Aircooled VW South Africa

Wow that looks nice, wish I was there already.

A couple more pics in final primer before top coat.

And some other work I have been doing in the background.

Some more parts added to the engine, but not yet completed.


Distributor plated, carb and fuel pump cleaned and polished with aqua blasting. Loose parts plated and assembled.


Parts plated and getting ready for assembly.


Handbrake, pedals, steering columns etc


Airfilter rebuild.


Front suspension rebuild.

Wow...that is looking like a million bucks!

Mooi Sean !

And now for the best part, when final paint is applied.

First painting job was done on the inside. The sealing wax red is looking good, although its colour seems to change a lot depending if its inside or outside in the sunlight.











Here you can see the underside grey as well, I forgot to take pictures when we sprayed the underside.

Front seat also been re upholstered.

sean wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:47 pm Front seat also been re upholstered.

Not really much more can be said...wow bud!

WOW!!! stunning!

And now with the top coat in beige grey sprayed this morning.

This is awesome. Looking better than new.
Wonder what the previous owner would say if he sees it now.
Well done.

Now thats how it is suppose to be done,nice top notch stuff well done it is going to be a beauty.

sean wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:47 pm Front seat also been re upholstered.

That looks fantastic. Where did you get the upholstery material?

fig wrote: ↑Sun Aug 30, 2020 8:01 pm

sean wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:47 pm Front seat also been re upholstered.

That looks fantastic. Where did you get the upholstery material?

It was quite a search. My Upholsterer eventually found it.

The textures and consistencies of the run of the mill vinyl's we have here in SA are not correct. I gave my upholsterer an original sample and said not to come back until he found the correct colour and textured vinyl. I think the company was in PE, but I will ask him.

Thanks Sean. I've been looking for correctly textured vinyl for some time.