Aircooled VW South Africa

here is something I saw a few years ago in Germany. Not what I would do and prob not good for the farm, but just another idea to add to your arsenal....

Nice bus.. Yep radiator on the belly not a good idea for the farm.
Will see how things pan out, if it must be that the bus is not traveling gravel road,, then it must be

Just an long awaited update.. When I started this project I decided all components will be as modern and safe as possible but keeping the origanal look of the bus, Then I saw this Chis posted

Chris wrote:This Bus is being done here in PE.

It has a straight axle conversion and a 1600 engine with a dropped front suspension.

I love the look of this Bus,everything just works.The color,the stance and the wheels.

And got myself the hubcaps (Thanks Merlin)

http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... 72&t=15297

Bought a bay roof from the Tom's but picked up a contact for a Split roof in George at the car show.. will be haveing a look this afternoon. The seatcover recon if I spend as much time and energy on her as on the bus,, she will be queen -- Can you okes believe this

I'm glad I went to George as well.. Motivated me what can be achieved, all inspired again

Chat again.. I know how the other people feel about their projects as well,, all I can say is "Vasbyt manne"

Johan

Great you are motivated again...... It's all worth it in the end I promise! Start going and posting pics.... BTW, Mrs DD feels the same

I'm almost finish stripping the bus for the major surgery (Working in the evenings only alow so much light),, the cutting out of all the rust.
Just amazed when I looked tonight in the enjin assembly room, (Spot allocated to keep the split spares), can't believe there are so much spares that came out of the bus.. I kept the door pannels intact as I will use these as templates, but some of my spares are invading the misses craft room as well, there were hard words coming my way,, All indications are that I will have to move my ass on this project,

It seems the double garage won't be for the normal cars,, but for the split screen and the cars will will have to stay under the card board for a while longer ,, Amazing how things turn out

Will start to post pics as well with the progress,,

Johan

Stripping is the easy part, putting everything together again is the hardest Keep us updated!

Now you telling me.. would never have stripped if I had this information before the time

Just a quick update,, The cargo floors are stripped, the nose is of (To much rust after I opened her up, espesialy behind the kick plate) Preparing the donor nose to be assembled and prepared the roof sections that need to be replaced as well
Some of the side sills have been cut due to the rust. Will make ribs to replace the rusted ribs on the sills as well
This project is taking more time than antisipated. My work is keeping me busy and now with winter coming up it is a b!tch working in the cold. I did more than my share when I was a boilermaker

All in all the project is coming along, will post pictures soon to check the progress

Johan

Keep going, it's so worth it all in the end!

BTW, that HotWheels bus is the sh!t Loved it when I saw it at Spa.

Ok the photos's,, This when I got the bus (Click on the tumbnail to enlarge,, you will get a better picture)


This is with the nose of



The floors To save space here are the links
http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4250/13122009171.jpg
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/8992/cargofloor.jpg
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7299/image0041nj.jpg

And the roof I had to deal with, the roof can be lifted from the body due to rus


Still a long way to go, I have most weekends to myself again,, and trying to use it as good as possible
Johan

There isn't a lot left now is there!

If you can bring this bus back from this condition, then I'm flying back to give you a night out.....food and beer all covered to congratulate you properly!

Dutch

You better save for that ticket then , there will be a big party when this project is finish,,

Just a update,, Didn't work on the bus this weekend,, took a break, went to the hot rod show,, needed to see how Barry does things and then had a nice visit at Ron&Gill,, what a visit,, enjoyed it to the bone.. Thanks Ron

Now to get my bus going..

Johan

Nice one johan,still a lot of work ahead of u,but thats the fun part,restoring ur own ride,keep us updated with the progress,