Aircooled VW South Africa

Hi all.... my name is Eugene Dos Santos living in germiston..... I have been involved with air cooled VWs since i was knee high thanks to my toppie. I remember two main vehicles we built that i have been searching for they were sold when he immigrated in 96 i think. One was a karmann Ghia red, grey material upholstery, scat shifter, vdo gauges, gold empi 8 spoke wheels with a 2.1 waterboxer engine oettinger conversion built by hellmut in edenvale..... the other was a 70's beetle kawasaki green colour green empi 8 spoke wheels, california look, scat shifter, 1735cc motor..... if anyone has any idea of the where abouts of these cars please let me know.....

well done on an awesome site....... we really need it to keep the legend alive.

ps. my current project is a 65/66 not sure yet beetle with sunroof, discs all round, slammed and with type IV power.... will post pics as i proceed


cheers!!!

Cool welcome


was that Green with Envy

Welcome, look forward to LOTS of pics.

Fairdinkum dude! welcome home!

Howzit.

Sunrooooooooooooooooooooooof bug!

For once, I too want pics.

65looker wrote:Hi all.... my name is Eugene Dos Santos living in germiston..... I have been involved with air cooled VWs since i was knee high thanks to my toppie. I remember two main vehicles we built that i have been searching for they were sold when he immigrated in 96 i think. One was a karmann Ghia red, grey material upholstery, scat shifter, vdo gauges, gold empi 8 spoke wheels with a 2.1 waterboxer engine oettinger conversion built by hellmut in edenvale..... the other was a 70's beetle kawasaki green colour green empi 8 spoke wheels, california look, scat shifter, 1735cc motor..... if anyone has any idea of the where abouts of these cars please let me know.....

well done on an awesome site....... we really need it to keep the legend alive.

ps. my current project is a 65/66 not sure yet beetle with sunroof, discs all round, slammed and with type IV power.... will post pics as i proceed


cheers!!!

Welcome!!

That Ghia sounds like my type of car, would love to know where it ended up...

A Type 4 in your current project? Do tell us more

Welcome

well here are some pics body off pan both at sandblasters at the moment.... type IVmotor picked up at beetle inn 2 grand!!! i think it was cheap..... hellmut at volks engine stripped it down all still standard 2L going for the 2.3 conversion and armand upright cooling system will post some pics later tonight off to the gym.......cheers

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Sheesh,

These sunroof bugs are now popping up everywhere.

I think I'll declare myself Kingpin, and start the Sunroof Society clan.

Welcome 65 looker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! B.A.B

65looker wrote:well here are some pics body off pan both at sandblasters at the moment.... type IVmotor picked up at beetle inn 2 grand!!! i think it was cheap..... hellmut at volks engine stripped it down all still standard 2L going for the 2.3 conversion and armand upright cooling system will post some pics later tonight off to the gym.......cheers

That would be a GermanLook beast of note

What wheels do you intend using?

Past 9 days we've had 11 new members... of who only 1 posted 1 message :s whats up with that?... should we send out written invitations for the first post

Hello, first post, love this site. Have got into rear engine with old Porks, am running a 66 911, but woman loves beetles and both want and early bay for nippers and beach. Cool machinery on here

Cheers