Aircooled VW South Africa

Hear are some pics of Mellow's Project

Still Standard



Cut



Floating effect



Painted



Pan looking nice and clean



Beam modifications





I will leave it upto Mellow to provide more information on the project

Thanks blitz.
I cant see the 2,4,6 pics, but here goes.
No 1 pretty std except for the pan, front and rear susp being cleaned and sprayed.
No 3 the worst cut of all, saw this effect in a recent vw mag and I am hoping it will work ok if not off she comes.
No 5 The pan is sprayed with chemical resistant paint, mat on the inside and gloss underneath.
No 7 And there you have it a DIY cut and weld lowering job.

I hope you are going to weld that beam all the way round otherwise it will break as well as sweat grease.
Make sure you only weld a little at a time and make some sort of jig / frame & clamps to keep things straight, as it is going to pull skew with the heat.

Yep I had it CO2 welded in small amounts, took the guy about 2 hours to weld it up

sorry about that, photobucket is playing up

Nice Mellow - need to see the rest of the pics!!

Thanks Barry
it is nowhere near the cond of the one you are doing
I just had all these parts laying around at home and thought of doing something different.
Hopefully I will be able to spray the outside this weekend

WHAT, not going to the KKK

No Sorry
it is end of the month salty cracks for me

MELLO YELLOW wrote:I just had all these parts laying around at home and thought of doing something different......

Works for me!!!

Nice Mellow,the progress was fast.

Do you have a pic or somthing to show us what its gonna look like when its done?

Sorry only saw this now
There are some pics in the Volksworld Oct 2005 and Sept 2003 that I am takind ideas from But without the choptop and Forward mounted front susp.
It will be a combo of the two

some more info
Pan is sprayed mat black on the inside and gloss underneath, body is firengine red with mat black bonnet and bootlid.
Interior will be very sparswith no door pannels, no rear seat, front seat will be stripped bare and the srprings sprayed red with thick foam or rubber.
No roof lining or carpet set
For wheels I intend using the old 5 wide patern 14" rims in front and 15" at the back painted red (of coarse) with the silver hubcaps all round

Are you intending puting it through roadworthy. If so you need interior, 2 front seats without holes ( cant have them bare ). I'm not sure of the panels.

All window mechanisms, door locks and door handels must be operational. And all four rims must be the same size.