THey will probably be extinct before i even get a chance, apparently just only ova 1150 or sumfin made between 1950 to 1952... before the kombi took ova. But i luv em...
Show us ya matadors! (or pics... either works).
bajachris88 ·
DaveCarter ·
Andrew Dodd owns one. He brought it down to last years German Autofest in canberra. Cool looking little truck. His is a single cab still with the original sign writing on the wood tray
Joel ·
he had it at valla about 99
ive always wanted to build one with a huge engine and slam it on some nice rims
someone beat me to it though
68AutoBug ·
bajachris88 wrote:I want one... but not happening for a while.
THey will probably be extinct before i even get a chance, apparently just only ova 1150 or sumfin made between 1950 to 1952... before the kombi took ova. But i luv em...
Show us ya matadors! (or pics... either works).
I can remember seeing them while walking to school..
they looked very strange....
a truck that looked very similar was a COMMER....
the engine is in the cab with the driver...
very warm in the winter.... lol
would be a problem with OH&S these days... lol
Tempo had no association with VW....
they just used their engines....
[Never seen a dual cab model...] probably not in Australia
saw Single cab at either Nationals or Valla a few years ago....
as You can see Very Rare...
Very low numbers - a long Time ago.... early 50's....
LEE
1303Steve ·
Hi
This is Andrew Dodds one at Canberra in 2008.
Steve
Darren Heaths son took these photos
68AutoBug ·
looks like an extended chassis on that one...
they are so ugly they are cute... lol
its a wonder the headlamps weren't too high to be registered...
but very few rules back then.....
LEE
1303Steve ·
Hi
The 2010 German Autofest will have the rare German cars again, they only come every second year, these cars alone are worth the trip to Canberra.
Steve
debiasi4 ·
andrews car is originally from sa- it was advertised in the trading post and i didnt see it- very very cheap
a customer has one here in sa and is hotting it up
adam
polak ·
mike waldron owned one for some years and started but sold it 2yrs ago as a project to fund the drag car build.... ill see if he has any pics, aslo as far as i know they were an australian built creation, undoubtedly exported by a few ppl... alot of our cars seem to be sneaking off over to england these days
68AutoBug ·
HI
I read where 1362 were made from 1949 to 1952 in Hamburg Germany. VW supplied the engines until they found that the tempos were selling up against the New VW type 2 vehicles so they stopped supplying the VW engines..
I have never seen or heard of one of these Austin engined vehicles being in Australia...
They must have shipped a few boatloads of the Temp Matador to Australia in the early 50s as they were very common...
they then used an english Austin Healey 1600 engine..
and the Tempos started to look a bit like a kombi van..
they sold well in the UK and Europe...
I believe the patents to some models were sold to a company in India which made them thru the 60s++
I haven't been able to find any photos or info in English of these..
LEE
bajachris88 ·
Thanks for the pics guys and the history! I rekon they are mad...
So practical.
Hauling a celica as a ute gets a little old, and what better improvement than a flat bed truck haha. 👍
68AutoBug ·
here is a picture of a tempo WIKING...
Now they look COOL too...
I love em all
LEE
pete wood ·
"COOL", umm don't see it sorry.
top heavy and eccentric, I can see that. The body shape makes you realise just how good Kombis were for their time.
Dirtbag ·
Come on Pete, they're so friggin ugly and dumb looking that I want one. That makes them cool. Freaky styling and suicide doors. Put me down for 2 : )
68AutoBug ·
Hi
My figure comes from a German Language Tempo club in Germany..
I'm NOT quite sure what that number means as they continued to be made for well 0ver 20 years in one form or another...
There were produced in RHD & LHD but maybe that low number was with VW engines????
There were a big seller so I'm led to believe they would have been made in much larger numbers than suggested...
LEE
matberry ·
We had Guy's in our shop in the 90's and I have to admit I hated it then....but I do think they look very cool now....go figure. Dont know what happened to it???
Jack Schit ·
DaveCarter ·
That is an awesome photo jack. would love to see that roll up at a show 😂
matberry ·
DaveCarter wrote:That is an awesome photo jack. would love to see that roll up at a show 😂
Would love to have that slammed with a stonkin type IV donk and a nice pro stocker on the back.......mmmmmmmm
66split ·
there are a few left in oz. heres mine which i'm just starting to restore.
vwtyp2 ·
Dodd's Matador before he bought it off Andrew Edwards.
bajachris88 ·
I'm very envious....
i want one 👍
68AutoBug ·
bajachris88 wrote:I'm very envious....
i want one 👍
Chris,
repeat after Me...
"i cannot have a matador"
I cannot have a matador
I cannot have a Matador
I can have a beetle
I can have a beetle
I can have a beetle
feel better??? 😂😂
LEE
😂😂
PS: You can dream of people looking at this strange looking vehicle..... now repeat after Me.... 🙅🙅
bajachris88 ·
haha. Lee you can be my life coach :P, how much you charge? lol
yea i know... one step at a time...
I cannot have a matador....
(for the moment 😂)
feeling better? lol. i dunno! its sooo..... cold! its going dark... the walls are leaning in...
GAH!
debiasi4 wrote:andrews car is originally from sa- it was advertised in the trading post and i didnt see it- very very cheap
a customer has one here in sa and is hotting it up
adam
I saw it ,yes it was cheap and came home with me!!!! It was in Two Wells, That Volks Enthusiasts show photo was from 2001. After having owned it for a short time and selling it to AE shortly before the show(thats me with my back toward the camera), I wouldn't own another one. Still had the original 25 horse in it too, woeful to drive, slow, full crash box and 6V. I still have the battery strap and two of the idiot light bulb holders from the dash cluster of that car! They have the novelty factor about them, but that very quickly wears off when your ears are ringing from 30 minutes of engine noise in the cab under the wooden cowl behind you.
Dr Evil ·
Here are mine
The top one now looks like a collection of parts. The bottom one is in a box now
I've got a seriously sore neck from looking at those photos!!!!
Click rotate then upload!!!!! Aaahh!
Anyways.. that is cool. But as always to bloody far to bring home. You lot in northern NSW and southeast QLD seem to have all the good stuff available.
Now Lee how did that go...
I don't want a Matador...
I have a Beetle!!!
