Aircooled VW South Africa

My two donor buses have finally arrived after months of negotiating and waiting.....
the red one is vrot.
the panel may have a chance...
loads of parts nonetheless !










guess what i'll be doing this weekend ?

That is one really rotten bus! Shame

Wow, cool pics! Did you get the Mustang as well?

If you ever want to part with that oil temp gauge, dibs please?

Shot Pine !
i actually bought the bus just for the oil temp gauge !

If dibs 's are in order i would like to have the best one of those "scoops" on the side of the red bus to use as a template please.
verry cool gauge that !! never seen one in a bus before good find

the red bus is really rotten
here are a few more pic's







there is what looks like a brake booster fitted behind the driver's seat.....anyone know familiar with one of these ??



also found an interesting tool box compartment lockable cover ! will post a pic of this later.

Sjoe a sad state indeed and yet she still stands - not as proudly as before but still standing non the less.

You're so lucky.

I've been nagging Kenny Willemse to sell me those buses for +- 2 years now and he consistently told me that they were not for sale, that they belonged to a mate in the UK.

How did you persuade him to sell?

Here's a pic I took when the buses weren't quite so vrot.

@ VW rules.....He told me the same story for months...then i got hold of the owner in the UK and battled for months to get an answer..then he said "yes" and took months to let Kenny know that it was "ok" to let the buses go......so all in all...months of consistent chasing and following up and calls to the UK and stopping at Kenny's every month whilst in EL on business.....
one thing this game has taught me....is BE PATIENT and keep following up !
are there any parts you are looking for ?

splitfan wrote:If dibs 's are in order i would like to have the best one of those "scoops" on the side of the red bus to use as a template please.:

Now HOW difficult would it be to make one?

Pine...you and Tony are comedian's
@ Splitfan....of course i will let you have the scoop to reproduce...provided i get one set !

Thanks.... we have to keep the comedy going, apparently the forum is dying and we cant let that happen

I have a similar onef those brake booster in my westy

Hey Jacques, glad you finally have the 2 busses, more pics of that brake booster set-up AND that cover for the "tool box" area please