The bug project...

[Merlin]

hi ek het 1976 vw beetle en is opsoek na n plek wat breer fenders vir voor en agter verkoop

If you would be so kind as to help me translate your message (due to long-forgotten Afrikaans lessons), I might be able to help.

I have '68+ rear fenders for you, in good condition, and would be willing to sell them.

Cheers, Nic.

[karmakoma]

Hi Merlin

He is looking for some WIDER/WIDENED front and rear fenders for his 76.

[Merlin]

He's welcome to buy mine and widen them.

Thanks.

My Afrikaans went downhill after school - fast!

N.

[1972]

Hey Nic what happened with those items you told me you where getting they arrive? Oh yes and if you ever sell them i want first dibs

[Merlin]

Hey Nic what happened with those items you told me you where getting they arrive? Oh yes and if you ever sell them i want first dibs

Which?

I tend to have a continuous stream of "items" coming my way.

Sell? If it ain't listed, it ain't for sale.

[1972]

Hey Nic what happened with those items you told me you where getting they arrive? Oh yes and if you ever sell them i want first dibs

Which?

I tend to have a continuous stream of "items" coming my way.

Sell? If it ain't listed, it ain't for sale.

Lol no those 4 round items you had comming from canada?

[Merlin]

Hey Nic what happened with those items you told me you where getting they arrive? Oh yes and if you ever sell them i want first dibs

Which?

I tend to have a continuous stream of "items" coming my way.

Sell? If it ain't listed, it ain't for sale.

Lol no those 4 round items you had comming from canada?

It's been more than a few weeks now, but then the @#$%ing post office strike isn't helping...

No parcel slips this morning, so they're still in transit...

[1972]

Hey Nic what happened with those items you told me you where getting they arrive? Oh yes and if you ever sell them i want first dibs

Which?

I tend to have a continuous stream of "items" coming my way.

Sell? If it ain't listed, it ain't for sale.

Lol no those 4 round items you had comming from canada?

They going on the bug right?

[Merlin]

Yup - part of the latest batch of work...

[1972]

Cool post up some pics once you get them

[Merlin]

Cool post up some pics once you get them

That's optimistic thinking on your part.

[Tony Z]

So, whats happened to this project?

[Merlin]

...browsing the graveyard, Tony?

My bug's been running for several years now. Other things took priority, so although I have what I need to finish it, the interior has been as partially stripped for years. It won't be done until the bodywork is sorted and a respray has been effected. It is a 'toy', so to be honest, I'm not particularly phased about making it look pretty. It does what it was intended to do, and it does so very well.

It's currently sitting in KZN, dormant. It developed a problem with #3, just before I 'relocated'.

My '54 has taken over as my primary project, at present.