To my surprise, Andrew aka Bugandy spotted this notch sitting next to the road and investigated. http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... 71&t=17878
After he gave it a miss, I contacted the owner and asked if he was selling, price etc and we agreed on a weekend to meet and conclude the deal. A few weeks passed and last Thursday, I contacted the seller again. To my dismay he decided not to sell anymore. This after I had organised transport etc. I could just see that I would have to sell the other notch (Norman), if I couldn't source the necessary windows.
On Friday morning I decided to send a sms to the seller and inquired innocently if he had perhaps changed his mind and that I was hoping to come fetch the car on the weekend of the 4th of Sept. No response for the whole morning untill 13h00 when the phone rang and I was given the go-ahead to go fetch the car in Queenstown. While I drove tthe 660km back from site, the seatcover organised a trailer for us and sorted the picnic basket for the trip. I arrived home at 21h00 on Friday evening and left for Queenstown some 840km away, at 03h00 on Saturday morning. It was a long trip which saw us arriving at around 13h00 in Queenstown.
Upon inspection of the vehicle (and especially the back window
), I realised that the pics I saw of the car did not do it justice. What looked like rust was actually a dark rebrown colour paint. I found very little evidence of rust. The pan being the worst contributor with a huge hole behnd the passenger seat. The battery bay floor is even still intact. We now sit with a dilema. This car has hardly any rust compared to Norman and is mostly straight and complete. Aparently the engine still runs. (I'll check this out as soon as I can)
Our problem is this. Do we keep both and restore both or do we keep one as a parts source for the other. If we keep only one, which one? The '68 has up to date papers, but the '63s body is in better condition. The owner is trying to find the papers which are filed somewhere.
In the meantime, here are some pics.
Loaded and Ready to go.
Safely home,
Interior is mostly there
The engine apparanetely stilll runs.
Lastly, just incase any of you thought that we came up with the name, It actually came with the car.
