I put the shieldy sticky stuff on the bottom of the splash pan. I don’t think the stuff I bought is made to stick to exhaust pipes.

Key thing is not to let the exhaust pipe touch anything fiberglass. If it does, bend it down. If you can’t bend it with your “attitude adjustment bar” then break out the heat hammer (i.e. acetylene helper) or visit…[Read more]

I painted the bottom of my splash pan with white “high heat” paint, then applied the high heat tape from Advance Auto. No trouble since, and the Suby muffler is even closer and hotter than the VW one was.

Looking forward to it, Jack.

Probably wouldn’t hurt but also shouldn’t need. Once you get them loose they should be fine as long as you crack them open again every other year or so—which you ought to do anyway when you change the brake fluid. If you strip them get new. They’re cheap and save a fair bit of agita messing around later with a vice grips. Ask me how I know.

DANG! Sorry, Roy. I did hear a horn and wave—silver SUV of some sort. Was that you? I wish I’d have recognized you because I would definitely have stopped.

That was me for sure on the way back home from Cars & Coffee at Hunt Valley. Saw our new member Adam there but I was in a rush to get home and set up for a party that afternoon. I excused my t…[Read more]

Hey Roy! Yeah. I’m in. Hoping to share a room with someone this year as we’re heading for some lean times at chez Eduardo. Dale—let me know if you’re up for it.

Ah, a project! Don’t worry about rust…if it’s not too bad you can get after it after the VA Beach run.

I’d love to visit Jeeves some time. Looks like he has an even fancier lift than Bridget’s.

You found us! Good to meet you, Adam. I’m the guy you stopped this morning in Hunt Valley. Look forward to seeing your car.

You found us! Good to meet you, Adam. Look forward to seeing your car.

Lookin’ good.

Good runs as always, Bill. Consistency.

I think I can speak for the SCCA gang there when I say that everyone here is invited to Reading, PA next month for the Duryea event. Show up, get a free t-shirt, hang out nice and close to the track, shoo-away any deer or joggers that get on the road and grab a fire extinguisher if things go south. You also…[Read more]

Welcome to the group, Phil. We’ll try to help you any way we can. Please post photographs of your car so we can see. (Posting photos is a bit of a process here; sorry.)

Not sure about a “Bradley” but would like to see pics of your manual. There are some differences among the various kits but in the main all the Beetle kits are pretty…[Read more]

Yeah. Bridget’s old hubcaps are those rare no-logo style & have the correct MG TD center emblems—or 4 of them do. The spare has a larger BCW emblem. They’re old but in good shape. Since I went to wire wheels I think I ought to let them go. PM me if you’re interested.

Looks good. Need hubcaps?

Thanks for that. Faster is better.

Another one on the road! Great news!

Mine hit the seat back but because it’s compressible foam I can still open the hatches by plunging mu hand down in ther, grabbing the “lip” of the seat and forcing it up. A little Armor All or similar on the vinyl makes it slide nice.

OK, friends, here is the new blog documenting my Spyder build.

As some of you know, I already grabbed a low-mileage, high-pedigree engine for the car: a Jake Raby-built 1915 from a Beck Special Edition. Carey Hines then went through the carbs, put in new floats, gussied it up and delivered it to the back of my pickup truck at Carlisle last…[Read more]

Ringo’s dash was my inspiration, and that real TD dash on the ‘bay looks very usable as-is. I’d try to grab that for $100-$200 if I were you. My un-patented “bead cheat” will finish it off for like $20 more.

The 924 gauges are just about 4.25 in diameter, I think–a little smaller than the TD gauges, so if you went with that dash you’d have to…[Read more]

Ringo’s dash was my inspiration, and that real TD dash on the ‘bay looks very usable as-is. I’d try to grab that for $100-$200 if I were you. My un-patented “bead cheat” will finish it off for like $20 more.

The 924 gauges are just about 4.25 in diameter, I think–a little smaller than the TD gauges, so if you went with that dash you’d have to…[Read more]