Aircooled VW South Africa

My girlfriend spotted a couple of nice resto projects in the South Coast (Natal)

Interestingly enough,they are all Fleetlines.

The pink one is the pits!

This is great to see......buses being cared for in SA and I think finally people are seeing it's worth it! I'm see more and more of the VWAC's being saved every day.

LOVE IT!!!!

Apparently they are going for good money too - about 100k

Think if the price goes up a little we will get more people seeing the value and thus respecting AC's a bit more - perhaps even have some parts suppliers bringing stuff back in to support the following

Those A4 mag wheels look pretty cool on the blue fleetline! Modern

Is the blue one a fleetline ? I cant make out the badge being pressed out and I notice some deluxe trim ???

Think you are right splitz, looks like a 15 window deluxe, also can't spot a pressed in badge on the grey one now that you mention it...no wait, its there, very faint, but its a fleetline.

The seam on the long panel, right hand side, is also a give away. Some people cut out the badge and weld in flat metal.

SambaOwner wrote:The seam on the long panel, right hand side, is also a give away. Some people cut out the badge and weld in flat metal.

I thought about cutting out my badge, but luckily left it in

Ek verstaan nie so lekker oor die seam nie ? watse seam waar ?

u guyz are bl##dy good, hats off to u all, 2x hipps and a hurray

15 Window Deluxe?

I doubt very much that it's a 15 window Deluxe.They are more scarce than the Sambas and was produced before 1964.

So the "fried egg" flicker lenses tells me it can't be a 15 window Deluxe.

Ask fig,he'll tell you.

This Seam ???

What does that seam mean? Mo doesn;t have that seam but could well be filled, who knows?

Apparently fleetlines have the seam, so the fact that Frank's bus does NOT have the seam, proves the point I guess?

Splitz wrote:This Seam ???

Yes

Dutch_Diver wrote:What does that seam mean? Mo doesn;t have that seam but could well be filled, who knows?

Because Mo is German...and you know I hate the Germans

karmakoma wrote:Apparently fleetlines have the seam, so the fact that Frank's bus does NOT have the seam, proves the point I guess?

Yes