October 2009 Blog Posts (12)

The United Nations T3 is now home!

A big thanks to Greg Christie who was kind enough to give me a lift up to Lemon Tree Passage (North of Newcastle) where the car was located. Car ran fairly well on the way home, however I think it could do with a tune. Aside from that I could accelerate up every hill on the F3 without changing back once. Makes a nice noise too.

I was lucky enough to pick up a few extras with the vehicle:

- A spare fuel tank - For sale

- 4 x black 15" Merc rims (with VW trims) -… Continue

Added by Ash on October 30, 2009 at 21:31 — 6 Comments

Next Issue of VWMA #24

Good to see Doc's red panel (BIERDR) is on the front cover. Lots of interesting stuff this time including a story on Old Bar, words and photos supplied by yours truly...

Check it out here: http://www.vwma.net.au/

Added by Ash on October 27, 2009 at 8:20 — 7 Comments

reVOLKS Show and Cruise

reVOLKS started as Saturday morning get together coffee 4 years ago until it was suggested to run a cruise aswell So now we have a format of show to miidday cruise the bush and great ocean road and return to Torquay for overnight camp Then Breky and a small cruise to queenscliff and return to Geelong

Show was building nicely then Melburg luft cruis arrived in a spectacular display of 18 dubs

We had in total 40 vehicles with 20 doing cruise and a dozen stayed overnight

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Added by Beerdoc on October 26, 2009 at 21:00 — 1 Comment

Compliance plate for United Nations T3

Added by Ash on October 26, 2009 at 7:00 — No Comments

Just bought another T3

Just put the money down on another T3. It's an '89 model Caravelle imported from South Africa, not in bad nick. Was originally a United Nations vehicle. It has a Ford 3.0 litre V6 mated to a reinforced VW 5 speed.

Some interesting extras include:

- UN numbers still on the roof

- Toughened glass all round

- A gun/document safe mounted under the back seat

- A pair of belly mounted long range fuel tanks

- Bracket on the rear window surround to mount a steal… Continue

Added by Ash on October 25, 2009 at 15:00 — 10 Comments

Go fast stripes...

As usual I'm always on the search for subtle upgrades that don't hit the hip pocket too badly. Ended up going down to the local Auto Pro shop (thanks BAS) and for the princely sum of $10, got a 10m roll of adhesive black pin stripes. Kind of looks like it was a factory inclusion which is always nice...…

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Added by Ash on October 24, 2009 at 17:30 — 2 Comments

69 notch steps up a notch

busy again today, repaired the drivers side sill (rocker) needs finishing, i bought a car tilter so now the notch is at about 45* in my garage (i need a bigger shed!) the floor pan on the passengers side is alot worse than i first imagined, i need a rear 1/4 pan, i'll ask about next week see whos got one for grabs!
i'm going to be very busy soon cos my uk syncro has arrived, just waiting for aquis clearance now!

Added by john hornby on October 18, 2009 at 22:41 — No Comments

Steve Muller's Wedding

I spent the day at Freshwater Beach at Pilu, a great Italian restaurant, doing the photography for Steve Muller's (Kombi Rescue) wedding today. Both he and Rhonda had a very happy day surrounded by family on both sides. Rhonda looked stunning arriving in a gorgeous 60's factory Karmann convertible owned by Steve's brother Adrian.

A few light showers in the morning did nothing to dampen anyone's spirits with beautiful weather opening up just at the right time. The setting was just… Continue

Added by Ash on October 18, 2009 at 20:00 — No Comments

Monday Old Bar Cruise in the Local Papers

Journos from the local paper caught up with us when we were having lunch at Wingham the day after the Kombi Festival at Old Bar. After having a chat with us, they took some photos. I'm not sure why they decided to publish this one, maybe the controversy? Anyway, at least Volks Culture got a mention.…

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Added by Ash on October 13, 2009 at 9:01 — No Comments

Visit to Deus Ex Machina

Being school holidays and all I took my kids for a cruise to Deus Ex Machina in Camperdown. I though it might be a good venue for a Volks Culture breakfast cruise in early December. Very cool place.

The business is split up into three separate areas. Shop, workshop and cafe.

First of all we checked out the Deus bike and merchandise shop. Awesome hardware on display. These guys have a real old school attitude that would appeal to most… Continue

Added by Ash on October 9, 2009 at 15:30 — 2 Comments

Old Bar 09 - Chasing the Sun

For me, the essence of the Old Bar Kombi Festival is friends, buses and salt air. No matter what the weather dishes up, you can be assured of lashings of the good stuff.

This was my third, and for many of us, the build-up happens over six months or more. So much time is spent getting your bus just right, and for the few weeks beforehand getting away is at the forefront of your mind.

This year, the forecast was worrying, and sure enough, we were in for a wet and blustery… Continue

Added by Ash on October 7, 2009 at 16:30 — 9 Comments

kit car project, bug to kubel (poss buggy)

i bought a burned out bug a while ago, the body was badly burnt but the floor pan and running gear was totally untouched, so today i parted the pair i'm very impressed with the results, the pans are ok, the running gear is very good, and the body will be carted off to make fridges in china soon!!

i've seen a couple of home made kubel kit cars which look like really good fun, i'll see what licencing have to say and take it from there, if they wont allow my dreams, i'll settle for a manx… Continue

Added by john hornby on October 4, 2009 at 22:30 — No Comments