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Roadhawg
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 Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:23 am Post subject: Hi From South Africa! Our 1966 Kombi |
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HEy!!
So me and a Buddy have just bought our first aircooled Dub, a 66 Kombi. We have been messing around on the watercooled scene for a while (him being the Ex-chairman of the VWClub of SA and Me being the new chairman  ) but now we have dived headlong into the oldschool!
We heard about a splitty sitting in a guys yard through a friend, and went to take a look. Turns out his brother bought it and never really drove it and it had been standing for about 4 yrs. We figured why the hell not, the engine started, it moved forwards and backwards, the lights and indicators worked....only mehcanical problem was the brakes that didnt work at all, pedal to the floor.
Inside (he had been storing stuff in it)
Rust
More rust
Loaded on the piggyback
Outside the workshop to get the brakes sorted
The guy at the workshop is gonna sort the brakes (he's letting us buy the parts though to keep the cost down) and then also give the whole bus a once over to let us know if there are any sever problems that need immediate attantion.
We arent looking to do a big resto job, not yet anyway. For now we just want to get it running good and safe and leave it OG (Although i'm 90% sure that's not original paint....tempted to try cut it back and see...).
I'm sure we'll be back here soon with questions I can't even explain how excited I am though!!!!! |
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| Congratulations, it looks pretty nice! |
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Roadhawg
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:57 am Post subject: |
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Thanks guys.
We towed t straight to the shop and left it there on Saturday....So we kinda had it for like an hour.....I'm just ITCHING to get it back and start cleaning the thing. |
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Emeritusx
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Nothing harder than leaving it right after you bought it, I still have one on a trailer myself...
Looks like a real nice bus.. How is S Africa? Is it a pretty cool place to live? |
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Roadhawg
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| Emeritusx wrote: |
Nothing harder than leaving it right after you bought it, I still have one on a trailer myself...
Looks like a real nice bus.. How is S Africa? Is it a pretty cool place to live? |
Haha, hard question to Answer...
It's home I guess  If I could get a greencard i'd be in the states tomorrow, have family in San Francisco and everything.
But it's beautiful here, still loads of open space, I live in the biggest city in the country but drive 20mins an i'm practically in the bush. Beautiful beaches down by the coast (I'm way inland though).
The New Government is both good and bad, loads of corruption and complete stupidity at times but things seem to be on the up if they can sort out education, unemployment and the crime rate. As long as it doesnt go the way of Zimbabwe and the likes then we're sorted
Steadily growing Dub culture, we've been trying to get people back to the clean oldschool styles with Dubs, rather than gross chrome 17's on Mk1s and the like, which is a plague here!!! Come visit hehehe |
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The New Government is both good and bad, loads of corruption and complete stupidity at times but things seem to be on the up if they can sort out education, unemployment and the crime rate. As long as it doesnt go the way of Zimbabwe and the likes then we're sorted
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It wouldn't be much different than San Francisco  Enjoy your new bus it looks like a busload of fun. |
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BarryL
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| Beings it's Africa, is it one of those knocked down busses? |
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Emeritusx
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| I'd love to visit, but that'll probably never happen.. I like open country. Keep us posted on your progress and as always we love pics.. |
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Roadhawg
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| BarryL wrote: |
| Beings it's Africa, is it one of those knocked down busses? |
What you mean??
And South Africa, on the whole, is pretty different from the rest of the African countries. We have a half decent economy, developement happening, very rich cities etc
But yeah. |
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Neuk
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Hi all
I am the buddy that has bought the Kombi with Roadhawg Super excited for this project, just keen to get her up and running again and on the road so we can use her and tackle some of the mroe serious rust spots and issues...
South Africa is such a great place for buses like this, we keen to roll down to the Kwa-Zulu Natal coast, go camping in her and do some other roadtrips
More pictures to follow when we get her back and give her a good clean...
Cheers
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Neuk
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| BarryL wrote: |
| Beings it's Africa, is it one of those knocked down busses? |
What you mean?? |
Stu - I think BarryL means that it was largely manufactured overseas, and then transported here as a kit and assembled, instead of being manufactured here like the Polo's and Golf's are now... |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:51 am Post subject: |
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| Roadhawg wrote: |
| BarryL wrote: |
| Beings it's Africa, is it one of those knocked down busses? |
What you mean?? |
Stu - I think BarryL means that it was largely manufactured overseas, and then transported here as a kit and assembled, instead of being manufactured here like the Polo's and Golf's are now... |
Since the South Arican language looks alot like Dutch; do you have any
idea what your nickname means in Dutch???
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Neuk
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| volksfahrer.nl wrote: |
| Neuk wrote: |
| Roadhawg wrote: |
| BarryL wrote: |
| Beings it's Africa, is it one of those knocked down busses? |
What you mean?? |
Stu - I think BarryL means that it was largely manufactured overseas, and then transported here as a kit and assembled, instead of being manufactured here like the Polo's and Golf's are now... |
Since the South Arican language looks alot like Dutch; do you have any
idea what your nickname means in Dutch??? |
Ha Ha - We speak 11 official languages here, including Afrikaans which is a lot like Dutch And I know what my nick means in Dutch.... |
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Roadhawg
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Stu - I think BarryL means that it was largely manufactured overseas, and then transported here as a kit and assembled, instead of being manufactured here like the Polo's and Golf's are now... |
Ahhhh I see.
Well yes. It has a German Plate on the Roof inside, and then there was another plate that said it had been built by "South African Auto Builders" or something.
Neuk has that other plate so he could say. |
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fig
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Welcome to thesamba.com Neuk and Roadhawg, and congratulations on getting your bus.
obus, I am in the same city as they are, and we've already met on the local ACVW forum. Check it out at http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za
And yes, their bus was a CKD, made in Germany and assembled in South Africa. Local content laws mean certain parts, like glass, tyres, batteries, etc were made in SA, but the rest came from Germany.
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Roadhawg
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| fig wrote: |
Welcome to thesamba.com Neuk and Roadhawg, and congratulations on getting your bus.
obus, I am in the same city as they are, and we've already met on the local ACVW forum. Check it out at http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za
And yes, their bus was a CKD, made in Germany and assembled in South Africa. Local content laws mean certain parts, like glass, tyres, batteries, etc were made in SA, but the rest came from Germany. |
Thanks Fig. Never knew that.
Ive been sitting researching all this aircooled/oldschool stuff everynight. It's a pretty steep learning curve hehehe. I think we gonna have to buy a welder...or make friends with someone who has one.
Im gonna go past the Workshop tomorrow and see how it's getting on. Need to find out what brake parts i need to buy and stuff. |
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If it were me I'd look at getting the following done as a minimum:
damaged outriggers/jacking points
cargo floor holes
damaged outer sill/s (often meaning inner too, and strengthener)
gutters (breaking out badly)
Not meaning to rain on the parade but I can see a fair amount of work in that bus under the paint. I'd also check bulkhead seams, tophats where the floor is suspect, lower front valance inners etc
Of course, depends what level you want to take it too. But that's where I'd start...
Ben |
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