Aircooled VW South Africa

hi guys

this is chucky my '74 1300tp (PO says PPO siad that its a 1500,its not at all slugish so might be???). I have had chucky for 2 weeks now, bought him in benoni for 5k spent R500 on a set of bougi cords and new master cylinder and fixed the brakes right then and there and put on a spare front bumper i had at home(PO even helped me bleed the brakes....) and she purred like a new car...PO wasnt impressed with himself, o well his loss...got in to go fill her up and drive home to durban, and stood without petrol just down the road. got some petrol and away i was and,well.......scared as ...didnt know the car and now going to travel 600 odd k's with it...needles to say she never gave any problems, ive forgotten what good CARS they are its been 4 years since i drove a proper beetle...got her home and started to give him some TLC for these past 2 weeks and this is the result for only a mere R900 (550 for paint and stuff and 400 for new angel eye lights) later and some elbowgrease....its notperfect by a long shot ,will have it resprayed oneday by pros but for 6 odd k beetle it looks decent enough...

so this is how chucky looked when we met (follwed by after pics) disformed and angry just like chucky the demon doll...








testing to see how the new lights look



will be driving up on friday to pta so will if all goes well be at ferdi's with him...i need to find a hubcap...mine fell off in majuba pass while coming down in the intial trip

later

Awesome!

Looks good!

I believe it was only the '74 Beetle that had those large indicators on the front fenders?

Nice work! Like the black detailing, so much nicer than the chrome

thanx guys

bugandy- shot

pine -yes i think it was, the reason i think that is,is because its FUGLY!!!

blitz- wanted to buy a sp deal fell through but i caught a fancy in the "blacked out" look of the sp, this is gonna be a sp replica but im goin to try and make it look similar in terms of styling...need to find one of those front spoilers?

Nice find, nice fix, congrats.

Nice work, she looks good,well done to you, and for the money spent, a bargain of note!

thanx guys

karma even more so if you consider the PO paid 20k for this car 6 months ago!he managed to get it looking like that in the space of 6 months..

did a good job there beetle looks nice,i got a hup cap for u if int,must just come & get it.

you are one lucky oak......

Very nice ,did you wet or dry sand it? Is that what you paid for fenderss and bonnet incl?

dry sanded...i pulled the nose straight and panelbeated the panels. so it was 5k for the bug,500 for spares,400 for new lights and 500for paint and supplies...but its not perfect i need to get a new bonnet and front clip eventaully...but hey even if i spend another 10k on it its still a bargain....

phillip thanx...you coming to ferdi's?

Pine wrote:Looks good!

I believe it was only the '74 Beetle that had those large indicators on the front fenders?

My 76 had the same large indicators on the fenders , with the double bulbs .

I like the Chucky eyes

Missing out on ferdi's,working that weekend,if u dont find a cap u can always make a plan to get it,its still new,had the full set but father in law took 2 caps so only got the two,cant do anything with it.