I shall try to attend. Will take the Fastback if I go.

Joe_bury wrote: ↑

28th August 2017 - 1:18am

That's such a stunning Fastback, please keep it original 'as is' doesn't need anything done. Great work well done

Fear not, I don't do 'modified'.

Havana Henry wrote: ↑

18th August 2017 - 9:55pm

Looks great Rich, fantastic to see it's being used regularly and that you're thrashing the nuts off it.

See you soon.

James.

You know me well James See you on Thurs.

miketyp3 wrote: ↑

18th August 2017 - 7:09pm

Really!
My workshop is in Brixworth!!
Call me if you're passing through.

Market Harborough?

Yep, Harborough. Will give you a bell v.soon.

miketyp3 wrote: ↑

18th August 2017 - 5:42pm

It still looks stunning Rich, and good to hear to hear its running well.
Have you moved to Leicestershire then?

Hi Mike,

Yep, just up the road from Brixworth.

Rich.

My lovely old Fastback gets used so infrequently, but in the last seven days, I have used it to travel from Leicestershire to Luton, Central London, Kent, Swindon, Bath, Birmingham and back to Leicestershire, followed by a return trip to Luton airport! Lots of miles added to the odometer which now r...

Havana Henry wrote:Take it out on Thursday for a spin Rich?

It's that time of the month you know

It is indeed James. Unfortunately, I'm not going to be around (again).

purplepeter wrote:Nice pics & Happy Birthday to Your Car Rich!
I'm curious about the position of Your Coil though..

Thanks Peter. The position of the coil is correct for early 1600 engines. I have a NOS 6v black one to fit on it when I get the time.

It was my car's 50th birthday on 1st September and it was recently used for a photo shoot in Classic Car Weekly to celebrate 50 years of the Fastback..... http://home.btconnect.com/oakley-web/FastbackAug2015.jpg http://home.btconnect.com/oakley-web/FastbackAug2015-3.jpg http://home.btconnect.com/oak...

Great info Dave. I fitted my Fastback with brand new XZX's a couple of years ago. My car was originally supplied by Modern Light Cars with crossplies, but ZX radials were an option on Volkswagens in 1966 (it states this in the original instruction manual). My Garnet Red '59 still wears crossplies, a...

Just found this pic I took in March 2013 when it had been snowing. A couple of days previous to this, we had had heavy snow in Sussex. The Fastback was the only car in my street able to climb the hill at the end of my road. I ended up ferrying stranded neighbours about whose cars couldn't cope with ...

miketyp3 wrote:Sounds a great idea Danny, I have my August 65 Fastback I could bring along.
I might even have the October 65 on the road by then!

Mike

I can bring my September one to fill in the gap!

Indeed it is. It was in Ellesmere in Shropshire in the 1980s. I wonder where it is now?

This is a green 73 variant. Does anybody know who owns or used to own it? I've just seen a picture of it from the early 1980s and it looks like it's still registered (but un-taxed) with the DVLA.

Ahhh, so it apparently sold the first time on 7/11 for £3,602, but was immediately re-listed with the second auction ending a couple of days later. Sounds a bit fishy to me!! Would really like to know where it is and what happened to it.

Does the new owner come on here? Or did anybody go and look at the car before the auction ended? It seemed to go for quite a high price for a project! Here's the car/ebay link... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-TYPE-4-411-LE-VARIANT-/331054967945?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&nma=...

Sorted!

Measured push rod- correct length (107.7mm), measured travel of pushrod (8mm-12mm from flange). All good.

Stripped down fuel pump and the cut-off diaphragm in the top was perished. Replaced it and it's starting and running fine!

Thanks for your help.

Rich.

alex d wrote:the fuel pump with the inbuilt cut-off has a square top with 4 screws, the other one has a round top!

Thank you. Mine has the square top with cut off valve, so correct for my car.

Just measured the pushrod and it is 107mm. It looks like it has some wear on the end.

The fuel pump isn't pumping anything. Then all of a sudden after several minutes of cranking, it may or may not start pumping. I will check the length if the pushrod tomorrow.

Does anybody know how long iit should be?

Many thanks
Rich

Hello there! My 66 Twin-carb Fastback has always been a bit of a pain to start. If I leave it a few weeks without using it, it can take literally minutes of cranking before it starts. Sometimes it will not start at all. If I use it every day or two, it starts after a minimal amount of cranking. Elec...

I had the pleasure of sitting in this trailer tent a few weeks ago. It is absolutely lovely. These things usually aren't my cup of tea, but this thing is great. A credit to you and your work Peter.

That car used to live in Burgess Hill, where I live.

Editor wrote:If you take off the cover plate on the left of the tunnel opposite the pedal cluster, you can get to the shaft that operates the cable. That should narrow it down to the pedal cluster or the cable run.

Thanks Dave. Will be doing that when the weather improves!

Rich.

PS: Either way, this has not cured my stiff pedal scenario! I will check out the medal mechanism, linkage and cable next!

Mike kindly loaned me his one and only genuine Type 3 carb spring and I compared it to the Type 1 flap spring from Heritage. They are the same gauge steel, have the same number of turns, but the Type 1 flap springs are just slightly shorter. I think they are about as close as you will find! I visite...