Aircooled VW South Africa

After looking at the old toppies 58 Beetle, he showed me his bus
He said if I want I can take it, only thing is I need to take everything off his property not just strip what I need
So my plans for this one is to drop it, get some nice wheels and drive as is.

Congrats! It just needs a major service

nice bus , whats your plan with this bus?

Congrats !

Some Meguiars Polish and some elbow grease and it should buff right up !!!

Mooi I`m looking for front seats

Ouch !

Hardly a scratch on it,looks brand new,,,

half way done convertable conversion

All the best with your find

I can't believe that you have finished the restoration of the black bus so quickly.....

Got to do her up!

I will only be able to collect this bus next year,
I need to get my panel going so I can make space in the garage for this one, The bus is sunk in the ground, and very rusty.The roof is completely off the bus and all doors are rusted shut,I opened the passenger side door and the hinges pulled out the body.
If I was in the UK I would have considered fixing this one up and making it a project, simply because all the panels are easily available
The bus is complete as can be, the only thing I noticed that was missing was the top "airbox" latch.
Its even got the front badge !!!! but the old guy wants to keep it

Im no expert but it looks like a 63. Its got push button bootlid, church-key fuel flap, and the pull style door handles

louisvr45 wrote:nice bus , whats your plan with this bus?

Remind me never to believe a word you say

Wide rear door was introduced in the 64 model year, which started August 63. Early 64 models still had the pull type outer front door handles. Think the newer style door lock mechanism with pushbutton was introduced halfway through the 64 model year. 64 was last year of slide- type front heater outlets as used on the Fleetline.
65 -67 has twin heater outlets with a selector lever. Think 64 was first year for rounded headlight buckets, as seen from inside the cab. Earlier and Fleetlines has a sqeezed shape headlight bucket.

Bugger wrote:Mooi I`m looking for front seats

Sorry Bugger, the front seats are in my Panel,

For anyone interested:
Model 214
Serial 1149764
VPO no 10-4-78
Color T

Got an idea today !
If possible Im going to make this into a trailer