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esqueeze Learner Dubber

6 posts · joined Dec 2008 ·

#683398
Went on hols up the northern coast of WA in my beloved kombi and was going round a corner when the back tyre blew out and the kombi decided to roll❗ over in the middle of nowhere❗🤪 Anyways since then everytime I mention the accident everyone goes on about how notorious Kombi's are for rolling over hmmmm❗ Being an avid VW fan for a long time now I'm surprised I've never heard of this until after the accident❗🤓

Tim

PS Kombi had to be scrapped so am selling the WA license plates VDUBLU. If you interested pls email me esqueeze1@yahoo.com.au or call me on 0432857700 with offers. Cheers.

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eraser Fahrvergnugen

970 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#683409
I think all VW's had a bad rap due to the swing axle, I know i took my new stock beetle at 60 around a slip lane and almost rolled it :P

buss doesn't look that bad? any other pictures of the damage?

RIP

esqueeze Learner Dubber

6 posts · joined Dec 2008 ·

#683414
eraser wrote:I think all VW's had a bad rap due to the swing axle, I know i took my new stock beetle at 60 around a slip lane and almost rolled it :P

buss doesn't look that bad? any other pictures of the damage?

RIP
Yeah I have a few others just need to downsize them then I'll post 'em. T

eraser Fahrvergnugen

970 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#683419
poor little thing, should sell it off in parts :P

But i would have to be honest i would knock that roof out with a rubber mallet😉 but thats just me :P hate to see another one bite the dust, im guessing the chassis is bent? Did it roll over or just fall on its side?

esqueeze Learner Dubber

6 posts · joined Dec 2008 ·

#683421
eraser wrote:poor little thing, should sell it off in parts :P

But i would have to be honest i would knock that roof out with a rubber mallet😉 but thats just me :P hate to see another one bite the dust, im guessing the chassis is bent? Did it roll over or just fall on its side?
Already sold it, I was in the middle of nowhere. Only things left are the VW badge from the front and the NO plate VDUBLU. 🙁

esqueeze Learner Dubber

6 posts · joined Dec 2008 ·

#683453
It rolled over, did a perfect roll and ended up back on it's tyres lol🤪

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eraser Fahrvergnugen

970 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#683458
ouch 😉 poor thing

bearzat Learner Dubber

5 posts · joined Dec 2008 ·

#683651
I got a headache

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#683661
Hi

Very sad to see, the more VWs that leave the roads the less there will be in the future.

I think many vans besides VW would roll over in that situation.

I saw an L300 roll over going down a small hill in suburban Sydney when it braked and changed direction and he didn't hit anything to make it roll.

Steve

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE All people have the right to stupidity but some abuse the pr

2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#687638
That's repairable. I've seen my uncle revive worse than this. Whole drivers side and new roof on a dual cab that had rolled onto it's side then hit a tree.
ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE

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Andy Andy\'s Adventures

2,820 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#687745
I have seen a '71 kombi on it's side. Was a slow corner, but inside tyre clipped a curb and sent it over.
Only other one I've seen personally.

vwsteve karmann crazy

2,087 posts · joined Jul 2006 ·

#687794
i certainly wouldnt fix it unless it was a samba or something, looks pretty buggered to me
1 1963 356b porsche coupe
2 1960 karmann ghia cab
1 1965 karmann ghia cab
1 1966 karmann cab
1 1961 split ute
1 1967 split p/van
1 1952 standard bug
1 1963 ragtop
1 1960 ragtop
2 1954 ovals
1 1956 oval baja project
1 1957 oval flying flea

mhoney Casual Dubber

31 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#688722
That is repairable my mate fitted a complete new roof to a 1969 bay when it did the same thing. Took him a weekend to replace.

Hope you put her back on the road🙂

najoobk Learner Dubber

6 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·

#750500
any updates?

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#750511
eraser wrote:I think all VW's had a bad rap due to the swing axle, I know i took my new stock beetle at 60 around a slip lane and almost rolled it :P



Don't bag swing-axles please! VWs don't roll over by themselves, people cause them to do that.

Cheers, Greg
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

tmerivale Casual Dubber

44 posts · joined Nov 2009 ·

#766034
think of the positive side, time for a chopped roof and a decent paint job to match your new roof line 🙂

jsheppard64 Officially Full-On Dubber

323 posts · joined Mar 2008 ·

#767496
Personally, I think that old VWs have bad rep was because there was more of them around.
It could happen to any other car given the right circumstances.
It even happened to James bond's Aston Martin!! not many people complains about that 😂

Anyway Sorry for the bus... but it doesn't look too bad for a roll over

71-BEETLE-SEDAN AKA Josh

1,058 posts · joined Mar 2009 ·

#767817
Im with greg, ive seen his car on two wheels going around corners,

squizy Thinking about another dub...maybe

4,082 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#767819
Bong water spilt everywhere.

esqueeze Learner Dubber

6 posts · joined Dec 2008 ·

#767836
OK, it's been a while. Sadly I had a nasty lasceration to my arm in the crash so I wasn't in much of a mood to rebuild Otto at the time, the rollover was about 1000KM from our home in Perth. Sold it to a Classic VDub specialist in Geraldton so hopefully it lived on in some way even if it was the excellent mechanicals breathing life into another Kombi.

I was passenger, my GF was driving and she was impressed that I was so nice about her destroying my pride and joy. I couldn't really blame her, I might have stood a chance of getting it back once the back end went but seriously; with a blowout n/s rear, on a tight bend, on an unsealed road in a long vehicle with all of the weight over the back wheel, she really didn't stand a chance. I went on to marry my girlfriend, who is expecting our 1st child any day now. The whole thing brought us closer and sealed our fate really.

Bong water was spilled everywhere, but I did manage to save some of my beer.

Now I have a 2004 Golf 2.0 FSI that I luv 2 bits despite the handbrake being in the wrong place and the slightly underplayed 110KW (but hey it's not a GTI and def not an R32). It's been across the Nullarbor to Adelaide, it's missed a service and sucked it up like a true VDub, it handles and brakes like it's stuck to the road with superglue. Friggin awesome.

Still have the plates if anyone is interested make me an offer.