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VolksVair Officially Full-On Dubber

252 posts · joined Apr 2010 ·

#818318
This Monday will hitch up the trailer and head to Mansfield to pick up a splitty ute, I havent seen it before, all that I know is that it has some sort of large cargo/box type arrangement as a food carrier or something from many moons back. This will be a challenge as the owner removed the reduction boxs n axles for a shooting buggy some 20 years back, so this splitty has been sitting next to the snow fields rusting away. I am expecting the worst, but am still excited and no matter how bad it is, it"s still coming home!!

Now to shed some light on how this all unfolded, we were at "Re Volks" down here in Geelong with our "unfinished" corvair powered bug, when my eldest sons fiance's parents wandered through the crowd and said hello. Whilst chatting, the father points to some splitties and says, "Hey, see those old kombi vans over there with the two front windows? I say yeah, well, down on the farm at Mansfield, we have one of those sitting there. 🤪
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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#818324
Hah..................... thats funny 👍
Futue te ipsum!!!

VolksVair Officially Full-On Dubber

252 posts · joined Apr 2010 ·

#818723
Back from Mansfield, 63 splitty on trailer, but guess what?? it is not a single cab with a box/cargo arrangement on the back, its actually a VW Australia built "containervan" The back section is in real bad shape and the trans & engine gone into a shooting buggy, cows have been rubbing & nudging it over the years but the actual front cabin has no major rust, front & rear bumpers perfect and had to laugh at the rear brass hinges as the cows did a great job of keeping them polished! have a peep at the pic and maybe look up VW "Containervan" on the net for some info of these rare splitties cheers Frank



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Craig S Wolfsburg Wizard

635 posts · joined May 2008 ·

#818735
Good work !!

Lot's of work to do, but it would be something very different than the usual. Defintely worth saving

What does the signwriting say on the side??
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VolksVair Officially Full-On Dubber

252 posts · joined Apr 2010 ·

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VolksVair Officially Full-On Dubber

252 posts · joined Apr 2010 ·

#818774
Scored a few bonus extras, including the whole roof from the rag top you see in one of the pics
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7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#818808
nice work luck man
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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#818834
so they cut the kombi up to make the container van??
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VolksVair Officially Full-On Dubber

252 posts · joined Apr 2010 ·

#818841
Bizarre wrote:so they cut the kombi up to make the container van??
No not at all, the container splitty is a 63 model, the cut up panels are pre 63 (look at the tail lights) cheers Frank
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Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#818842
now that would make an awesome "rat" !


rob53 Officially Full-On Dubber

385 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#818860
Great find! Looks like a similar model to silver's.
Thats not rust, it's ah ... orange primer ... yep that's what it is ...

Edison Commited Dubber

52 posts · joined May 2010 ·

#820641
I'm stoked for you and that this is being rescued. Your son has chosen well 🙂

silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#820647
Thats 11 I know of now
Keeping it real !