My German Import RHD 58 - Updated

[Rudi02]

What a feeling to drive the car to a shop for the first time. Congratulations.

[Farhaad]

oooh man, DEJAVU
the first startup and cruz,is the best.
no matter if the windows are not in or
you sitting on a milk crate coz the seats are at the upholsterer,
one hand on the handbrake and its alllllllllllllll goooooooooooooooood

[karmakoma]

Small update.

Got a nice add-on for the car today from BAB, all the way from VWSA home country - PE.

Also managed to get home during daylight! Drove past twice before I recognized the place

So, I figured, this is the ideal oppurtunity to spend a little time on my 58.

First order of business of course, the new fuel cap.
The replacement was made to go over the existing. A) no cutting, welding, etc required, B) easy to go back to stock.
C) The original probably seals best.

I was a bit worried about the size of the new cap, these were measurements taken by yours truly, with nothing more advanced used than a rough outline on a piece of paper and a ruler, sent via the internet, to BAB in PE, who made according to these measurements and shipped. Fortunately it worked as planned

The new cap fits loosely over the existing, used the (very thin) double sided tape as was my original idea:



and it sits as tight as you like. Without damaging the original further, or scratching the new one.

Lets see what it looks like fitted, shall we ?

Thank you BAB!








But since I was outside, and it was starting to become quite a nice night, perhaps now would be a good time to fit the " front cover" IMPI sent me.

Trial fit, mark the holes (they happened to align just about perfect with the marks already on the front cover - obviously from the original mould), dril, and in she goes :


Thank you IMPI!


The dirty "rag" in the pictures, is the original 51 year old cardboard trunk liner. I would love a new, untorn, clean, shiny one, and I know It's silly, but just can't bring myself to just throw away the original one, what the H is wrong with me ?

Enough talk, pics are why you are here ! That is if you can see through all the dust






After seeing these pics in full size, time for a new cardboard trunk liner. It's spoiling the rest of it, anyone agree/disagree, ideas on where to find one??

[BUGGOFF]

Wow! That looks a whole lot better. I think some hardboard cut to size and painted black should do the trick. Or a nice black carpet.

[Pine]

Wow, that is truly a work of art - well done, Bob

[dsan]

For mine, I'll be finding some interior guy/girl to cut me up some heavy duty vinyl and use that to cover the wires.

the cap looks amazing!

[Majik]

Finally get to participate. Ole!
Front bootliner can be made from cardboard. Similiar to the type that boxfiles are made of and then eiter spraypainted or painted with enamal paint. The fact that you have the old one makes the job easy as you have a template to work from.
Cardboard in large enough sizes is available from stationary or art shops. (Showbiz at Cresta is always a good place to look)

[karmakoma]

Majik has now volunteered to check for the right cardboard at Showbiz

Thank you Majik !

[Majik]

Hou baie van daai petroldop, en die ander goed wat jy al klaar gemaak het.
Kan nie jou fotos van fleetline-om-te-kom opspoor nie.
Titel?

[karmakoma]

Newbies kry nie toegang tot die OFFERED section nie

Will start a new thread quick and add the pics:

New thread name is: drum roll... Fleetfooted (had to be quick to get her !)

http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... 23&t=13977

Hijack OVER

[karmakoma]

Quick update.

Still working on the licensing. Bumpers should be back from rechrome soon - can't wait (also don't want to put any pressure on my friend doing the chrome , as he is doing me a massive favour )

Did manage to pick up something cool for the beetle.

On a recent trip to the Mother City I got some vent shades from Muderick.

They had some overspray on them, and I was worried that it might not come off !

Front (does not look too bad, but look carefully and you will notice the overspray) :


Some autosol (expensive but worth every cent) , some elbow grease, and a bit of time..

Look at the difference on the backside (was really worried about the back - which I would see while seated in the car! )

Speaking of the back side, the paper I grabbed to put them on had a qoute on backsides

Before and after:



and finally after a lot of time and elbow grease, both done, front and back!



Safely packed away with the rest of the stash

[karmakoma]

Has it been that long since I posted in this thread

Muds sent something my way the other day, finally managed to go and collect it from Bugger's place a.k.a. storage "sentraal"

Thanks for keeping it safe till I could get there Bugger, much appreciated.

Have a look at the next accessory for the bug:






How's this for a chirp, first thing the seatcover says when she sees it: aren't roofracks supposed to be silver? Someone has been paying attention

Plan is to make the wood slats myself, and obviously also to have it chromed.

[beetlefanatic]

Has it been that long since I posted in this thread

Muds sent something my way the other day, finally managed to go and collect it from Bugger's place a.k.a. storage "sentraal"

Looks like Tyre Wheel & Tyre "sentraal" storage in that garage.

[karmakoma]

Dont even start on the rims, lets see.
The set that came off the bus,
set of (5) rostyles for the Notch,
and two widened steelies that I got with the bus as well!

[GavinHuart]

Cool roof rack!! SO jealous!! How do you manage to find this stuff?!!?!