Aircooled VW South Africa

Episode 9, or the start of Season 2

Gather round children, story time.

This week, Little Red riding in DA hood. PG18!

Hey, I think the notch just got a name. Little Red

As mentioned a while ago, the bumpers were taken to be rechromed. Unfortunately, once the old chrome was chemically stripped from the old bumpers, there was just about nothing left to rechrome! Can anyone say Swiss Cheese ?

Fortunately, our resident Pic hoarder and purveyor of all things Type 3, had a spare set of Bumpers for sale.
THANK YOU BLITZ!

I might take them in to be rechromed as well, but they are actually in very good shape.





Yesterday, I also started getting some very encouraging pictures from Bugoff.

Some more cancer has been removed ! We are now down to the last part of the car - the rear, BUT, this is also the most intricate and most rotten part. Work will thus be painstakingly slow.

The fasty rear is also different to the notch, so it's not just a relatively simple cut and weld solution. This requires some serious work and skill.

First, the cuts:

















Time to repair:



Measure:




Cut and Weld


Shape the Metal








Now protect the bare metal !:



GREAT WORK AS ALWAYS

The colour scheme I decided on for the interior, was tan and white.

Tan seats with white piping, white roof and door pillars, and black carpets.

We chose a softer tan vinyl that felt a bit thicker and higher quality than the usual, a bit like a well treated leather.

Unfortunately genuine leather will have to wait till I restore a Porsche 356 one day. Crazy expensive!

The upholsterer has completed all the seats already, so here is a sneak preview:



Those of you who have been following this thread from the beginning, will no doubt wonder what happened to the SLR bucket seats ? Ferdi and I have a plan with them, but that will be revealed in good time

********* Ang Pagtatapos *********

wow the progress is really taking shape and those seats really looks gr8 and the new bumpers but good work

I am amazed and speachless on the work, quality and speed with which this car is being reborn!

Bugoff - You are very gifted! People say that the skills in Europe are better and the cars are cared for more, but this thread proves that to be an incorrect statement!!!!

Karma, I think you are going to have one stunning Notch.....she's really cool!!!!

Nice work! If this was a Beetle with rusted heater channels, it would have been stripped for spares already

Glad to see that it's being fixed up. We have a master fabricator at our disposal

I'm happy that you like the bumpers!

GOSH
this project is commimg along very nicely
well done

I am very, very impressed - well done Ferdi & Riaan!

Bugoff, perhaps we should talk business some time?

thanks guys, i really am trying to do a good job. dont have much skill yet, just trying to do it the right way first time. my only problem is the work area ive got. will sort that out asap.
any time pine, just send a pm.
cheers
ferdi.

Damn that is looking so good already!
I was there when we delivered the notch to Ferdi and I wish I knew then how little of the car we needed to cart over to his house.
Did not need the car trailer, a little Ventertjie would have been enough.
Ferdi, if you ever think of being a teacher, let me know. I would love to be able to do what you do and if half as good, it would be a GREAT start. Well done.

karma Ferdi looking great

thanks lowlight.
thanks majik, youre welcome to come around any time and have a look what and how im doing it. i really dont have that much experience yet and learn as i go. i think if you understand the basic principle, and got the tools, any one can do this. i did alot of research on the net and then just started experimenting. i would ideally like to go to one of barrys metalmeets or even for one of the courses hes planning to learn from the real metal king.

This is not an episode, more like an ad break.

Found some more pics of the BEFORE of THIS part of the car:



I was really worried when Ferdi took the rear fenders off and we discovered this! :



So after that was cut out and the fibreglass removed, we get to the BEFORE picture:




Now you see why I said there was only fresh air!




and then the repair that led to the first pic started:



Also got some more LOVELY interior shots: ( I chickened out and went for the more traditional vintage look)

NOT sorry though

Door Cards and Rear parcel shelf:



Front door cards



Headliner:



1 x Interior, ready and waiting



Time to go back to our regular programming - soon....

hi there karma, i know i said im gonna finish the welding this weekend, but i had a good look at the doors this morning when i got home. well theyre gonna need some major surgery. they didnt look too bad at first, but when i inspected them from inside i saw there is a whole lot of cancer there. covered up by lots of fg and putty. its not terminal, but it will take loads of chemo to get them good again. will send you some pics as soon as im finished with the rear.
cheers
ferdi.

I say again, people using fibreglass to "fix" cars.... Should be shot!

Pity about the doors (and the extra work), but that just means MORE PICS for us all to sit and wonder at ! So it's not all bad.

Who needs UK bus resto forums We have Bugoff

tru words karma

I had such a nice set of '68-'69 doors earlier this year that would have been ideal for this project - Super straight!