Aircooled VW South Africa

Missing out on ferdis,working that weekend,if u dont find a cap,u can always make a plan to come and get it,still new

will do thanx for the offer phillip...

Well done young man!!

It is amazing what can be accomplished with a little bit of money and lots of willpower.

Phillip wrote:Missing out on ferdi's,working that weekend,if u dont find a cap u can always make a plan to get it,its still new,had the full set but father in law took 2 caps so only got the two,cant do anything with it.

I can make a deal here. May i have the last one. I'll fetch both from Florida and give the one to the Dubster at Ferdi's. I lost my one hubcap as well.

Ja that can work...i just need that one...makes the car look so bad....

Hey jozi,no problem,just pm me ur tel nr

lost my hubcap on the n1 to the FMM last week. anyone in cape town that has an original hub cap. apparently the pirate ones tend to pop off and does not fit as snug as the orig. ones

Good work and I love the lights...how did you get the angel eye's look?

you buy the lights like that but didnt buy them for the angel lights just wanted normal crystal lights butb they only had these in stock..tried to find you at ferdi's jozi but bought a hubcap there for 15 bucks so everything is al cool now...

me and chucky at ferdi's,those who saw it at ferdi's must have noticed that its not nearly as good as on the pics,but hey a new bonnet and and respray is in the works...sorry i didnt meet many of the forum guys didnt have our tags on did we??and also didnt want to go up to people un-anounched...was a nice day LOVED the smell of the methanol from the drag bug...*wonders why he always looks like a retard (said like on the hangover) on photos*

@dubster


I saw it and it looks good considering its the same panels that you corrected like that.

I still think you did a good job with the budget you had

Ja the idea was never to rebuild it just to get it looking better,im just mad because i ran out of time and fell somethings could have been done beter with a bit more time but hey its doing what i bought it for i got in it and drove it to pta from durbs with no worries,try find a bug that wil do that for 5k,but i feel it deserves a good fix up eventually for being such a good car,and it wil come so just watch this space...

Has anyone ever made a mould for composite Beetle Hubcaps?

Rockstar status achieved!

Tell me how was the drive up from durbz? How long did it take? how many stops needed both fuel and car rest?
How much of petrol did you need (yip i know yours is a 1300) are the normal petrolstations along the way enough?
any struggle points along the way eg climbing Van Reenens

Over Heating issues? And did you manage the drive in a beetle?
In all probability i or a lucky friend or family member or a trio of both will be driving my bug up to pta in alil while, so i want to get an idea of what to expect.
Shott,
Ps we must get together sometime during the month, maybe go to the square or so.

No overheating at 80 to 120 km/h,my motor leaks oil at the alternator pedastal so it uses about a pint in 300 odd km...used two tanks to pta..so about 600 rand i drive newcastle,volksrust,standerton heidelburg road to miss tolls but sacrifice alot of time i filled up in toti and again in newcastle.the drive in a bug is always fun for me?(isnt that why we love them??) but when you get tired of the aircooled thumping a radio with good reception or alot of music does help...all in all the drove nicely,aslong as you let it drive the way it wants to dont kill the motor uphills it wont get you nowhere just go with the flow...it will reward you for your patience on the downhill...id say instruct the people bringing your car up to rather make a day of it than trying to get there in 4hours as it wont happen...

awesomesauce!! Yeah good advice man, cool the newcastle way is the better option huh? Coool. Thats not bad that more or less what it costs a newer car to come up. Luckily i dont have major oils issues, the overheating is the biggest worry but yeah make it a whole day adventure and im sure it will be just fine.