Baja Kombi Website - Info and Pic needed !!

Brad · 2004-04-21T08:40:39+00:00

Ok in light of my soon to be new baja kombi I will be adding a Baja Kombi Section to the Offroadvw.net website. I have several articles I have written in the past and some new ones I have been working on. I woudl like to add a photo gallery to give people ideas and as much info on lifting the front ends as possible. Anyway if you have anything I can use including links please email them to me at bajakombi@offroadvw.net Cheers, Coming soon !!!!!!!

newoldmanx Wolfsburg Wizard

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more😎

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its just a car for f*%k sake

newoldmanx Wolfsburg Wizard

468 posts · joined Aug 2006 · 20 Feb 2008, 2:38 pm

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and😁

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newoldmanx Wolfsburg Wizard

468 posts · joined Aug 2006 · 20 Feb 2008, 5:07 pm

#633509

lastly for me

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LIFE IN THE LOW LANE All people have the right to stupidity but some abuse the pr

2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 4 Apr 2008, 6:23 pm

#639731

Seems to be a lot of my familys cars featured in this thread!!! All the ones that look serious or doing wheelstands!!

ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE

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rocknrob Insano Dub Head

844 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 6 Apr 2008, 6:45 pm

#639982

newoldmanx wrote:my ute ej20t & 091 with lockrite

lockrite? are you talking about a locking diff? I'm thinking i have to fit separate handbrakes...i hate it when one wheel spins at the wrong time😬

11CAB If ya got it....Baja it

4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 6 Apr 2008, 6:50 pm

#639984

Kombi's are a handful to drive offroad without having to worry about which handbrake lever to pull.........

Mine went most places I wanted to go without having a locker

65 Meyers Manx
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
68 Country Buggy (KO 815)
68 Baja Bug
76 Baja Kombi Twincab

rocknrob Insano Dub Head

844 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 6 Apr 2008, 7:46 pm

#640006

yeah i can't beleive where my kombi will go now but when a crossing is washed out or a tree down and you have to turn around on a narrow bush track...😬 always one wheel spinning. Once i worked myself to exhaustion trying to get out til it got dark...so then i got a beer out of the fridge, cooked a steak and went to bed. next morning with a clear head i was out and away in 10 minutes....love my kombi😀

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 8 Apr 2008, 9:53 pm

#640377

My old beast
Has been powered by
1800 TIV 40 Webers
2000 TIV 40 Webers
2200 6 cyl 911 40 3C Webers Loc-rite
2000 914 Haltech 70mm TB k8 LR
2000 914 Haltech 4x 40mm TB k8 LR
Sold in '98 and now has 6 cyl subi and installing auto box after trying Renault UN1 4 speed

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rocknrob Insano Dub Head

844 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 9 Apr 2008, 5:51 pm

#640458

and do you miss it? i've got a VS holden V6 sitting here waiting to go in something...i either need two kombis on the go or i need to settle down and focus on one...but i'm here cos it's fun👍

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 9 Apr 2008, 7:40 pm

#640476

Thats like asking 'Would you miss your left leg?'

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vwsteve karmann crazy

2,087 posts · joined Jul 2006 · 11 Apr 2008, 1:53 pm

#640693

I bought an old white 58 splitty panelvan which was jacked up for off road years ago off the fella who had the lifted green one(darren from memory)Had plenty of good times off road in it and up the beach, hit the worlds biggest tree when it went straight ahead on a muddy corner once, knocked most of it out and kept using it till the engine blew coming back from double island point, be interested to know what happened to it after i sold it to someone in ipswich years ago.

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1 1966 karmann cab
1 1961 split ute
1 1967 split p/van
1 1952 standard bug
1 1963 ragtop
1 1960 ragtop
2 1954 ovals
1 1956 oval baja project
1 1957 oval flying flea

1916baja Custom Title Time!

1,990 posts · joined Sep 2007 · 11 Apr 2008, 4:19 pm

#640709

There is a red and white Baja splitty here at Mt gravatt. I think it's a panel with windows cut into it. I'm just waiting to see a for sale sign on it and then i'll pounce! I couldn't imagine driving a jacked up splitty on the beach though? they wouldn't perform all that well, would they?

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE All people have the right to stupidity but some abuse the pr

2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 11 Apr 2008, 5:55 pm

#640722

A split set up right is awesome on the beach. Get rid of the swng axle box and go IRS then with good tryes and bal joint front end with disc brake conversion they are retty much unstoppable.

My cousin's 63 south African Panel Van has all bay window running gear under with renault tranny and a nice warm 2.0lt wedged in the back. With 12.5 33" BFG Mud Terrains on the back it will go just about where you point it.(if you are game enough)

ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE

Alder Outlaws VW Racing - check it out on fb!!

newoldmanx Wolfsburg Wizard

468 posts · joined Aug 2006 · 18 Apr 2008, 8:25 am

#641483

hey brendan any chance of some better pics of johns twin cab

its just a car for f*%k sake

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE All people have the right to stupidity but some abuse the pr

2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 18 Apr 2008, 8:54 pm

#641607

newoldmanx wrote:hey brendan any chance of some better pics of johns twin cab

Blue and silver one?? i'll see what i have if any or get some.

ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE

Alder Outlaws VW Racing - check it out on fb!!

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE All people have the right to stupidity but some abuse the pr

2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 18 Apr 2008, 8:55 pm

#641608

1916baja wrote:There is a red and white Baja splitty here at Mt gravatt. I think it's a panel with windows cut into it. I'm just waiting to see a for sale sign on it and then i'll pounce! I couldn't imagine driving a jacked up splitty on the beach though? they wouldn't perform all that well, would they?

do it have a pop top on it??? also does it have chrome bumpers and small 5 stud Merc rims??

ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE

Alder Outlaws VW Racing - check it out on fb!!

11CAB If ya got it....Baja it

4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 19 Apr 2008, 4:37 am

#641633

Here's some pics of John's I took out at Willowbank a few years ago

65 Meyers Manx
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
68 Country Buggy (KO 815)
68 Baja Bug
76 Baja Kombi Twincab

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE All people have the right to stupidity but some abuse the pr

2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 19 Apr 2008, 8:33 am

#641638

It now has 11R's on the front and 12.5 35 on the rear. Insane and overkill but that how my family like to do things..

ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE

Alder Outlaws VW Racing - check it out on fb!!

newoldmanx Wolfsburg Wizard

468 posts · joined Aug 2006 · 21 Apr 2008, 11:40 am

#641908

this is insane..

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vwsteve karmann crazy

2,087 posts · joined Jul 2006 · 22 Apr 2008, 3:16 pm

#642075

My old 58 split was a standard reduction g/box setup, when i arived at the beach north of noosa to go to rainbow it was high tide and easter weekend, it drove the whole way up the beach in soft sand(flat out) and even had to go up dunes at times to get around bogged 4wds, i can tell you if i had to stop it would have been all over but it made it the whole way without a prob, and turned a lot of heads and emabarrassed a few 4wds in the making🙂.

1 1963 356b porsche coupe
2 1960 karmann ghia cab
1 1965 karmann ghia cab
1 1966 karmann cab
1 1961 split ute
1 1967 split p/van
1 1952 standard bug
1 1963 ragtop
1 1960 ragtop
2 1954 ovals
1 1956 oval baja project
1 1957 oval flying flea

11CAB If ya got it....Baja it

4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 5 May 2008, 7:42 am

#644215

I've added a whole heap more pics into the gallery here:

http://www.manxgallery.org/gallery/BajaKombis

65 Meyers Manx
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
68 Country Buggy (KO 815)
68 Baja Bug
76 Baja Kombi Twincab

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 19 May 2008, 9:59 pm

#646799

A couple of shots of my old dc's, about '94 and the white low light, '87 at a guess.

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rocknrob Insano Dub Head

844 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 20 May 2008, 6:38 am

#646835

this one would be fun with some big wheels on it

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140233211570&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching

vwsteve karmann crazy

2,087 posts · joined Jul 2006 · 23 Jan 2009, 6:19 am

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1 1967 split p/van
1 1952 standard bug
1 1963 ragtop
1 1960 ragtop
2 1954 ovals
1 1956 oval baja project
1 1957 oval flying flea

nils Fahrvergnugen

971 posts · joined Jan 2008 · 27 Jan 2009, 4:49 pm

#691827

11CAB wrote:But the engine & gearbox are lowered the same amount down from the chassis, so you dont gain any more ground clearence on the important bits......and makes it that more top heavy

actually it lowers the center of gravity, picture above was of my old bus, did it to increase axel droop in those woops and to keep my cv's happy. did so many km's in that thing, couldn't afford to be chewing those things out all the time (besides is really not that low to begine with because of the length of the axels and the big tyres, never did bottom it out)

Quit calling rust patina

OZ Towdster Keen to finish some projects

1,921 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 27 Jan 2009, 8:02 pm

#691889

Not to mention thats our orange bus next to Nils ride when the previose owner still had it

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

nils Fahrvergnugen

971 posts · joined Jan 2008 · 28 Jan 2009, 4:13 pm

#692067

serious? haha! funny how these things all come full circle! have a few good photos of that day. (was after the bribie is. show about 5years ago) PM me if you want me to email you them.

Oh, and rocknrob i had 3 handbrakes in mine,(left, right and both with a ratchet) worked a treat!

Quit calling rust patina

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 28 Jan 2009, 10:29 pm

#692172

Cool bus Nils

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TheMiniMan Insano Dub Head

849 posts · joined Aug 2006 · 3 Feb 2009, 12:26 am

#693117

Leyland P76 V8 powered, IRS rear & disc brakes all round, twin fuel tanks, winch, & a partridge in a pear tree... went any/everywhere very fast :-)

TheMiniMan Insano Dub Head

849 posts · joined Aug 2006 · 3 Feb 2009, 12:32 am

#693118

& the sister splitty , carried my race mini to Targa Tasmania rally,,, followed as service crew the whole rally, then carried it back to brisbane again,,, work horse is an understatement :-) I bought this car as a bare shell from old mate Clayton in carina for a carton of xxxx largies & skull dragged it out from his back yard & built it up from there, sold it about 10 years later, but bough it back from a fella in camp hill & had another go with the old girl,,, it`s down in Lismore with some hippy doing it back up now