Well it was a pleasure to meet you :). Why dont you post your bugs pics up here??? Its a good project.
I do not know you closely but if you are up to the challenge, rebuilding a VW makes one learn many things. If you follow the advice of people having experience (which may be read as people who have made mistakes in the past and seen the results ....like myself!) you would be far better off than if you choose to sail solo....
Don't worry about the steering and other bits. As I said parts are getting a bit tricky to find but stuff does turn up. One has to be patient, that's it.
I shall try to find you as many bits as I possibly can from my sources.
For the fuel filler pipe you can either hunt one down at the scrappers or you may try your luck trying to find a rubber hose of the correct gauge at a spares market.
The post 68 original filler hose comes in three pieces, a metal short pipe in between two small lengths of rubber hose. To complicate matters further, each connection has a broad rubber band like band to prevent fuel leaks. So understandably these are hard to find in good condition at junk yards and kabarias as Ive observed. Often one needs to combine a couple (or more) of sets to come up with one good set. Try your luck.
Finding a 'universal replacement' all rubber pipe is harder than I thought. I looked around for it several years ago and visited the major markets of Plaza and the market around the famous Longman stores but had no luck. Finally I did find a fixed length of pipe from some other market which I used. Its still in place to this day and does its job.
Not having the pipe should not stop you from starting the bug. Improvise but keep safety paramount. You can design something to plug the filler area snugly for the time being. But I wont advise you to drive with this setup.......safety safety safety!
Keep us updated on your progress....you may pmail me if you have any queries you feel you cant post up here.....
Well said,
We do need 'karigars' like these every now and then, be it for an improvisation/'jugar' due to lack of spares.
Can you give us the directions to Mr. Gohar please?? Someone may need to pay him a visit.
I found an old timer silencer walla in the Saddar area who offered to make me a VW muffler from scratch. Two qualities, one cylindrical low budget one and the other a close replica of the original thing......Havent tried him though as I was only getting a muffler repaired from him....
Im going to post some VW pics Ive just offloaded from my cell phone.....random snaps.....I m posting as Ive recently learnt the hard way that hard drives can crash making one lose all data.....
Might as well share, although out of place......
This was a lahore reg 1302 at one of my mechanics place. Was brought there by a Driver who said his 'sahab' could sell it.
It was an original AC car though many parts were missing/swapped/screwed. It was getting its front disc brakes fixed. I had to make a swift getaway after the driver was told by the people there that 'in dactar sahab kay pass is gari ka har saman hota hay'
The engine compartment with some closeup shots of an attempt to make a compressor fit.....
Inside the front trunk.....
Oh yes!!!
Forgot to mention.....if you look closely at one of the closeups above, you would see oil leaking from near the distributor.......the oil cooler seals on this car were shot on this car.....
I had asked the driver sahab some questions and asked him stuff like does the car behave this way and that......all of the answers were positive!! This was all the more reason the gentleman literally chased me asking me to 'fix the car up for his sahab'!! Lol!
Spotted a few months ago in the Marriott parking lot
Close up of one of the most genuine bug's keys Ive seen......snapped at Basit's garage.....
The metal thing you see is a small plaque which came from the dealers in brand new VWs, having the round VW logo and the Chassis number engraved on it. Most owners threw these away or lost them, like most original keys but somehow this has survived....Amazing!.....probably one of a few in the country.....
The two different styles of 68 bug speedos....the classic bigger font came in the early 68 bugs for a few months only being replaced by the later sharper font.
Of course we can have both these types in Km/hr format like the one in my bug.....