New Members - Introduce yourself..

[Bugger]

Hallo all new ones


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[KG66]

Howzit All,

My name is Theo. I live and work in Johannesburg. I have a red (ruby) '66 Ghia. It still needs quite a bit of work, but like most things, takes time. The engine runs great. The body will need to be resprayed as the previous job was not well done. I refitted the carpets and put a set of EMPI 5's on with s-drive Yokohama low profiles.

Cheers
Theo

[Pine]

Hi Theo, welcome to the Forum! Is this your KG? Any chance of getting some more of those wheels?

[beetlefanatic]

Welcome Theo!. Sweet ride

[Chris]

Welcome Theo.

[KG66]

Thanks Guys,

Yea that's mine. I imported the rims from CIP in California http://www.cip1.com/ and landed for about R5000 including the studs. The wheels were organized by one of my factory guys who races a can am V8 and is sponsored by Yokohama. (exch rate last year was about R6.80/$).
I had to do some mods as the rear was a little too wide. I machined 7mm of the inside of the rims giving more space between the wheel arch and the tyre. I also had to take off a few mm on the inside of the arch. Now they fit like a bought one.

Where you guys there on Sunday?

[Pine]

That is one TASTY ride Yes, we were there indeed! The pics are here: http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... =12&t=6778

[Bruce]

Hi everyone!

My name is Bruce and today I became the proud owner of a Beach Buggy. Have no clue as to what type of body it is or what size engine it has (it is a VW air cooled motor!)- but will post some photo's in due course. The buggy is a tad run down - but I only paid R2500 for it so who cares!! All I know is that I can't wait to start sprucing it up and eventually hitting the sandy tracks in Maputaland.

I've never worked on a VW before so it, but my amateur mechanical abilities are not too shabby and it should be a lekker new learning curve. Having browsed the forum as guest I have been amazed at the help, advise and encouragement given by members to guys trying to sort their cars. So standby for a new entry in the Projects forum.

I'm from Pietermaritzburg, but work as a roving lodge manager - so I spend 6 weeks in the bush (Kosi Bay / Mabibi area) and then return to Pmb for a 2 week break. It's during my 2 week breaks that work on the Buggy will happen - so it looks like it will drag on a bit. The exact opposite of the very impressive lightning quick Suzie project!!

Will keep you posted.

Cheers!

[Chris]

Welcome Bruce.

Lightning quick is not what it is about.Enjoying it is!

[Rabid_ant]

Hey Bruce

Welcome.....good luck with your project!!

[beetlefanatic]

Welcome Bruce. Hope you have many enjoyable hours here. Good luck with the project.

[Blitzkrieg]

Welcome to all the newbies

[sgumfi]

Hi all

my name is sgumfi i'm from daveyton benoni i'm glad to be your member i have been looking for a forum like thise
for such a long time and im glad i found it. well i understand you guys can help me about advice on what to do on
my bug i have a beetle S i had it since 2004 and i just registerd the no plates thise year they were under transvaal
so now that i just got employed i'm ready to continue with the project well thats were you guys come in. it would be
nice to get invites to were the members meet couse i have lot to say . i still can't wait to tell my family about you
guy's you know my brother has a (beetle sp) and my sista has a 1600 beetle but we still helping her to work on it
and thats not all around the hood i have friends with beetles and we sometimes meet at the car wash and clean
our bugs then exchange ideas i still have to tell my friends about you guys thise is an intresting forum for beetle owner
please keep me updated on whats happenig on the beetle world . And one thing i still have to mail pic's for my bug and
my pip's

kind regards
sgumfi

[Blitzkrieg]

Welcome Sgumfi..

We would love to see pics of your Beetle

[Chris]

Welcome Sgumfi