Aircooled VW South Africa

AlanH wrote:My Westy, a '70 model has a brake booster but I can see it's been fitted by someone else. The reservoir also sits behind the drivers seat on the separation wall. Maybe that is the clue?

sean wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:03 am

acpaterson wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 9:37 pm Yoh! 160 in a Kombi.. You go bud..
Must be rather scary. Hope it's got uprated anchors all round.

Al

It’s brakes are surprisingly good. It’s a 1971 model, which I know as standard to have disk brakes upfront, but no booster. This bus does have a booster which is odd. It doesn’t appear to be fitted later either. All seems perfectly original down to every hose fitting, brake balancer etc, but it’s not the same as a usual late model either, it is something unique. I wonder if a booster wasn’t an optional extra back then?

fig wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2019 12:35 pm

sean wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:03 am

acpaterson wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 9:37 pm Yoh! 160 in a Kombi.. You go bud..
Must be rather scary. Hope it's got uprated anchors all round.

Al

It’s brakes are surprisingly good. It’s a 1971 model, which I know as standard to have disk brakes upfront, but no booster. This bus does have a booster which is odd. It doesn’t appear to be fitted later either. All seems perfectly original down to every hose fitting, brake balancer etc, but it’s not the same as a usual late model either, it is something unique. I wonder if a booster wasn’t an optional extra back then?

AFAIK, boosters were standard on microbuses and deluxes from 1971 model year; optional on kombis, panelvans and pick-ups.

My microbus-based 1971 high-roof camper has factory booster, while my 1971 double cab and single cab have no booster.

sean wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2019 1:39 pm

fig wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2019 12:35 pm

sean wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:03 am

It’s brakes are surprisingly good. It’s a 1971 model, which I know as standard to have disk brakes upfront, but no booster. This bus does have a booster which is odd. It doesn’t appear to be fitted later either. All seems perfectly original down to every hose fitting, brake balancer etc, but it’s not the same as a usual late model either, it is something unique. I wonder if a booster wasn’t an optional extra back then?

AFAIK, boosters were standard on microbuses and deluxes from 1971 model year; optional on kombis, panelvans and pick-ups.

My microbus-based 1971 high-roof camper has factory booster, while my 1971 double cab and single cab have no booster.

This is strange. I have another 1971 Deluxe, 1971 microbus and a 1972 microbus and all 3 have disk brakes with no booster.

slak wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2019 10:22 am Could be that they upgraded the brakes when they did the engine conversion , if
you do a conversion with much more power than the original engine it would make sense to
upgrade the braking system as well