Aircooled VW South Africa

Ya I know But this is just one of those things that I want to do and I'm going to just do it . Just Imagine been able to drive this thing around after it looking like that It will just be amazing And I understand that car should have broken in half 10 years ago from all the rust but I cant throw a beetle away It just wont happen ( this is going to be a very very long and hard project)

One thing I have realized is that it will never be original again but I want it to be a fun driver but not all BLING BLING I want it to be blue or gun metal gray with a motor that will get me places (the one which Im building now) and I also want original rims and a comfortable seats but still with that 60s style

turn it into a baja, will save you a lot of work

Im not a fan of Baja's but I might end up half doing that but I will try my best not to

I don't want an award winning classic I just want some thing that goes and has lots of memories and starting with a piece of scrap is going to do that for me even if I have to find new body metal for every single piece of the car and have to work day and night for the next 5 years to get it done. This beetle is a good example of true beauty in it's poorest form and I'm going to make it look like good looking beetle again!

Here are some more pics

I think the best thing to do is not to take any short cuts on this one,go right down to metal and fix up from there,working on top of the old paint,is just gonna waste ur money(but im sure thats ur plan)...

Ya that is my plan do you know of any better ways to remove body putty and old paint I was planning om using a grinder with a wire brush on

Wirebrush and grinder = lots of time and wirebrush bits and risk of kak going into your hair nose eyes etc etc. I highly recomend hauling her off to a sandblaster. The sandblaster will save you big time in time, pain and that in turn will help stretch your motivation and enthusiasm to last the distance.

Kudos to you on finding the guy who deregistered her. I thought that was quite ingenious.

I did think of sending her of to get sand blasted but the transport to PE is going to be a "waist"(not a waist if I had the money). As I said it's never going to become a show car but I just want her back on the road. Don't ask why but love doing that kind of work(on my own car ) and I would rather do it my self so I know what has been done and what still has to be done. Plus I will have lost of time to spot every last bit of rust that needs to be replaced.

theres a pad/disc thing(dont know what its called)looks like rubber,that u fit to a drill,use that to remove the putty,doesnt heat up the metal so much as a grinder,u dont really know how thin the metal is underneath.

Do this at least:

On the first day you start wire brushing keep track of how long a wire disk lasts. Have a look at how much you've got done and then calculate how many wire brush wheels it will take to finish the job. It may be more $$ than you realize. I hope not too much $$, but in my brother's experience with his mini panel van resto it worked out cheaper to blast.

Didnt read ur post properly,grinder with wire brush works lekker when u cleaning up old rust,to remove paint,for me it takes to long,that rubber pad works quik to remove paint.

Ya I have one of toughs rubber wheel things some where and it works really well I will keep that in mind. Its not really the actual blasting that is going to cost, its the transport getting it to PE and back.

I think I might have found some thing that is fixable
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They are not 100% but will do while I save for new ones