1960 Beetle called Oupa

Kafer74 · Post by **Kafer74** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:44 am

marius 58 bug wrote:Nice job your work is impeccable well done

Thanks, it is my friend Joggie who is doing the restoration. These are /were all his cars (sold the green convertible and red oval), he restored / customised them all. He has also done some work for members n this forum.

Kafer74 · Post by **Kafer74** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:07 am

THE DOORS (FINAL)

The doors have been aligned and the windows and trimming have been fitted.

The old door panels have been fitted temporarily until I can find someone that can redo the door and rear panels to look like the originals

Dutch_Diver · Post by **Dutch_Diver** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:17 am

Hi, for the interior, I don't know if you are near Cape Town but Jurgen of Grand Slam did a great job of my panels and seats making original repos.

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Kafer74 · Post by **Kafer74** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:32 am

Thank you Dutch Driver, unfortunately I stay in Centurion and will need a upholsterer close to me.

veemal · Post by **veemal** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:12 am

Hi

Can you please share the deatils of Joggie , I am looking for someone to do restore on my Beetle.

Thnaks Veemal.

Kafer74 · Post by **Kafer74** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:40 am

veemal wrote:Hi

Can you please share the deatils of Joggie , I am looking for someone to do restore on my Beetle.

Thnaks Veemal.

I PM'd you his details.

veemal · Post by **veemal** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:49 am

Thanks

Mr9a.fastyowner · Post by **Mr9a.fastyowner** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:27 pm

Ahhh damn black beetles everywhere dreamt about one last night and this one is just off the scale love it great work man!

Kafer74 · Post by **Kafer74** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:59 am

I haven't posted for a while but here goes the latest update on Oupa:

Oupa's Ticker
Oupa has a 30HP engine. I have removed the engine covers and fan housing so that they can be sanded and sprayed.

ozurdex · Post by **ozurdex** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:33 pm

Fantastic work!

Kafer74 · Post by **Kafer74** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 7:49 am

Oupa's Ticker (continued)

We decided to clean the engine with a pressure washer. It seemed like a good idea at the time as we got rid of most of the dirt and grime but I will let you know later why it was the wrong decision or rather that we went about it the wrong way.

Kafer74 · Post by **Kafer74** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 7:59 am

Oupa's Ticker (continued)

I started sanding down the metal bits and sprayed it with heat resistant spray.

Kafer74 · Post by **Kafer74** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:26 am

Oupa Returns Home

At this stage I want to explain that we moved to Centurion and that a year has since passed. Fast forward a year +. Oupa returns home.

We loaded Oupa on a trailer to take him home. He was all bright eyed and shiny when we picked him up. While we were driving home I could not believe that Oupa was finally coming home and I just loved the sight in the rear view mirror.

Once we arrived home, we opened a bottle of "bubbly" tot celebrate the occasion.

Mars67 · Post by **Mars67** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:15 pm

Congratulations. Now you can get to enjoy your beetle!

Post by **marius 58 bug** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 4:58 pm

Nice
Rock on

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