Allen. The stock Bug Speedo is 4 5/8 inches across the bezel. I don’t recall the hole size but 4 3/8 is probably pretty close. It’s just a hair smaller than the standard “5-inch” (actually 4 3/4) gauges you can get in the aftermarket. Given that the original TD had a slightly offset mount for the tach and speedo, I don’t think the size difference…[Read more]

Allen. The stock Bug Speedo is 4 5/8 inches across the bezel. I don’t recall the hole size but 4 3/8 is probably pretty close. It’s just a hair smaller than the standard “5-inch” (actually 4 3/4) gauges you can get in the aftermarket. Given that the original TD had a slightly offset mount for the tach and speedo, I don’t think the size difference…[Read more]

Thanks all. Especially Bill, whose excellent son hosted and guided and starred in this episode (to a degree I had not anticipated when I sat down to write it). Sportsmanship will out!

And here’s Bill’s son and 25,000 maniacs heshing up Ocean City. These guys know how to throw a car show.

Comments & criticism welcome.

Speaking of “driving season” I hereby remind everyone that Thursday, November 3, being the anniversary of the death of “Clack,” the more comely of NPR’s “Tappet Bros.,” is The Second Annual Tommy Magliozzi Memorial Drive Your TD Somewhere Day.

This is how things get done. One step at a time. Sometimes even backward… Good on ya.

That’s a TD Replica with like a Model A headlight treatment or something. Cool and different, if you like cool and different (and I do). Those look like Porsche 914 gauges in the dash. Kind of cool but look better in a Speedster replica, imho.

I did not see any kind of asking price on that post (The Samba Link below appears to be for a different…[Read more]

Oh, brother, that is heart-breaking. Hang on, man. We’re here for you.

That looks a lot like what comes on wire wheels now from the factory.

Great report, greg. And thanks for posting photos.

I think it’s teething pains with the new platform. Any other theories?

Great shots, Bill.

Well, another A&A Classic is in the books. Good times. Perfect weather was enjoyed, several plaques we won and one political melee was enjoyed (sort of). Only snafu was a flat tire on Bill’s car on the way in. I will let him tell the story of how he had the spare tube in his frickin’ hand before he left the house, but didn’t bring it.

I made it…[Read more]

Well, another A&A Classic is in the books. Good times. Perfect weather was enjoyed, several plaques we won and one political melee was endured. Only snafu was a flat tire on Bill’s car on the way in. I will let him tell the story of how he had the spare tube in his frickin’ hand before he left the house, but didn’t bring it.

I made it home about…[Read more]

Ready to go. Checked (and tightened) the left front wheel bearing lash again. Cleaned the windshields. Put the top up and side curtains on. Packed my long johns…

Looking good, Jack. How you like that swaybar in front? Is there a big one on the back too?

Sunny and mid-60s forecast, all three days. What luck!

fingers crossed.

Maybe just set the carb per Muir or this

http://www.vw-resource.com/34pict3.html