November 2009 Blog Posts (5)

UN T3 - Wheel bearings replaced

Had the front wheel bearings replaced today. Not much grease on the old ones, and a bit of movement. Steve and Nathan at Kombi Rescue fixed them right up.

Added by Ash on November 20, 2009 at 21:43 — No Comments

UN T3 up on the hoist

Today I traveled up to Kombi Rescue with Ben in his red and white splitty. Ben and I have been shooting some videos for his business Free Run Wine Events, which feature his Kombi and Type 3. Will post them up here when complete.

Steve and Nathan were swapping the heavy duty sway bar from my old T3 Transporter over to the new bus, so up on the hoist it went.

A few people had requested… Continue

Added by Ash on November 18, 2009 at 8:07 — 1 Comment

My T3 is up for sale!

For Sale: ’91 VW T3 Transporter Multi Van (5 seater)

I never thought I’d ever sell this, but the opportunity to purchase another vehicle with a unique history has pushed me to do it.

This is a 1991 VW Transporter (built ’90, sold ’91) originally sold by Muller & Muller. History and maintenance are all known. I bought this bus from Stephen Muller at Kombi Rescue just after it had a major engine rebuild at around 240,000kms. In fact Steve also sold the… Continue

Added by Ash on November 9, 2009 at 11:30 — No Comments

The Manly Surf Festival

A few of us decided to go to the Manly Surf Festival, where the organisers had spread the word that they wanted around 30 buses if possible to cruise from the city and arrive at Manly to park on the promenade and be a part of the festival. Free parking at Manly was enough incentive to get around 90 buses to participate.

I was especially looking forward to the cruise, as Steve Muller had generously loaned me a very tidy1959 single cab splitty to drive. Talk about one extreme to… Continue

Added by Ash on November 7, 2009 at 15:44 — 3 Comments