Thread: BYE BYE KOMBI

Originally Posted by bob10

My future son-in-law has a neat unit sitting in his garage, just needs the inside done up. Wondering now if mechanical parts would be an issue, Bob

No, heaps of parts are available cheap from the US.
You can practically build a brand new kombi out of the spare parts that are available.

I think many of us older people progressed from a Kombi to a 4wd.

My first car was a 1960 Beetle and I bought a Kombi with my dad in the early '70's. First of the 12 volt models (type2) and fitted it out as a camper, complete with 2 way fridge (gas/240 volt) and with a half pop up roof. I took it around Aus in '75 on my first honeymoon

We had that for nearly 10 years and sold it for twice as much as we bought it for.

I helped a mate in Melbourne put windows in the side of his VW van in 1972 and we made the openings just a tad too small. Boy! Did that make it hard pulling the rubbers around the windows but after much lubrication (down the throat kind) we got the job done.
We had great fun, us and our 2 kids and him and his wife going to the different places they wanted to show us new arrivals to Oz.
AlanH.

Landy nut or not - I would give my eye teeth for a split screen Kombi