Gday, cats!
My name's Kieran, I'm 18, and live near Jervis Bay on the NSW South Coast.
I have a yellow 1976 Kombi camper that I recently purchased from a retired Veedub mech in Nowra for $2000... her name's "Buttercup", and she's my one true love!
Buttercup has a factory 2L twincarb motor and 4-speed manual box. Her bodie's in perfect nick' (only rust she's ever had was a bit above one tailight, and the PO fixed it long before I first found it), and the mechanical's are excellent except for a burnt exhaust valve on No.3, which we're fixing next weekend anyway...
I sold my 1979 Mini Moke so I could afford to buy my Kombi... and she was worth every last cent! :thumb
I actually came across Buttercup by accident on my way home from inspecting a '72 Kombi that a guy had offered to trade for my Moke... I turned it down cos it had more bog in it than steel... and was unrego'd...POS! We turned a corner into a friends street, and there was Buttercup in all her radiance... then I fell in love... 😵
I'll post pix of my baby later... perhaps t'moz. 🙂
[ Edited on 18-12-2005 by Schmoburger ]
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/cHi y'll. My name tis Chris 🙂 :duh I'm 17, just finished school, Live in Edenslanding (near beenleigh/logan) of South East QLD.
Am an avd enthusiast, and am in the process of finding/purchasing a vee dub. Am looking at a nice baja at the moment. Will have to get back to ya though. I have gained a love and desire for vee dubs over the last 12 months that no one around me can understand. Finally i have got the opportunity to turn that love into something beautiful. (Awesome hot car taht is Lol)
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
MAAAAYYYTE... Get a Baja BUS!!!!! 😂
Then sir, you would be a superguy! 🙂
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/cOK, heres dem pix of Buttercup in all her yellow, baywindowed glory...
These pix were taken in the morning yesterday... The area above the left tailights where Buttercup had a cancer removed (long before I bought her) has since been painted to match the rest of the body... gonna refit the lights tomorrow if she'd dried enuff...
I've also hooked up a pair of 100W Technics home stereo speakers to the stock headunit and sat them between the front seats. Believe it or not.. this 29 year old stereo sounds bloody awsome with some of these bigass speakers on it!
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/cThat looks like its in bloody good nick! Very tidy indeed.
mate, awesome.🤓
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
Yeah!! she sure is mate!
I was stoked when I found her for sale... beats the crap out of the '72 I was looking at earlier that day...
I went over Buttercup in detail today, and the only rust I can find is some tiny pinholes behind the front wheel arches at the very bottom of the sill and some starting to come through the bottom of the lip under the left intake (the PO told me honestly that it had had some rust fixed there but the repairer did a shite job of it...)... she's almost perfect. 😵
I spose that comes from being owned by a Dub doctor for 20 years! :thumb
hehe... too bad the same cant be said for teh condition of my dad's Saab 900 in the background... a few years ago it rolled down a 45 degree embankment, slammedinto the bottom of the hill, and continued into a gumtree! snapped theengine mounts, bent the steering arm, bowed the chassis (still has a curve)... off the road for 2 months, and always had probs since... 😂
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/cOh... by the way... off topic but, Im starting to miss my Moke now 🙁... she's on her way up to her new owners in Toowoomba now to be rebuilt after 6 years in the family... something I dont have the means or time to domyself.
OK, my indulgent non-VW whinge session is over now... back to the topic at hand! 🙂
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/chey im amanda i just turned 16 and i got a white beetle 1973 and i called him Maurice! ust got my L's the other day
let us see some pictures of this fine lad maurice 😀
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Hmmm... this threads quiet... any other young dubbers with Kombi's here?
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/cno, but i think i should get a kombi coz i need a car with more room the fasty just isnt cutting it
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hehe..yeah... your fasty's still a beautiful ride tho! 👍
I love my Kombi... first time I drove it, I decided I was never going to drive another type of car (except maybe an HJ Holden or my VH stationwagon project)... its soooo comfy to drive, and the noisy dak-dak engine always gets attention if the rest of the van doesnt succeed... which it usually does tho anyway. 😀
Hmmm... I really should start taking the rust out of that Commodore soon... but Buttercup comes first at all costs!
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/cIm 16 and from Adelaide, me and my twin(not identical thou) bought a '60 bug when we were 11 for $500.
Rebuilt the engine with dad's help a year after that. Apart from that the only thing been done to it is some venetian blinds for the rear window (i reckon there the coolest) and general maitinance.
I can get my P's on the 21st of Feb and can't wait to be driving the bug to school! :P😵💫:P
Sounds good Sam!... is it a semaphore bug? 😀
By the way... allow me to welcome you with open arms to the mad-haus... also known as Young Dubbers (or should trhat be AVD in general???😉 :P)... 😀
Keep it real! 👍
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/cUnfortunantly no semaphores in the bug🙁. Would have loved to get a bug with them thou. But when ur going halves in a bug that cost $500 u cant expect everything.
sounds pretty sweet...$500...with dads help anything can happen :P :bounce
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hehe..true! 😂
does it hve semaphore holes?
I wanna get a 66-ish bug after I get a second kombi and a square... no semaphores, but at least it's got the look. 👍 NANANANA...NANANANANAAA-NA-NANANANANA-NA...NANANANA-NANA-NANAAAA-NAAA.. IT'S GOT THE LOOK!... (IT'S GOT THE LOO-OOK...) :P
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/ci want one of everything, i just love them all...
i think its a problem, i just wanna buy more vws all the time!! :kiss
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hehe.. you need a Kombi!..you should sell that other fasty and get a Kombi. 😀
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/cor a square! 👍.... or a Macbook!
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/cyes i think a kombi or a square will be on the books in the next year.., AND WHAT ARE YOU SAYING BUY A MACBOOK! ITS COMPLETELY AGAINST ALL THE RULES TO SELL A VW TO BUY A COMPUTER!!!!!! i am going shopping for the imac tommorow, i like my granny :P
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mmmmm..yeah... true.hehehee :P.. forget I said that! 😂 👍
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/cIm Andrew, i am 14 turning 15 and I got a 1958 baja bug for my 13th b'day. It does'nt look very good now, but i am doing it up to be the best off roader it can be.
Yeh, hi guys and gals, i have just joint the forum and am loving it already, im am 16 almost seventeen. I havent as yet bought a vw but i am very interested, as all my friends have them, i was looking a a imaculate 1964 notchy, but the guy sold it before i rang him back, so im still looking.
oh yeah go the notch manthose things are wicked when slammed.
good to see so many younguns on the forum now, lets keep this section alive kids!
although in a few days i'll be too old for this section, sigh...
NOTCHY WOULD BE SIK, BUT THERE IS STILL ALOT OF WICKED OTHER VW'S OUT THERE
heres another old pic of the notch (unfinished) i will post some pics of it finished tomorrow.
steve
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man thats a sweet ride steve, but it has to go loooooower!
she has gone a bit lower now since the pics so when she comes back i will post a pic.
steve
ps: thanks for your pics.
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I want to see that notch slammed like the kcw notch
