Aircooled VW South Africa

Hi. My name is Bouts Botha.
I owned my first beetle in 1972, it was a 1200 twin rear windows and left hand drive. I still own 3 Beetles, 1960.1965 and 1972.
I am mad about my Beetles !!!

Welcome

bouts wrote:Hi. My name is Bouts Botha.
I owned my first beetle in 1972, it was a 1200 twin rear windows and left hand drive. I still own 3 Beetles, 1960.1965 and 1972.
I am mad about my Beetles !!!

Funny name for a Botha?

Welcome and post some pics of those Beetles!

Hi guys I'm junaid, always been a fan of vdubs I'm in the process of building mine lol taking a while, slowly but surely huh, anyways nice to meet u guys and I look forward to furture advice from the pros.

hi vw people im probably not that welcome but am an aircooled addict,im a corvair freak but also love vws,have also owned a few in my time,thanks for the welcome eben.

thanks garydup

Hello Gents,
I'm fast moving in the VW direction again. Planning to move from SA to Namibia coast. Previously, I owned a wonderfull car VW Passat and also Audi Quatro in the 1990's and VW moving from aircooled engines to water cooled, could not change my wife's mind on the noisy fans, but now am back seriously looking at a an otion to buy or manufacture a beach buggie customised to suit my needs for my street and road running sprints, shopping and fishing expiditions on the West Coast of Southern Africa. Wife, you'll just have to accept - it's aircooled not water, so there's no fan, not even an aircon. Hell guys it's difficult.....
Swakopmund here I come. I previously completed my education in Windhoek and worked there for several years, then became involved in the Mining industyr in S.A.and really look forward in returning to the fresh air and open country, wild life and beaches, buggy runs, fresh wine and fish barby's.
Thanks for opprotunity being part of the VW family. I will be there and listening cerfully
Good Luck and Happy days ahead.

biandre wrote:Hello Gents,
I'm fast moving in the VW direction again. Planning to move from SA to Namibia coast. Previously, I owned a wonderfull car VW Passat and also Audi Quatro in the 1990's and VW moving from aircooled engines to water cooled, could not change my wife's mind on the noisy fans, but now am back seriously looking at a an otion to buy or manufacture a beach buggie customised to suit my needs for my street and road running sprints, shopping and fishing expiditions on the West Coast of Southern Africa. Wife, you'll just have to accept - it's aircooled not water, so there's no fan, not even an aircon. Hell guys it's difficult.....
Swakopmund here I come. I previously completed my education in Windhoek and worked there for several years, then became involved in the Mining industyr in S.A.and really look forward in returning to the fresh air and open country, wild life and beaches, buggy runs, fresh wine and fish barby's.
Thanks for opprotunity being part of the VW family. I will be there and listening cerfully
Good Luck and Happy days ahead.

HI All newbie welcome

biandre you forgot that one of the most important components in a Beetlemotor is the FAn

Build a Buggy with Split bus RGB`s it will drive where very few plastic 4x4`s will dare to go

Hi Guys

My Name is Craig & I am in Durban South Africa.I have always loved beetles from the time I was very young.
"34 years old now".....LOL.

I have had a total of about 18 beetles in my life.Gained my knowlege from getting stuck,putting a srewdriver here a bang with the hammer there & were off again kinda thing.

The Car I have @ the moment is a 1964 vw Variant Squareback. If any one can help me with ideas how to set it as a profile pic so you can see it.

I love the site...makes me feel like I am part of a family.

If there is anything you need to know feel free to ask

Thanks
Craig J

Hi Guys,

Tintin here.

Seems like there is a bit of a dub resurgence....

I have 2 type 1's. A 1962 1200 and 1977 1600 Super bug (I refer to them as bubble window bugs - the one with a bulging front window and dashboard).

I bought my '62 in 1986 for a thousand rand. It was my first car and at the time I thought it was a fortune. It was a runner and I used it for a while till the gearbox exploded... Then I rebuilt the car, but I was on a very tight budget so basically just got it running. I used it for another while. Then life happened and I parked the car, and it hasn't really moved since the mid '90's. It's on the to-do list...

I managed to pick up the '77 a few years ago for R8000. It was a runner but very un-road worthy. Still, used it for a while as I intended it to be a project car, going for the Euro-look on it. It was also parked, and in the last 2 months, it's turn has swung round. So first things first is to get the car on the road legally. It's currently on trestles in my garage with it's drums exposed. This last weekend I bought master and slave cylinders to get the brakes done. New rubber brake lines and shocks will also be done. I need to get the motor running properly. The carb is a bit knackered. Hoping it just needs a strip and clean.

Fortunately I have paper work for both my cars. The '62 is rust free !! And the '77 has only surface rust with a few small holes in the door bottoms. The usual.

Once the '77 is done, I'll return to the '62. I intend taking that back to stock, but will keep the 12V conversion !!

I'll post pics of the '77 project soon

to all the newbies

Thanks Doc...

Hi
My name is Louis and I have been a VW fan since I can remember .I had a couple of combi`s and beetles and me and the now wife toured the country in a split window way back when . Still think about those days. At the moment i need a Combi bakkie as I restore furniture and this vehicle will fit in nicely with the old stuff . Hope there is still a good one out there somewhere .
Regards to all out there
Louis

hi all VW Fenatics, my name is Warren (vetgat vaatjie) i am based in Cape Town area and i have recently bought a 1976 VW Beetle 1600 gunston orange project car and busy restoring it and cant wait to get on the road with her, i do Mobile DJing in my spare time and chilling with the guys DOP & CHOP, i am the music guy my slogen is : I KEEP THE PARTY GOING WILD.i also do sticker kits for VW and others if intrested my email address is

regards to all

mullets wrote:Hi
My name is Louis and I have been a VW fan since I can remember .I had a couple of combi`s and beetles and me and the now wife toured the country in a split window way back when . Still think about those days. At the moment i need a Combi bakkie as I restore furniture and this vehicle will fit in nicely with the old stuff . Hope there is still a good one out there somewhere .
Regards to all out there
Louis

Welcome Louis, just be patient, your Kombi is out there waiting for you to come get her!

A warm hello to all, I am a newbie to this site, my name is Renesh and I am from Durban, I have been a vw bettle fan for many years and a vw bettle was the first car i never drove and which later became the first car i never owned, I am currently looking for restortation project for a type 3 notchback or fastback (1961 to 1969).

thanks

Insanejoker