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Hey I know what your feeling... Lost my 1969 Kombi Which I restored which I sold to a guy who shipped it overseas... :

[ Edited on 15-11-2006 by cruising 69 ]

[ Edited on 15-11-2006 by cruising 69 ]

Problem is the guys who are buying them dont rust proof them, they rust and get scrapped. Bit bloody stupid if you ask me, there are plenty of VW's over there that just need some tlc, but its usually cheaper to buy one imported than to pay to get them properly restored, so there are less over here which pushes our prices up, blah blah moan grumble, grumble....

I agree... Get Your Own VW's.. My Kombi went for $19250 (L7855) Over there... The girl who bought it over there is going to restart what I did...

well, yes and we are also buying lots of old Yank Iron into Australia, and lots of European antiques and lot's of vintage guitars from all over the world.

I don't like it either, but it's a matter of supply and demand I guess. If we plugged the VW scene better here (and stopped excluding anyone who doesn't drive a 51-67 beelte/splitscreen kombi/early type 3) we might find they stop sending them OS.

I'm not too concerned (well at least at this stage) as it looks as though oz owners may be willing to give them up overseas as they're not getting the interest locally. So at least they're going to a relatively good home instead of being neglected or sent to the tip.

You're right...i don't think the problem is the people in the UK buying them rather more a possible lack of interest over here, though i don't know too much about our local scene to comment really.

true about the yank tanks, but still "not our kombis" theres plenty of yank tanks not so many kombis

I didn't know my Kombi was going overseas.. He told me he is going to keep it...

pfffttttt, i import cars from the UK, wheres the issue, go buy them or dont sell em, you call us whinging poms....tell you i have never heard as much whinging from Aussies!

I'm another Pom but I've imported my Cab from the US so what goes around comes around.

Just to confirm i only made this post as i thought people would find it interesting. I also knew it may get some fiery responses but i'm sure most of them are in good humour

mine is in good humour my freind, whinging poms haha, well most of us came from there anyway so may as well be whinging aussies!

I'm not whinging.. But I am Aussie and proud...

truth is, everyone wants a splitty or an oval over here. the poms are happy with anything they can find that doesn't need major rust repairs. they realise that t25 and bays are actually better vehicles and there's a whole scene over there for people who own them. aussies need to get over the "6volt is best" crap and start hotting up everything. If the bogun holden lovers can adopt commonbores as real holdens (which they are not), then we can get over ourselves and start valuing bays, T25s and Mcpherson strut bugs.


And if you don't get it, send me all your Lbugs and bay windows, I have em. :bounce

i'm trying to ship my vw syncro from the uk, but the ozzy rules are so difficult it's almost impossible.
i can ship anything back to the uk without ANY problems, they arnt as fussy as the ozzy's they dont have stupid rules and regs like PROOF of ownership and USE in the 12 months prior to shipping! its crazy, i'm only allowed ONE personal import to Oz, yet in the UK i can import as many as i can afford, so long as the duty's etc get paid, whats the problem?

whats hotting up everything got to do with getting over "6 volts is best" ?

Problem is that when they are shippng cars from Aust to UK they aren't transfering the car into there name once they buy from seller in Aust.

My split is german, my bay is german, my beetle is german & my caravelle is sarth efrican.

Why am I worried about imports again??

lol@ spook

lets start exporting old holdens...

One of my cars is a CA import... no-one gives me/a shit

Of course the Caravelle ios a better truck than the split. Be 50 years wasted if it wasn't.

The split has become a status symbol & this is where it becomes a vicious circle.
Because they are seen as a status symbol, we are asking (and expecting) too much for them, the Aussies won't give you the asking price but someone overseas will. Bye bye.

Now the bays are having a big come back because no one can afford a split.

oh the irony, eh? :o