Aircooled VW South Africa

This is excruciating. Maybe that's why it's taken me so long to get to the point where I'm actually chopping.

Why????

See the project thread on this fasty.

Honestly WC, if you want to truly understand, you'd have to see the car in person. You'll quickly notice that there was once a botched restoration attempt.
The chassis has a rusted through, completely bent and broken wishbone.
The body is is rusted through (to the point where it literally crumbles in your hand) 1inch high, all along the floor pan.
When I took the bumpers off, the parts of the body they bolt on to, literally tore out off of the body.

Nothing says "I'm a dead car" like a man taking hold of a heater duct and watching it crumble to dust in his hands. And I'm not kidding, literally dust, not even flakes.
It had about the same consistency and texture as rough sand. This would have been savable if it was limited to one area, unfortunately it was all along the floor pan.

I have saved everything humanly possible, including the peaces under the dash. buttons, relays, the wiper motor and plastic vent ducts, even the loom is lying in my garage and all of this will be used to keep other type 3's alive and on the road.

But yes... if I had to look at this without having seen it, I'd do more than just ask why?

Should have sold it to an exporter, lets see the poms fix that one up.
I understand now, thanks, yeah sometimes you have to make them hard choises. But at least it is going to be an organ donar and keep others alive.

Hay it a convertible.....

Make the front section into a braai

That is such an excellent idea.
Or even the boot section... I can use the boot lid to open and close the braai.

Dude... This is seriously a cool idea!!!

I've seen it done with a Chev in the states. It looks quite cool, mounted against a wall.

You got Boksburg, Brakpan, Benoni in the States as well??

That's where kitsch comes from, Pine!

The torture continues. At least it's getting to an end now.

Finally, a good use for a garden fork!!

SFDT wrote:Finally, a good use for a garden fork!!

Damn, you beat me to it


Watercool, no joke... these two examples in this thread, makes me think that even this Fastback could be saved On another note, no news on the package yet?

Yup. If I had about R100k to blow, I would have restored it. But it would have been a new Fastback as most of it would have had to be new.
Remarkably, the rear suspension is perfectly usable. When taking it off the pan yesterday I honestly expected it to be in the same condition as the wishbone, I was pleasantly surprised.

As for this thread, the funeral rights are now complete. There is nothing left on my front lawn. There is no longer a Fastback, but there is a substantial amount of type 3 parts.

The good thing about this, is that I now have quit a bit of experience and knowledge regarding the assembly and dis-assembly of a Type 3.
That alone was well worth the time and money spent.