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JETTABOY Officially Full-On Dubber

210 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#6931

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#7059
Great pics... whats the FB Holdens doing in the second shot ??

I see the Datos in the first pic must be around 69 or 70 according to the VW shells.
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

jenz58 Postal Menace

9,121 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#7080
Excellent pics :thumb

Love black and white shots🙂

KruizinKombi Seriously Obsessed Cyber Dubber

3,493 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#7726
Dave, I was thinking the same thing... How did Holdens and Datsuns come to be in the same factory as VWs?:o
Kruizin Kol

vwrallycar Insano Dub Head

721 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#9143
i believe that the datsuns also used the same vw colours

jenz58 Postal Menace

9,121 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#9151
Had a Datsun 1600, it was an amazing little car, a real work horse. It did several trips into central and Nth Queensland towing a heavily laden trailer, long camping trips. Had a big roo take out our front lights going into Carnarvon Gorge at night. The family just grew too big for it 🙁

But then they just didn't have the character of a VW 🙂

Still love looking at black and white pics :thumb

Andy Andy\'s Adventures

2,820 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#9192
In the late 60's early 70's before VW Aust. went belly up the factory was used to assemble a number of different cars Dato's being one of them. They also went back to CKD kits from germany, only minimal Aust. content. I can't remember the relationship, wether VW assembled cars for other makes, or they leased out building space they no longer needed?😎

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#9221
Those pics were on Ebay a few weeks ago, i bid but was not successful.:cry
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

jenz58 Postal Menace

9,121 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#9276
Oh no! Was there the last minute bidding frenzy?🙁

They would have been nice pics to have. Well someone must be happy.

The_Bronze. Minister of Volkswagenism

1,922 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#10519
Jen I didn't know you had been up in Queensland. I used to live just over an hour From Carnarvon and visited it frequently during school holidays. I was nearly cleaned up many a time by wallibies while on my KLR250 and later KLR600 going in and out of there. I was stuck in there for three days one time from an overnight storm which swelled the creek for days afterwards.

I love Black and White shots too. Sal takes some Magic B&W prints and develops them herself. Can't get her to take shots of the Baja though. Mutters somthing about time wasting.
Bronze.

Rathmines, Lake Macquarie, NSW.

graeme86 Casual Dubber

23 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#13448
A little known fact..this very factory is now used to assemble HSV Commodores!

Jay_1965vw Chatting Babe

1,429 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#19329
ehh?

I thought the factory was now the head offices of LINFOX or something like that?

Used to drive past it fairly often when Wolf was being restored in Clayton.


Jay

Dubless in Canada
Part of Melbourne's Unreal Aircooled VW Community

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#19418
I work in the grounds of this factory at my client (which Jay so kindly pointed out). It's a very large block, and I know that Linfox doesn't use all of it. Linfox use the bit to the side of Kombi Ave.

amazer kombi pilot

3,187 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#19483
:o Theres a Kombi Ave. Umm jaaaay. You let me drive past kombi ave without taking a picture????
Chris.... kombi pilot, oval dreamer... finisher #26971 2005 city to surf

Jay_1965vw Chatting Babe

1,429 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#19612
doh. Sorry Chris. We may not have actually driven past it...

Next time you are down we will go have a look 🙂


Jay
Part of Melbourne's Unreal Aircooled VW Community

amazer kombi pilot

3,187 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#24567
Jay_1965vw wrote:doh. Sorry Chris. We may not have actually driven past it...

Next time you are down we will go have a look 🙂


Jay
but next time I am down I wont have a kombi to take a picture of. (dont know that I ever want to drive again after the hell trip last time) Will jusr have to steal the sign n bring it home with me. I'm sure its been done before. Council probably has a few spares made up already.
Chris.... kombi pilot, oval dreamer... finisher #26971 2005 city to surf