Aircooled VW South Africa

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i thought my eyes were failing me when i noticed the slots of the front wheel is square compared the rear that is round:lol: .

nothing wrong there with your eyes,the 1 is square and the other 3 are rounded

Well seeing that the pan i had was very vrot ,I bought a complete baja minus engine from an ex forum member [luke].
stripped the baja there in his yard and only took what i needed or could resell again


the pan was in a good condition with just a rust hole under the battery area the size of a r5 coin

removed all the tarboard from the floors and the youngest was more than willing to lend a hand


As the shell was already green i decided to spray the chassis hammerite green on top

Greenbean supplied me with a set of highback fibreglass seats all i had to do was modify beetle seat bases to make the work


checking for clearance above my head so that im not higher than the rollbar or windshieldframe



after driving it for a while now ,ive realised that the seats are too far laid back ,i have to drive with my arms nearly fully extended so next on the to do list will be to lift the rear of the seats to more of an upright driving position

just some random pics
front


rear


inside/dash

Now that the Green&gold oval*** has developed a gearbox issue and the better half repo'd the blue oval***,i had to pul the buggy out of the garage and use it to drive up and down

*** does not refer to vw oval at all,

The buggy will be your best 4x2xfar!

went playing in the veld

Looking good, Jaco!

buggyfan wrote:Now that the Green&gold oval*** has developed a gearbox issue....

I was wondering about that one - an Amstel, with a gearbox issue??

Pine wrote:Looking good, Jaco!

buggyfan wrote:Now that the Green&gold oval*** has developed a gearbox issue....

I was wondering about that one - an Amstel, with a gearbox issue??

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ROFL

buggyfan wrote:Now that the Green&gold oval*** has developed a gearbox issue and the better half repo'd the blue oval***,i had to pul the buggy out of the garage and use it to drive up and down

*** does not refer to vw oval at all,

reverse idler gear on the Freelander broke a couple of teeth,made for an interesting sound when reversing

ToyIng with the idea of converting this back to a Baja/open top or closed top /as i dont feel comfortable with the idea of 2 kids on the back'seat with no real form of protection aeound or above them whatsoever

Ok,heres the plan ,im going to cut the rear seating area out of the buggy and replace it with a beetle rear section
so that i can get my back seats more forward and lower inside the car .

this is how it sits currently
im trying to get this effect
or do something like this ,

And the cutting has begun

started with his
the rear profile of the buggy and a beetle is too different so i had to trim it some more
the 1st cut is always the hardest to make,but once that grinder started cutting ,theresb no more turning back now