this was my 73 bay, Squeak, i owned him for over 4 years back in the u.k.
as the title suggests he is no longer with us.... i'll find some more pictures soon...
kai
Kai.A. ·
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my bay (now sadly deceased)
https://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/threads/17308/my-bay-now-sadly-deceased
Robo ·
Man what happened to him?
I lived a Narrabeen for 25 years, Avalon bring's back some cool memorys.
Rob.....
I lived a Narrabeen for 25 years, Avalon bring's back some cool memorys.
Rob.....
Kai.A. ·
it's a crap story, but basically a concrete roof collapsed on top of the van 🙁
the rest is history...
i now have a '67 squareback, i should have some more pics of that sorted soon 😎
kai
the rest is history...
i now have a '67 squareback, i should have some more pics of that sorted soon 😎
kai
Robo ·
Oh man that sux.... Insured?
Rob....
Rob....
Astro Boy ·
could you redeem anything as a memento of the great ' squeak'?
Kai.A. ·
it was insured, but as with all insurance companies it some time for them to give me some money, and when they did it wasn't as much as it should have been. i don't have a very good opinion of insurance companies, apart from ripping me off, i don't beleive they have ever done anything for me!!!!!
as far as a momento, i've got a few bits and pieces, and of course, the memories!
kai
as far as a momento, i've got a few bits and pieces, and of course, the memories!
kai
Robo ·
Hope ya had a party in her rememberance!
Rob....
Rob....
kombi_kid ·
Hope ya had a party in her rememberance!
or a day of mourning!!!
Kai.A. ·
i did get smashed with some friends to mourne the passing of squeak.... not sure i'd call it a party.
kai
kai
Kai.A. ·
here's a pic of my poor van's demise 🙁
kai
kai
72TWINCAB ·
Too Bad. Hate to see a kombi in pain:cry
Kai.A. ·
well, the other pictures seem to have disappeared.....
but here is the best pic ever taken of squeak:
kai😎
(it was taken at the deva dubs and rods show at chester racecourse, the big building in the background is cheshire police hq)
but here is the best pic ever taken of squeak:
kai😎
(it was taken at the deva dubs and rods show at chester racecourse, the big building in the background is cheshire police hq)
57 Chook Shed ·
Hey Kai,
Was it your Bus that was in the same concrete garage as Ca$hback the Drag car???
This was at Tuck`s Dad`s place in Frodsham??
Remember Matt telling me, did`nt he buy the engine out of it??
Gra.
Was it your Bus that was in the same concrete garage as Ca$hback the Drag car???
This was at Tuck`s Dad`s place in Frodsham??
Remember Matt telling me, did`nt he buy the engine out of it??
Gra.
Kai.A. ·
yep, that's the one. 🙁
i heard that matt had the engine, but he hasn't let me know how he got it or anything.... i got kinda screwed over by the salvage peeps (and the insurance)..... surprise surprise...
i lost quite a few pesonal belongings and tools when they took the van away 🙁
kai
i heard that matt had the engine, but he hasn't let me know how he got it or anything.... i got kinda screwed over by the salvage peeps (and the insurance)..... surprise surprise...
i lost quite a few pesonal belongings and tools when they took the van away 🙁
kai
57 Chook Shed ·
That`s a bummer.
Matt has fitted the Multi-Point Fuel Injection off his `79 Kab to it and is running it at the moment I think.
Told me he heard which wreckers it was at and went down and pulled the engine.
At least you know it`s in a cool car!
Gra.
Matt has fitted the Multi-Point Fuel Injection off his `79 Kab to it and is running it at the moment I think.
Told me he heard which wreckers it was at and went down and pulled the engine.
At least you know it`s in a cool car!
Gra.
Kai.A. ·
the annoying thing is, the van was a class 1 write off, which means no part was to be used ever again, by law! i pleaded with the assessor to change that so i could strip it for parts, he wouldnt.
then the slavage peeps took it, before i had cleared my stuff out of it, after about 10 phone calls (at much expence to me) i tracked them down and asked what they would do to the van now, expecting them to say they will crush it, as the law says they should..... they said they were gonna brake it and sell off parts.
when i heard that it was like the last straw, i just totally lost interest!!!!
the whole turn of events really bummed me out, and i was having loads of other hassles around that time too.... the end result was i called it a day and came back to aus..... and bought another aircooled dub😎
kai
p.s. that engine had about 190 miles on it..... not even close to being run in yet..... i didn't really get my money's worth outta that did i 🙁
then the slavage peeps took it, before i had cleared my stuff out of it, after about 10 phone calls (at much expence to me) i tracked them down and asked what they would do to the van now, expecting them to say they will crush it, as the law says they should..... they said they were gonna brake it and sell off parts.
when i heard that it was like the last straw, i just totally lost interest!!!!
the whole turn of events really bummed me out, and i was having loads of other hassles around that time too.... the end result was i called it a day and came back to aus..... and bought another aircooled dub😎
kai
p.s. that engine had about 190 miles on it..... not even close to being run in yet..... i didn't really get my money's worth outta that did i 🙁
57 Chook Shed ·
That really sux Kai. Didn`t know all that shit happened.
So you are an Aussie then?? How long in the UK?
I lived in Frodsham all my life before I moved over here in September`01.
Did you ever see the Bay that me and Matt built, it was the one that was in red oxide/black guide coat with ragtop and 6V headlights with flat tinted perspex lenses. It was known as the Flying Shite!!!
Cheers
Gra.
So you are an Aussie then?? How long in the UK?
I lived in Frodsham all my life before I moved over here in September`01.
Did you ever see the Bay that me and Matt built, it was the one that was in red oxide/black guide coat with ragtop and 6V headlights with flat tinted perspex lenses. It was known as the Flying Shite!!!
Cheers
Gra.
Kai.A. ·
yeh, i'm an aussie, born in adelaide.....
i lived in the u.k for nearly nine years, 3 years in coventry and the rest in/around chester....
was that van the one with polished carlton alloys? i'm sure i used to see it around all the time, i seem to remember admiring it (totally pissed 😉) at the all types show one year, when it used to be at the rugby club....
kai
i lived in the u.k for nearly nine years, 3 years in coventry and the rest in/around chester....
was that van the one with polished carlton alloys? i'm sure i used to see it around all the time, i seem to remember admiring it (totally pissed 😉) at the all types show one year, when it used to be at the rugby club....
kai
57 Chook Shed ·
Yeah mate, that`s the one!
The sliding door was on shed door hinges (opened outwards!!) the rear arches were made of duct tape it was a full on piece of shit!! But looked great, had a wicked sound system (800w 15" sub etc etc) had some great parties in it.
I`ll post some pics when I can.
Gra.
The sliding door was on shed door hinges (opened outwards!!) the rear arches were made of duct tape it was a full on piece of shit!! But looked great, had a wicked sound system (800w 15" sub etc etc) had some great parties in it.
I`ll post some pics when I can.
Gra.
pyr0 ·
chook sehd i would love to see the pics of this van it sounds awesome :bounce
57 Chook Shed ·
Pyro,
All my photos are at my inlaws house (keep all that stuff there during bushfire season just in case). I`ll get some tommorrow. The only one I`ve got here is when she was used to great effect in "The Big Bay" at Vanfest `99 in the UK. She`s the dark spec just above the passenger side indicator!
Shit that was a good show!
Gra.
[Edited on 6-4-2004 by 57 Chook Shed]
All my photos are at my inlaws house (keep all that stuff there during bushfire season just in case). I`ll get some tommorrow. The only one I`ve got here is when she was used to great effect in "The Big Bay" at Vanfest `99 in the UK. She`s the dark spec just above the passenger side indicator!
Shit that was a good show!
Gra.
[Edited on 6-4-2004 by 57 Chook Shed]
Kai.A. ·
vanfest '99 was the year it rained i think.... but nothin could stop it from being my favourite show to go to....
it's always on within a day or two of my birthday, i had my 18th, 19th ('99), i think i missed 2000 'cos of the fuel crisis bollox, the my 21st, and 22nd, didn't go for my 23rd cos i had lost the van a few months earlier so didn't really feel like it 🙁
anyway chook shed, the simple fact is, we've probably met and don't even know it.... small bloody world. i'll give you a shout next time i'm round adelaide, we should go for a beer😎
kai
it's always on within a day or two of my birthday, i had my 18th, 19th ('99), i think i missed 2000 'cos of the fuel crisis bollox, the my 21st, and 22nd, didn't go for my 23rd cos i had lost the van a few months earlier so didn't really feel like it 🙁
anyway chook shed, the simple fact is, we've probably met and don't even know it.... small bloody world. i'll give you a shout next time i'm round adelaide, we should go for a beer😎
kai
pyr0 ·
lol ive done that with people.
chook shed cant wait for the pics ur old bus sounds like a lil ripper.
that over head pic of van fest is awesome. how many vans did it take to make the big bay ??
chook shed cant wait for the pics ur old bus sounds like a lil ripper.
that over head pic of van fest is awesome. how many vans did it take to make the big bay ??
57 Chook Shed ·
Dunno pyro, you better start counting :thumb
57 Chook Shed ·
Dunno pyro, you better start counting!!
Kai, do you remember my white 181 (Trekker) with Polished Cookie Cutters??
Had that in the All Types Show back in `98.
Gra.
[Edited on 6-4-2004 by 57 Chook Shed]
Kai, do you remember my white 181 (Trekker) with Polished Cookie Cutters??
Had that in the All Types Show back in `98.
Gra.
[Edited on 6-4-2004 by 57 Chook Shed]
pyr0 ·
seriously i started to count i got to like 300 and then lost track of ones id counted and hadnt counted :P
i did try tho
i did try tho
57 Chook Shed ·
I took some pretty crazy photos whilst walking around the Big Bay. I`ll post some of them too, can you imagine what it was like standing between the two rows of vans on the roof section or where my van was??
I`ll show you anyway.
Cheers
Gra.
I`ll show you anyway.
Cheers
Gra.
Kai.A. ·
if i remember rightly they said there were 400-450 vans in the big bay display.....
the trekker..... there's the missing link, i think we do know eachother!!! i remember talking to the owner of a white trekker for a while (i was slightly smashed.....again....), awesome ride!!!
i think that was the year that i was there with a mate in his crappy renault 5, 900cc thing :puke
we had a tent, and both woke up on the ground between the tent and the car....that was a good night!!!
there was a guy in a yellow bug doing jumps on those crazy bumps in the camping field too, i'm sure he must of cracked the 'pan in a few places.....
kai
the trekker..... there's the missing link, i think we do know eachother!!! i remember talking to the owner of a white trekker for a while (i was slightly smashed.....again....), awesome ride!!!
i think that was the year that i was there with a mate in his crappy renault 5, 900cc thing :puke
we had a tent, and both woke up on the ground between the tent and the car....that was a good night!!!
there was a guy in a yellow bug doing jumps on those crazy bumps in the camping field too, i'm sure he must of cracked the 'pan in a few places.....
kai
MattKab ·
Flying shite at Bug Jam :thumb seen here wearing it's ex. Falklands war free-standing awning. Top weekend, eh mate?
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MattKab ·
I really miss this old shit box :thumb
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MattKab ·
This pic of the said Trekker, Darth Vader's (honest) 16v and my Baja is just too cool not share:thumb don't we look young?
Chook and Kai,
'have you been to www.CheshAIR.com ? You two are members, did you know? Get your current rides in our gallery.
Matt
[Edited on 7-4-2004 by MattKab]
[Edited on 7-4-2004 by MattKab]
Chook and Kai,
'have you been to www.CheshAIR.com ? You two are members, did you know? Get your current rides in our gallery.
Matt
[Edited on 7-4-2004 by MattKab]
[Edited on 7-4-2004 by MattKab]
Kai.A. ·
hey matt, how ya doin?
i'll pop some piccys on the cheshair site soon..... 😎
might leave it for a short while, i've got plans for the squarebak, so things could be changing a bit over the next couple of months 😉
kai
i'll pop some piccys on the cheshair site soon..... 😎
might leave it for a short while, i've got plans for the squarebak, so things could be changing a bit over the next couple of months 😉
kai
MattKab ·
I'm very well mate, hope you are too.
I had no idea your Bus became Ins. Cat. 1! That makes my engine stolen, I paid good money for a new motor with no number 😎 the little bastard blew a sump stud out at 4.9k on the East Lancs, and left a slimey trail of ~2litres of Quantum15w40/STP about a mile long down the M6 😀😀 oops not fixed it yet, been working hard by day, smokin hard by night :jesus
What you gonna do with the Square' ? Is it D-jet or carbs?
Matt
I had no idea your Bus became Ins. Cat. 1! That makes my engine stolen, I paid good money for a new motor with no number 😎 the little bastard blew a sump stud out at 4.9k on the East Lancs, and left a slimey trail of ~2litres of Quantum15w40/STP about a mile long down the M6 😀😀 oops not fixed it yet, been working hard by day, smokin hard by night :jesus
What you gonna do with the Square' ? Is it D-jet or carbs?
Matt
57 Chook Shed ·
Hi Matt,
Ta for posting those pics, forgot I`d sent you them. Great memories mate!
Wonder if the dude that bought the wheels (including one FREE Flying Shite) did anything with it??
Bet he had a heart attack when he looked underneath!
The Baja went to a better place mate, where the pains of salt corrosion do not exist. Shame the "Crazy Buggy" never saw completion, might have to do something about that one day!
Miss the Trekker too dude, been thinking about taking a trip to Bali in the near future, theres a company over there that does tours in 182`s!! www.balivwtours.com or something.
So what`s my user name/ password on Cheshair?? Bit of a bummer I never got to go there or to the new show in Chester. Telfords is sorely missed too. In fact I`m comin home. Nah, too expensive and too much rust 😠
E-mail me the details and I`ll post some pics mate, of the Splitty too.
Hope to see you on here on a regular basis Matt.
Did that Danny dude finish my old Drag car??
Cheers,
Gra.
[Edited on 8-4-2004 by 57 Chook Shed]
Ta for posting those pics, forgot I`d sent you them. Great memories mate!
Wonder if the dude that bought the wheels (including one FREE Flying Shite) did anything with it??
Bet he had a heart attack when he looked underneath!
The Baja went to a better place mate, where the pains of salt corrosion do not exist. Shame the "Crazy Buggy" never saw completion, might have to do something about that one day!
Miss the Trekker too dude, been thinking about taking a trip to Bali in the near future, theres a company over there that does tours in 182`s!! www.balivwtours.com or something.
So what`s my user name/ password on Cheshair?? Bit of a bummer I never got to go there or to the new show in Chester. Telfords is sorely missed too. In fact I`m comin home. Nah, too expensive and too much rust 😠
E-mail me the details and I`ll post some pics mate, of the Splitty too.
Hope to see you on here on a regular basis Matt.
Did that Danny dude finish my old Drag car??
Cheers,
Gra.
[Edited on 8-4-2004 by 57 Chook Shed]
Kai.A. ·
yeh matt, that whole episode with my van is one very very long story, and virtually none of it is good (other than it's heart is still beating, in your cabrio 😎)
i got screwed on quite a few different levels during that saga...... and at the same time other areas of my life started going pear shaped too..... it all ended up with me moving back here, so it ended on a positive note!
the square;
i don't know what type of F.I. it is, but it's got an aftermarket ecu on it, microtec.....
it's gonna have a new zorst, a few other bits and bobs, and then be fully set up on a dyno, it goes in on monday 😎
it'll also have a disks all round :thumb
i'm gonna be away in melbourne till early may (for work), but when i get back the square should be sweet..... then i'll just have to save up for wheels.... and get some rattle cans and do a 'kaiboy special' to the paintjob 😉
kai
i got screwed on quite a few different levels during that saga...... and at the same time other areas of my life started going pear shaped too..... it all ended up with me moving back here, so it ended on a positive note!
the square;
i don't know what type of F.I. it is, but it's got an aftermarket ecu on it, microtec.....
it's gonna have a new zorst, a few other bits and bobs, and then be fully set up on a dyno, it goes in on monday 😎
it'll also have a disks all round :thumb
i'm gonna be away in melbourne till early may (for work), but when i get back the square should be sweet..... then i'll just have to save up for wheels.... and get some rattle cans and do a 'kaiboy special' to the paintjob 😉
kai
57 Chook Shed ·
!MAD!
Kai.A. ·
that's a great piccy!
i climbed to the top of that viewing tower thing they had, but because of the clouds and rain i could actually see more of the display from the ground....
kai😎
i climbed to the top of that viewing tower thing they had, but because of the clouds and rain i could actually see more of the display from the ground....
kai😎