VW campervan: the end of an icon
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on โ08-10-2013 05:59 PM
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on โ08-10-2013 06:22 PM
Bit of a shame if there is still a demand for it, it cant be that hard to fit a couple of air bags and ABS
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โ08-10-2013 06:29 PM - edited โ08-10-2013 06:33 PM
@the_hawk* wrote:Bit of a shame if there is still a demand for it, it cant be that hard to fit a couple of air bags and ABS
without knowing the costs of the tooling involved, i thought the same
& i didnt know they were still producing them
had a 75 vw super bug that i bought slightly damaged in the late 80s (made a good profit too) i thought it was the last super bug made but brazil continued production for some time
Signatures suck.
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on โ08-10-2013 06:50 PM
I didnt know they were still producing them either. They always have such a carefree look - life's an adventure, live it to the full.
I havent seen panel vans around for a long time either?
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on โ08-10-2013 07:29 PM
Memories. My family a "few" years ago camping at 90 Mile Beach Gippsland.
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on โ08-10-2013 07:57 PM
thats interesting john, when i was a boy someone stole my fathers car. he bought a ex PMG kombi and we went to loch sport in it many times
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on โ08-10-2013 08:02 PM
The Kombi was first made to transport troops in the late 1930's.
The aircooled ones had a 25 year service book.
I used mostly Kombis untill the south highway to adelaide from alice springs was sealed.
Also used them for dirt tracks,mud,sand,water.
If you do not put the spare on the front they are dustproof. If you put the spare on the front
you need to shut the airvents in the dirt.
It is possible to obtain 15 KPL if it is tuned, loaded & driven correctly.
They are extreemly reliabile but suffer from being not serviced or incorrectly serviced.
If it was wanted aftermarket fitting of airbags & anitlock brakes is not hard to do.
Most of them I have seen rolled had roofracks on them usually with one & a half times
the weight of the kombi up there.
The later ones in the water cooled range became too heavy & gas guzzling & drove like
a bit of a slug.
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on โ09-10-2013 11:06 AM
Take a look at this flash new version of the camper.
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on โ09-10-2013 12:14 PM
thought mate may 'ave had some pics of my various campers,
lost 'em all in the fire.
great memories of frosty mornin's at mcphillamy park, bathurst easters.
australian TT race, giacomo agostini/kenny blake at laverton.
north to cairns.
countless adventures.
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on โ09-10-2013 12:20 PM
@not_an_eloi wrote:
thought mate may 'ave had some pics of my various campers,
lost 'em all in the fire.
great memories of frosty mornin's at mcphillamy park, bathurst easters.
australian TT race, giacomo agostini/kenny blake at laverton.
north to cairns.
countless adventures.
i was at laverton, knew kenny a bit. used to go to the easter races at bathurst too .

