Here you go guys, in various visor colors and various shades to match whatever you might have left….FlairHair

Aw cripes…another bald guy in a red MG!
I feel like I’m looking in a mirror! Except that I wear glasses!
Nice photo Scott!

Amen James.Our thoughts and prayers go to all of you!

Well Allen…I can’t speak for everyone…but…
I run stock VW wheels, painted in the original TD gray (available in rattle cans or paint). I have chrome hubcaps, with no VW or Empi or any other logos. I drilled them out to accept reproduction TD centers.
Of course…you can see them in the pmossberg gallery.

Hi Kevin.
Welcome aboard! Awesome looking car!
Do us a favor, head over to the registry and add to our ever growing member list! There’s a link to the thread in my signature.

Good looking ride Bill.And I’m glad to see the picture instructions worked!

Was he able to close the door?

Everything is on its way Jim!

James,I can see your approach working on a unibody car.But we lose a lot of strength when we take the Beetle body off the pan and replace it with fiberglass body panels. Because of that, I strongly recommend welding in replacement steel panels.

Hi Jim,
A lot of this is Duchess specific. I think I mentioned when we spoke over the weekend that the body was bolted and riveted to the frame.

They are all from the same molds.Most of us say they replicate 1952 TDs

Now that’s funny.

Richard – that is awesome!For those that don’t know, Richard is managing the campaign for a friend running for Lt Gov in VT. Way to go Wobby!

I was willing to help until I saw the Redskins comment.Go GIANTS!Not sure if it will help, but I have to scan my VW Duchess wiring diagrams anyway. Despite your redskin affinity, I’ll be glad to send them to y9ou. They may help.PM me with your direct email address.

Hi Allen,
Doubtful. The manufacturers are long gone. So getting a serial number plate form them is not an option. And I doubt MG Magic would have anything like that.
Hopefully somebody with a Fiberfab will chime in, but FM-1876 sure sounds like some sort of serial number.
Just a thought, you can get blank serial number plates that replicate those…[Read more]

Your best bet is a style like #6 on the page RobBaker posted.

If I’m right, almost an original!

Jim,
This might be worth a phone call. It’s a lot to write.
If that’s ok with you, send me a private message with your phone number. Maybe we can get together that way.
 

Take your time and hold out for a good solid chassis. The better the chassis you can find, the easier your job will be.
My Duchess kit was delivered in the fall of 1981. But my search for a donor car lasted months longer. During that time I sat in my office with the Duchess steering wheel making vroom vroom noises!
Ultimately I found the perfect…[Read more]

My Duchess serial number is DS-81-1105DS stands for Duchess81 was the year the kit was produced. It delivered to me late in 1981.1105 is likely a sequential serial number. But I have trouble believing they had produced over 1000 kits in 1981. Maybe they started at 1001? I do not know.So your B79, should mean the kit was produced in 1979 and is…[Read more]