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Ah, the door cards: a future project for me, for which I have started to collect the bits.
All ready in my head, I am planning to broadly follow the two documented projects on Turbobricks, creating a later-style door card, including the coveted plastic door pockets, instead of the original of my 1975 car.

Sorry, but I won't partake in the plastic project.
My backing board will be 3mm plywood, as this is more resilient in my experience than masonite, can be stapled and it would hold the tee nuts to hang the door pocket on.
My LHS door card is in a better condition than the right one, and I hope it can be used as a template.
The cover has to be replaced too, as it is in tatters plus I hate the baby-poo colour. I have identified the vinyl from Spotlight to use, with a fake suede insert also from Spotlight.
The bulge/beltline Anthony mentions above will be done by combining a strip of the same ply, plus a strip of thicker self-adhesive foam from Bunnings. As in the Turbobricks projects, I will first staple the upholstery to this beltline and bolt it to the big board, so it will hold the upholstery in the middle, allowing strongly stretching it towards the edges, plus hide the stitching of the vinyl to the suede.
3-4 other under-way projects plus a long overseas trip means I may realistically not start making these this year.

Thanks

Hi Dave, I am aware of the ad's age, but just in case.

Would you still have a pair of the blinker trims?

Thanks, George

Hi Greg, is there anything left?

I would need a driving-light switch, an antenna switch and two of the door switches for the interior light, plus help to get them to Brisbane.

Thanks, George

Thanks for the lead, Capalaba is still not the end of the earth.

I will give Peer a ring.

Thanks for the advice and the reminiscing.

Yeah, that is the beast, but the project was much more unfinished than it may appear. I did speak with Mark, but cannot expect him to remember every little bit, so it is mostly a journey of discovery.

Some of the rust spots are regrettably on the undercoated areas on the photo.

The car is still full of surprises. Glovebox light was just missing a globe, but the bit on the dash labelled Choke is not actually connected to anything, so small wonder it does nothing.

My previous carbed cars were OEM and uneventful. This custom setup will be a learning curve.

In full agreement on the 4-speed gearbox whose only merit is not being an auto. The 88 240 I had a few years back was a pretty decent drive with the proper 5-speeder, and after sticking together the jigsaw puzzle of the door pockets generally quite a luxo-barge compared to this 242.

However, I am not a step closer to finding a local mechanic ...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=387413366517027&set=pb.100057451000136.-2207520000..&type=3

Thanks, the carbs have been tuned.

A mobile mech called Rodney Newbery did it in front of my house and it seems fine.

The patient is a recently bought unfinished resto-mod 1975 242DL with a B230F block, a B234 16v head and dual Webers to boot. The icing on the cake is provided by the white-faced rally instruments calibrated in miles and lit in a very bright psychedelic blue.

The car has a unique mix of old and new bits, and I am far from clear yet what is what.

After a carby tuning it is still a bit temperamental but driveable. Within the constraints of the likely M40 box it actually goes like the clappers, but drinks the 98 RON like a fish.

After the initial fire-fighting like getting proper sparker leads and resuscitating the electrical system in general, my plan is to make it more civilized (eg, get intermittent wipers and eventually aircon fitted, maybe power steering), smoothen the rough edges and fight the rust spots (the prep before the closed-door respray in canary yellow was regrettably superficial.

I would love to be able to take it to someone who has seen them all and will not have a heart attack at the sight.

Thanks in advance

I am looking for the spark-plug cables for the DOHC head.

Would you have a set by any chance?

There is a fresh source of the No 99 VW relays on eBay for around $30 delivered:

https://www.ebay.com.au/str/recambiosaa?_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2563