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Also check the spade terminals on the back of the guage, they have a fibre isolation washer that can cause problems

Did some years ago, schofields supply a flat piece of rubber, fold around the glass, apply silicon grease,(lots) and squeeze... then use a rubber mallet...cut off the excess rubber after.. surprisingly easy but you will need an assistant

No idea on a Swan neck version, but jks crossover bar fitted our xover with stainless quiet pack with room to spare..

I've never been a fan of waxoyl, our bay was dinitrolled by myself. It was on the road @7 years before we sold it with no issues

I've got a 3/4 breaker and socket in runcorn which I don't need anymore(got a Mr torque toolnow,)

We sold ours 20 months ago, immaculate cali import etc... the no of timewasters, tyre kickers and general idiots was unbelievable. Looking at the pictures, it seems to need a fair bit of welding, rear arches being particularly bad (obviously been done before) You need to ask yourself if you have...

Our 72 (us) had a roller bearing in the rear

Late reply, paint stripper as above, I would use epoxymastic 121 from rustbuster, really good to apply and loads of recommendations.... its very hardwearing..literally hammerproof

No need, it wasn't painted previously normal prep, primer and topcoat, absolutely no problems with it.

We painted ours, outside with 2k paint, standard primer then colour, we sold it 2 years ago and it still looked good, no cracking or anything untoward, make sure you specify non iso paint tho

Richard at n2 engineering may have 1 on the shelf, if not he normally rebuilds them quickly. We ve had 2 off him(different cars!!)

3/4 breaker bar and 46mm socket worked for us, don't have the bay now so open to offers if of any use

Middle and rear side glass, 3/4 and full size. All 50 years old so have minor marks, no chips or edge damage. 1 centre 3/4 3 rear 3/4 2 centre full 2 rear full Collect only from runcorn, cheshire..before they go to the tip(they're too good for that but are in the way) 07788 507676

I used a sykes pickavant ball joint splitter(really heavy duty)had to modify the arms a little to fit around the joint. Ended up with a 2 foot bar on it, it went with a bang eventually..

Chances are the rear tyres will rub on the inner arch, we failed an mot at standard height due to rubbing(the wheels are actually designed for beetles not bays!) Front was OK, but I guess your using pcd adapters which will move the wheel out, as soon as you lower it I suspect your going to have...

I had the same problem(literally to the inch!!) Best fitting seats were porsche tombstone(924/44/11) with no height adjust, very comfy and i ended up with just over 2 inches of headroom(westy ply headliner) Also very easy to fit as runners are flat

Ring them, its a secret!!

Schofields sell them £40 odd quid, fit well and usual Schofield quality

Mig welding forum... lots of good advice

It will be noisy without the silencer part of the tube.. we used the plastic ones with no issue, it's a baywindow youll be lucky to get much heat out of it!!