Unfortunately the rumour is true ..... Kombis in Paradise, a resto business on the Gold Coast has shut its doors and left a lot of kombi owners in the lurch.
Customers from all over Australia have had to drop what they are doing and make arrangements to go to the Gold Coast themselves or arrange someone to go retrieve their unfinished restos from a business operator that has dropped off the face of the earth in the mines of North Queensland left the shop in charge of someone else and then decided to close the doors this week.
Many hopes and dreams of people wanting a kombi restored have been shattered and the it is best summed up by the words of a victim watching another retrieve his kombi .... an older man almost in tears at seeing what he was taking away ...... just a rolling shell .....
There is more on a thread on another forum and I hope the administrators and mods allow me to post that link and let it stay.
http://forums.kombiclub.com/showthread.php?t=16664
The thread starts in September but heats up a little ... obviously ..... from the 16 th October post 8 onwards.
The last few days has seen many people try to contact those with vehicles at KIP to tell them that they need to get their buses off the premises.
On that note there is a list of the restos and owners that we are trying to confirm whether they have got their buses back so we can get in contact to tell them.
There are people from all over Australia and from various VW forums so just trying to find out if there is anyone who has been missed.
Here is the list we are trying to complete and others may wish to add names or details to:
Linnie – taken away on a tilt tray to Daltrim and when finished will be transported to down to Linnie in Sydney
MarkJC –
Chino – received mid-year from KIP
Emby (Matt) - picked up his bus a few months ago but missing is a shed load of parts that he's either had to replace for rego or don't miss.....
Edwina & Roger – driving from Woollongong yesterday to pick up bus from KIP’s trimmers who are owed $10K. At trimmers not at KIP.
jhp1 -
Laura & Keith/Steek -
Ashmannn1111 -
Glenn (Otis II) – taken away after being contacted by Roy
Matt -
Glen Secco -
Dave -
Euan/Funhunter - transported away a rolling shell
Col -
Khalid (this dude had 4 a 72 Bay, 56 Split, Bay DC and a Beetle) -
Leroy - took his bus away last Monday and forwarded an email and pm informing the news to a couple of other KIP clients ..... but don’t know which ones....... but heard from a couple that are coming up tomorrow (Friday) and over the weekend.
Al -
Gary -
Joh & Josh -
Holly -
Nick -
ev-kombi
Cheers
Brett
