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Have been working on this car on and off for a few years. It has an air cooled motor in again (1835 cc) after it had been modified by the previous owner. Motor does not have the OE fan housing and the car doesn't have the OE tail lights. Has been converted to disc brakes at the rear with a bolt - in roll cage. It has a 4 speed gearbox almost the same as a beetle as the reverse is in the same place, but instead of sideshafts it used CV joints. Still need to do the interior, some lights wiring and then spray the car again to finish it. As far as I know its the only one left in SA. The other one I know about was totaled some years ago, and I have the spare gearbox, dash and studs of that one. Brought in by VW SA Development to Uitenhage were we bought it.
Not to be confused with Volkswagen Golf.
The Volkswagen Gol is a subcompact car manufactured by Volkswagen do Brasil since 1980 as Volkswagen's entry-level car in the South American market—where it succeeded the South American VW Beetle (Fusca). (wikipedia)
Last edited by DewaldErasmus on Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:43 am, edited 1 time in total.
Always wanted to take a Audi 80 or Passat 1 and change it to aircooled.
Please post more photo's from the front with the grill and engine in one frame.
Aaagg just lots more photo's will be fine... ..
Herman
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Will take some more photos tonight from the front. Same one yes, don't have the time at the moment to build it like it should be. But working on it still as I get a chance. Still want to take it for fine tuning and wheel allignment.
That's the right cooling system yes, still have parts of it. Just the altenator is buggered thats way the change came in. Will try if I get the time to take it back to OE.
After the failure of the altenator we decided to upgrade the motor to 1835 cc and put the twin carb's on. Also much easier now the work on the motor and alot more pleasant to change plugs than in a beetle body Still need to make a bumper for it as the one it had got lost. Looking for a blade bumper from a Golf to modify to fit. Headlight and wiring must still be done.
Well must say it keeps very cool. Much cooler than my beach buggy and if got the same setup in the buggy. The Oil cooler is mounted right behind the grill. Thats the pipes running from the oil filter to the front. I have also fitted an extra sump and mahle oil pump. Oil pressure stays about 1.2 bars higher than my buggy when running operating temp.
