Hey guys/girls,
Ive gotten myself a double sliding-door '69 panel van and was wondering for the future: What is usually regarded as genuine for them in terms of bumpers, colour/paint, visor, wheel colour and generally just the external look?
Sorry if it seems a bit daft, but the images on google seem to vary alot between each van.
Also, how important are genuine looking wheels? I see alot of them have alloy with no caps on them, do people generally not care about them or am i just seeing bad examples?
binner ·
Fu$k genuine original, lose your load on it.
Scottkombi ·
Ooooh...I like the sound of this.
Show us some photos.
Was this the one of Ebay?
Scottkombi ·
Here is restored panel rear section showing white bumpers, white wheels and grey hubcaps.
Maybe that is the stock look?
MISS VDUB ·
Correct me if i'm wrong but that was what commercial vehicles were supplied with.
HendrikO ·
Ahaha, that photo helps ALOT Scottkombi, were the hub-caps that sort of grey as well? or were they more of a chrome?
Its not at all restored at the moment, i just wanted to know because I'm starting with the wheel area and want to make sure i get it right 😀
I'm wondering whether i should start a thread for the restoration on it so i dont need to keep asking questions in new threads. Is that the sort of thing people do? Would i get the same level of help in a single thread or by asking questions this way?
Also, the kombi i have came with a bullbar, is there any chance that that is original? i have had a breif look and it seems only the later models had them (Mine is a '69)
Scottkombi ·
HendrickO,
I understand the grey hubcaps were the choice for all commecials as was the white bumpers with splash trays.
Bullbars were definately not factory - just a common after market addition.
Keep asking questions here - after all this is the kombi loving section.
Post up lots of photos - that way we all know what we are taking about in better detail. The photo I put in was of a 1970 model wide 5 so it would be basically the same as yours.