Aircooled VW South Africa

Bugandy wrote:Great project and enjoying your progress. Any reason why you raised the body?

Thanks, I just like the look.


I found out yesterday that I needed a little more clearance on the front fenders.

Hummm???

Old skateboard wheels.


New body mount spacer.

Do you ever sleep at night????????

What with all these fancy ideas you dream up. I like the skate board wheel idea.

I just love this thread.

hitlers revenge wrote:Do you ever sleep at night????????

What with all these fancy ideas you dream up. I like the skate board wheel idea.

I just love this thread.

Ahhaahh.. My brain never stops.

My job is to have ideas so I am pretty used to it.

CRAAAAAAAP!!!!!

I broke my hand yesterday.


Doc says I should not work on the car.

He is so funny...

thats gonna be one mean buggy,i actually like the wastegate sticking out,great work so far,

Was is caused by working on the car or did it have something to do with the magazines

You haven't been checking out the Seatcover section here have you

Sorry....Mrs DD just told me off...... I'm really sorry, hope it fixes quickly

Dutch_Diver wrote:Sorry....Mrs DD just told me off...... I'm really sorry, hope it fixes quickly

Thanks, Doc says it should be 4 to 6 weeks...
But...

A week after braking my hand I started again to work on the car today.

I have to say it was kind of slow but I did mock up and tack weld the front bumper.

Well done even with a broken hand your project continues to impress!

That car must be feeling more and more like a buggy, cos its even started leaking oil like they all do.

Well done so far,once again this is really impressive.

I know I need to fix this leak...

I bought a pair of 6" lights and worked on putting them on.

After cutting, grinding, and welding.


Finished look:

Love it all!

Thanks.

I did not like the look of the ATV bumper with its open ends.
So I decided to cut and weld new ends to it so its now a closed design.

Ok it is gonna be clearer with pictures:



After finishing both side I put the lights back on.





I am started to really like the cartoon look with the oversized KC covers...

This is a sneak peek of what I am working on for the suspension.
The look of the buggy is definitely off road but I will use it 99.9% on paved street.
That is why I decided to go with road race shocks:



Left is the EO strut and right is the same cut and sand blasted almost ready for the Koni insert.

are you going to be making up guards for your sump and gbox? they looking a little too exposed for my liking...