Aircooled VW South Africa

Hi , I'm Derrick , don't have a VW ( or any other old cars ) at present - used to have a 1200 Beetle from 1957 back in the 70's , one of those with the concertina type folding Sunroof - a really excellent car that I always regret selling . My Partner had a '63 1300 for many years , also good , but it rusted far more than the 1200...later went on to Jetta , Fox etc.( the 1800 Jetta was pathetic but the Fox 1600 was good )- neither had the character of the Air cooled cars in my opinion.
I admire well done Restomods but I prefer a proper restoration ( maybe with some upgrades for modern conditions ! )

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Derric, hope you will be aqquiring an aircooled VW in the near future. What are driving currently??

Hi
I am Freddie Booysen from Pretoria North

I am new to the group driving a non aircooled vw Kombi 2011 Model at the moment.

I am in the It industry owning my own business and enjoying it

Hi, I am new here. I have been a VW fan for many years now. Im hoping I can learn some things and get some solid advice on how to get my bug in top condition. Shes quite scrappy but mechanically runs very well. In the 5 or so years I have owned it, I have had all kinds of fun and headaches, yet she is a mostly reliable daily runner. Just thought I would introduce myself and tell you about my machine, which sometimes has more personality than I do. cheers,

Freddie, do you work on aircooldes though???

Darkblade. The posts on the forum is very informative. You should start your own thread an post pics......lotsssss of pics.

yes busy with a 74 beetle getting mechanicals sorted for roadworthy and have a 72 bus that is in storage at the moment that i am struggling with to get the paperwork ( or papermess) sorted will probably have to reintroduce it.
Also have a non aircooled 72 mini stationwagon project in storage which i will not discuss on this site.

Hi, I'm Lionel. I work in the city at http://www.bigwebmedia.co.za/website-design/ and my ride is a VW MK 7

Hi all from a Newbee,
My name is Craig, and I hail from Cape Town. I have just added my First VW to my car collection. It's a 1975 Splitwindow Fleetline bus. It is 90% complete. I have managed to get it started and has gears. Just the seats and a few odds and ends missing. The body is rusted badly. So I guess there are going to be long nights fabricating and replacing panels. I look forward to the wisdom and advice from this forum to get me through the build. Cheers

Craig. Post some photos, we love pics......lots of pics

Hi im Colin and stay in Pretoria east

my first car was a 76 beetle, sold it after 3 years of ownership, this was back in 1993.
since then had a couple vw's ,2 fords,and 2 Bmw's,one which I will really miss.
at the moment am driving a defender 90 and 110 and a navara.......and have just bought a 1975 1600l beetle, same colour as my first beetle I bought back 1990.will be my daily drive for next 2 years then my son will get it as his first car.

cheers

Colin, get rid of the Landy's and buy more BEETLES

GERHARD73 wrote: Colin, get rid of the Landy's and buy more BEETLES

no way,as much as the Beetle has become an icon so has the defenders,i enjoy them too much.
picked up my Beetle on Saturday and towed it home on a trailer(not roadworthy yet),used the Defender90 ,when I got home took it around the neighbourhood,brought back a lot of memories,son loves it and first thing he did was wash it.he cant wait until he turns 18,then its his

Hello all, not new but wasn't active when I joined in 2010.

I am a big opel fan. On my 7th opel.

We have had a bay window for over 10years now and for at least the last 8 years it has just been standing and rusting. We have sourced a new body and waiting for it to be delivered. Then the project will finally begin.

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Welcome one and all.

Sure you will enjoy it here with us and just remember we are all Aircooled addicts here, and as its a sickness, you are destined to become one as well.

Allow us to share in your joy by opening a project thread, and posting lots of photo's

Herman