Aircooled VW South Africa

f#Ck guyz dont know what to do now. a good mate of mine told me that he had a Sbeetle for me , i whent to the west rand to vew the car in some guys yard that was sapposed to be working on the car but apparantly the has been standing in the yard for 4 yers . This hillbilly started stripping the car and selling off the parts. when we told him that we wanted to get the car on wednesday he called his sons and threatened to f#Ck us up. we going back on wednesday and poefully we can go home with a car and not missing teeth

vuyo wrote:A very sad day for me today. While staring my car it burst into flames the fire department had to get it out . I don’t know what to do now that car kept me busy for 6 years. Sad to see my hobby up I flames. Sad day for me indeed.

Damn Vuyo!!!! Sorry to hear about your loss.

got a car also black 78 but gonna paint it white .
To do.
prep and paint( ? )
fabricate the firewall( need to think bout it)
run cooling lines (got)
lower suspension (got)
fabricate engine mounts( need to think)
install disc brakes (got)
install roof lining and racing seats (got)
then im a for a way

cool banana's. see you on the road soon.

Vuyo, is your avatar not a prediction of what happened to the 1st Beetle.........

Maybe time to change it to a high speed, good going VW............

That sounds sweet Vuyo ! Did you loose your camera in the fire ? lets see some pics !

splitfan wrote:That sounds sweet Vuyo ! Did you loose your camera in the fire ? lets see some pics !

cool will get pics as soon as i have time. i cut out the firewall installed engine

Why do you cutout the firewall so much? no need for that!

RICKY-R69 wrote:Why do you cutout the firewall so much? no need for that!

i cut it out for more space eazyer to get to the starter and set timing will show you 2morrw how it looks

this is what the car looks like with old style fenders
im now panel beating the car