The story goes something like this, long long time ago there was a green kombi, hahaha nar.
more like this. My mum had been driving a green and white bay window bus for over 17 years, before i was born and over the years it slowly started to really show its age. Mum loved it and couldnt see herself driving any other car. Then one day the motor that had served for most of the 17 years pulled a rocker stud and ran out of rego in the same week. By this stage it was a pretty rusty green kombi and was looking very tired and needed abit of time spend on it to make it nice again and we thought what can we do to get out of this!!! In the mean time we rebuilt the motor and refreshed all bearings and put a slightly bigger cam in for mum. Anyways back to the kombi. One day I was looking through the for sale section on the aussieveedubbers forum when i came across a green bay window microbus with out motor!! I called dad quick quick check this out! dad said ''SOLD''!!! But we didnt know wat to do with the old bus cause it wasnt worth anything as a whole, so i put a post up on the for sale section of the aussieveedubbers forum (WRECKING BAY WINDOW KOMBI!) and sold plenty of things off the bus on and off the forum. before the new bus turned up the old one was gone..... Mum was very happy with her new bus as it had a full interiour and a RADIO!!! over the week end i put the motor in and got it all setup and then dad spent the next day sorting it out and now she runs like a dream! mum said the wheels look like trolly wheels so we went and talked to a mate of ours about some merc wheels for the bus and he came up with some of these gas burner style rims off a late model merc (16 inch). scored them for a nice 500 bucks with tyres!!! Soo now mum back on the road again in style and happier than ever and with a radio and nice wheels! love ya mum! :kiss :party
haha reads like a kids book!
heres a pic of the new bus with the merc wheels.
Very cool Big Al. And it looks almost the same as the old bus, without the rust bits!!! HECTIC:thumb
"Tell him 'We've already got one'"
Looks fantastic! Hope my boys will keep me in an awsome Kombi like this! (mind you thats some time off concidering they are only 2.5yrs and 8months old LOL!) But hey! start 'em young!
Mel
thanks for the old bus .....reincarnated the running gear into a 67 split in melberg..cheers dsk steve ps...it works well as a shed for storing parts at the moment
Yes many people said WOW what a resto!! Sounds hectic to with the webbers!!
Mums done alot for me over the years soo i thought the least i can do is get her bus going! Im sure if you get the young fellas into some vw pedal cars they will be into them for life!
alex
rhddlxbd wrote:thanks for the old bus .....reincarnated the running gear into a 67 split in melberg..cheers dsk steve ps...it works well as a shed for storing parts at the moment
Not a problem mate! better than seeing it go to the dip...
alex
kool story its good to hear your mum didnt give up on the kombi's 🙂 and its even better to hear she's cruising in one again 😎
Founding member of the C'town Rat-Pack
Yeah, oh and forgot to mention the 3,000 rpm high stall and 100shot of nitros and the mini tubs that put her into the high 9s for the quarter mile. (home to shopping centre) oh and thats 9mins too
Alex Holzl wrote:Sounds hectic to with the webbers!!
alex
Alex
they are Dells!
:jesus
Futue te ipsum!!!
BARRY SHHHHH dont tell me we sold her webbers! lol my mistake. :P
Very nice dude. LOVE those wheels too, needs to be lowered tho.
Yeah i want to but then i think do i really want too... mum likes to be able the launch the median strip when she has too thou lol
alex
Gotta love the stories with a happy ending. Looks like a clean bay. Nice to see. :thumb
1958 Beetle, 1966 VW Beetle, 1996 Holden Statesman!
Its an obsesion for engines and fuel.... 😏
Its an exarmy bus. so in the engine bay it has all the army badges and the army green paint. The light green and white has been resprayed. I wounder if the army look after their stuff???
Looks awesome, so glad it got to go to a good home and get back on the road. It looks a lot nicer than the bus I've kept....but anyways congrats on the restore!
Cheers,
Dustin
cheers dusto! let us kinow when your bus is done, id like to see some pics!
alex
