Just found out 6x More Kombis have just left Australia and
on the way to the UK..... They were good ones too...
cruising 69 Seriously Crusin Dubber
199 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·
:puke:beer
Kombis going going gone
MISS VDUB Administrator Mrs KOMBIBOB
2,565 posts · joined Sep 2005 ·
At least they are going to good homes, and not rusting in the backyard of some old coot who wont sell them to anyone!
Ash x
Ash x
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
adfit11 Casual Dubber
31 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·
Hang on to your Bay's. They'll be the splittys of the future.
cruising 69 Seriously Crusin Dubber
199 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·
I rather them rust in Aussie land... I got an Email the other day off the girl who bought mine over there and it is rusted out due to UK weather.. salt on the roads.. all the new chrome has rusted..... Its now sitting outside her front yard...
:puke:beer
VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome
5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·
Maybe because the Aussie assembled ones didn't have Euro-spec rustproofing
Pay your debts, CxxT
Schmoburger Baywindow Mafia Godfather and Cement-Shoe Fitter
2,185 posts · joined Oct 2005 ·
More reason to keep em over here where they dont need it... not that rustproofing makes much difference where roadsalt is concerned... that shit would eat through an aircraft carrier! :puke:
bloody soapdodging types! :cussing:
Just wait 'till I find out who the idiot behind Gday Kombis is... :vader
Crying shame about your old ride C69... was a beauty before it left the country. 🙁
[ Edited on 16-1-2007 by Schmoburger ]
bloody soapdodging types! :cussing:
Just wait 'till I find out who the idiot behind Gday Kombis is... :vader
Crying shame about your old ride C69... was a beauty before it left the country. 🙁
[ Edited on 16-1-2007 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/c
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/c
cruising 69 Seriously Crusin Dubber
199 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·
I know who it is...
:puke:beer
Schmoburger Baywindow Mafia Godfather and Cement-Shoe Fitter
2,185 posts · joined Oct 2005 ·
In that case... briong on the :vader!!!
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/c
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/c
MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth
3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
Send them all over,who cares?? They're just cars.They either rust over there on the road or rust here in the paddock.At least "over there" they are getting used.:thumbSchmoburger wrote:More reason to keep em over here where they dont need it... not that rustproofing makes much difference where roadsalt is concerned... that shit would eat through an aircraft carrier! :puke:
bloody soapdodging types! :cussing:
Just wait 'till I find out who the idiot behind Gday Kombis is... :vader
Crying shame about your old ride C69... was a beauty before it left the country. 🙁
[ Edited on 16-1-2007 by Schmoburger ]
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MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth
3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
Well it's hardly a secret...........he does advertise...cruising 69 wrote:I know who it is...
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem
9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·
seconded if you want to keep them here start coughin up the dosh to keep them here, i know if i had 2 guys looking at one of my car and one was overseas, it would be the one that came up with a) the better offer and b) the money.Mick H wrote:Send them all over,who cares?? They're just cars.They either rust over there on the road or rust here in the paddock.At least "over there" they are getting used.:thumbSchmoburger wrote:More reason to keep em over here where they dont need it... not that rustproofing makes much difference where roadsalt is concerned... that shit would eat through an aircraft carrier! :puke:
bloody soapdodging types! :cussing:
Just wait 'till I find out who the idiot behind Gday Kombis is... :vader
Crying shame about your old ride C69... was a beauty before it left the country. 🙁
[ Edited on 16-1-2007 by Schmoburger ]
also its this guys right to do this if he is making a quid out of it so be it, also look at it this way by having less numbers in the kombi population hes helping make yours worth more as they will be harder to find
ok thats my rant for the day where is the :beer
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MISS VDUB Administrator Mrs KOMBIBOB
2,565 posts · joined Sep 2005 ·
Where did this phrase "stop OUR kombi's from being sent there" come from?
Why is it people think WE have a claim on them?
Ash x
Why is it people think WE have a claim on them?
Ash x
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
pod i`ve got to finish this thing one day
4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·
ive got one of those up the road from me:vaderMISS_VDUB wrote:At least they are going to good homes, and not rusting in the backyard of some old coot who wont sell them to anyone!
Ash x
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BenettonVW Administrator AVD Forum Founder
3,125 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Here we go again.. No comment.
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MISS VDUB Administrator Mrs KOMBIBOB
2,565 posts · joined Sep 2005 ·
There is a crazy German guy over here who has a yard full of Volkswagens and parts which you can see from the Highway... it just teases you! His place is like Fort Knox and he wont sell anything to anyone unless he is having one of his medicated days which you may be lucky to get a bolt from him?
He makes you stand at his gate while he goes and has a look, no-one has ever been in there, it's sad, they have been there for years and will never get a new life!
Ash x
He makes you stand at his gate while he goes and has a look, no-one has ever been in there, it's sad, they have been there for years and will never get a new life!
Ash x
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
Mr Bubble Head Insano Dub Head
829 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Theres no happy ending to this topic its been up countless times and all that comes out of it is anger and finger pointing. I wouldn't worry myself about things that are out of your hands unless I had shed loads of cash spare to buy them up and share them out.
To sum it up from my way of seeing things "THATS LIFE"
Just my 2c worth
nIck
[ Edited on 17-1-2007 by Mr Bubble Head ]
To sum it up from my way of seeing things "THATS LIFE"
Just my 2c worth
nIck
[ Edited on 17-1-2007 by Mr Bubble Head ]
recycle, restore, enjoy
Samblers Officially Full-On Dubber
236 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·
I feel very strongly about this, being a Brit whos moved to Aus and held off buying a splitty till i came out here (man, was that the wrong thing to do). I feel a bit embarassed/ ashamed by it all really!
My thoughts are that its utterly infuriating seeing the kombis leave, because its sucking the sole out of the aussieveedubbers scene, but then thats because they're worth a hell of a lot more in the UK than here. What we have now with splittys is a price correction in Aus which makes the whole importation to the UK a lot less palatable to all the UK companies scouring the land for decent splits. HOLD ONTO YOUR DECENT BAY WINDOWS!
I havent seen a decent Aussie split for sale in the UK for a while.
To put this into persepctive, I was at vanfest in 2005... there were 4 (four) companies that purely existed to import kombis from Australia. I chatted to one of the guys... "you had a good day mate"?
"Yeah, not bad, we sold eleven this morning"
:cry
[ Edited on 18/1/2007 by Samblers ]
My thoughts are that its utterly infuriating seeing the kombis leave, because its sucking the sole out of the aussieveedubbers scene, but then thats because they're worth a hell of a lot more in the UK than here. What we have now with splittys is a price correction in Aus which makes the whole importation to the UK a lot less palatable to all the UK companies scouring the land for decent splits. HOLD ONTO YOUR DECENT BAY WINDOWS!
I havent seen a decent Aussie split for sale in the UK for a while.
To put this into persepctive, I was at vanfest in 2005... there were 4 (four) companies that purely existed to import kombis from Australia. I chatted to one of the guys... "you had a good day mate"?
"Yeah, not bad, we sold eleven this morning"
:cry
[ Edited on 18/1/2007 by Samblers ]
MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth
3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
I thought there was more to the " aussieveedubbers scene" than just some feral old Kombies going back closer to home:P. I personally couldn't care less if they stayed or left.In the modern world money talks.I've seen "good" kombies left to rot by those who couldn't/wouldnt sell them to anyone,let alone to someone overseas. People here have sold cars for an agreed price and are a little pissed they were taken overseas and re sold for profit:cry, but thats life. What about the 23 window on Ebay?? If the highest bidder is overseas will people have a sook that it left OZ?? Mr Bubblehead (you gotta hope thats not his real name:o) has hit the nail on the head.This post has been up before.Move on.:beerSamblers wrote:........... because its sucking the sole out of the aussieveedubbers scene................[ Edited on 18/1/2007 by Samblers ]
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Spook Driving the 64 wheeler
1,168 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
As if there's something left to say the 50th time around.BenettonVW wrote:Here we go again.. No comment.
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
Samblers Officially Full-On Dubber
236 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·
Didn’t realise that this topic had been done to death, sorry
1. I understand and accept why this happens, just commenting that it’s a terrible shame
2. This is also happening with parts as well, and that affects us all. Anyone like to find me a 68/69 beam? THIS is what is sucking the sole out of the scene
3. No cars & no parts = no scene
:duh
1. I understand and accept why this happens, just commenting that it’s a terrible shame
2. This is also happening with parts as well, and that affects us all. Anyone like to find me a 68/69 beam? THIS is what is sucking the sole out of the scene
3. No cars & no parts = no scene
:duh
Spook Driving the 64 wheeler
1,168 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
The day we run out of Kombi's &/or parts thereof, I will stand naked at the top of Centrepoint tower & sing "It's raining men"!!
Ok, so they are going by the container load. They came by the SHIPLOAD, & then they started making them here.
People worry too much.
Ok, so they are going by the container load. They came by the SHIPLOAD, & then they started making them here.
People worry too much.
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
cruising 69 Seriously Crusin Dubber
199 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·
Sorry If I have upset you all with Kombis Going Going Gone.... But I was only putting it out there.
Samblers I agree with you... My Kombi which was restored by myself and a set back of 15k was sold for $7300 which YES I AGREED WITH but didn't think it would go Overseas 2x days later.
As this is just a disscussion about Kombis... Maybe the ppl who really like kombis and think it is terrible that we are losing Kombis to overseas should discuss it.. the ones that don't should read and move on and Don't reply
My 2 c
Samblers I agree with you... My Kombi which was restored by myself and a set back of 15k was sold for $7300 which YES I AGREED WITH but didn't think it would go Overseas 2x days later.
As this is just a disscussion about Kombis... Maybe the ppl who really like kombis and think it is terrible that we are losing Kombis to overseas should discuss it.. the ones that don't should read and move on and Don't reply
My 2 c
:puke:beer
MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth
3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
That is hardly a discussion about Kombi's.You made a statement and people responded accordingly.I like kombi's and have owned a dozen or so of them.My opinion is I don't care much if they are here or there as I see numerous vehicles rusting away daily so if they go OS to be restored,good.If someones selling them OS,good.Your opinion differs.Good. Every time you bring the subject up you get the same response.Why not do a poll to see if people mind.That way we will all know......"Should rusty hippy trucks get dumped on foreign shores"....cruising 69 wrote:Just found out 6x More Kombis have just left Australia and
on the way to the UK..... They were good ones too...
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Samblers Officially Full-On Dubber
236 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·
You miss the point
The ones I see aren't the rusty hippy trucks my friend... they're the schmicko restored ones with no rust and great paint.
The rusty shit which you're seeing in Australia is what the brits have left behind
The ones I see aren't the rusty hippy trucks my friend... they're the schmicko restored ones with no rust and great paint.
The rusty shit which you're seeing in Australia is what the brits have left behind
Twokombies Seriously Crusin Dubber
193 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·
Well they don't get to take any other trophies home very often, even when they do it ain't for long. so I spose they gotta fill the containers going that way with something.
MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth
3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
They ARE rusty hippy trucks...they just have makeup on.You Poms would buy anything...:PSamblers wrote:You miss the point
The ones I see aren't the rusty hippy trucks my friend... they're the schmicko restored ones with no rust and great paint.
The rusty shit which you're seeing in Australia is what the brits have left behind
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Samblers Officially Full-On Dubber
236 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·
Aussie's havent got a clue what rust looks like...
http://www.justkampers.co.uk/interactive/kamperchat/showthread.php?s=&threadid=60239
The only unusual thing about this van is that the guy restored it 😵💫
http://www.justkampers.co.uk/interactive/kamperchat/showthread.php?s=&threadid=60239
The only unusual thing about this van is that the guy restored it 😵💫
MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth
3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
Like I said...you Poms would buy anything.Most of that looks like it would buff out easilly anyway....🙂
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classic....
Ragerty Seriously Crusin Dubber
112 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·
Hi All,
Just read this thread and yes I have to agree with you all about the amount of Dubs being shipped over here to the UK, its sad to see what is happening. Yup the scene is big, massive infact, prices are high on all vans and there seems no relent in the prices rising.
I've just spent 6 weeks in Victoria and managed to find a 56 bus for sale, so I made the purchase but I must be the only pom that is not exporting this treasure. I gave it to my partner for Xmas and is now being restored in Oz ready for when we come to live there in a few months.
Here's another shock for you guys...I'll be bringing my own bus over too, so there is one more bus for the aussie VW scene and I'm looking forward to all of it, whether a big scene or small scene, I'll be glad to be part of it 🙂
Just read this thread and yes I have to agree with you all about the amount of Dubs being shipped over here to the UK, its sad to see what is happening. Yup the scene is big, massive infact, prices are high on all vans and there seems no relent in the prices rising.
I've just spent 6 weeks in Victoria and managed to find a 56 bus for sale, so I made the purchase but I must be the only pom that is not exporting this treasure. I gave it to my partner for Xmas and is now being restored in Oz ready for when we come to live there in a few months.
Here's another shock for you guys...I'll be bringing my own bus over too, so there is one more bus for the aussie VW scene and I'm looking forward to all of it, whether a big scene or small scene, I'll be glad to be part of it 🙂
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