Aircooled VW South Africa

Just joined (March 2011) to keep in-touch with my South African 1965 T34's brothers & sisters.

I'm Lee Hedges from San Diego, California USA. I've been involved with the T34 scene for the past 25 years and have owned 15 of them. I currently own a restored Ruby Red 1962 Cabriolet replica #0 001 776 (fourth oldest T34 in the world) and a Cherry Red & Black 1965 M346 (RHD Electric Sunroof) #345 012 044 (second oldest M346 in the world).
My M346 was originally exported to Cape Town, South Africa in the fall of 1965 when it's original owners finished touring Europe with it. It lived in Jeffrey's Baii for many years until being exported to England in 1999. I bought it in 2004 and imported it to Southern California to be fully restored.

I'm excited to get in contact with other T34 owners in SA! And I'm happy to help anyone looking for parts, wanting to sell, or wanting to buy a T34.


LEE HEDGES
San Diego, California USA

760 845 8447 mobile
http://www.T34World.org

Welcome Lee!

Looks like you have some great cars and an encyclopaedia of info on T34s. Not many of them around, but there's at least one T34 owner on these forums. I'm sure your knowledge will be most welcome here!

Hi there all!

My name is Bianca, and I'm a proud new owner of a 1976 beetle. Red/Burgandy and Silver.

I have it for a couple of days now, and I love it! I just don't know much about the engine and so on, that's why I'm here!

Hope I can find all my Info here.
cheers

Hi Everybody. I'm new to forum, own a '78 Bay which is my restoration project, sure I'll gain lots of valuable info from this forum.

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Hi NEW Guys's ..and Gal's,
You are all very welcome here, Nice to have more input into the forum,
BUT ... ... Where are the PHOTO's...
Nice persons... No Pic's..

Nice car B... mad colour scheme!

Hi I am Ikes and I am new to this Forum.

My sons are also on this forum and between us, we have 2 Karmann Ghia's Type 34, (project cars), 1 x type 14 karmann busy restoring, a 1955 vw beetle oval restored and in everyday use.

I love old cars and do my own restoration

Regards

Ikes

Hi people. I am Eugene and I am 17 years old. I started recently on a restoration project. I baught myself a 1968 beetle from a friend. You can go and have a look on my website how the restoration is going, on http://eugenestuff.webs.com/ . This beetle is definatly the first of many. Please excuse all the spelling mistakes, becuase I am Afrikaans. Thankyou

Hello All,
I am new to the forum but not new to the aircooled scene. It was a pleasure to find another aircooled site with enthusiasts and a forum. I have had aircooled VW's since I was 16. I am 48 now (old fart) Currently my car stable houses a 79 vert, 74 ghia vert, 73 ghia coupe and a 74 Porsche 914. My daily grocery getter is a 09 Corvette Z06. I hope this conveys to you I am somewhat of a car guy. My wife enjoys the scene as well. Her favorite part of my hobby is when I go to Track Day at Virginia International Raceway, she gets to go to the spa. This coming wwkend, we are going to Farmington Dragway for "Fast Times At Farminton. It is a bi-annual event that attracts quite a crowd. If you keep up with any of the VW scene in the US you have probably heard of it.I will post pics of the 79 vert resto in progress as I navigate around this site and learn how to do that. Thanks for allowing me into your family. I hope to learn from you and contribute to you

My other passion is boat building. It is my career. You can see what we do at http://www.brooksboatworks.com

Welcome ALL...
I Knew this forum is going places.. and now with our new family members, we will be able to build water going VW beetles, with Corvette motors,... .... or the other way round.

All jokes aside, it is nice to have you all here, Welcome.

Hi, my name is Julian and I am from Durban. Too old and ugly to post pictures. My first car was a 1968 Beetle 1500. At present , I have a Porsche Spyder replica that needs work to get it back on the road. Bought it as an abandoned project from the last owner. I am also into BMW's, but don't hold that against me. I belong to various forums to do with the cars I play with because they are such an invaluable source of good info for strugglers like me.
Cheers.

Hi Guys

Thank you for the warm welcome. As my user name suggests , I currently own an escort , but always had a liking for the aircooled scene ( dont tell my ford friends that ) I am so intrigued by the camper van that has windows that can opne upfront.

I know that I will learn lots on your forum

KInd Regards ev6 Escort

Hi i am albert (17) i have just baught myself a beetle 1975 .without my dad knowing . showing him i can fix it myself(he thinks i need a proper car ) . i have alredy begun to work on the bug and thing are looking smooth. i wil post some picks the moment i find out how hahaha. my dad stil doesent know a thing.

Hi guys my name is Marius and im new here i have a 68 and a 58 bug. The 58 is my new project will keep you guys posted on my project and pics where i can

Welcome all noobies!!!