Aircooled VW South Africa

Short History:

Got the vehicle from my Grandma in 2003 as my first car. She had done 89 000kms with it and it still had the original front tyres on as I remember.

I swopped the old wheels for ProWhites to enable the fittment of more economical tyres.

It was put into storage(plaas skuur) in 2010 as I had no place for it at the time and the vehicle was not running.

The photo of the car on the trailer was Feb 2017 when I collected it on the farm. Full of all kinds of rat turds and gunk.

The other two photos are of it after a handwash and vacuum.

Took me about a month and a half to sort out a bunch of stuff and we finally have a machine that is running and driving. So I can get it to the various experts to have a look at it.

First stop is a aircooled vw engine specialist to ensure the engine is running soundly, safely and reliably.

Next stop is probably the Auto-Electrician to sort out the various wires that were damaged by rats.

Then off for a proper polish to figure out whether the stains are removeable and which panels would need a respray.

LAstly then interior.

Looking forward to making this my everyday driving car again.

Good luck with the project. Hope it goes smoothly.
Give the exterior a clean and leave it as is if its not too bad. Then put it a monster engine and you'll have an awesome sleeper