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First Car?

Gday everyone

Im James and i love VW's anywho im 18 and still at school and looking for my first kombi, i got a budget of about $8000 and am keeping my eyes open for a great first car thats unique and cool, i have spotted a 78' panel that looks alright but im keeping my options open, so if anyone knows of anything floating round that might be up my alley let me know :)

I love the look of an old rat kombi i think its a beautiful thing as much as everyone else comments on… Continue

Added by Jimma on April 4, 2009 at 9:30 — 6 Comments

'55 11 Window "Sheep Carrier" - Finding It

After coming back from the '09 VW Jamboree over the 21st-22nd March weekend I had an itching for another project. What I wanted was an early window bus but I didn't think that was likely, especially with my budget or lack there of. My missus had taken the '67 Panel on one of her chores around town and a couple of guys wandered up, as guys often do, and admired it. Then they commented that "so and so has one of these. Talk to Mike." That was obscure and so my wife found out who she'd been… Continue

Added by Andy Wood on April 2, 2009 at 0:00 — 8 Comments

Little Red Riding Hood in a split

This is weird, but… Continue

Added by Ash on April 1, 2009 at 22:30 — No Comments

My J&S hole in the road...

This my J&S buggy called, 'Zak'. I bought him as a basket case just over 10 years back now. Familiar story where the car was left with a VW specialist and the guy never came back.

Most of the car was cactus, in fact had I been smarter it would have been easier to start with a fresh body too, but oh well. I always seem to learn the hard way. I guess because the car was so rough, I… Continue

Added by Pete Wood on April 1, 2009 at 17:28 — No Comments

Looking good

Ash looks great mate

Added by Ian Gordon on March 31, 2009 at 18:00 — No Comments

van der Rat: '67 Panel

Found the '67 Panel in March 2008, it sat around a bit till i got around to the rust repairs.

Sorted all the rust and nose & rear damage then 'sort of' matched the paint

Then down to Kombie rescue for the IRS… Continue

Added by Dutchy on March 26, 2009 at 11:30 — 4 Comments

DSK Sydney to Melburg Run for the VW Jamboree '09 Part 2

The facilities at the park were great as was the camp site. But at some ungodly hour of the morning we were awoken by a member of camp staff who said a naked man had been roaming the park and had been escorted off the property. Then she demanded we make sure he wasn't one of our party! It was really rude and totally bizarre. Not surprising Carlyle, Dutchy and Nat didn't get much sleep after that. Here's Lobus taking a load off as we packed our Splits in the morning.…

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Added by Andy Wood on March 24, 2009 at 1:12 — 6 Comments

DSK Sydney to Melburg Run for the VW Jamboree '09 Part 1

This trip was the last one I could do for at least a year due to family commitments. I decided I'd invite my mate Carlyle to ride shotgun as I thought I'd need a co-driver at some point. He used to own vintages VWs including a '62 SC but was forced to sell them for a family car and has missed them badly so the trip was a great boost for him. I actually live 2 hours south of Sydney so we met up with Dutchy, Nat, Dan and Dave at Goulburn South Maccas before continuing the journey toward… Continue

Added by Andy Wood on March 24, 2009 at 0:34 — 3 Comments

My '67 Panel Pt2

While I managed to score some parts for the Panel over the next year or so there was no real progress until my wife and I moved out of Sydney in 2002 to spend a year in Orange. Here are some of the pics of the move to Orange:

Here's the Panel on a tilt tray leaving Kenards at Toongabbie.

And then arriving at our new place at Spring… Continue

Added by Andy Wood on March 11, 2009 at 0:43 — No Comments

My '67 Panel Pt1

This is pretty long winded and I'm not exactly sure how blogs work but it describes the build that eventually put our daily driver, our '67 VW Type 2 Panel, on the road.

We originally bought the Panel from a fellow who lived on the Great Western Hwy in between Mt Druitt and St Marys in Western Sydney. He and his wife were moving, mainly because people kept on getting hit and killed on the road outside their house. His wife said "We're moving and the Kombi isn't coming with us," so it… Continue

Added by Andy Wood on March 10, 2009 at 19:42 — 2 Comments

Lowered at last

Installed lowered springs which made the stance just right, although the ride quality suffered some (at least according to my wife).

Added by Ash on March 7, 2009 at 21:00 — No Comments

My T3 the way it was...

When I bought my T3 from Kombi Rescue, it was a good, solid and standard.

Bought some AMG mags off eBay pretty cheap. Had to use Porsche wheel studs at rear and Audi A4 wheel bolts at front to make them fit. At the same time we installed heavy duty shocks and sway bars. The change in handling was extreme, although people still asked me if it was a sychro. I knew I'd have to do something about the ride height.…

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Added by Ash on March 7, 2009 at 21:00 — 1 Comment