I had the exact same problem when I first got my FiberFab.  It turned out to be a bad ground.  I’m not much of a fix it myself guy so I took the car to Gene’s Foreign Car Service on West Chester Pike in Broomall.  They fixed it and they will do inspections.  If you decide to take it there, ask for Harold and tell him “Frank” with the red MG rep…[Read more]

I’m really sorry I will miss y’all this year.  Have fun and enjoy the show!

Ex post facto of getting Toller’s gauge installed I found a place in Fort Lauderdale that will repair the old VDO speedos like the one I have (see pics above).  It’s not cheap but it’s something to consider.  Here’s their website if you’re interested:

https://www.lspeedo.com/

Thanks guys!  This really helps.

Thanks guys!  This really helps.

Hey David,  I appreciate your astute observations. I used 1/2 ” channel Aluminum stock, the ears are 1/2″ so you are just seeing optics from the angle. Yes the 3rd image was the original Duchess part that I used as a temple. I looked for 8 years to find an exact replica, before it occurred to me to just make a replica out of Aluminum channel…[Read more]

Thanks guys your comments are very flattering and encouraging to make my next set better. I can not believe that I did not think of doing this before. I gave the fabricated brackets the 65 + test today on the interstate, and they held up with no problems what so ever. My next set will have just a little taller side walls to increase the strength…[Read more]

Greetings y all, I have been away from the site for a while due to some health reasons, but now I am back and I have been working on HERBIE again, my 1985 TDr Classic Roadster Duchess. I just re engineered the Wind Wing mounting brackets, as I could not find any. Classic Roadsters had a very unique one off way of mounting their Wind Wings. I will…[Read more]

Sounds great Sam! These older VW cars are fun and easy to work on, but they can be a challenge. I find that a lot of good common sense, patience and of course a cold beer, are very import when sorting out problems when thing do not work. Our web site I have learned has some very talented guys here, and someone has had the same problem or has an…[Read more]

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Sorry Paul, I am trying to post a picture of my manufactured Wind Wing for my Classic Roadster Duchess. I am using my IPad and posting pics already uploaded to my TDr sites profile page. Can you maybe make my pics live? Thanks I appreciate you brother!

Dave

If the car had been sitting for a while the mean gremlins of crosion could be your enemy. I do not know where your battery is located in relation to the starter, but you may have a bad connection from the battery terminal to the battery cable, the battery cable itself could be full of crosion, which would increase the resistance of power to the…[Read more]