Aircooled VW South Africa

RED RUST BUCKET that's what we call it...stripping a bus is possibly as much work as rebuilding one !
here are some pic's of the disassembling process...











luckily i'm not arachnophobic...cause they are there...big and small......



will post more as we go along....

Swiss Cheese......

Is the indicator flasher unit 6V or 12V ?

Holy moly!

hold on a second, who does the Westy belong to ?

Hells bells, that bus is really rusted.

Did you find any drugs or any other "stuff" of interest usually found when stripping a bus (apart from spiders!)?

Thanks for the pics

Hi Jacques,
You still owe me photos.........

Give or I will tell Jolas the Westy is for sale...........OOPS !


I Did not say that..........

ja...found some unused condoms
it's my son's lowlight '71 westy.
the red bus is a '64 6volt

WOW rusty indeed.
Are you just grinding it up for parts.
What is that channel looking thing on the roof ??

howdi splitz
yip we are stripping it for spares
the channel on the roof is a slider(guide) for a tent,it also has a curtain rail that runs inside along the whole rear of the bus.
this bus just stood in the velt for years..instead of in a shed of sorts...the caretaker of the bus is into studebakers...so the bus meant squat to him.
check in "spare parts arrived" post to see more pic's.

here are a few more pic's...





in this pic one can see straight through from the side of the roof to the rear of the bus !

will post more as we go along.....

some more pic's....
one thing i must say..these buses are strong..even rusted to shit, it is not an easy job stripping them,they don't just fall apart !






we were thinking of making it a convertible




almost there.......

Eish THAT is a rust bucket. Try cut out that bulkhead behind the seats in one piece and save it, someone will surely be looking for one sometime.
I gave one away to someone who needed one, the previous owner had hacked it out !