Aircooled VW South Africa

Drusky wrote:Lovely, I don't like the blue stripe either but .....

The blue sidewall is only a protective coat on the white wall, when washed, will be snow white and very pretty.....

Must say, thats a nice bus, hope you have a jolly time in her, and please Post her For Sale her on the Forum, before you go to Gumtree, as here she will get a good home. and boy, does she deserve a good home

Herman

Drusky wrote:Lovely, I don't like the blue stripe either but I love that the only mod you have done is to preserve the bus by killing rust and painting over. Down at the sea you have no choice. I prefer fig's view of preserving the bus as it is, rust dings and faded og paint but I painted mine too. It will be destroyed here without good paint.

The blue stripe is in fact a white wall, they're bought like that to protect them in freighting etc..you actually have to clean it off to reveal the white strip underneath.
Also everyone loves an OG unpainted virgin bus but in real life its nicer to see a shiny vehicle in your garage (especially at sea level yes).

retrovan wrote:

Drusky wrote:Lovely, I don't like the blue stripe either but .....

The blue sidewall is only a protective coat on the white wall, when washed, will be snow white and very pretty.....

Must say, thats a nice bus, hope you have a jolly time in her, and please Post her For Sale her on the Forum, before you go to Gumtree, as here she will get a good home. and boy, does she deserve a good home

Herman

Thanks for the kind words, can't wait for it to be done!
Will post it up FS here as soon as she's ready to go...

SO after the bus came home from the panelshop I decided to do some more tinkering, as one does. I found a few things that bugged me and could be easily corrected with some elbow grease and a little TLC...

Cleaned up and rust guarded inside doors, note original plastic liners. Not a fan of the overspray but what can you do..


Lifted, cleaned and replaced front rubber mat.




All decals still intact.




Removed OG head unit and wrapped in plastic. Did a "mild" sound install - Mp3 Front loader, Amp speaker...the usual WITHOUT having to sacrifice any panels! lol




How she's looking currently:

Very nice, I was also confused about the "blue" whitewalls lol !

Lovely solid Kombi there

very cool find hope you enjoy the ride with her

Woah dude. Very pimp ride. Not sure I could sell after becoming emotionally invested!