Aircooled VW South Africa

Been emailing a guy in sa for a week or so now who i was put in touch with by a friend who claims to have to a roof car although when i started to ask technical questions and getting him to take measuerments off his for me ( only reference ive got ) no answer he is in cape town i think runs volsieswowrld or something like that

Your post makes absolutely no sense! What are you talking about?

Someone in CT claims to have one of the 5 roof of africa rally SP beetles but is not answering kevin with regards to the tech specs that would make it a "roof" car.

sorry should have made that that clearer you re right claimed have car same same spec as mine and romised cold that could get any spares i needed ,, thought at last after the best partof 2 years of searching the net i an get some info on the car as until i have started speaking to you guys this car no one can give any answers on not even vw in germany when given the vin number for my car they say its not made !! no vin no stamped on chassis
mind you he he did give me some cool info on a voice operated gearbox that vw built for the beetle ( didnt understand english only 4 african languages) will email it to pine for verification and let him post it

'The Roof of Africa' is a rally usually presented in winter time in Lesotho. Since Lesotho is an 'island' inside the South African borders, (like just another province albeit a completely independent country), it will mean that the vehicles will never South African ground. I was at the start of the 2005 Roof in Maseru, but nowadays it is only off-road motorcycles and quads participating in it. Some pics from the 'Roof' in 1970, when it was won by a Lolette buggy:





The byline next to the pic below was

'The Prime Minister of Lesotho studies the works end of the winning Lolette Dune Buggy. With him are the crew, Pearce and Ferguson. On the extreme right is the Chief Traffic Officer of Lesotho.'

is that roger pearce who now owns emgee workshop in randburg?

beetlepower wrote:is that roger pearce who now owns emgee workshop in randburg?

I have no idea, Beetlepower - but I'm sure as hell gonna find out!

Beach buggies did well back in the day. Apart from the original Manx winning the Baja in Mexico and the Lolette at the Roof, in 1979 Petra Marais and Mervyn Woods won the 1000km desert race in a Kartkraft!

Ive got a dvd about Totals 50 years of involvement and their involvement started at the roof with a beetle (winning I think)

Klaus Degener who had a bakery in Lesotho ran a very fast Beetle. Had power steering as well.

sorry Im confused the DVD shows a beetle to be the first 2wd vehicle to go up and down sani pass..mid 50's in a 1200 beetle, driven by sy symons (founder of POMC) and ewald van bergen. This was the start of totals motorsport sponsorship

This pic? It was taken in '56

From the website

http://www.roof-of-africa.com/roof_of_a ... d.php?l=en

The best result of a beetle. F Stangl / H Schober - VW Beetle 2ND in 1975

Pine wrote:This pic? It was taken in '56

yip thats the one

if it helps the sa reg was nud 1996 ,thats the reg ive got on the paper work also found reciept for front spoiler looks like that was put on after that rally , makes sense thinking about it . the gent who may or may not have one is called gerhard at volkieshop