Aircooled VW South Africa

Here we go the long awaited body repairs to get her back in showroom condition

CAnt believe that posted have been trying to post the whole week
well there she is and hopefully i can post some details as we go

Must make a plan and come out and have a look.......... since the pics are a little small

@bushpig will try gret then a bit bigger

Bet you say that to all the girls
Talk about topless .... Dude I take my hat/top off to you for the job you are doing will follow the progress.

JA helps having a good donar bus and no more about the beeger one
Work progressing as we type
Managed to get a local metal wizard by the name of Danny great price and comes in by taxi with the rest of my staff
Any other cape locals near Grabouw - try him out

Here is Danny working his magic
Going to get some good lines here

Just click on pic and it gets bigger love this photo shack!!

Roof cut off the donar bus and all welds drilled out to just get the skin to put on the pea- going to be alot of fill welding

Good stuff going on there Warwick, that roof replacement was a brave undertaking - Sweetpea is looking great

hi looking good u'r doin a great job hope to see it on the road soon

when u weld a new roof on how do u keep it from warping ?

The welding is going to be a challenge - the thinking is as such - drilling out the old welds should give a good "bath " for the join- welds will be clamped and work in sections not a continous seam - this should help with the not warping -
This was the reason I pulled the whole roof and not just fill the 'sunroof area - glad I did this cause some rust back right and front left under the skin -

Good luck this looks like a hectic job!!

Valentines day today - so a perfect day to 'marry' the red roof with the rest of the bus

Couple of G clamps - brazing rods and some gas to heat up the situation - should be great happyness later