that works too

Planning to drive Bridget to the dump as soon as she’s drivable.

So… how much?

Bump.  

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I have speaker wires running to a headphone jack in the parking brake housing. iPhone via Bluetooth to the radio. With the acquisition of a new dash panel, I think I’ll just delete the radio entirely and just use Bluetooth ear buds with the iPhone.

me too  

Here’s a small one, done on a Bridgeport Mill. I submit you could do as well with a drillpress if you made a die frame for the piece and moved it very carefully as you went.

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I’ll take them if not already spoken for. I remade my top years back but never got to doing the side curtains.

As for purpose built, don’t know, I don’t have that frame, just the photo to drool over.Stephen

I’m attaching some marketing photos (postcards) that I have not seen elsewhere. Included is the photo of the raw steel frame, of which my Roadster does not have. Mine is definitely the VW frame. I have not seen these photos elsewhere, perhaps they are of some value.I also have a general maintenance manual (PDF) that I cannot upload here (size…[Read more]

If I was 25 yrs younger, I would have, but alas……..

Did anyone here purchase the parts from this fellow. It was sold at just over $1,600.

Oh, that is a good one!

Screen or no, a bunch of rust and crap could be blocking the teeny tiny fuel outlet in the tank. That’s what sidelined me in the first couple weeks of ownership. Tank got below half or so, and she’d stall on the way to work.

Three builds in front ?

I also run a cable from the battery to a central post inside the car for common ground. I never had a problem with those circuits.

Like peanut butter and moon rocks.

Looks like a viable project. Some assembly definitely required.

Steve: No worries on the gauge. Just letting you know if you go that way.

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Dick,Sure looks like a VW frame. The tunnel seems unmistakeable. I had some brochures that showed the custom frame and always wondered if that was pure marketing fiction. which reminds me to go through all the old paperwork. As my mother was the original owner there might be something in there to add to the London Roadster research thread….I…[Read more]