I removed the Fiberglass boxes that served as the seat base and simply replaced them with a pair of angle iron. One piece on the plywood seat bottom and one placed on the floor. This dropped the height by several inches and eliminated the “Dino Flintstone” problem.

I fixed the Carburetor Flat Spots one and will work on the remainder as I have time. If there is one in particular you are looking for, I can prioritize it if you let me know.

Working on it…

You can drill (or have a machine shop drill) your brake drums to the BMC 4 lug by 4.5 inch lug pattern and then use Triumph TR2/3 bolt on hubs to mount the legit 48 or 60-spoke MWS wheels to your car.

That is what Roy did, and I did the same on mine. Our hubs were 4×130 late model VW hubs though, not your earlier wide 5s.

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The late great Royal Hendrix did a wire wheel conversion on his TD. He claimed it was not easy. He should have a thread in here on it.

Maybe I can win another flight

OK

I’m in – Rockstar parking for me as well.

Hopefully no rain out date as it’s vacation days for me – no every day is a vacation day like Bill.

See you guys in route to Va Beach in Port Royal VA on that Friday

To reiterate: This event is held at one of the premier private warbird museums on Planet Earth. There are four or more huge hangars full of WWII and WWI aircraft, and every plane flies. During the show there are usually cool planes taking off and landing. One year the big boss flew his Mustang.

Plane rides can usually be had (not in the Mustang though).

Looking forward to it!

In the short time this has been posted we have three entries. Lets see if we can fill this up with our members. With “Rockstar Parking” we can group on the tarmac in front of the museum hangers. We can all parade in from the Oceanfront.

Photos from previous years.

Plane rides are available

Hoping a VW owner chimes in here, but when I swapped the engine in my front powered TD, the cable was much longer than needed. I simply added a loop in the cable and routed it with a long arc. Several years and no issues. Too long is a better problem than too short. (Many jokes applicable)

The original top might fit. But I wouldn’t chance it. All the different kit brands are a little different from each other and a little different from the original item.

Best thing is find a place that makes Bimini tops for boats. Extra points if the old top is good enough to take a pattern from.

I would not DiY this job without a big walking…[Read more]