after looking for six months i finaly brought my first vw. its a 72 bay window kombi. and for the price i got an absolute bargin. im just stoket to be finaly driving down the road in my own bus and cant wait till the mods begin.nn[ Edited on 23/06/05 by driftmonkey ]
HotRodMatt ·
Best model bay to get!
Out with the camera!
crewcabconnection ·
'tis the best year - you speak the truth...
driftmonkey ·
it is a bit or a ratter but for $500 i cant complain at all. its got a recon 1800 and box new shocks( 9 months ago) and new brakes.
68AutoBug ·
Yes, congratulations on finding Your first VW and a type 2 KOMBI to boot.....
Great work... and great work finding the forum....
im down in adelaide. i'll get some photos up when i can get a good shot during the day. too buisy just crusing it to day to actualy stop and take a photo.
Robo ·
Good score.
Once you have owned a Kombi it change's your life forever.
Rob...nn[ Edited on 6-8-2005 by Robo ]
vwking ·
you got that right robo check you at the herbie parade:beer
h ·
excellent purchase.. welcome to the forum!
helbus ·
You will definitley finf the best of many worlds. Cool ride, plenty of room, great height to drive from.
Don't listen to anyone who disses your ride. They are usually jelous. 🙂
Che Castro ·
sounds like a good buy. welcome to the forum
Fossil ·
Congratulations on the bay I got a 73 and wrapped in him.
65busser ·
Congrats. Doesn't get better than a bus. C'mon show us some pics. Whatcha got in mind for it?
driftmonkey ·
well the new kombi ownership came to a spactacular end at about 8 oclock tonight. my newly aquired and butifull bus now looks a little bit sad and sorry, with a big dent where the passenger used to sit and a lot of grazing on the drivers side. i dont know exactley how it happened but i managed to hit a parked car whilst driving down the road at 60kph and rolled the van straight on to its side then slid down the road for about 30m. the bus is a compleat wreck, but the engine and other bits and peices are still salvagabull. so if any one is after any parts drop me an e-mail. at driftmonkey@hotmail.com, just want to try recooperate some of the loss and get a new one. im just haveing a shit of a day as my bus also got brocken into this morning and they stole my brand new surf board and the keys to my other car. it has become probably the morst day of my life so far. i think that im just going to go to sleep and hope that tomorrow will be a better day....
blutopless2 ·
damn.... sorry to hear about the accident... hope today is a better day. 👍
mscabrio ·
Oh bugger !
Hope that you are ok! Did you break a mirror? You sound like you have had a lot of bad luck !
Don't sell off your Kombi bits, get another! It becomes a sad twisted addiction, but stacks of fun!
mscabrio ·
Helbus wrote:Don't listen to anyone who disses your ride. They are usually jelous. 🙂
Couldn't have put it better myself!
GL1972 ·
Driftmonkey,
Bad luck, the Kombi AND a new stick! Who did you P!ss off in a previous life? Maybe you'll wake up and it will be a bad dream.
Hopefully you weren't hurt.
I'm just about to buy into a Kombi for trips to the beach with the surfboard in the back.
It's all about the lifestyle isn't it!
Brendan
ColumBUS ·
ouch town dude, the loss of the bus and sticks will be lamented by all of wollongong for a long time.
keep your useable parts for the next bus, sell the rest for scrap.
good luck finding another one mate. hopefully another 72!
driftmonkey ·
here is a link to a photo of the bus after the accident
thats nasty mate glad your alright now get you arse back out there and get another one 👍
inthebuckethenry ·
Thats bad luck dude!
can someone post the pic here please! My watchdog server wont let me in! :cry
nn[ Edited on 12-8-2005 by inthebuckethenry ]
twoguns ·
what type of car did ya hit. i bet you made some mess of that also. i remember when i had brake failure in the splitta and grazed downthe side of a bommadore. carved it up real nice.
good to see youre alright. youll find anotehr i am sure.
Twokombies ·
Here is your pic,sad to say but you are right about one thing for sure, it is history.
The good news is you are OK by the "sound" of things.
If the motor is good and some of the other parts are OK you might be able to recoup your money and start the search again.
Next time why don't you take it to a mechanic and get it checked over for things like brakes and fuel lines.
Keep ya chin up and welcome to the wonderfull world of Kombies.
Luca
squizy ·
Man that's bad news. Keep the faith dude...there'll be another.
driftmonkey ·
yea it is pretty nasty, i ran through a vk commonhore, the commi is a lot worse off that the bus is. its about a foot shortes and about 4 inches taller. there was nothing wrong with the bus mechanicaly, an i would have been able to stop if i had seen the car but the reality of it is that i didnt see it at all. but a big shout out has to go to a bunch of my good mates who have in a few days ralled a bit of coin together and are looking for a nother bus for me all ready, that we aer going to do up as a group. an this is from poeple that are into import, rice burrner cars. it just goes to show that a volksy toches a lott of people in a lot of different sceens.
71superbug ·
driftmonkey wrote:it just goes to show that a volksy toches a lott of people in a lot of different sceens.
so does silvia saint...and i know which one i would rather be riding :p
but hey..im a beetle boy 🙂...anyway..sorry to hear about the crash and i hope the new project brings many a good time.
Anthony🥷
inthebuckethenry ·
Thanks tk!!
Nasty - but a good parts donor!
VW's dont die they just take on new personas! long live the blue bus!
driftmonkey ·
the blue bus will indeed live. the new shell sould arrive within the week and then the work wil begin to transfer everything over. hopefully i will have it ready to go by october long weekend for my trip down to yourks.
long live the blue bus