This is Kombi that my wife and I restored from a wreck, over a period of 12months. I bought it for $400....spent $6000 and sold it for $18000. Of course we didn't count the labour , smiles or sweat and tears !!
-- Edited by bluemoon2 on Sunday 26th of April 2015 08:03:19 PM
First vehicle was a kombi, old 36HP motor and drop down spur gears on rear axle, would go anywhere. Took the motor out using a garbage can to roll it out on.
bluemoon2 said
02:53 PM Apr 27, 2015
Peter,
I also had one of those and on a trip north to Darwin, from Adelaide (when it was all corrugated)..I broke a rear torsion bar).
We pulled it out at Coober Pedy and just welded it. Then 200 klm up the track we found a abandoned kombi on its side...4 bolts and we had a new bar !!
Ontos45 said
10:33 AM Apr 28, 2015
Yes, so easy to work on, separate cylinder heads etc.
Between the generator and the cooling fan there was something like a spring washer to slow fan in cold weather, take it out and motor never over-heated. Old Redex Trial trick on VW cars. (Who will give up their age and say they remember the Redex Trails and galenite Jack?)
-- Edited by Ontos45 on Tuesday 28th of April 2015 10:34:24 AM
aussie_paul said
12:59 PM Apr 28, 2015
Ontos45 wrote:
Yes, so easy to work on, separate cylinder heads etc.
Between the generator and the cooling fan there was something like a spring washer to slow fan in cold weather, take it out and motor never over-heated. Old Redex Trial trick on VW cars. (Who will give up their age and say they remember the Redex Trails and galenite Jack?)
-- Edited by Ontos45 on Tuesday 28th of April 2015 10:34:24 AM
Yeah, I remember that!!!
Aussie Paul.
bluemoon2 said
01:00 PM Apr 28, 2015
My father in law used to drive with Gelignite Jack in a ford customline v8...he was crazy too. Cant believe some of the mischief they got up to.
03_Troopy said
03:59 PM Apr 29, 2015
And the magnesium gearboxes are great for putting on a bon fire
bluemoon2 said
06:00 PM Apr 29, 2015
My early one was a split window 1200cc. camper. First trip to Darwin from Melbourne, I arrived on 3 cylinders...burnt out valves etc...but would not stop.
I recond engine and lent it to a family who were stuck after Tracy (cyclone)...they gave me an address in Adelaide, to pick it up when I eventually went down 12 weeks later. When I arrived to pick it up....bodgie address....
No one had heard or seen them !! Traced it 3 years later at a wrecking yard in Perth. So much for being a good Samaritan .
halfpint said
10:36 PM May 16, 2015
I have a 1990kombi transporter, fuel injected camper, just love it, Patty
Ontos45 said
09:28 AM May 17, 2015
You either love them or hate them. I still love em' and the memories.
-- Edited by bluemoon2 on Sunday 26th of April 2015 08:03:19 PM
Jeee's that brings back memories.
First vehicle was a kombi, old 36HP motor and drop down spur gears on rear axle, would go anywhere. Took the motor out using a garbage can to roll it out on.
I also had one of those and on a trip north to Darwin, from Adelaide (when it was all corrugated)..I broke a rear torsion bar).
We pulled it out at Coober Pedy and just welded it. Then 200 klm up the track we found a abandoned kombi on its side...4 bolts and we had a new bar !!
Yes, so easy to work on, separate cylinder heads etc.
Between the generator and the cooling fan there was something like a spring washer to slow fan in cold weather, take it out and motor never over-heated. Old Redex Trial trick on VW cars. (Who will give up their age and say they remember the Redex Trails and galenite Jack?)
-- Edited by Ontos45 on Tuesday 28th of April 2015 10:34:24 AM
Yeah, I remember that!!!
Aussie Paul.
I recond engine and lent it to a family who were stuck after Tracy (cyclone)...they gave me an address in Adelaide, to pick it up when I eventually went down 12 weeks later. When I arrived to pick it up....bodgie address....
No one had heard or seen them !! Traced it 3 years later at a wrecking yard in Perth. So much for being a good Samaritan .
I have a 1990kombi transporter, fuel injected camper, just love it, Patty
You either love them or hate them. I still love em' and the memories.
very nice