RHD S. African bug, MOT end April 2009, obviously tax exempt, first the pics
semaphored small window beetle which underwent a comprehensive resto mid-2006 (by blistered and Eddies Customs in Redditch) which involved the following,
panels replaced:
Front bulkhead panel
Heater channel bottoms and repairs to the heater pipes themselves (now completely solid)
Running board mount panel on drivers side
Rear cross member panels and sill closing panels
Both rear body mounts
Both floorpan halves
Floorpan/running gear details:
KCW 4" narrowed beam (with shock towers & no body mods)
CB Performance dropped spindles
Adjustable spring plates
All new brake hardware (master cylinder, wheel cylinders, shoes, fittings kits) All new brake pipes & flexi hoses
All new dampers
New king and link pins
All new gearbox mounts
All new rubber bungs etc
145/65/15 Continental Smart Car tyres on the front
155/15 Firestone F560 tyres on the back
Wide 5 solids all round c/w spare (all colour coded to the body)
Powder coated components:
Floorpan itself
Front beam
Brake backing plates
Brake drums
Spring plates
Rear driveshaft tubes
Fuel tank
Powertrain:
Very strong 12V 1200cc Vege engine on Solex 30PICT-2 carb with 38A dynamo
full set of new pushrod tubes fitted along with new seals, gaskets, rocker covers and clips during resto. Very dry engine, no leaks (my garage floor will testify
)
J tubes (so no heat exchangers)
Bosch 009 distributor
Interior:
Original vinyl seats and 2-tone door cards (dust green)
Original headlining all there (albeit a bit discoloured from the last 49 years..)
Driver's sun visor
No carpets just as-new black powder coated floorpan
Exterior:
One year only ceramic green
Some marks, dings/dents, scratches etc to body but I feel all adds to the authenticity and patina-style of the car
Rear fender guards & pressed number plates
Semaphores work fine
Resto-cal type accessories:
All accessories come with the car
except the Firestone swamp cooler in the pics as it took a very long time to find this one
NOS amber Fulton breezys (from USA)
NOS HP door tray
NOS Brexton rear picnic tray (sits over front seat backrest)
NOS DDR magnetic temp gauge on dash
NOS East German parking timer (inside of screen)
Original Wolfsburg bonnet badge
Original AA members badge on rear bumper
period Wingard spotlight & foglamp (not currently wired up)
Empi roof-rack
2 off vintage pressed Shell fuel cans
2 German beer-crates (one full of empty bottles)
2 off vintage suitcases (one lined with newspaper from 60s!)
Original 50's Roberts radio
Black Helphos searchlamp (suction not great but lamp works
.)
Vintage (pyrene) fire extinguisher
3 off Vintage 50/60s German maps (2 Bartholomew & 1 Esso)
Rear bumper-mounted 3rd brake light
Bullet valve caps & (front & rear) number plate fixings
Shrunken head on rear view mirror
Vintage (Solihull!) skateboard behind seat
Misc:
All bolts replaced with stainless during resto
Comes with original VW domed hubcaps (not in pics but can be seen in pics in resto thread)
Comes with some misc spares & docs etc
Car covered less than 200 miles in last year since purchase, always garaged and never out in rain hence all new parts from resto as still as-new!
Car flew through MOT this year with no work needed or warnings at all & negligible miles covered since then
Car only been to 2 shows during 2007 in current resto-cal guise and was snapped (c/w comment) at Dub-Freeze for April 08 Volksworld. Also previously featured in a Russian resto-cal mag (can supply pdf) and in Volksworld pics from 2006 Big Bang (without accessories). So the car definitely has the opportunity to stand out during the remainder of 2008 and the 2009 show season!
Links to resto thread:
Full details and resto pics (panels, welding, powder coating, build-up etc) of the above are in the following resto thread and show the extent and quality of the work undertaken. Similar resto threads also exist on VZi and Restowagen,
Volkstorque
https://volkstorque.co.uk/vt/read...59s-resto.html
Video (made by previous owner blistered) http://media.putfile.com/Dumped-59
In summary a super-solid slammed & narrowed semaphored bug with as-new running gear & floorpan with a nice patina top-hat, loaded with period & NOS accessories.
£4850 ono with all accessories (
except swamp cooler)
No pxs please or swaps want to sell the car outright.
For any questions or additional pics etc please get in touch as below,
Contact: Craig 07715 104791 or or pm
