Aircooled VW South Africa

Hi guys,

New member here. Rebuilding a 1965 Kombi.

Bought from Bloem from a panelbeater who said it had not rust.......1 year later its back from the panelbeater who had to replace the floor and other very rusty panels.

The previous owner used a grinder on the hinges to open the rear hatch, so I am on the lookout for the entire assembly.

Will take some pics soon.

cheers,

Hi to all.
I am not a beetle or vw boffen at all. Just like my ride a lot. A Willys Jeep on a beetle chassis with 1600 twinport. Was looking for the right one. Will post pics. When I got her she was not running and with no wiring and a lot of repairs needed. Got her up to standard doing most myself with the help of the internet and youtube and friends. She past roadworthy and is now all legal. Nice
Like the forum and thanks for all the help.
Regards
Riaan

Hi There

George from Amanzimtoti. Proud owner of a Jasper 1600 TP Beach Buggy - with newly fitted stainless bars all round.

Howzit George,
welcome to the forum, and nice Buggy, enjoy.

Hi All the new Guys welcome to the forum

Hi Guys Pedro Here from Durban. I have 1978 bus.
This Forum looks to very friendly and loads of info etc....
hope to chat to you guys soon.

Welcome aboard, plenty good Bus info and fanatics here..
Enjoy your stay.

Hey guys,

I have recently acquired a 1965 Beetle.
I am super excited at the potential this little bug has.
It is currently in the shop being converted from the 6V system to a 12V system as it has been struggling to run for the past 2 weeks, and I have burnt out my second coil already due to being fooled by the first mechanic I got help from.

Please see the attached pics and let me know what you think.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 4378ca612a

The following are planned to be changed\fixed on the car:

New rubber all round the bug

Interior carpets

Re-Chrome the bumpers

Disc brake conversion

Change the Mags to something that suits my taste

hey guys

if registered before but didn't have time to really use it.

I'm from George and been into cars all my life. dad did oval track racing for 16 years and did all the work ourselves. before that and still now we always had old cars at home.

between me, my brother and my dad we have the following:

36 Plymouth deluxe, dad
76 fairlane 500, dad, more my brothers now
60 Chevy apache, mine
mk1 2 door ford cortina, brother
66 beetle, almost mine
73 bay window, mine

if been restoring her for the last year and almost ready for paint. did everything from the bottom. new brakes, brake lines etc. previous owner had the motor rebuild as he heat seized it.

had a lot of rust, owner gave a lot of wrong info but drove the 800km to buy it unseen.

but that's In the past and she's ready for paint.

hope to have fun here.

cheers

Hi,

Recently met two members of AIRCOOLED VW SA which suggested I join this site, honestly reviewing some of the topics this truly a great site. Thanks guys.
Now the introduction my name is Manuel I am from Pretoria but most of the time I reside in Angola ,I have a passion for cars especially the the 50's and 70's models.
I worked for more than twenty years in the automotive industry and the past five years I am working for a can plant in Angola.
For twenty years or more I had a dream of building my own a speedster replica, for years I made it a point to go to kit car center once a month just to view the speedster. Twenty years later I finally got started with the project, last year I bought a 1977 VW beetle 1600 to be used as a donor Car for my speedster project which I obtained from Universal Products.
I am hoping to share my build experience with you all and seek from time to time some technical advice.
Once again very cool site.

Manny

You can follow my project : http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... 23&t=29787

Welcome dude, hope you enjoy the forum. Pics of yoru speedster are all important. I've already added you tot he list of Speedster owners.

cheers

Alan

Thank you for the welcome note.

Good Morning ACVWSA, my name is Tristan Viljoen, I am 16,5 years old, still at school in grade 11 in Centurion. My dad (Bossie2004) bought us a 1963 Beetle (which we named Tjoklits) that we are going to build up as my "first drive". I like sport, especially Action Cricket, Hockey & Soccer and also love watching movies and playing Playstation. We also have a Speedster Replica. We are part of the Jacarande Beetle Club.

Technik wrote:Hi There

George from Amanzimtoti. Proud owner of a Jasper 1600 TP Beach Buggy - with newly fitted stainless bars all round.

George? Is dit jy, George? Wat saam met my in Soyo was?