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That's a good lookin' lil assembly you've got there Lyle!

Will it fit.....Dude! It's a Tamiya kit. Of course it's gonna fit!

Thanks, Mark!

Thank you, Kari! You made them look good!

mustang1989 wrote:That's a good lookin' lil assembly you've got there Lyle!

Will it fit.....Dude! It's a Tamiya kit. Of course it's gonna fit!

Good point...and thank you!

Very accurate engine and transmission there Lyle!

pzl66 wrote:Very accurate engine and transmission there Lyle!

Thank you, Kevin. I appreciate that coming from one who has probably spent way too much time crawling around under these. Starting on the chassis and all that fun-ness.







Spent a couple of hours detailing the shifter....then broke if off and reglued it. I am nothing if not predictable.

Excellent work right there! Yeah spent just a hair more than I wanted working on these! What is funny is shifter bushings would break on the real thing so you are really getting the VW experience with this kit too! Lol

Well, that is/those are experiences I don’t need. Right now the VW is in time out. Shifter is off yet again and in protective custody. Muffler popped off and I had enough for today.

Lyle I've used bobby pins for shifters before and it works like a charm and looks cleaner too. You can bend the pin in any shape that you want and they even come with a nice shifter knob on the top. A little light sanding on the bobby pin "shifter knob" gets rid of the seam line and you're in business.



With a little artistic license you can also do fun stuff like an 8 ball like I did on my '54 Chevy Panel Wagon. Just sayin......

Joe, that is a great idea! Like the 8-ball, but I thought ki was doin*good to paint it white! Spent some time today trying to figure out how to get a decent speedometer image down to the size I need.