Aircooled VW South Africa

First off I just want to introduce myself. I'm a 27 year old that has always been in love with Beetles. When I was 17 it was the car that I was on the hunt for with my small budget but I landed up buying a MK2 Golf GTI and I will never regret it So a few cars later and with me always keeping my ears and eyes open for a project Beetle a friend of mine sent me a message late last year and said that she remembered that I said to her if she ever wanted to sell hers that she should let me know. She had it for about 3 years and wanted to buy something else. So 2 days later I paid and it's all mine In GREAT running condition with a few bumps and scratches and badly faded paint. When I took it for a drive I had a massive smile on my face but at the same time i was and still am thinking "what did I get myself into " I had a couple of days spare in December so I started stripping it. I'm planning on doing a whole body off (which I was hoping to already have done) and work from the bottom up. I run a small general engineering shop with a couple of cnc mills and lathes so I don't mind getting my hands dirty So most of the chassis work I will do myself. Now the spraying is where the problem lies but I am planning on saving up for that. It seems like it is going to be a LONG project as I need to save up cash and do it through stages.

So far I want to thank everyone here, I have been lurking for a while and reading up on posts and have gotten some awesome ideas! My plan is to go pretty original just with red and cream paint. Something along the lines of the first pic but not quite.

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Car looks good. Keep us up to date with the project.
Good luck!!

Cool man, good luck, keep us posted..

whereabouts in Alberton are u from? bug looks good, hope all goes well.

Thanks Everyone Well My shop is in alrode... And I stay mid town, Raceview. Stupid question, the first of many, what is the easiest way to get the steering coulumn off the chassis. The top spline, bottom spline or somewhere else? It's the last thing excluding only the brake and accelerator cable that I think has to come off before I can get the body off

hey dude,

great looking beetle and weldone on doing the work yourself...im also busy with a body off project and its worth it in the long run...

to get the steering colomb off you need to loosen all the bolts and nuts and screws around that round steering rubber and disconnect your tie rods..once you have done that the whole steering shaft etc will be loose from the body..

happy stripping and keep going...

you might want to consider keeping the original colour ( if it was red) and go for something like Golf 5 Tornado Red,,,

all the best

Shot