Aircooled VW South Africa

hifibug57 wrote:

fig wrote: Light blue:

but surely the white to the beltline (right) is incorrect?

Trevlyn wrote:So i must then ask fig, how would you recongize a fleetline? and is the fleetline the only bus with the vw emblim push up on the front?

Have a great day.

fig wrote:Fleetlines (like all Brazilian splits) were a hodge podge of early and late split parts:
pre-55 style cargo doors, but mirror-image for RHD; 58-style engine hatch, but with pushbutton lock; early-type pull-out door handles; pre-64 corner windows on Kombis (must be the only 15-windows that aren't deluxes); small (pre-64) rear hatch, though both panels and Kombis had the bigger back window; sway bar on front axle; 12V alternator electrics; 1600 DP engine; big-nut transmission; etc, etc.

They also had a few Brazil-only quirks, like a pressed-in VW emblem on the front panel (try steal that!) and no slots in the dash for the radio speaker (just three slots each side of the radio hole).