another new clipper owner - Must be the weather!!!

Hi my name is Julie and I am reliving the best time of my life when I owned a beautiful new Paprika red clipper D188LKO. I have now found a 91 Metallic green version in good nick and she is great.I have now converted my husband to the virtues of riding with the wind in your hair!!!

I have a few questions that I wondered if anyone knows the answers to?

Where can I find a repair manual - Haynes dont appear to cover it?
I am suffering from a very squeaky dashboard - any easy solutions?
The only ugly bit of my new version is the rusty steel wheels - Trying to establish what the originals might be?
And finally the last 20 years have also bought 2 little children and only have lap belts in the back- Has anyone any ideas how to improve the safety without damaging the car?

Looking forward to many happy years of motoring!!!!

Hello and welcome to the forum . Check out this thread on the right Haynes manual for your cab.

Regards the wheels, it depends on what model of cab yours is… Clipper or GTI? The squeeky dashboard could well be the various mounting screws coming loose over the years, the Haynes manual should show your the locations of these. Afraid I'm not up on kids so can't help on the seating issue :dontknow:

Cheers

Another Cabby owner joins the clan!!
 
Where abouts in the country are you?

The Haynes manual covers quite a lot of the necessary repairs.

Wheels are easily refurbished at various outlets.

Dan

Hi Julie, welcome

Very jealous, it must have been superb owning a new Mk1.  

I lusted after one at the time (remember Joanna Lumley whizzing round in one on a telly programme?) but with 2 small kids couldn't afford one  :cry:

Making up for it for the last 8 years tho!!  

Re the Haynes Manual, my hubby does all the work on mine and my stepdaughters, plus the one we're restoring and he hasn't found anything not covered in a Haynes yet.

Good luck, and enjoy  8)

Debs

Julie, how young are your kids?

It's not easy to replace the lap belts with the normal three point harness, but not impossible.

Cheers,

Drew.

The kids are 3 and 7. The 3 yr old is a worry - incase she flies out the car! Thanks for all the responses - you have made me feel very welcome!!!!!
I currently have 14inch steel wheels on her at the mo - would like to put Le Castellet alloys on - should I look for 14inch or 15 inch?

When I had my 3 year old in my cabriolet we were using the VW 'bobsy' seat.



We had one where the original lap belt secured both the seat and a sort of lap protector, where if the car had an accident the child would hit a soft cushion rather than suffer whiplash. It also preventing them falling out.

The image above is not the one we used, but the bobsy seat range goes all the way from babies to 11 year olds with fittings for modern (isofix) and older normal seat belt cars. Our 2 year old was very snug in the cabriolet.

As for wheels, 14" or 15" will fit fine. The consensus is that the ride is a bit smoother on 14"s but the car looks a bit nicer on 15"s. We don't recommend going any bigger than this though. I'm sure Walt will be along  shortly with a picture of his cabriolet on 15" Castelletes!

Cheers,

Drew.