Aircooled VW South Africa

LCOP TT ???WTF is that i hear you all ask.Well its a ....................................
Loose
Collection
Of
Parts
Thrown
Together

I bought this lwb shell from Greenbean back in 2007 already


two days later i went and fetched the remains of HW1 that Pine gave away with some replacement rims for the accident damaged ones

picked up a pan at the local scrapyard that looked quite solid when i checked it from underneath,but that was only because there was plates welded onto the rusted floor

i started to assemble the rolling chassis to see what it will look like

[my youngest son already asking when will the test drive be]

shell put ontop of chassis


painting the sides

side view

because the holes for truck lights were already cut ,i had to go with them again


front lights

transplanted a complete wiring loom out of a bug

i used the fusebox and relays out of HW1

ALL ELECTRICALS WORKING 100%

I Like!! Almost a sandmaster look to it! ........

BF, what are your plans in regards to the front screen?

Looking good! Danie (who built the Kubel) helped with the wiring in HW1 many years ago, I'm glad some of it could be saved as he did an excellent job

+1 on the Looking good! should be fun when it's done. If your kid is on it already then you will never get him off once it's done!

Buggyfan/Pine, any info on those wheels? my brother has a set without the centres and i was wondering where they from. I Know Jack used to use them on the Puma's at some stage...

They were cast in South Africa, and were fitted to SA Pumas even before Jack Wijker got involved - this ad is from 1974. The first ones had 'squared-off' slots



I originally bought them from Phil (Phantomfondler) who had them on his Puma. IMPI had some repro center caps made





A few of the later Pumas had these on, with a smaller center cap and 'rounded' slots

JamesD69 wrote:+1 on the Looking good! should be fun when it's done. If your kid is on it already then you will never get him off once it's done!

Buggyfan/Pine, any info on those wheels? my brother has a set without the centres and i was wondering where they from. I Know Jack used to use them on the Puma's at some stage...

INITIALLY I ONLY HAD 3 of those caps but wI made up a 4th one out of fibreglass using 1 as a mould
it looks a little rough but im sure the 2nd try will come out better,will then use releasing agent instead of forcing it out of the mould with a screwdriver

Hloni wrote:BF, what are your plans in regards to the front screen?

All i did was take the window frame to my local glass shop and they cut me a 6mm laminated /shatterproof replacement

Ah...shot bru.

Shot Pine! the ones my brother has still has got the made in south africa stickers in them.

buggyfan wrote: INITIALLY I ONLY HAD 3 of those caps but wI made up a 4th one out of fibreglass using 1 as a mould

I might have to beg borrow or steal that mould once you done We were thinking of just making centre similar to the smiths wheels....

Contact IMPI - he has the die (?) used by Speedline to spin those center caps - I am sure he won't mind helping

Today i unearthed the steering column and fixed it so that the hooter works of the centre button on the steering instead of the pushbutton that was located on the dash