Congrats on the new whip, Bill.

Some guys have made behind-the-seat wind screens like you see on Boxsters and such to ameliorate the reverse blow-through you experience in open cars at speed.

This is a bit of an arts and crafts project but very simple in principle, and reasonably effective.

My solution is to stay off the interstate highways,…[Read more]

I bought a roll of black marine carpet from Lowes or Home Depot. On part of the floor it’s laid over 1/2-inch foam padding, the rest it’s glued on with 3M Super 77. Real TDs all had black low pile carpet from the factory (not loop pile, no edge bindings) so this method is actually pretty “period correct” as well as being stupid-cheap.

Take your…[Read more]

Cory and Jeni are also coming Thursday.

OK everyone I’ve routed a nice pre-dinner cruise for Thursday to Grandpa’s Love Shack (same place as last year’s Friday run). Gonna step off from the hotel about 4:30 and do about an hour loop ending at the restaurant. It’ll be a short trip back to the hotel unless you want to go back the way we came.

Here’s the route.

Right now I’ve got me a…[Read more]

Main The Samba forum: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/

Classified ad section: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/

You’ll have to make an account to place your ad.

Here’s a link to a running TD kit car priced at $8500.

Good luck!

Beautiful car. If the top and side curtains are in as good a shape I think 10-12 would not be an unreasonable asking price.

Hi Amanda. Sorry it’s so kludgy to post pics here.

If the kit you have is all NOS with the parts still bagged you might get a couple grand for it. With a good VW pan (if that’s what it needs) maybe $3k or more.

As for where to sell? Damned if I know. I bought an unbuilt kit off craigslist in 2017 but since then that site seems to have become…[Read more]

Take care of yourself, Schuby. And your wife.

Here’s the map of the showfield for this year.

er…Welcome Blake!

The VW column is from a 69 or so and the ignition switch  and columm lock are available.

If it were me I’d put a universal key switch or maybe a true TD key switch and maybe a pushbutton (or pull!) ignition switch in that original MG center dash plate.

Your car is awesome as is! Not one person in 1000 who encounters it would guess it’s not an original.

Pretty trick!

Gorgeous car Blake! The only tell is the round gauges. So hard to source those 2-year only octagonal ones!

Here ya go. Bridget’s EJ22 on a bathroom scale. That’s 260 lbs. Flywheel and clutch attached, full intake, etc, but no exhaust.

Pretty sure I took that pic…

Excellent!

Hey Stefan, nice find! I did mine a dozen years ago and paid a lot more for an original plate in worse shape than yours. (Story at link).

Originally these were bolted to the wood dash panel with those round-head screws, with a nut and spring washer on the back of each one. The holes they fit through are squared off so you don’t need to hold…[Read more]

Hey folks the hotel is set, Courtyard by Marriott West/Mechanicsburg as usual. Rooms are $150 a night the phone number is 717-766-9006. Any questions, ask Greta Bowring.

Good on yas!