New Members - Introduce yourself..

[The Gymkhana Fanatic]

Hi, I'm Grant....I'm from PE. I'm looking at getting a bay window but more about that at a later stage.

[vader]

not from south africa but australia, spent a couple of weeks in durban for the world surfing games a few years back now. but thought id drop an introduce myself, im dion an have a vw problem. its been 2 hours since i last played with one, and i dont think rehab will help. hehe
i have a few vws, in order of years..
55 pg/sg micro
57 rat oval with judson
60 sc with under 14000 miles on it an no rust
60 50/50 bug
60 rustbucket kg
61 dc
62 dc
67 panel

im more of a bus kid, but do like my early bugs too..

Welcome to The Bug Bite Survivors Club!
Would you please be so kind as to put yourself in one of the following 3 catagaries?
1) AirHeads (You just really love your AC)
2) Mad F@ckers (You just really Love your AC on Rocket Fuel)
3) AirHead & Mad F@cker...

All catagaries require the same treatments, Support Groups where you can express your deep feelings, Late Night friends who are availible to talk to you deep into the night and help you back from the DarkSide including regular bug runs all around the country to submerge you into intence hands on visual and physical relief from terrible sickness...

Like all members of the BBSC acceptance of your condition is the first step to recovery. There is hope for all..

Ps.. This is a fatal condition for which there is no cure and will stay with you to the grave.

[JohnCloete]

Bonsour- Bonsour
I am John Cloete and I live in Nelspruit Mpumalanga

I am not the proud owner of a VW yet as I am still in the Xpecting mode. I am Xpecting to get my Bay Window this weekend ( have been waing for it, 2 weeks already).
It seems that all is now sorted, so there shouldn't be any more hold ups. I cant wait to get my hands on it( feel like a little boy waiting for Christmas morning)

Happy V-Dubbing
Chow

[riaanj]

Bonsour- Bonsour
I am John Cloete and I live in Nelspruit Mpumalanga

I am not the proud owner of a VW yet as I am still in the Xpecting mode. I am Xpecting to get my Bay Window this weekend ( have been waing for it, 2 weeks already).
It seems that all is now sorted, so there shouldn't be any more hold ups. I cant wait to get my hands on it( feel like a little boy waiting for Christmas morning)

Happy V-Dubbing
Chow

Xpecting for 2 weeks, that's a short pregnancy, hope the birth is worth it.... (remember, it means nothing AND nothing happened without pics). Welcome here BTW..

[Classicar]

Hi, I'm Ben and a keen VW aircooled fan. My father bought his first Beetle in 1953 and I bought my first VW in 1974, a 1969 VW Squareback Automatic. At the moment I have 2 beautiful original Beetles, a 1970 1600 and a 1975 1600 Superbug. Both have all their original books and toolkits as well as service history. And I'm in Pretoria. I also have something else from the VW family. It is a 1971 Audi Super 90 which belonged to my grandfather. It has done 113 000 km and is in an immaculate condition. It still have all it's original books and tools and a full service history. I'm looking forward to learn more about other members and VW Beetles.

[kdf-stadt]

Im not new at all, after a few years after selling my '69 due to space issues...I AM BACK!

Looking for a pre 69 model, preferably a '66/

[steggies]

Hi Guys, i 'am also proud to say that i am the owner of a ac beetle,project car working on it but it takes time stay in Johannesburg and hope
to getting the lifetime fun and experience out of my beetle.

Thank Guys
Steggies

[Uveer]

Hi guys, love the site. I am from Durban. Have a 1979 vw caddy that took me over a year to build. I just completed my project a month ago.

[Golfmad]

Wow !! Love your caddy Uveer !! Its awesome ! I need wheels like that !

[osiris]

Hi all,

I'm from KZN and I have the opportunity to purchase an early Baywindow bus.
This will be my first VW bus and I need some advice before purchasing so will be reading your wonderful site and I also see you have a stupid question's thread so will be asking a couple of questions in their as well.
Currently I drive a Civic FN2 but was always admired the old school busses. I want to purchase this bus and restore everything and convert it into a camper.

[calooker]

Wow !! Love your caddy Uveer !! Its awesome ! I need wheels like that !

Plastic hub caps

[Qkickslvr]

Hi guys. I've already posted here before but after reading some old posts on the forum and having a laugh or two I thought a refresh is in order.

My name is Matthew. Been on the forum for about a year now. I'm a real beetle fan. From stock to wild you name it.

A few years back I inherited my late grandfathers 1976 1600L type 1.

With a goal of making the old man smile down on me I commenced the restore process.

Ok I was young was not that into the whole restoration thing so the first place I found easily was beetle buddies. (I can hear the heads shaking)

The bug went in for a respray, service and front suspension replacement as the bug was knocked a few years back and the steering was never right after that.

I'm not the only one who recognized the workmanship of the paint job but I've received numerous compliments about the end result.

After having the exterior sorted the bug was sent to the brothers of vans auto and sound in Middelburg MP.

A full sued interior was the end result including two bucket seats upfront.

A Jvc DVD in dash was fitted along with two 12' vibe subs, 4x6' plus another 6' split system up front. Dash was also recovered in sued.

Once I received the car back I was over the moon with what I had.

A few months down the line power became the next job.

I firstly fitted a electronic ignition setup along with a 4into1 exhaust which made a huge difference.

Then came a twin carb setup. Not the best choice of carbs I could have gone for but nevertheless it was done. Empi kit was bought a pair of single chokes.

Was happy with that for a while and life went on.

After a while I started searching the web for engine conversions and came across some wild AC's. looking at them I thought I have to have a large displacement 2300 motor with all the trick bits. After looking at what it would cost I shed a tear. There goes my hopes of a fast bug.

After many hours on YouTube watching video after video a trend started to appear.

A name we all know BUGGER!!!!

I came across Pierre's website and was amazed at what could be done.

So I started with bugging him and asking how much for this and how much for that.

About 5 years after finding his website and saving a few rands. It was time for the big conversion!!! A rotary turbo conversion.

As I was about to get started a little light in my head came on. It was the ABS light bringing me to a halt!! BRAKES first stupid.

So it was done I converted front and rear to disk brakes with 17 wheels sitting on 205/40's

Ok now we can start.

I then contact Pierre firstly and wanted to do the conversion myself. I still remember the day I went to him and bought a clutch and adapter plate for the conversion.

Unfortunately time and space was a problem for me. Unlike many members who have workshops or spare garages I was not one of the lucky few.

I then decided to leave it up to Pierre to do the co version for me.

I firstly source a motor from engines and more in Hartbeespoort. Was was specially sourced for me and had to wait about two months.

Motor arrived and the next day Pierre and I went to make sure the compression was good and well. Sure enough it was a good motor.

R6000 later and it was mine. Loaded in the bakkie and off to Pierre.

A few days later I dropped the bug off with Pierre for a long and annoying build for Pierre.

The conversion ended up taking about 6 months due to unforeseen problems.

A spitronics fuel management was chosen. Would live to have fitted a microtech but R12000 was a bit high at the time.

Pierre told me that numerous people complemented the bug on its looks while standing in the shop. They were even more surprised when he showed them the engine.

While the bug was with Pierre the front end was also dropped.

After the first Dyno session we received a figure of 180kw on the wheels!!!

I was shocked and overwhelmed with joy.

So late one Friday afternoon I went to collect the bug. After taking it around the block I was blown away!!!

Surely this wasn't my car it's too good to be true!!!

After taking delivery as always there was a few teething problems.

Nevertheless we sorted them out and all was good.

Unfortunately we had a fueling problem due to blocked injectors. Had those sorted then we were up and running again.

At the time I was running the temporary plugs not a wise choice. When the fueling wasn't right it caused the motor to run lean and melt one of the electrodes.

At the time the motor was Fine.

Fitted another set of temporary plug as a original set cost in the region of about R800 for 4 plugs.

Motor ran well just very unpredictable.

I decided another Dyno session was needed.

A smoother more drivable car was born. 132kw on the wheels and 240nm.

Lovely stuff fun to drive and so easy to scare a unsuspecting Sunday dawdler!!!

Unfortunately late last year the piece of spark plug electrode that melted earlier dislodged itself from the casing and made its way through the apex seals.

No more compression!!!

The car has been standing since December and every time I drive past it I shed a tear.

All is not lost in this off time I have been planning the next steps.

The motor will be coming out and going to Arthur from AJ racing and 200kw is our goal.

The box will also be visiting Bugger for some strength.

I hope you guys enjoyed the long sob story. Can't wait to be back out there having fun.

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[retrovan]

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Unfortunately late last year the piece of spark plug electrode that melted earlier dislodged itself from the casing and made its way through the apex seals.

No more compression!!!

The car has been standing since December..............

Sad sorry, but remember next time, ...... for every performance upgrade, you Must go 1 stage colder on your plug.

Going colder on the plug does not mean the plug fires different, No !! ... the firing stays the same, the coldness of the plug means the plug can cool faster, which prevents melting ... see the connection now.....

Hope this saves you big bucks in the future....

Herman

[yohbie]

Hi guys! My name is Barend Firstly, great forum, very informative! I'm from Pretoria and have always loved VW microbuses since I could remember. I am the proud owner of a 1990 VW Citi Golf and now also the owner of a bay window.

[bhzrd]

Hi my name is schalk i recently bought this beauty for next to nothing...needs a little work...


motor removed for repairs.."cam gear stripped" or something like that

her right eye is gone need to replace,don't know where i can get a right fender !

so that's it