I was unable to find the lower bearing I needed. The old one had disintegrated.

I thought I could adapt something to work in there but there was nothing that matched the ID and OD requirements. I went through all the bearing catalogs I had and even went to a bearing wholesaler who tried and came up empty.

I finally resorted to tak…[Read more]

Good luck & keep us posted.

20-25 is normal. My Spyder with a hotted up 1914 with dual 44 Webers did about 23mpg on average. The TD, when it had the 1600 SP, did a little better than that. Ten is definitely cause for maintenance. If you’re close to five it’s leaking for sure. It’d never run that rich.

I’d start by checking everything per the book. Check and change the oil.…[Read more]

That’s pretty bad for a VW based TD. My 300hp 302 V8 delivers me 10 MPG.

All seems to have gone well. Closing this topic.

I have a 1982 London Roadster. The top got quite beat up by southern Florida sun and salt-water. I asked around at a few boat shops (coastal Maine), but none would take on the job. That was about 20 years ago so my memory is a bit faded as to the reasons they gave.

I ended up making a new one myself. I ruined a sewing machine and what seemed like…[Read more]

Well if a ready made top is not available, the next best option would be to have one made. A good tri, shop would be able to make one from scratch. check out boat upholsterers.

<p style=”text-align: left;”>How much are you asking? You can email pictures to dbanta@banta-group.com. thanks.</p>

As I recall it’s on the left side of the block just above the oil pan on a flat boss apx. halfway along the block. When mine pulled out I simply epoxied it back in.

Around here in Norther VA I have seen a few on FB MP in the 7,500 to 10,000 mark but every nice and ready to go with no or very few issues. They don’t go quick because I have seen them posted for awhile. My guess a sort of running car that looks nice would be 3,500 – 5,000.

Post it here – we have people coming here asking where to buy

$3500.

Hey thanks, man!

Check out the appropriate manual up in the “Library”