Aircooled VW South Africa

Went to have a look at a double cab advertised in Junk Mail and fell in love a little bit.
The dust and rust was paid for on this one.

She had a canopy on so the back was not too bad but the dust was really bad

Some pics of the wheels do not know why they fitted beetle hub caps but they are there





On the bottom they have these plates fitted to hide the rust



Some rust on the normal places on the side windows



Under the windscreen


Some rust on the floor



Some more rust



Then they did something wrong at one stage at the engine bay and something caught fire but luckily it was stopped before it could get into the engine bay



Close up of those marks



But she had papers and was loaded on the flat bed for transport to my buddy to start mechanical repairs








We got her to my guy and he immediately gave her a bath even though I paid extra for the dust







That v6 conversion has to go

She has a nice forklift radiator on the front luckily they did not drill into the front to fix it there but a nice blot of silicone got stuck on the front to protect the nose
Front bumper however was cut quite bad to hold the forklift parts

We started to remove the engine and do bearings brake system and brake lines.

Conversion people left the ford bell housing on the engine and removed the original one

The rear drums are also skimmed to the last edge and need to be replaced.

Will be requesting parts on here from now on then there is one thread and not 15 kazilion sorry guys.

So for now looking for
Bell housing
Rear drums

If anybody has taking up space at a reasonable price please







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Nice one Freddie.
I'm in a similar boat looking for spares.
We must find a Kombi Scrapyard. Most of the parts needed don't need to be new.

Will let you know if I find one


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Found one but not for sale at a scrapyard. Will just persist there must be around somewhere.


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Playing around in my graphics editor what do you guys think?
Do not worry that ugly radiator will go as well





Also tinkering with the idea of a theme for this D/C until I have budget to do bare metal restore









Blue Abomination close enough to Blue A-Bomb

Since my daughter thinks this is an abomination well here we go.
Rat / Street Double cab here we come at least for now


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If you are looking for old time graphics, why not

Betty Blue


Or again, Betty Blue


Or Blue Bertha

Nice find Tony a good clean makes it look good.
Sorry Freddie not Tony,got knickers in a knot.

THAT'S A BOMB! NOT AN ABOMINATION.

That is what I think as well. Thanks for the ideas will keep you posted. Going to start to play around today with the engine lid. Sand it down to get the surface flat where fuel spilled and lit on fire I imagine due to a silly fuel filter in the engine bay



Put some red oxide and elbow grease and see if I can imitate a rust look. Will polish or clear it afterwards and see what I get. Will post an update afterwards but will take a few days for paint to dry.

Also will have to make a plan with that canopy type handle on there. It has been butchered badly on the inside as well.



Else if I stuff it up will have to go out and look for another lid.


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Hi there, I got a spare lid for you and a handle/lid as well. I don't want money for it but willing to trade for something of similar value that I might need. I am also in Pretoria.

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SO HERE'S MY ABOMINATION; A TRUE ABOMINATION.


AND JUST SO YOU KNOW.....THAT NOSE IS STEEL, NOT FIBREGLASS!

Didi will let you know how this one turns out thank you will be in contact if I really stuff this up. Let me know if there is anything you need have some spare parts not a lot but some.

Mark OMW that steel nose looks like it is welded on there. The guys doing these conversions have no idea what they left us with at all. When are you starting your project ?



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I'VE STARTED TO STRIP IT ALREADY AND HAVE CUT THE NOSE OFF.
AT THE MOMENT TIME AND SPACE TO WORK ARE MAJOR PROBLEMS.

Mark. If you have time, start that project thread and send some pics.
These guys love pics


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Anybody know where I can find torsion bar leaves for my bus. Quite a couple of mine are worn out or broken guess there was some serious abuse happening here over the years

Both sides top and bottom











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