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  @ZFNHSN- Glad you're enjoying your Speedster- it is a great looking car!  You are right though, it could sit a little lower.  Time to reset the torsion bars in the back when you install the offset front spindles.  I take it you're enjoying the 2276?  Please, refresh my memory- what heads, cam/rocker combo, compression, carbs and exhaust went into the engine? How high does it rev with power?  Do you know what ring & pinion is in the transaxle?  Are you running discs all around?

  If you're really loving the vintage look, Vintage 190 aluminum wheels are the bomb, but I do realize that would require new brakes to accommodate the bolt pattern change.  The aluminum wheels weigh about the same as your Fuchs, but finding 5x205mm disc brakes that aren't boat anchors and don't cost an arm, leg and your left nut would be the issue.  The only 2 that are reasonably light that I can think of at the moment are Kevin Zagar's Coolstop VW brakes and Airkeweld's disc brake kits.  IIrc,  @DannyP had some issues with the Airkeweld kit, but managed to get it all sorted out.  Al

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