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One of my first mods to Bridget was relocating the e-brake handle. Ironically, TDs came with a proper tunnel-mounted stick. But all of the the replica manufacturers neglected to instruct buyers how to move the VW stick back to where it would do the driver any good, so all the VW-based TD kits got built with the e-brake handle waaaay up under the dash, all but unreachable to anyone but an orangutan. (Sort of like that Emory car with the Spyder stick).

Anyway. Did the job and now I'm a rock star in the TD Replica world. The new location makes the car look a bit more legitimate, plus it's just a wee bit safer.

If I had a Speedster I'd try to get the under-dash job though. Even though it leaves that big, tall, round, not-a-Porsche tunnel all the more exposed, it's still a cool-ass mod.

Bridget, before:

...and in more recent times:

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