Aircooled VW South Africa

Greetings,
Decided to start a new thread. With all the new projects on the go I thought it appropriate to get mine started. The rebuild that is, stripping it down was the easy fun bit. Now excited to get started on what is a very vrot 182 but a 182 none the less. So my current list of things to tackle:-

1)The pan was very rotten and was a fiberglassed bath tub mess. Cut out and sending chassis for sand blasting. Then install new pans.
2)The body itself is also quite bad with the usual rust in all the bottom parts where body meets chassis. Still deciding how to strip and fix this.
3)Had the front beam sand blasted and about to install adjusters. Have all new thing only ball joints ready to be pressed in.
4)New brake drums ordered and all new braking components needed as everything is original and very tired. No compromise here.
5)Trying out urethane bushes in the front beam as needle bearings for this and internal bushing rocking horse shit. Originals tired.
6)The list goes on............

Awesome project man!
Good luck ahead!

Very enthusiastic, can not wait to see next installment.

Someone as brave as me taking on a job normally avoided by most.

Good Luck

Herman

Thanks Guys.
Ja Herman you have sparked the fire under my butt to jump in. Not right for you to have all the fun.
Its going to be challenging for me but it starts with the first cut and one has to be bold
With some guidance and advice from the forum I see nothing but blue skies ahead
Till the next post then.
Ciao

Good luck man , a mate is also busy with one but he's is almost ready for paint so a little further along than you , parts on these are hens teeth locally

Nice one Richard hope it goes smoothly and you get lots of enjoyment doing it.

So I've had a lot of stuff sandblasted and very pleased with the results. Removed old pans or what was left of them and ready to weld in the pans.
My mate has a kitted warehouse with two post lift so Ive finally found heaven. Have all new parts ready to start bolting on.
Just makes live so much easier what a pleasure. So now the "put everything back together" begins. Still a long way to go but I think ive picked the easiest car to restore, I might regret those words . Having said that the body is going to be a mammouth task and scared to see whats under the green paint. Plan is to work on it every Saturday what with work and children
Ciao
Madbones

The commitment is the hardest part, the work just follows on.

Great work, and good luck with your build.

AND REMEMBER its YOUR build.

Herman

What a pleasure it must be to use a lift !!!,.......now is where courage keeps yougoing!!

Keep it up

Haans

Is that the same one I A-framed with my Fastback, from George to PE, some years ago. ??

Must look at my Photo's.




Herman

The very same one it a lot of pieces and minus the spade and axe. LOL

By the way do you know any history of this 182?
Thanks

Madbones wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:29 pm By the way do you know any history of this 182?
Thanks

PM sent

Herman

Did you import most parts and what is the quality like?

retrovan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:10 am Is that the same one I A-framed with my Fastback, from George to PE, some years ago. ??
Herman

I don't see the A-frame Herman. It looks like you're just parking in front of the Thing, in the middle of the road!