interesting vans in eastern europe

david Custom Title Time!

1,013 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 2 Nov 2005, 9:41 pm

#424275

i just got back from cruising around europe on a motor bike for the last few months,and as you know former USSR were not that keen on the germans so i found a few variations of van over that way in ukraine ,latvia etc try these ,do you think you could make something out of these hey kombi kid
here is a really big 23 window bus

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david Custom Title Time!

1,013 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 2 Nov 2005, 10:10 pm

#424284

this was in the ukraine and was nearly brand new, they are 4 wheel drive and are used for ambulances there from russia and have been around for years ,there is one in ewan magregors motor bike flick

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david Custom Title Time!

1,013 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 2 Nov 2005, 10:17 pm

#424288

this was a beauty and he was real proud of it

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david Custom Title Time!

1,013 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 2 Nov 2005, 10:22 pm

#424289

this was a polish body on a russian chassis

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Desert Bug Wolfsburg Wizard

687 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 2 Nov 2005, 10:35 pm

#424294

G'day David,

Was wondering where you were, that would've been a great trip!!

I want of them Polish Bread Vans!!!

Cheers, Ian.

Excentric (wife says) VW nut, having owned 250+ VWs in 40 years.

david Custom Title Time!

1,013 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 2 Nov 2005, 10:51 pm

#424297

yes i was away for 6 months, i did neasrly 20,000 km in 19 countries you must be up on the islands by now here is one more interesting shot in france but on german plates

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david Custom Title Time!

1,013 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 2 Nov 2005, 10:58 pm

#424302

waste of a good ragtop in finland

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david Custom Title Time!

1,013 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 3 Nov 2005, 3:43 pm

#424479

this was a gem ,so basic it did not come with window winders they just stayed up

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robnjo Veteran Volks Folk

2,082 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 3 Nov 2005, 8:23 pm

#424582

are they Sprintstars on the buggy, how wide are the back ones?
sounds like an awesome trip, hope it all went well

david Custom Title Time!

1,013 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 3 Nov 2005, 8:59 pm

#424596

this guy and his mates made this in a week

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robnjo Veteran Volks Folk

2,082 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 3 Nov 2005, 9:02 pm

#424598

they are a Kool set of rims and 4 stud too👍

kombi_kid Moderator Good Kid too many projects

124 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 4 Nov 2005, 1:00 am

#424688

im hearing ya david there just way too kool!!!
ur trip sounds awesome!
see many VW's?
what other countris u go too?
cheers
rhys

it aint just cool its aircool'd

VDubya Seriously Crusin Dubber

103 posts · joined Sep 2005 · 4 Nov 2005, 9:52 am

#424769

david wrote:this guy and his mates made this in a week

You can tell.
They also drank a lot too, right?

I was going to join the Democrats to keep the bastards honest, but joined the forum instead.