factory resto's

grinderman Officially Full-On Dubber

378 posts · joined Apr 2011 · 25 Apr 2012, 8:36 pm

#898782

I was just on carsguide.com checking out latest news on vw related stuff and found a story on a new factory in the kombi's original birthplace Hannover,Germany. They (VW) claim to 'care' about their heritage and want to offer a full restoration service on any model kombi back to original specs and can even add custom touches to suit customers needs. They put together a full photo collection of the build and do up a factory certificate of restoration, how cool is that !! I also wonder how expensive is this service.........

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 27 Apr 2012, 7:30 am

#898983

Yes, this story was in the VW Club magazine last month.

Here is a typical news blog, with photos. I would imagine that a VW factory restoration would be VERY expensive! Of course you would also have to ship your Kombi over to Germany, then home again...

http://www.autocarmagz.com/volkswagen-commercial-vehicles-oldtimers/

Matt Ryan Fahrvergnugen

890 posts · joined Jan 2006 · 27 Apr 2012, 9:57 am

#899011

I've seen estimates of between 40,000 and 100,000 Euros, depending on the level of restoration.

Been looking around the internet and have found no references to this on any official VW site. Just lots of magazines and other sites quoting "an official VW press release".

I'm not 100% ready to believe it yet.

Regards,

Matt.

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Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 27 Apr 2012, 11:17 am

#899015

Here's one Matt - see press releases dated 29/03/12

http://www.vwn-presse.de/tbwebdb/vwn-presse/index.cfm?vl=en-GB&cl=2

These are only summaries - looks like you have to be a registered user (ie dealer) to get the full report.

BTW, scrolling down the bottom there's a news report (30/01/12) that the T5 Transporter has begun SKD (Semi-knocked down) assembly in Jakarta, Indonesia. I hadn't seen that one before. It says for the 'local market' so there probably won't be any opportunity to import them to Australia.

helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 27 Apr 2012, 7:23 pm

#899061

A factory restoration would probably be like we do at our work for Austin Healeys. The brand name makes no difference, the amount of work is still the same, and the factory restorations at my work are about $100K - $150K

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Matt Ryan Fahrvergnugen

890 posts · joined Jan 2006 · 27 Apr 2012, 8:59 pm

#899075

Phil74Camper wrote:Here's one Matt - see press releases dated 29/03/12

http://www.vwn-presse.de/tbwebdb/vwn-presse/index.cfm?vl=en-GB&cl=2

These are only summaries - looks like you have to be a registered user (ie dealer) to get the full report.

BTW, scrolling down the bottom there's a news report (30/01/12) that the T5 Transporter has begun SKD (Semi-knocked down) assembly in Jakarta, Indonesia. I hadn't seen that one before. It says for the 'local market' so there probably won't be any opportunity to import them to Australia.

OK.......... now I'm convinced. I should have just googled vw press releases when I was looking, instead, I just typed in VW AG and followed links from there.

Regards,

Matt.

http://portvwforum.freeforums.org

farkengruven Seriously Crusin Dubber

167 posts · joined Jan 2006 · 28 Apr 2012, 8:40 am

#899128

There are restorations.....and then there are restorations......
How is someone going to know the quality and accuracy of a 'Factory' restoration? Are the cars in the VW museum a sample of the quality and accuracy?

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AA003 Custom Title Time!

1,189 posts · joined Oct 2011 · 28 Apr 2012, 7:23 pm

#899242

Phil74Camper wrote:It says for the 'local market' so there probably won't be any opportunity to import them to Australia.

I would say that we are local.

Our local agent is Singapore.

I read it on samba, so it must be correct.

Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂