Advice on getting a Type 2

NigeType3 Officially Full-On Dubber

371 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 21 Oct 2005, 3:45 pm

#419975

Hi all haven't been around much still working on the new house and have new 8 week old keeping me busy. As the type 3 has expresed interest moving on to the the big recking yard in the sky (terminal rust) I have desided a Kombi is the way to go. My asperations to have a 12 second bug will have to wait for a few years as I still race mountain bikes and I cant afford both.

Anyhow I plan on looking at a dual cab and micobus on the weekend is there any area I should real look out for rust. As I don't want to repeat what happend with the typre 3. It looked reasonable at first untill the roof rusted off. :repuke

Any advice on buying a type 2 would be apresiated
Cheers NIge :thumb

YIOughta Seriously Crusin Dubber

190 posts · joined Sep 2005 · 21 Oct 2005, 3:53 pm

#419979

On a Bay window: bottom corners of front windscreen; seams/sill behind front wheels and; bottom of doors (front and slider); passenger sill;battery tray...i also had my passenger seatbelt lower mount rust out badly...oh and around brake fluid resovoir

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Warrenm Wolfsburg Wizard

466 posts · joined Aug 2004 · 21 Oct 2005, 5:39 pm

#420023

NigeType3 wrote:Hi all haven't been around much still working on the new house and have new 8 week old keeping me busy. As the type 3 has expresed interest moving on to the the big recking yard in the sky (terminal rust) I have desided a Kombi is the way to go. My asperations to have a 12 second bug will have to wait for a few years as I still race mountain bikes and I cant afford both.

Anyhow I plan on looking at a dual cab and micobus on the weekend is there any area I should real look out for rust. As I don't want to repeat what happend with the typre 3. It looked reasonable at first untill the roof rusted off. :repuke

Any advice on buying a type 2 would be apresiated
Cheers NIge :thumb

Front floor-though this can be repaired fairly easily.
Around windscreen and pillars is usually sign of more rust elsewhere. Also top of roof over front doors near gutters-you can usually see of this has been bogged up.

[ Edited on 21-10-2005 by Warrenm ]

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twoguns simply aircooled

4,275 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 21 Oct 2005, 6:11 pm

#420033

Warrenm wrote:
NigeType3 wrote:Hi all haven't been around much still working on the new house and have new 8 week old keeping me busy. As the type 3 has expresed interest moving on to the the big recking yard in the sky (terminal rust) I have desided a Kombi is the way to go. My asperations to have a 12 second bug will have to wait for a few years as I still race mountain bikes and I cant afford both.

Anyhow I plan on looking at a dual cab and micobus on the weekend is there any area I should real look out for rust. As I don't want to repeat what happend with the typre 3. It looked reasonable at first untill the roof rusted off. :repuke

Any advice on buying a type 2 would be apresiated
Cheers NIge :thumb
Front floor-though this can be repaired fairly easily.
Around windscreen and pillars is usually sign of more rust elsewhere. Also top of roof over front doors near gutters-you can usually see of this has been bogged up.

[ Edited on 21-10-2005 by Warrenm ]

wow.. they make it sound like every where, hey. hope you have luck.

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NigeType3 Officially Full-On Dubber

371 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 21 Oct 2005, 6:27 pm

#420036

Yer thanks twoguns I was keen to buy squid but with a growing family and the love of mountainbiking a bus seems the smater option depends whats around.

crewcabconnection Being Sid James

1,922 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 21 Oct 2005, 6:28 pm

#420037

nah there's no rust in a $700 bus usually, and dead easy to fix even if there is, on the road for a couple of grand....

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NigeType3 Officially Full-On Dubber

371 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 21 Oct 2005, 6:43 pm

#420041

Im looken to spend maybe 5-6 grand on a solid but untidy bay and if I can find one around 12g's on a bloody nice one, depends on what comes up. Locally I have a few bays to look at this weekend just under 5g's so it will be interesting to see whats out there.