FYI – I have not updated the master list for several years. My bad. I just copied all the new member info and took it off line. It takes a lot of manual editing to get it into the right format for the initial post. I’ll be working on that and will update the master list.

Valuation questions are very difficult to answer, as you might have guessed by the lack of responses to your post.

I have seen folks asking $15k and even higher. I think that’s unreasonable. You can get a fairly clean, drivable original TD for that money.

For a clean, running TDr, $5 to $10k seems to be in the ballpark. But it better be a very…[Read more]

More than happy to help!

Ray

Welcome!

You need a early VW bus speedometer cable. They are approx 6 feet 9 inches

Here’s one for ‘…[Read more]

James, $5,500 is a good price for a clean TDr.

I see a lot of ads in the $15k range. You can find clean original TDs for that price. And while I wish it were so, I stand by my opinion that these are not fifteen thousand dollar cars.

The eBay post Mark shared ended with no sale. Of course, that could mean the dealer sold it outside of eBay.

The engine code:

H5351754

H5 1968-69 1500cc 44bhp DIN, 53HP SAE M157 USA/Canada

The rest of it is just a serial number.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/engine_letters.php

Good deal Stefan.

Happy you found your answer here!

Dale,

This isn’t going to directly answer your question…but…

Shocks should not be used to level a car or adjust ride height. The earlier term for shocks (dampers) is far more descriptive of their sole purpose. They control rebound, when your suspension is compressed.

If the car is not sitting level, there must be some other issue going on.…[Read more]

Brian,

The fuse box in my Duchess was under the dash, on the top left side of the bulkhead.

@ryanmendonca

I emailed you a couple weeks ago, using the email in your profile (I’m an admin, so I can see that info). Did you receive it?

Stephen,

How to describe sound with words… how about enhanced VW? Slightly louder than a stock VW, but a much nicer sound. Certainly not overbearing. Not sure it factors into your equation, but more info better than less … this was on a 1776 VW engine.

Top down, just a nice burble from the rear. Top up, seems the roof acts like a megaphone,…[Read more]

Yep. Link works!

I had this on my…[Read more]

Should be ok. I lifted my TDr, with the floor rack under that junction point, without the four-by-four. But please, don’t do any work on the car that way! Jack stands under the rear torsion tubes please. 🙂

Jeff,

I’m trying to help a person in Lancaster sell an almost completed VW based TD. She is asking $4,000. But I believe will take resonable offers. The car is in Lancaster Pennsylvania.

Send me your email and I will send pics.

I was about tp post it in the classifieds. But figure I’d give you a first shot.

Mike,

Is your new radio a DIN mount unit?

You need a universal mounting bracket like the one below, and will probably have to fabricate a simple bracket to support the rear, which you can tie into the firewall.…[Read more]

The VW Reverse Light Switch installs into the nose cone of the transmission at the up right hand side.

If you need a replacement: https://www.jbugs.com/product/211941521.html

There are many sources for VW banjo steering wheels. Just Google that phrase.

You should need an adaptor if your TDr has a VW steering column.

A word of caution, measure carefully. Most VW wheels are over 15 inch diameter. Make sure you have the lap and leg room.

The included adaptors vary by year of the VW.

Here’s one example to get you s…[Read more]

Ditto what Ed said.

I had a wooden shifter knob with the correct pattern for a VW. But that was my choice.

reality is it was rarely oriented correctly. The entire shifter tends to turn in the socket that connects it to the shift rod in the tunnel.

Stefan,

You mentioned being unsure about the year of your VW donor.

The VW VIN is stamped into the center tunnel, right next to the access panel for the shift rod to transaxle coupling (under you seat!)

Once you have the VIN, look it up here: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/bugchassisdating.php

As the engine may not have come from…[Read more]