Who here has fitted a Brazilian Bay Kombi Front

OZ Towdster Keen to finish some projects

1,921 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 23 Mar 2008, 1:24 pm

#637807

Hi all ,
in the next week or so i am going to be changing the front nose on our bay Kombi due to some previos owner bad repairs and the typical bad rust around the bottom of the screen recease.
I bought the new panel from Micks on thursday arvo and only noticed yesterday that they are a left hand drive only panel in regards to wiber mounting humps.
So my question to any one that has already fitted one of these fronts is what did you do for these humps if anything or did you just modify the wiper bases to suite what is just the radiused shape of the area that they go.

Thanks in advance Andrew

Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel

Andy Andy\'s Adventures

2,820 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 23 Mar 2008, 11:48 pm

#637881

Andrew,
Kombi's delivered (and assembled) in Oz were a bit all over the place, not all had the wipers swinging in the same direction as yours. I'm guessing it's just a matter for fitting a motor and assembly off a different year model.
Check out some pics:
http://digiads.com.au/carsales/used-cars/USED-1977-VOLKSWAGEN-KOMBI-VAN-CAR-FOR-SALE-GEELONG-VIC-3216.htm

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Volkswagen-kombi-1972_W0QQitemZ230232685518QQihZ013QQcategoryZ35227QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VW-Kombi-Pop-Top-Van_W0QQitemZ150227759965QQihZ005QQcategoryZ32633QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Just a matter of checking what's out there.
If your really keen you could re-set the cutouts/humps!!!

rocknrob Insano Dub Head

844 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 24 Mar 2008, 6:18 pm

#637954

i agree with the "all over the place " bit...my 78 kombi has four wiper humps👍