i flew up to brisbane and picked this up on tuesday and drove it 1600 km back to albury not without a few little hiccups though I was coming into a roundabout a hit the brakes and the peddle decided to hit the floor , managed to avoid the guy in the roundabout by a few feet ,i nearly had the car for about 4 hours , i drove it as far as mullimbimby via byron and went to see george at G & N Automotive and he made a new pipe up ( it split) thanks george if you need a vw fixed up there he's your man then driving at night the electricals gave up the ghost a few times ,a little tricky as there was no moon and no lights at 100 kph i can tell you,then it decided to spring an oil leak near sydney but it did make it back okay i will post some pics of the progress



[Edited on 5-9-2004 by david]

i will post its progress

dude that is a great looking twincab, just don't know about the splitty style paint job on the nose.
But it is a great colour and looks very neat.
Congrats and good luck with it.
Lee.

it has a splitty fromt grafted in to it ,i am not sure about that nose yet ,i have a smashed bay and i may change it back but it has a few other little things about it so maybe i will leave it ,i used to be indesisive but now i am not so sure

wow, thats a bit of a bummer, depending on your view of it of course.

Oh well, you do only have to please one person, and if your happy then thats all that matters.

I might drop in and see it next time i have to go to bandianna for a course.
lee

TROUBLECAB!

Same colour as your avatar kombi...wow.....

So this dual cab has been around by the sounds David....or at least known

A checkered history?

Hope it's not too much trouble an you enjoy it....

How was the drive home in it...OK?...It runs well?

Sounds like a lot of work to graft something like that in.. Hmm.. Dunno if it is something I would have done, but obviously someone thought it could be kinda cool, and went for it.

Is that a fuel tank on the back Dave?

I Think putting a split screen front on a bay is against all Volkswagen laws as they have done in the U.K. and Japan,it is for people who can't afford a split and looks like shit........But this I like,seems to have the right colour and ride height,there is something about it so keep it the way it is cos it's different.
Being a 68,it is almost like the factory crossover prototype model.

I can tell you the front does look better in real life and it does grow on you as well. As for those who say it should not be done how many parts of different models are you running on your vehicals????? And oh david yeh we forgot to put in the original fuel tank it is still near me shed Glad you made it back without to many dramas.

I think the front works OK...don't need to be purists all the time....The line follows through from sides...and the V front is cool.....

mate i reckon the front looks tops
:thumb
Nice double cab!!!!

PS not a fan of faking a splitty but this one looks like a top job (dont change it )

Ahh if they are different to a standard tank then no I do not have one the one I have here is a normal kombi one.

i know this is an old post but i really like this bus ,very cool looks almost like a split , i think in the uk they call them baysplits.
the only thing i would change is those rear wheel arch mods, :beer

the tank that i pulled out of that twin cab (rooted one) was exactly the same as the one i gave u andy, if thats the one u had in your shed, yeah:beer and the one i gave u was outa a kombi . i sat them next to each other and matched but thats only if the one i pulled outa there was the original........savy
deon
this twin cab is becoming quet the forum slut

I love it. Keep the front for sure. Looking forward to your progress shots. Good to see it's gone to a good home.

here is what looks like a factory setup that would be good NOT to copy...what do youse reckon?

Saw you in byron david, didnt get a chance to say hi...everytime i saw the yoot someone was looking at her, creates quite a stir...

Keep the pics coming...

I think that bus came from Adelaide .A friend of mine had one the same with a grafted kombi rear door on the cab also.Does this one have that aswell?.It was originally orange and white.

Yes Kurt, its Dans old one.
Was a good bus, just needded a bit of fettling.
Was orange and white with a steel split front grafted on.

Cheers
Dave

i reckon it looks sweet man!!!!

Man I didn't even the nose to start with. I thought it was a split til I had a second look. The back door is interesting too, Man, I almost hurt my neck when I did a double take at that.

Don't worry about the purists, they are are just purile!

good luck with it Dave, man, did I ever put some work into that, as you can probably tell.
Hopefully you'll be enjoying it as much as I did.
I wish I still had the pics taken the day after I picked it up
I'm glad to see it is being kept alive.


[Edited on 2-9-2004 by vwtyp2]

an early shot, soon after it was on the road.

bitch of a job getting the tray top off ,those spot welds dont want to come apart to easy ,even with a spot weld cutting drill
i pressure washed inside the back today and boy o boy some people beleive in butchery and that a little black goop will make it all okay now i know why it has been tagged troublecab its nearly as bad as leo the splitty twin cab


[Edited on 6-9-2004 by david]

but not as much needed