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Ed, won’t that open your trunk space to the weather? It wouldn’t present a problem for those of us with front engines but I think it would ruin the best thing about the VW’s….space.

I intend to open louvers as needed in Bridget and duct air through them. Looks like a simple matter of cutting straight in the grooves, followed by a little sanding and sealing on the cut edges. My idea is to make a steel guide or jig for the roto-zip. I’m thinking a small bolt at the bottom to be fastened through the groove itself, and a…[Read more]

OK, folks: here is a very long blog post giving the blow-by-blow of Ed & Karen’s Great Three Day Pittsburgh Adventure. I suggest we all meet up there next year and bring our cars to the golf course as a group. We’ll slot in between the MGs and the VWs. Or maybe the VWs and the Fords. We should make a long weekend of it and descend on Dan and Bill…[Read more]

OK, so twice the other day I tried to post from my phone, and twice it shut me down–hence the two-word update.

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Looks like a clean job. I’m curious about the radiator–does it run hot? and the brakes.

We’re here.

tomorrow it is so you around 7

Allen, a propane torch will work.  I have done it many times.  Heat up the piece (where the bend is to be) to as hot as the torch will allow first.  Bend as much as possible with a jig or by hand.  You can use a hammer but it will leave scars.  

Annealing is the key. Don’t just clamp it in a vice and hammer it. Use heat.

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Hope to see you before then, Bill. Dan just talked to me about maybe tomorrow night. Looks like our Thursday afternoon/evening is freed up too. 

dgrant & I are getting together this weekend, maybe the three of us could get dinner friday

Great news Sam.  Can we pencil you in for the VaBch Air and Auto Classic at the end of October?

Looks to be a blast. Will be awaiting photos and reading your blog.

Ah! Just got word on the cruise. Looks like we’re in the 7th of 9 flights, led by an MGB and traveling with a TF.

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So not much on this thread for the past few months. As of now, K and I are planning on heading to Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon, arriving in time for dinner. Next a.m. is the “Countryside Tour leaving at 9 a.m. from the Century Inn on Route 40 in Scenery Hill, PA.  

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Karen is an extremely good sport but I didn’t say she’d do it again. She does Carlisle and the Pumpkin Run. She does short fruit-picking trips and would consider another cruise. She is going with me on Wednesday to Pittsburgh to drive a no-time rally the next day. Here to Pittsburgh is 5 hours, give or take. (see other thread for details). 

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They would need an on-site Divorce Court.

Navigating is most definitely the hard job in a TSD rallye.  Actually, even in a Gimmick rallye it is the tougher job.  

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English styling & german engineering how can you go wrong