Overhauling South Africa

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$uperman
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Overhauling South Africa

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Hello this is my first update on how the build has progressed sofar....

It all started when I asked my dad if I could have a beetle for my first car. He aggreed.....on one condition (I do the dirty work...sigh)
we found a likely candidate in Jhb, although it was only a body shell it was in very good condition with very little rust and no accident damage... My dads friend, oom Piet asked if he could use the beetle as a wedding car for his wedding in August!!! as he is a pannel beater by trade he promisses to help soooo this gives us 90 days to finish it!
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The horrible fake split was the first thing to go! it was luckily only held in place by body putty and a rubber mallet sorted it out...

The work starts we found a donor car for all the missing bits...
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We stripped the car completely in one day and what was left was confined to scrap.

Unfortunatley the previous owners of my car was very fond of rubberrising and stone chip... meaning I got pretty well acquinted with paint stripper , steel brushes and the stinking mess...
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That horribe dash board had to go! We found a donor pressing and this will be welded in...
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Years of sound deadening had to be scrapep off and I was best qualified for the task ( O JOY)
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The wheel arches was next, also covered in layers of :bn:
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and I removed it...

All the bolts and nuts will be electro plated but first they need to be cleaned, paint thinners and HCl did the job...
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so far 6 days have passed and I am pretty well pleased with what has been done so far...

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Wow that is some progress since the last time I saw it - well done! Looking forward to follow this thread, and a warm welcome to ACVWSA! :wink:
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I saw that bug advertised somewhere.. anyhow, welcome here and good luck with the project, keep the updates & photos coming.. :hangloose:
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good to have a tight deadline, keeps u pushing hard...
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wow....................good work there........
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Very nice ....!! well done ...lots of work been done so far ..in a short time !! ...time for an update and more pics
Details ....final colour ...wheels ...??
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hey good project!

a split beetle is a rear type of beetle.
i whish i had the time place and money to do this to my sc fleetline.
keep going and post alot of pics!
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hey good project!

a split beetle is a rear type of beetle.
i whish i had the time place and money to do this to my sc fleetline.
keep going and post alot of pics!
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[quote="The horrible fake split was the first thing to go! it was luckily only held in place by body putty and a rubber mallet sorted it out...[/quote]
Don't throw away, someone on the forum might have use for it
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Small update
Lots of clean bits:
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started to fit the Fat chick rear apron
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Late fuel injected beetles had them and a few sa built ones as well for some obscure reason
The pan also had years of dirt scraped off
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we lucked out on this one and found nice adjusters properly welded in
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thinking of having these reproduced
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Wow Superman....great work! Are you for hire?
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Hi were still cleaning and cleaning but there is very little left to do then the big paint
we have also recieved the stickers back and whilst not perfect they will do very nicely
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Impi, how much have you decided to sell stickers for?
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Ja, hoeveel? they really look :hangloose:
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Whilst these stickers look nice and are good quality they are not 100% as the artists took a few liberties
That said I can supply them at R20 each which just about covers costs
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