Aircooled VW South Africa

Found it on eBay a few days ago whilst I was planning my trip to Kleft & Klonk. She was living in Carlisle with a nice guy called Lee Moses who imported her 18 mths ago.
Lee bought her to keep & has done a terrific job painting her. It was originally from Sunny California by one family from new. I got a pile of receipts dating back to 1980. Lee stripped the outside & carried out a bare metal respray in base coat & lacquer. It has never been welded (apart from the side markers etc) Its 100% rust free & there isn't a mark or blemish anywhere.
Its the 1979 2.0 L Fuel Injection engine with electronic breaker less ignition, Catalytic converter & oxygen sensor, its much more efficient than a normal air cooled & drives spot on. I've driven home tonight 400 miles without missing a beat.
Here are the pics that were on eBay:-

Took Milly to a classic car show on Sunday, really nice weather, free to get in & loads of cool cars:-

Started buying for Milly already.
A battery isolator connector:-


Some new Seatbelts, these are custom made for a Bay window, I cose the tan colour as I think it will suit the bus, I bought 2 front inertia 3 paoint belts, one front lap belt, 1 rear lap belt & one rear inertia 3 point belt:-



I also bout 6 metres of the original style plaid cloth:-

Some pics taken outside the house:-

Got out my new Halfords tool kit & decided to fit my new seat belts. I've taken quite a few photos with my new camera (Nikon D40 so that you can easily do it yourself. All the screws etc are supplied. The rusty looking bits is just the horse hair seat filling which is deteriorating & falling out from the seat bases there is no rust remember:-

Basically now I have three seat belts in the front & 2 in the rear. I didn't take as many pics of the back ones because my brother called in & so I got distracted but you get the idea.

Called over Penllergaer Woods today just to take some pics of Milly.

My M8, Lee came up today & we changed all the brake lines on his mint Apple green GT Betle. Goodridge hoses & copper/nickel alloy hard lines.







Was going to fit the alloy step but the tank guard is in the way so I'll remove that & fit it tomorrow.



Also Lee spotted a good reflection in the hub cap so got a photo of it:-

WOW!!! Truely stunning bus.
Thanks for sharing!