Aircooled VW South Africa

Just come back from an extended stay at my fav. panelbeater.

Beautiful! Does it have EFI or carbs? These cars are SO underrated...

That's a lovely colour scheme !

Very Nice! I travelled next to this 412 along Bosmansdam road this past week. Looked very smart 'in the flesh'.

Nicely done.

Thks guys, and it goes soooo nicely.
New tyres, original size, 165 x 15, much nicer ride than the 185s on there before.
30 kg bag of sand in the bonnet, helps keep the nose down.
Yes, it is EFI, starts like no other VW aircooled motor I have ever owned, first time, everytime!

Had several problems with fuel leaking from the "high pressure" (actually low for EFI) system, but eventually replaced all the piping, and had to use hose-clamps onto the injectors , cos' I couldn't get replacement crimped fittings.

Hose clamps work very well, no more problems.

I did that hose clamp modification myself on my white 412LE - had no problem!
One just need to be careful not to damage the electric terminals (and there are a lot of them), when removing the engine. If one of the sensors or the altitude regulators don't work, the whole system fails. Contrary to popular belief, the ECU box (fitted inside the body panel, below the right centre windscreen, and about the size of a 500g Omo box), hardly ever fails, it is the connections that give problems. The little plastic screw on top of the ECU is used to adjust the fuel mixture.

I think I might still have a spare high pressure pump for you somewhere, will have a look then you can have it

Hey Thumper, next time you pass me (or more likely I pass you) give me a hoot, so I know its you!
Just bought a 1972 Beetle 1600 for my son, it has a padded dashboard, which I didnt know came out on this model.

I thought that the son likes Porsche

Fleet is as follows:
Variant 412 SW 1700cc
'72 Beetle 1600cc
'77 Golf Mk1 1100cc
Jag XJ6 Executive 4200cc
Land-Rover SIII 2500cc
'67 Triumph Spitfire 1300cc
Mazda Capella 1600cc
Fiat Uno 1100cc
2 x Honda 400/4 Supersports
.... and a coupe of scooters!

Total of 16050 cc of power!

Stil to come:
Porsche for the son
Saab Turbo for the dad

AND FOR MOM a UNO HEHEHEHEHEH

Hi Bugger, I see you spotted the odd vehicle in the line-up.
It is indeed the medems car!
And anything to keep her happy enough to let me own the rest of the fleet!!!! hehehe

What Porsche does your son want to get?911 or 924/944/928?

He is looking for a 944, but budget means it will probably be a 924.
Basically his budget is the Splitty for sale, so whatever he gets for the panelvan will go into the Porsche.
If anybody has a nice Porsche and wants to swop, please give me a yell.

We have seen a couple in the 35K to 45k range, in not bad condition at all.

Alternativey will consider a swop, Porsche for my XJ6 Executive.

Lovely cars! I was supposed to go and have a look at one,still didn't get the time
would like to buy one next year,but i think that I should rather spend the money on the fasty

osvw wrote:Hey Thumper, next time you pass me (or more likely I pass you) give me a hoot, so I know its you!
Just bought a 1972 Beetle 1600 for my son, it has a padded dashboard, which I didnt know came out on this model.

will do! just keep under 140km/h. Thumper cannot go faster than that..