Aircooled VW South Africa

My bug wrote:Hi All.
Have been on this site for almost two years and haven't introduced myself. I am 17 years old, I live in the Karoo and have owned a '68 beetle (Martha) since I was 13. She is hopefully up for a full resto this year. I also own a '72 Microbus L (Molly Morgan). I am still very much a newbie to anything mechanical, have been going for the last 5 years with the assistance of a Heynes Manual (my Bible) and the learn from-your-mistakes system. Its great to be part of such a flourishing community and look forward to meeting other members as well as giving the guru's a workout with stacks of stupid questions.

Cool ! I love Prince Albert We need to see some pics of Molly Morgan ASAP.
(Do you know Jonny, the dude with all the Valiants?).

markpillay wrote:hi guys I am Mark, i am from DBN. I own a 96 Volksie Bus 1.8. I joined you all to find out about a good VW mechanic in DBN South area. I pray I get a response soon

Mark when I had engine woes in Durban 2 years ago, I ended up at a place in Clairwood, which is south of Durbs, Stella Motors, look him up, can't remember his name, a German dude. He was pretty good. Good luck !

Yip, I know Johnny Breedt. He lives just down the road from me and owns some beautiful Valliants. Prince Albert is a great place to be, exept when it comes to getting spare parts...

HI all, my name is sduduzo. A timid unmechanical zuluboy who recently took delivery of a Speedster 356. I AM LOVING IT !!!! I am not mechaniclly inclined but willing to learn, I love the idea of having a project car(s) and learning as I go along, the stares and the whistling are not bad either whenever I take the speedster for a drive...I do ope to learn from this forum,

Hi there!
My name is dewyk James.
I live in fourways Johannesburg, now on my second beetle (1974 1600. light blue).
First one was in a accident involving a TAXI .
Happy to have found good forum about beetles.
Would like to Find out about any good mechanics or part shops nearby??
Thanks

Welcome to all the newbies!

Hi mates, My name is Gabriël Roos, also n newbie. I've been into bugs for some 9 years and I own 3 of them, so I am not totally lost on the mechanical side of these little bad boys... Anyway, I am also a member of the Volksworld forums. Recently I started to feel a little alone on Volksworld because most all of the members are either in England or the USA... so i started to search for comrades a little closer to home... so here I am...

I will post often so as to get rid of the status of Drip
Cheers
Gabriël Roos (Kickass)

(For @Jolas, @HitlersRevenge, @retrovan)

Hi, guys

Here is my formal reintroduction!

I own a (now faded) yellow '72 1.6l (which still says 1300 on the back, I'm keeping it for sentimental reasons).
The beetle is a he and definately not a she. He is called the GeelGevaar, as we have had many km's of fun zipping past other vehicles on the N1. And I've taught many taxi's very important driving lessons with the help of my car.

GeelGevaar has been mine since Nov/Dec '06. I'm the third owner. Since then he has had the engine upgrade (1300 to 1600).

We've had many awesome road- and camping trips together. He even supported me through my (very brief) trance party stint.

Unlike any other vehicle I have ever owned, my car is temperamental. When it's time to go to the car doctor he *remarkably* works again for a week, and then breaks yet again.
Currently the Gevaar is not in working condition. He is parked at home, until I could find someone in Somerset to fix him (and yesterday I found just that place!)

As for where I work: No, I am not an exporter! I don't even have the moola to have my baby sprayed!
I work at the caravan & camping magazine WegSleep as the web/social media person aka Nikky. (I don't mind you guys knowing this, as our readers already know exactly who I am... and know my Beetle! not always such a good thing.)

My inquiry in general discussion was for a piece we do in the magazine which looks like this... {LINK to article in Afrikaans}http://www.wegsleep.co.za/storie/sleeps ... nse-gevolg

Any more questions?

^_^

*edit for pic added*

Hi Nikky, cool intro, hope you get your Beetle back on the road soon

(guys you have to read that attachment - seriously cool caravan and Beetle pic)

(ps - only joking about the "exporter" bit !)

All good @jolas! ^_^

...............And she's BACK....
Welcome , good write up , you should work for a magazine... .......... Oh! wait! , you do ...
Hope you get your car going, strange to hear of a Male Car.......
All VW's have personality's of their own, that's why we love them.....

Herman

PS;-
"Only when you are teased, do you know you are part of the family" (RetroVan 2011)
And Welcome again, nice to have a Lady family member.

Guys, no wonder we have so few female members.

Welcome again, BeetleGirl. Wegsleep is one of my four favourite magazines. I never leave home without a few copies to keep me entertained at night.

Would love to help with the article but the only thing I normally tow is one of the ACVWs giving problems.

Did you guys do the Weg Namibië 2011 as well? I'm reading that at the moment and can't wait for a chance to visit.

Keep up the good work!

Hi, Beetlefanatic! Glad you read our mag!
No, only Weg! Did Namibia, that's their baby completely. They only steal some of our recipes for the food mag.
Have a great weekend!

Hello to all VW Bugs and Owners,
My name is Ken and I have a 1955 Transporter (I think). Looking for photos of a real one.
Also looking for specs, production totals and manuals

Hope all are having a great day.
Ken

HI ALL

Im a very big beetle fan.i dont own one as yet but im looking at getting one as soon as funds allow. i love modded beetles and will proberbly look for an SP or 1600 twin port.
thanks for a great site hope to post a pic of a new babby soon