Aircooled VW South Africa

Baie mooi!!!

Hi April marked a year of work but no completion yet Foose still has something on us and that is speed.
The dashboard has been assembled some wiring done and we also installed the headlining.

Painted the rear seat area and sealed the top gap

some wiring in already



Headlining started to go in

I saved all the old padding


Started hanging the center portion

Armand

The few wrinkles dissapear after being in the sun for a while
Armand

Well done Armand, hope my 1956 can look half as good when done.

Herman

looking top notch as always Armand.......jy maag maar.

Well done ! looking good ! tell us about the motor ?

Hi Armand
As you may have seen, I have committed my self, ( do not get happy now, read on 1st) to get my Oval ready for George 2014.

As I know a lot of guys, including me, would like to meet you personally, how about having this great creation of yours there as well.

Please.

Herman

retrovan wrote:Hi Armand
As you may have seen, I have committed my self, ( do not get happy now, read on 1st) to get my Oval ready for George 2014.

As I know a lot of guys, including me, would like to meet you personally, how about having this great creation of yours there as well.

Please.

Herman

George isn't the only car show you know, maybe join next year with your project in Parys for the KKK kamp out. Then you'll get to see some more of the up country cars.

In terms of acvw's it's sooooo much better than George.

sean wrote:...
George isn't the only car show you know, maybe join next year with your project in Parys for the KKK kamp out. Then you'll get to see some more of the up country cars.
In terms of acvw's it's sooooo much better than George.

Am planing to do both next year ..

Herman

Hi all
I really appreciate all the nice comments and encouragement. Engine wise we decided on a standard 1600 as this is Reniers first car. The brakes and rest of chassis is built to take more and sometime in future this might happen. He visited this weekend and a bit more got done
The fenders were finally fitted with copious amounts of rust preventative wax

This is the second windscreen first one had some nicks on the edges and didnt behave it self


The look is coming together now




We are thinking about wheels still?

Armand

Looks very good, Armand!

Are you replacing the window rubbers with the chrome beadings again?

Looks amazing, can't wait to see the finished product...

Armand,
Looking great, will be a stunner when finished. Looking at your fender bolts - when doing a test I used the chassis to body oval looking washers as washers for the fenders and to me they looked quite good and they offered better support to the fender. Granted it was and oval fender which seems to have a bigger flange so it sits nicely.
Just a thought..

Justbwent through the build sofar and man o man what a transformation love the mk5 gti reflex silver really works well

And i say those wheels do look good

Hi all thanks for the comments. I also like the wheels but the owner says they are too small it seems 17's is the request.
As for fender washers it might be advantageous to use bigger washers but the ones I used are the same size as std and worked well. Due to the gasket used (pro auto rubber fenderwelt) I found that when the bolts are overtightened the rubber deforms so none of them are very tight
Armand