Aircooled VW South Africa

Hi guys

I thought I'll share some pictures of my friend's bus. He's had it since 1998, but due to circumstances only got to it now. We will obviously try to keep as much of the patina as we can, but will probably respray the roof.

Wernher

Sweet.. I like it!

Love it!

Anybody have more info on the jumper seat in the middle of the bottom picture?

Was that an add on? or Orginal like in ambulances?

I have one lying around and its the first time i have seen one in a non ambo?

Nice bus B!

Muds

Nice Kombi.

Many of the SA split kombi's came from factory with the "jump seat".

Thats lovely!

Muderick wrote:Anybody have more info on the jumper seat in the middle of the bottom picture?

Was that an add on? or Orginal like in ambulances?

I have one lying around and its the first time i have seen one in a non ambo?

That would be the 10-seater Kombi, unique to the SA market. It came out standard with a rear-facing middle seat (no fold-down section) and an ambulance-style jump seat attached to the wall opposite the doors. The base of the 10-seater jump seat is slightly different to an ambulance jump seat, as the ambulance seat has small cut-outs to fit beside the spare wheel well moulding on the bulkhead, whereas the 10-seater jump seat base is square. The other parts (backrest and mountings) are the same.

fig wrote:The other parts (backrest and mountings) are the same.

The backrest is not the same. The Kombis have more oblong-shaped backrests and are not lined with piping.

Thanks for uploading these wernher! nice to see the other 67 with red seats and white piping further down with the same "10th seat".

Welcome to ACVWSA karmannultima. We're looking forward to hearing more about your bus.

How about an intro in the newbies thread so we can know a bit about you and your ACVW interest.
http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=220