.

Nah, man. TD’s only. Sorry.

Yeah, Saturday works for me and Sunday kind of doesn’t. That said, it’s always been a vacation day Friday for me to get there—and I suspect you-all too (those who are not retired). So Sunday would just make it a Monday vacation day, seems like.

Well done. But I wonder how it was an inch off to start with. Any clues?

Moss has a better price? That might be a first!

That wheel looks really right. It’s the absolute best one for a TD (next to the Bluemels Brooklands, of course).

No Air & Auto? DANG!

Ric: The important thing to know is that the Ford-based TDrs were made to use the Pinto rear end and rack & pinion setup. To that purpose, the whole car was made substantially (about three inches?) wider than a BCW body—either VW or Chevette-based. The BCW body is very close to the width of an original TD, though the wheels (in any version) sit f…[Read more]

Righteously done.

No shame in your game, Jack. Coming along really nicely.

PS, it must be “dashboard week.” Here’s me, two days ago:

Spyder work continues.

Hot-rodding: it’s a game of inches.

I love that you have exactly zero room to spare.

How do the exhausts fit now, btw?

Nice!

Man, that’s tight.

I do like that the whole engine is behind the front axles.

I don’t understand what the dealer’s purpose is in this scenario. He charges $1,000 to make your bid? Why not just go to the auction and buy the car yourself?

Aluminum underpan is almost done. The driver’s footwell is removable to facilitate access to the pedal set & under the dash.

Yup: it’s all so quick and easy.

This is fun, right?

Here’s me spending 50+ hours making a pedal set. Now all I’ve got to do is cut the whole thing out and weld it back in two inches to the left.