Dismantling begins 7/04/2013

 

 

While everything looks okay and indeed the car is solid as a rock, you can see that it is due for a bit of work to get it back into the condition that it deserves.

 

I have already removed a lot of the interior carpeting as you will see from some of the images so today I removed the front fenders, the side trim and all of the lights (as well as some other items like the interior mirror, wipers and windscreen).

 

All of the removed items and fasteners have been boxed or bagged and stored for safe keeping while I continue to dismantle the car down to the body shell.

Hot VW's Magazines

It was hot here today in Adelaide so I stayed inside and decided to tidy up the VW magazines by arranging in chronological order etc.

 

I need to find about a dozen Hot VW's magazines to complete my collection by the looks of it.

NOS Velvet Green L512 Notchback Fender Beading

 

Took me about 15 years but I now have 2 x sets of NOS Velvet Green L512 fender beading to suit notchback's. The best set will end up on the 1500 'S' and the spares will remain that way.

 

Some of the hardest parts to find thus far have been these!

 

If anyone has spares, please get in contact with me.

NOS green-walls for the 'S'

 

 

 

 

 

I found this set of NOS Olympic 15 inch green-walls about 20 years ago.

 

Made in Australia during the 1960's, the set of 5 are close enough in colour to the Velvet Green trim seals on the 1500 'S' that I will have them installed on the original notchback wheels at the appropriate time in the future.

 

One of them is a bit dis-coloured as you can see, so that will be the one that ends up on the spare wheel.

 

I originally bought this set of NOS green-walls along with a set of NOS red-walls and a set of NOS blue-walls. I wish I had never sold the red and blue ones on but anyway, I have managed to keep the green ones and those are the ones I wanted.

 

Rare hey.

547 885 - Original plates for the 'S'

 

Found the original alloy 'LYKKE' SA number plates as shown in the photo's of the last post (see below) for the notchback.

The top plate is the front one and has a bit of paint missing now due to wear and tear but I don't mind. Also note how the holes are drilled a little on the piss - the photo's in the previous post below show the number plate was always crooked!

The bottom plate is the rear one and is a little damaged on the top edge from the goods that were carried in the rear 'trunk' back in the day. Again, it's all a part of the history of this car so these minor blemishes shall remain to help tell a bit more about the car in its early years.