Aircooled VW South Africa

Gotta say, and gonna say it. AWESOME! I am jealous!

Right then, as much as you thought i might be dead.....i'm only a 1/3 of the way there. It's been a while i know, but things are pretty hectic as usual ....i.e. my daughter doesn't really enjoy sleeping, and she figures we dont really need it either. alas.....!!

News on the Speedy. not too much. The engine is back from DR, and yes, it sounds very cool He's done a great job to produce a very simple motor. 1915, cam, solid rocker assembly, counter-weighted crank, 009, new exhaust etc. Very simple and very solid. I dropped it in on the weekend, just need to add oil lines to filter, perhaps an external oil cooler, and we're ready to rock!! As soon as that's done, odds and ends, goes away to interior and we're pretty much done. There are still a couple of niggly items that need attention, and those invariably take the longest. New brake lines through out....that kind of stuff. Getting there people, getting there.

G, i'll drop you a line in the next couple of days to see how its' going. no new pics just yet, unless you want one of the 4 tip exhaust peeking out the back

Are you gonna run the pdsit carbs on it?

For now single weber carb. The plan is to sort EFI with a single throttle body. Dave is keen to help out and perfect. It keeps cost down too, which is a plus!!

ahh...ok, i know i dissapeared there for a while, but i'm still kicking....just not building!! Due to the fact that i just dont get the time to do anything, I've sent my first born to Henry (Berg) to finish up for me. Well, the mechanical stuff anyway...all the stuff i cant find the time to get stuck into. Motor has gone back to Dave to check a little noise on the RHS, lets hope it's just my imagination. Other than that, all is good!! As soon as it comes back from Henry, off to interior and that's just about it.

WOW

dude...............what we going to do about your panels?

Honestly, i dont know

Perhaps we should try the postage thing again. Happy to pay the cost of it if you're willing. I will be up in Dec, but doubt i'll be able to get through to your place from the Vaal! What you think........

Quick update. Motor is back from Dave again, and seemingly all ok now. Henry will pop it back in pretty soon i hope. Also doing complete brake setup from pipes to wheel cylinders. Once all of that is sorted, we'll move on to steering box, front suspension and the wiring. Hoping to go grab the rims to get sorted before henry needs to put them back......no one can find me a set of 356 rims, so alas, i'll have to make do!!

Rabid_ant wrote:Honestly, i dont know

Perhaps we should try the postage thing again. Happy to pay the cost of it if you're willing. I will be up in Dec, but doubt i'll be able to get through to your place from the Vaal! What you think........

I'm game. This time I won't use a computer box..........

Let me get it packed and see if I can get it off to the post office tomorrow or early next week. Will let you know.

- G

Rabid_ant wrote:Honestly, i dont know

Perhaps we should try the postage thing again. Happy to pay the cost of it if you're willing. I will be up in Dec, but doubt i'll be able to get through to your place from the Vaal! What you think........

I'll be driving JHB to CPT early next year sometime... Get them to my dads spot and I'll take them down.

Tony Z wrote:

Rabid_ant wrote:Honestly, i dont know

Perhaps we should try the postage thing again. Happy to pay the cost of it if you're willing. I will be up in Dec, but doubt i'll be able to get through to your place from the Vaal! What you think........

I'll be driving JHB to CPT early next year sometime... Get them to my dads spot and I'll take them down.

That sounds like a plan, if Kev is cool with that.

Thanks for the offer Toni, but i'll probably need them before then. i suspect with the rate of work now, i might be driving sooner than later. Thanks again though

offer is there... just keep it in mind and ask if you need

When I was down in Cape Town last week I saw the speedster in the "flesh" at Henry's, and there was someone busy working on it
Looked like brakes were being done on the front.

Paintjob looks fantastic from what I could see. Just needs an interior

Will be waiting for pics of that first test drive