Aircooled VW South Africa

Nice Bus, Congrats Robin !

BigBear wrote:Nice Bus, Congrats Robin !

Thanks BigBear!!

Big Bear and in ST Focus BigBear??

Here are some photos that we took on Saturday and Sunday when we started stripping her for a clean.

The before:

All the seats and panels still there.









Engine needs a good clean but not sure how to get it clean without using too much water on it.



Roof lining still nice.



Looks nice and solid underneath.



Shift boss doing early inspection before the strip down begins



Seats out.. Carpet has to go!!



Carpets out and the floor is nice, only a few small rusty spots.



Front nice but they seemed to have fixed the drivers side with fiberglass that needs some new metal.



Started cleaning the rear, can see the difference.



Inside nice and clean.



Front cleaned up.



Scrubbed the seats and you can see the difference on the backrest. Seats look nice and still have a few thousand km's of life in them



Cut new boards for the front of the bus, and the rear door. My GF traced the rear out of paper and made a stencil for us to work off.





Fitted and looking neat.



Need a handle or cover for the glove box and looks like there is a cover missing on the switch for the rear light inside the kombi.

Thanks for looking.
Robin

That condition looks tip-top

MarshallGTi wrote:That condition looks tip-top

Does hey Marshall, we will just work on tidying up the rough edges

That looks like a very nice, clean and solid bus! Well done.

yohbie wrote:That looks like a very nice, clean and solid bus! Well done.

Thanks yohbie!! We are really happy with her and even happier to find out that shes nice and solid. Allows us to slowly start focusing on other aspects of her.

Oh the LOVE of a Bay
That is one sweeeeeeet looking baby

Fire up and head down the road

Warwick-Lowlight wrote:Oh the LOVE of a Bay
That is one sweeeeeeet looking baby

Fire up and head down the road

thanks Warwick, sorting out a few small things and then she will hit the long open road for sure

BigBear wrote:Nice Bus, Congrats Robin !

NTO wrote: Thanks BigBear!!

Big Bear and in ST Focus BigBear??

Yes same one

NTO wrote: Engine needs a good clean but not sure how to get it clean without using too much water on it.

Just cover Air Cleaner Intake, Alternator and Carb/Coil
Air Cooled Motors are quite tough.
Then Wash Away with some Prepsol, Clean Green or Steam Clean it...

BigBear wrote:

BigBear wrote:Nice Bus, Congrats Robin !

NTO wrote: Thanks BigBear!!

Big Bear and in ST Focus BigBear??

Yes same one

NTO wrote: Engine needs a good clean but not sure how to get it clean without using too much water on it.

Just cover Air Cleaner Intake, Alternator and Carb/Coil
Air Cooled Motors are quite tough.
Then Wash Away with some Prepsol, Clean Green or Steam Clean it...

Thanks Big Bear, will give it a go soon!!

Little update on the Bus.

She was named Nara - Meaning Happy. My GF has said from day one that the bus looks happy so we think it suites her well

Also finally fitted the replacement board for the back door that we made.





Decided to spray the bumpers, grill and front badge white as the entire bus looked boring in the same color.



Also decided to spray the tow bar and exhaust while the bumpers were off.. no use having a fresh bumper when the rest looks old and worn.











and fitted , looking much better!



White bumpers fitted with the grill and badge and it looks a lot better. also replaced all the bolts and nuts while the bumpers were off with new ones





Went to our first swop meet last sunday at the piton ring club and found almost everything that we were looking for.



Old dashboard handle



New and looking great



Also got a radio as a gift from my dad so the bus finally has some music in her!!



Cheers!

The bus is looking good, keep up the good work

YvaneS wrote:The bus is looking good, keep up the good work

Thanks Yvanes!! We enjoying every minute of it!

Looking really good. Well done!