Dang: Labor Day weekend is the Lime Rock Vintage Grand Prix. Got tickets to that already. Was hoping for some TDr company in CT–or on the ride up?

It was definitely a golden age, I think.

I have yet to pull Bridget’s body off the pan. The repair she needed didn’t require it–it was the pan part just behind the front beam. I bought the part, ground off the old one, made some bracing with angle stock for the other nearby rusty parts, bolted the panel in and drove the car to the muffler place. Then I asked nicely if they could do it…[Read more]

Man, imagine buying one of those 32 original Ferrari 250 GTOs in 1984 for the whopping total of “up to $85,000.”

That was like four new Corvettes then! Crazytown!

Thanks for that, Vicenc

drill a small hole in the side of the filler neck just under the cap. Make the hole about the diameter of this. Which you buy. JB weld it in. (Or use this stuff, fuel-safe). Wait a day or so for the the epoxy to set up.

Run the tube up a little above the cap’s level, then down in front of the tank, to just above the little hole in the floor pan…[Read more]

emailed you a phone number for Bill in Pittsburgh.

For welding floor patches I’ve had good luck with my muffler shop. They weld that gauge all day and seem to like a change of pace.

Labor day

Nice one, Vicenc. Happy 4th o’ July to all ya.

I just got 5 from discounttiredirect.com

165/80-15 Nankangs, I think.  Something under $300 to the door. Still need to mount them. The old ones are only 6 years old and have just 20,000 or so miles on them. But it’s time.

I just got 5 from discounttiredirect.com

165/80-15 Nexens, I think. Still need to mount them. The old ones are only 6 years old and have just 20,000 or so miles on them. But it’s time.

You can thread the aluminum hose through the pipes and then through the hole in the tin. The pipes crush it a bit, but it works OK. Use the silvery stuff. I had mine on for years and it did not burn.

Me too. But I had to clear my browser’s cache to get it to work.

Looks like you’re doing what I did, Jim. You uploaded the pics and then grabbed the url from the browser window on top. That don’t work. But if you right-click the photo you’ll get a little menu which includes the url. THAT’s the one to paste into that “source” pane here.

This method is new to all of us. You timed your arrival perfectly!

I don’t know of a source for replacement body panels. Do you know the manufacturer of your replica? The parts don’t necessarily interchange between them.

The good news: it’s only fiberglass. Some cloth, resin and a squeegee, then some sandpaper, and you’ll be good as new.

Oh, and hey: Welcome to the club! TD Replicas are Unmatched fun-per-$

I don’t know of a source for replacement body panels. Do you know the manufacturer of your replica? The parts don’t necessarily interchange between them.

The good news: it’s only fiberglass. Some cloth, resin and a squeegee, then some sandpaper, and you’ll be good as new.

I love the idea of the Kimber Run but I think Oct 23 might clash with our now-annual VA Beach Fly-in. What am I bid?

As for the Gentlemen–I was thinking go and watch, not race. Looks like a scene.

I mean to do it every year the past few years and always forget. It’d be way cool to show up as a “club” in more-or-less period dress, English style.