Hi All,
Thanks for the feedback. I love my busses.
Straight up though, I just want to make it clear I did not build these (Although I can & have restored many cars). I bought them as is & have only done minor improvements to each bus. Nev has had a roof respray & Wanda has had Safaris, mirrors, complete new braking system & is about to get a full on interior do up (Covered panels etc), then a Deluxe trim, with a set of Sprintstars.
Nev was a Coober Pedy bus & had Safaris fitted from factory. Very dry area, so rust was minimal, but he carried ore around, so was dented up. A fella called Shane took over 5 years to painstakingly restore him with many NOS items to this condition. He is excellent. Then, it was sold to a guy called Neville in VIC, who pulled out the IRS & found that the trailing arm on the drivers side was stuffed. Indian Automotive then fixed it, replacing it with a pair of Titanium arms (Not 100% sure if that is a brand name, or it is actually titanium??).
Wanda was also a complete, but rolling shell. Amazingly, this bus is actually 99.9% OG steel. The onlt rust this bus had, was a 5 inch length under on of the seats. This was patched. The car has been stripped down to nothing & rebuilt. Great bus. It was the feature car in VWMA issue 2.
I am on the lookout for one more bus. It has to be the ducks guts to top these 2, but that is what I am after. A Samba (21 or 23), or a very special 13 or 15 window. Went for a search today & found a Split Dormobile & a windowless panel split. Great day I had!
Here is my weebsite if you wantr to see a couple more picctures & see what I do.
www.4kombis.com.au
Regards,
Rob J
