What is a Fleetline?

hifibug57 · Post by **hifibug57** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:40 pm

here is my orange one...

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Blitzkrieg · Post by **Blitzkrieg** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:42 pm

Nice collection that you have there hifi

hifibug57 · Post by **hifibug57** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:47 pm

thanx BB
to quote C.J.Rhodes:
"so much to do, so little time."

Post by **fig** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:41 pm

hifibug57 wrote:
fig wrote: Light blue:

but surely the white to the beltline (right) is incorrect?

Here's another one with that pattern:

hifibug57 · Post by **hifibug57** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:45 am

ahh, thanx fig

Dutch_Diver · Post by **Dutch_Diver** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:02 pm

Fig, Any news on your orange one...painted yet?

Ron&Gill · Post by **Ron&Gill** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:59 pm

Ja Dutch, you would be interested in the Orange one, wouldn't you?

Dutch_Diver · Post by **Dutch_Diver** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:46 pm

Have to say true to the cause! Better than brown.

Post by **fig** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:28 pm

No, work on the bus is on hold, waiting for more cash ...

Trevlyn · Post by **Trevlyn** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:15 pm

So i must then ask fig, how would you recongize a fleetline? and is the fleetline the only bus with the vw emblim push up on the front?

Have a great day.

Post by **fig** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:09 pm

Trevlyn wrote:So i must then ask fig, how would you recongize a fleetline? and is the fleetline the only bus with the vw emblim push up on the front?

Have a great day.

fig wrote:Fleetlines (like all Brazilian splits) were a hodge podge of early and late split parts:
pre-55 style cargo doors, but mirror-image for RHD; 58-style engine hatch, but with pushbutton lock; early-type pull-out door handles; pre-64 corner windows on Kombis (must be the only 15-windows that aren't deluxes); small (pre-64) rear hatch, though both panels and Kombis had the bigger back window; sway bar on front axle; 12V alternator electrics; 1600 DP engine; big-nut transmission; etc, etc.

They also had a few Brazil-only quirks, like a pressed-in VW emblem on the front panel (try steal that!) and no slots in the dash for the radio speaker (just three slots each side of the radio hole).

They also had a small aluminium tag on the RHS of the overhead air box that says made in Brazil, assembled in SA.

Trevlyn · Post by **Trevlyn** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:25 am

Thanks, alot to look for, reason for asking as i think my father may have one, but just the shell.

Chero

type21f · Post by **type21f** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:55 am

Were they all Division busses? They did not make walkthroughs in the Fleetline line up??

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 1:28 pm

Yes they were all made with divisions.

Trevlyn · Post by **Trevlyn** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 7:57 pm

Where any of the VW buses made in SA? Well any of the split windows?

Aircooled VW South Africa

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