Aircooled VW South Africa

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VW Type 1 exhaust heat exchanger fitment, in VW Type 3



This is a picture, I found in one of my old VW magazines, illustrating adapters available from the German Car Company, in S. E. Essex, England, enabling one to fit VW Type 1 exhaust heat exchangers & VW Type 4 exhaust silencer, to a VW Type 3 engine.

Products, VW Motoring, August 1999, page 76.

GERMAN CAR COMPANY - VW STORE
E-mail:
Viscount house, Southend Airport
Southend on Sea
Essex SS2 6YL
Tel: (1702) 530440
Fax : (01702) 530441

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Madness again bugspray.

hi guys, im Marsh n im a Bug-a-holic
I live in durbz bt going to work in CT soon and will have to leave my car behind as im still not done with the total restoration and customisation.
I have 3 beetle all between 1973/1974 the latest 1 is from limpopo that my dad n I drove 28hrs to bring it home, its awsome n has no rust at all. parts from the other 2 bugs will be used to make 1 sweet ride.

We giving this baby a roof chop maybe 4/5 inches (got the donor roof) + suicide doors.

Nice joining the forum
keep up the good work guys
theres many awsome vw's on this site n once i learn how to i will post pics of my build

Later

Welcome Marsh

marsh-the-great wrote:hi guys, im Marsh n im a Bug-a-holic
I live in durbz bt going to work in CT soon and will have to leave my car behind as im still not done with the total restoration and customisation.
I have 3 beetle all between 1973/1974 the latest 1 is from limpopo that my dad n I drove 28hrs to bring it home, its awsome n has no rust at all. parts from the other 2 bugs will be used to make 1 sweet ride.

We giving this baby a roof chop maybe 4/5 inches (got the donor roof) + suicide doors.

Nice joining the forum
keep up the good work guys
theres many awsome vw's on this site n once i learn how to i will post pics of my build

Later

Why would one wish to reduce interior headroom by either 0·8 inches or 4 ~ 5 inches, unless the carparks only admit limbo-dancing cars!?! Judging by how tall some people are these days, raising the roof might seem more appropriate.

Hi guys

My name is Reza from Cape town, new on this forum, bought a split window bus last week which is basically taken apart, solid body though, little rust with the obviouse intention of restoring it. I was searching the net net for info and thats how i found this forum. will post some pics when i get to take some as its not parked at home yet.

Great stuff!!, hope to learn a lot from you guys.

Welcome Zax

Hi there all

I am new to this site and to the world of Beetles. I have recently started a restoration of a beetle like the ones in the photos.
I am trying to find the chassis number on this car - i am told it can be found in three places

1. Under the bonnet - metal plate
2. On the tunnel under the back seat
3. On the dash board.

I have checked all these places - the metal plate is missing, There is no number on the tunnel and none on the dashboard !!

Is there perhaps a different place on this model for this number ??

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

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Nigel A. Skeet wrote:

marsh-the-great wrote:hi guys, im Marsh n im a Bug-a-holic
I live in durbz bt going to work in CT soon and will have to leave my car behind as im still not done with the total restoration and customisation.
I have 3 beetle all between 1973/1974 the latest 1 is from limpopo that my dad n I drove 28hrs to bring it home, its awsome n has no rust at all. parts from the other 2 bugs will be used to make 1 sweet ride.

We giving this baby a roof chop maybe 4/5 inches (got the donor roof) + suicide doors.

Nice joining the forum
keep up the good work guys
theres many awsome vw's on this site n once i learn how to i will post pics of my build

Later

Why would one wish to reduce interior headroom by either 0·8 inches or 4 ~ 5 inches, unless the carparks only admit limbo-dancing cars!?! Judging by how tall some people are these days, raising the roof might seem more appropriate.

Im not to tall and I love the look of bug with the roof chop as it makes tyhe car look longer than it is. I also havnt seen a chopped roof bug in Durban as yet, guys here just cut the roof of completley

Welcome D Holroyd.

marsh-the-great wrote:guys here just cut the roof of completley

Lighter car = less fuel used

Hloni wrote:

marsh-the-great wrote:guys here just cut the roof of completley

Lighter car = less fuel used

helps with power to weight ratio

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