Looking good!

Jack: I suggest you bring the whole tea party set. I envision a scenario during the new (to us) car limbo competition, in which street-racer Honda Civics and such compete to see who is lowest. Typically this involves, aside from the usual (terrible) lowering tricks, a half dozen of the driver’s best friends piling into the car to get it even…[Read more]

Nice looking car but what is the seller’s first language? English sure ain’t it.

You’ll want relays. They are cheap and not too complicated to wire, even for a novice. Google “wire headlight relays.” You’ll get good instructions and diagrams. We’ll walk you through it.

check the fuse(s) first. Next check the switch. I’ve had switches fry from the amperage load drawn by headlights. If it’s the switch, it’s OK to buy another just like it–but also buy two headlight relays and wire them in so each headlamp (or headlamp and fog light) has its own.

Yeah, I was gonna say: Looks kinda cool with the side panels off. 

Dang! We’ll see you in VA Beach tho, right?

Good to meet you, James. You’re in for some fun now. 

Those are both nice replicas that could–and should–fetch a bit more than the going rate of $4-$5k. It is my humble opinion that our cars should be worth more than that on average, judging by the going prices for Speedster replicas, which are generally very similar to our (VW-based) cars under the skin.

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Alan Merklin, AKA “Dr. Clock” of the Speedster group, has used Dolphins on several of his recent builds. If he had problems he’d tell us and, so far, he hasn’t.

I’ll second Paul. I use the beam in front and the crossmember in back–BCW has a 1.5-inch square tube clamped across the frame horns, just ahead of the engine. That’s easier to reach with my jack.

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That is a really nice example of the marque right there. Good luck with the sale. 

Hah! Treasure!

Welcome home! Beautiful car.

Never put Descartes before de horsepowers.

I love it. If anyone asks, you just say something like “because I was always losing my Camry in the parking lot.”

So cool. I love that these old kits are so rare, and older now than a lot of other “classics.”

Welcome back to the fun, Allen.

Pictures!

This should about do it. 

Two weeks ago we had this: 

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