yea my bad you guys got a point

remember to put a piece of wood between the jack & the engine. also if you look at the rear of the door there should be a place to put a stock vw jack

Looking forward to hearing the whole tale, Crash.  See you in Carlisle.

welcome you will love this bunch of nuts  you must have a fuel filter so replace it before you take her for a ride again there are no stupid questions only stupid answers bounce your thoughts off us anytime

much better than I started with, love the wide white walls. you will get a fair price

Allen, I grew up in Southern California.  In-N-Out is a religion.

Ummm…..  In-N-Out……

That’s a nice 450SL in the background.

Welcome aboard!  

I took a look at it this afternoon.  They want $3K.  It’s salvageable but there’s a lot of work to be done.  This was an estate sale, the guy was kind of a hoarder and kept all kinds of records.  Charlene and I looked for anything on the car (records, build manuals, ephemera) but could find anything.  I know that’s stuff is there, in the base…[Read more]

Here are some more shots from the website:

my 1st job out of mechanics school was a MG/Triumph dealer I soon learned there was no way English engineers where aware of modern electronics. the whole wiring harnesses had only 3 colors. it took forever to find the right wires to fix I taped the wires with masking tape flags in case I was ever working on that car again the trick a good…[Read more]

not a hard job we could have walked you threw it. Carlisle is near Harrisburg , pa Saturday is when the most stuff to do from what Ive noticed

maybe a wizard sandwich ? some thing to tell your grandsons lol

find a good bicycle guy. servicing them is just like a cycle wheel or a good motorcycle shop I’m in pgh,pa if your up this way I can do it have a trueing stand & wrenches for the job

I’m interested on hearing about the frame-stiffener install too.  I’ve been thinking about doing it too.

Hi Allen, I got it online and it was really easy to install.

Hi Stuart,

Hi Justin!  Great to have you aboard.  That looks a lot like mine, down to the chrome trim around the edges.  Maybe we’ll see you in Carlisle this Spring.