Aircooled VW South Africa

Got mine a week ago, apparently its a '67. Had to get her home on a trailer. Planning to pull the engine.

Stephanus wrote:Got mine a week ago, apparently its a '67. Had to get her home on a trailer. Planning to pull the engine.

Congrats!!!, Nice to see more Variant projects ,

Would love to see pics!
Im also gona pull the engine soon, I striped the fenders this weekend, found a few bad rust spots

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/day1.gif/ is where i saved it. I don't know how to paste it here yet but i'll get the hang of it.

Shes a beauty! body looks good, but you missing side trims,
whats your plans for her?

My son has plans for her since it's "his" car. I want to restore as original as possible. He wanted to drop the chassis and put air suspension in (until i showed him the price of those kits), new VW rims, I see Volkspares advertised some Raider wheels in the S&S mag in January. But for now, both of us just want to get the motor running and I'll be going to Kaya Sands this weekend looking for body parts. There will definitely be a respray involved. The upholstery is still pretty good but needs some attention. The top part of the dash has to be redone. (there is no bottom part). The wiring is a mess. We plan to start our project this weekend. Probably start with the engine.

Stephanus wrote:My son has plans for her since it's "his" car. I want to restore as original as possible. He wanted to drop the chassis and put air suspension in (until i showed him the price of those kits), new VW rims, I see Volkspares advertised some Raider wheels in the S&S mag in January. But for now, both of us just want to get the motor running and I'll be going to Kaya Sands this weekend looking for body parts. There will definitely be a respray involved. The upholstery is still pretty good but needs some attention. The top part of the dash has to be redone. (there is no bottom part). The wiring is a mess. We plan to start our project this weekend. Probably start with the engine.

Just do air! There is no better feeling than making that car scrape frame

Stephanus wrote:My son has plans for her since it's "his" car. I want to restore as original as possible. He wanted to drop the chassis and put air suspension in (until i showed him the price of those kits), new VW rims, I see Volkspares advertised some Raider wheels in the S&S mag in January. But for now, both of us just want to get the motor running and I'll be going to Kaya Sands this weekend looking for body parts. There will definitely be a respray involved. The upholstery is still pretty good but needs some attention. The top part of the dash has to be redone. (there is no bottom part). The wiring is a mess. We plan to start our project this weekend. Probably start with the engine.

Sounds good!!!
What colour you planing to spray her?
Are you going to replace the engine or do a recon?

I agree with Blitzkrieg, Air would be awesome!, I also want to do it, but its costly!!!

I am planning to recon the engine. First time I'll attempt something like this. I found out in the meantime (from the registration docs, and it's confusing to a layman ) the first date it was liable for Registration was January 1967 but the Vin number starts with 369 which means it is a 3(type)69(model). Now to buy engine parts - is it crucial, whether or not, it's a '67 or a '69? I'd appreciate feedback if you know about this stuff.

Biggie19 wrote:I Finally got my Variant square back!!!, cant wait to get started!

Congrats, lovely car. Good luck with the project.

Squareback (a nickname) is a hyponym of Variant.It's like saying "My car is crimson red."

Helloooozzz everyone!

Havent posted anything on this forum in a long while,
I hope you all are doing well!

Anyways... finally got into doing some work on my variant again,
Continued to strip her, she doesnt look to bad,

Found a couple of spots of Cancer in the floor pan, Im hoping someone has a donor floor pan for me

It feels good to to work on her again!

Here are some pics

come and visit sometime dude, you know where I live.....good to see some progress on the car

I will hopfully make a turn by you on the weekend.......Thanks bro!