[size=2]Hi all,
As Buggy Brad has announced, the new site,
http://www.aussiekombicampers.com 
is alive and well.

When you visit the site, you will see an outline of the key areas we think are appropriate for the site, including some examples and initial work.

We need you help!
Specifically:
- CONTRIBUTIONS to the existing areas; just email me with any content that you have for the site
- areas and topics which you think should be included in due course
- general feedback.

You can contact me by email, post it here, send me a U2U, or send up a smoke signal, but we do value your feedback and assistance in getting this new website up to critical mass!

Thanks in Anticipation,[/size]
[size=-2]This is not the place to ask for stickers; I'll start a new topic "aussiekombicampers.com sticker list" for this.[/size]

Just had a look at the site & you guys have done an amazing job.:thumbI can't believe how great it is alrready after only afew days.
I look forward to some trips ahead with lots of photos to share with you all.Keep up the great work & congrats on a fabulous idea & site.

Will start gathering info.......:bounce

hey
i would like to see detailed drawings of original VW deck outs like the westy,trakka,sunliner,campmobile etc
would this at all be possible???
cheers
rhys
p.s. it looks great after just a few days!

Thanks to all for the comments; looking forward to your photos and information...

Rhys, the deckout drawings would be super cool to have (if we can get our hands on them without offending anyone's copyright). Anyone have any info/URLs/hints where I could go to look for these?

Links like this???
http://www.supernet.net/~jclark/vw/ 

*Exactly* like that; I added that particular one earlier today on the links page, but it is precisely this sort of detailed info. that will make the site a useful resource....

Thanks

I will install my old hard drive on the weekend and grab the stuff off it that might be useful.used to have lots of that sort of stuff.............might suprise myself!!!!:bounce

When I click on the "visit the kombi " thingy on your sig it does not work....should it??

yes it would be good!!! maybe some old brochures might help??
keep the site going man i love it!
cheers
rhys

maybe u also want to start up a registry of campers and what conversion they have??? just to get an idea of whats still floating around?????
cheers
rhys

Rhys,

Old brochures for camper conversions (esp. Aussie ones) would be like gold! Anyone got any they'd like to scan?

Thanks,

Hey the guy you need to talk to is Simon Glen, he is on here somewhere occasionally. Anyway he is like a kombi camper book, has heaps of info and heaps of pictures. If we can track him down he would be a great person to hit up for stories and info. You could even advertise his book on there as it is about exactly what the site is aimed to cover.

I will send you a story in a week or so about our camping trip to Landcrusier Mountain Park in the Kombi towing the buggy !!:o

I am currently looking at buying a camper and the sorta info i would be really interested in is

- Differences in models (different features, whats good and bad. A timeline of when features where introduced. Basic history really.

- Normal problems found with certain models.

- What conversions are good for what sorta camping (like ur weekend camper or ur 6 month Oz trip)...how many they carry/sleep.

Thats all i can think of at the mo...but just hink about all the stuff u would of liked to know before you got your first camper.

Hope this is of some help
James

Thanks James,
that all makes good sense and I'll add it to the target list; there are certainly some differences in amenity betweeen the various conversions.

Regards,

thats a great start and good idea,just got my first kombi,nott a camper but hey sleeping under the stars ,thats what its all about,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, cheers:thumb:thumb:thumb:bounce

Thanks wrecker...
Doesn't have to be a camper to enjoy Kombi Camping... look at my truck...its only qualification as a camper conversion is a mattress in the back...

Speaking of conversions, a good example of the Sunliner conversion is now on the site at
http://www.aussiekombicampers.com/conversions.shtml#sunliner 

that used camper buying guide is great stuff!!

Just the sorta stuff i needed. Much appriciated!

ill look through this kombi history book i have its in dutch but maybe i could get a relo to translate it for me i think it has heaps of info on the different european converisons!!
u also might want to contact phil from club Veedub sydney (ask birchall) he is a wealth of info aswell!!
cheers
rhys

Thanks guys...

Rhys, at a pinch I can get Dutch sources translated down here as well (though not by car people, so it might not be as good...)

Regards,

James,

Have you thought of keeping a Kombi hunting diary ?

It might make interesting reading for ppl who follow ?

Now that's a cool idea....

Go for it, James...

hows these. found somewhere on www....

will email better versions

'kin awesome

any chance of a really high res copy ?

sorry fatster, i got em off the inet somewhere so theyre not high res, only 200kb each.

have emailed them to modulus so hopefully he'll put them up on the kombi site..

Thanks helter..

I'll see if I can clean them up a bit if necessary...

[keep 'em coming folks! I've got plenty of room at the site, so, don't hold back on emailing big stuff...]

Regards,

Sites getting better by the minute Modulas

:thumb

I'm new to this but I found this great site -if u want to add a link for it.

http://www.peebles34.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm 

it's for a multimedia engine maitenance manual. Fantastic!