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Gordon NicholsGordon NicholsMassachusetts 1993 CMC Supporting Member

Brian:  There has been a slow migration to the next gen gauges simply because the mechanical stuff coming from Asia is of such poor quality.  I'm sure the builders (whomever they are) were having issues with them   IIRC, Carey and Henry kanoodled and got the new gen gauges produced by VDO (I think) and made more widely available.  Typically, we live with the old stuff til it dies (may take years) and then spring for the new gauges and hole spacers to make them fit.  I'm still in a slow death spiral with mine - tach is fine, trip odometer hasn't worked in years.

Gordon NicholsGordon NicholsMassachusetts 1993 CMC Supporting Member

From PT Barnum:

”And in what business is there not humbug? “There’s cheating in all trades but ours,” is the prompt reply from the boot-maker with his brown paper soles, the grocer with his floury sugar and chicoried coffee, the butcher with his mysterious sausages and queer veal, the dry goods man with his “damaged goods wet at the great fire” and his “selling at a ruinous loss,” the stock-broker with his brazen assurance that your company is bankrupt and your stock not worth a cent (if he wants to buy it,) the horse jockey with his black arts and spavined brutes, the milkman with his tin aquaria, the land agent with his nice new maps and beautiful descriptions of distant scenery, the newspaper man with his “immense circulation,” the publisher with his “Great American Novel,” the city auctioneer with his “Pictures by the Old Masters”—all and every one protest each his own innocence, and warn you against the deceits of the rest. My inexperienced friend, take it for granted that they all tell the truth—about each other! and then transact your business to the best of your ability on your own judgment.”
― P.T. Barnum, The Humbugs of the World: An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages

El FrazooEl Frazoo Supporting Member

Been away from this party too long.  Love seeing the pictures as this baby grows up, well, from nothing.  Going to be a primo build.  Love all the touches, and appreciate your idea to do it your way.  Will chime in on a couple of items mentioned already.

Disc brakes x 4: is there really any other way?  No.

Fan shroud; Raby says he engineered the 911 style (Down The Middle) to work like it should.  Comments about uneven cooling distribution and long times to heat up are correct as far as I have ever heard with other-than-Raby designs.  I have a 2332 T1, and asked about that at build time, having seen the 911 style, liking it, and wanting it -- the cool factor, where cool has nothing to do with heat.  Was told the factory VW doghouse really could not be beat, and was best for the engine.  So that's what I went for.  Rather un-cool looking, but works as it should, so far as I know, wrt heat.

Umbrella hand brake: sets you apart from most.  To me, the big ugly phallus of the VW hand brake right there in the middle of the cockpit is the first gross tell that the car is a VW.  There are many others, of course, but if you're looking for authenticity of presentation, and do it all right and have that hand brake handle sticking up, -- its just not it.  Sorry.  I was talked out of the umbrella under dash as too much trouble ($$), so instead had a line-lock installed in the aft brake line, and had the VW mechanical brake handle removed.  The cable and handle mount is still there, and the rear discs can still be  cable actuated if the handle is  replaced.  The line lock will hold the car in parked condition for a good while, but is not a true back-up brake system.  So be it.  When parked, I leave the car in gear, and that's that. Some states might not pass this option for safety, but in MD, no inspection for this old "Street Rod" is required, so there ya go . . .

One of the other quick tells in the cabin is the VW lever actuated heater control, if you have heater boxes.  Porsche used a turn-knob arrangement,, and some folks have installed these, or facsimiles, to good effect.  I just use the VW handle -- simple, it works, and is relatively small, out of the way.

SpeedsterSpeedster

Thanks everyone!!! 

@*LongFella Unfortunately, I forgot to add german weave carpets. So it's just salt & pepper stock standard carpets. I actually had german weaves made for my other car from Indonesia so will save over $1,000 getting them from there.

@Kiwi YEAH! Please post some pics in a couple weeks when it's ready!!

@calmotion Sorry, I'm not sure about specifics there. But I'm dealing with Greg, the owner of Vintage Motorcars California. He's a great guy, very accessible, and gets straight to it. info@vintagespyders.com @Vintage Motorcars Inc

Speak soon!

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