Aircooled VW South Africa

Hi Jolas & Bushpig

Hahaha.....I couldn't ask for a better neighbourhood watch now could I ?
Yip, she's got a boyfriend. You'll notice there are 2 car covers now.....and the 1600SP in red.
The flash of yellow you saw under the one cover Jolas is a Porsche Spyder 718RSK Replica with a 1600SP Twin Port & Cowley exhaust.
Under the other cover is a flawless complete white beetle shell that I'm reserving as an organ donor should my red SP require any.

Would B gr8 to have a meet and greet at the next Open/Tech day!

Keep on stylin' !!!!!

Here's the flash of yellow Jolas!



...and with the cover off!



The three studges.......

Redid the SP1600 engin over the weekend.....still a bit of work to weld in the rear apron...gmff!



And a bit of panelbeating & spraypainting...... she's really coming on well!



Spyder front


.....and of course the white organ donor:




She'll be pearl metallic graphite black with billet aluminium by summer........wish I had more time (sigh)

hell it's amazing what people have in their yards Will be popping for a visit for sure Louis, nice work on the Beetle

rouxlouis wrote:

Nice collection! Who scrapped such a nice Beetle body?

I trust you're going to correct the spelling of Porsche on the spider. There's no accent on the e, although it is not a silent e. If it did have an accent it would be grave (è = uh) as opposed to acute (é = ay).

Hi Fig

Amazing what a thousand bucks can get you on Gumtree.......them Beach Buggy builders have a blatend disregard for flawless beauty.
However, not like we're complaining ...... thanx Buggy-dudes!

@ Jolas:

As I said, you're welcome to pop in at any time PM, afterall you're just down the strip from me.

I'll keep you guys posted on progress...........and remember, I'm watching you......and Noooooooooo Doooowwwwwnnnnfffooorrrrccceeee!!!!

Interior still look's great!!!

Gonna keep these authentic

Nice looking SP, the 5spd gearbox must have been swapped and is thus now a 4 spd, not as original as the bug in the UK! You also missing the " 5 STUD SPRINTSTARS". Definately not a genuine SP1600. I only know and have also seen Lemmertz Rostyle...
http://www.terovirta.com/volks/VolksWhe ... style.html
Just out of curiosity, are the SP carbs the same as the Brasilia's? Brasilias have a more squarish fanhousing and their alternators are a mere 35A units.

5sp gearbox = KAK story

Ja ek dink so ook. Vol strooi.

If it had a 5 speed gearbox, it would no longer be original and would have lost a lot of it's value.

A 5 speed "SP" is really valueless since it must have been converted to look like a SP but is not.

Pine wrote:5sp gearbox = KAK story

Come on Pine, give him enough time to take photos