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What type of VW's do you have?

Beetle Split Window
4
1%
Beetle Oval Window
13
3%
Beetle Early
73
16%
Beetle Late
62
14%
Beetle SP
8
2%
Beetle Super
21
5%
Kubelwagen
1
0%
Schwimmenwagen
0
No votes
Bus Split Screen
16
4%
Bus Split Screen Pick-up
11
2%
Bus Split Screen Crew Cab
9
2%
Bus Split Screen Panel Van
7
2%
Bus Fleetline
8
2%
Bus Bay Window
55
12%
Bus Bay Window Pick-up
10
2%
Bus Bay Window Crew Cab
12
3%
Bus Bay Window Panel Van
12
3%
Bus Brazilia
3
1%
Vanagon
6
1%
Karmann Ghia
24
5%
Type III Sedan
11
2%
Type III Variant
8
2%
Type III Fastback
4
1%
411/412
7
2%
SP2
1
0%
Baja
9
2%
Beach Buggy
32
7%
Karmann Ghia Type 34
2
0%
Kit Car/Pipe Car
16
4%
Split Screen Hi Top Panel Bus
0
No votes
Puma
7
2%
 
Total votes: 452

pieterghia
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Post by pieterghia »

I have a 1967 Karmann Ghia 1500 Coupe


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Post by Thumper »

Welcome. :) Take some pictures and show us your car.
My Bug: http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... 37&t=12416" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Post by red-m »

'59 ghia
'58, '71, '76 beetles.........
hitopsi
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Post by hitopsi »

eben wrote:there you go hitop :lol:
thanks eben ut ive already cast my vote in split screen panel van and i can only vote once :oops: :(
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My VWs

Post by Cumulus »

A Bay-Window Pop-Top Camper
A Bay-WindowBus
A Bay-Window Panel-van
A 1972 Beetle 1300

My other 3 vehicles are just 'normal' cars!
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Tony Z
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Post by Tony Z »

Hey cumulus.... where have you been????

How did your son do in his martic results???
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Post by fig »

So Beetles don't count unless they're splits, ovals, SPs or Supers? What about all the other Bugs?

Here's the full list of my VWs:
1957 Kombi (Uitenhage assembled)
1959 single cab (originally supplied in primer)
1961 panelvan (original signwriting "Oxford Radio")
1963 Dormobile (the only Martin Walter Dormobile I've seen in SA)
1963 Beetle
1967 double cab
1975 Fleetline panel (daily driver)
1975 Fleetline panel (the wife's)
1975 Fleetline Kombi

PS: It's spelt Schwimmwagen, and I'm almost certain there are none in SA.
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Post by eben »

thanks for the tip.... i saw a kubel drive past me in voortrekker road the other day though.... first one i saw... or was it a Thing type 181? cant remember
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Post by fig »

eben wrote:thanks for the tip.... i saw a kubel drive past me in voortrekker road the other day though.... first one i saw... or was it a Thing type 181? cant remember
Werner Alker has a real WW2 K?bel, the only one I've seen or heard of in SA. Unfortunately only about 5% of its bodywork is original.

A lot of people call Type 181s K?bels.

The real deal:
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Schwimmwagen:
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XV Pilot
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Post by XV Pilot »

I like the Schwimmwagen in the bottom pic! That's another vehicle I'd love to recreate one day when space, funds and metalworking skills permit it. Right after my WW2-vintage Beetle van, old-school Meyers Manx and '70s Autovilla projects (all of which exist only in thought form at the moment...)

- XV
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Post by hitlers revenge »

Theres a club? in cape town who have a stand at the panorama wheel show every year with one of these vehciles and the are all decked out in full military kit.
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Post by eben »

Now that I've seen the pics I do think it was a Kubel
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Post by Merlin »

...keep in Mind that there are a few mod'd Type 181s doing the rounds in Cape Town after a movie company used them as props...

...they built up to resemble K?bels.
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
sled wrote:well obviously the UK is wrong.
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Post by MELLO YELLOW »

I stand to be corrected here but the 181 is known in the States as a Thing (apparently where the name originated).

The top 3 pic are kubelwagens also known as Trekkers.
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Post by Merlin »

Yes...and The States is the only country who ever produced and sold 181s.

'Thing' is it's tag, but Type 181 is the official term.

I have not heard the term "Trekkers" before.
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
sled wrote:well obviously the UK is wrong.
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