Gday,

My name is Derek, This is the first (& only) VW forum I have joined.

A little about me, sorry guys but I have always owned holdens & currently drive two Commodores (VT Berlina Wagon & VS Berlina Sedan), I have never even been in a VW.......

BUT, recently I have been looking at the classic old Split Window Kombi's, & I like what I see. My wife as agreed to me buying one & re-building it. I will be the first to admit I know nothing about VeeDubs, but everyone has to learn somewhere.

I own a spare parts shop in Nowra NSW, so hopefully some contacts I have through that can help out with parts etc. Thats the ones I cant buy through this forum or e-bay.

I do understand this WILL be a long process, but hey, a journey starts will a single step.

Cheers
Berlina

Welcome to the nuthouse....good luck with the splitty:thumb

yeah
welcome
even though we are far apart

you must now & always appreciate your good wife - she has class and soon has Kombi

sit down strap in and hold on for the ride

Please can someone post a couple of pics of 64/65 Splittys....

I think that will be the model I will go for, I'm still undecided..!!!!

I am going the the,

BLAST FROM THE PAST May 2005

A display of classic VW’s
To be held at the Great Southern Hotel,
Queen Street, Berry, South Coast NSW

Sunday 1st May 2005

I hope to pick up a few ideas/contacts then
Cheers
Berlina

Welcome
I too had Holdens when I was younger, the need for speed has diminished with age, 36 Hp is all I need these days!
Good luck with the splitty I hope ya find a good project, but be warned these things are not cheap!
Rob...

Hey man, welcome. I just joined this forum a couple weeks ago. its pretty cool.

I knew nothing of vw's, but i was interesting in building a buggy. And now, because i posted up lots of questions etc. and searched articles on the internet, I pretty much understand a heep!!!

Just do your research, and have commitment and you will learn alot. The vw beetles are so much mechanically easier to understand than anyother car I know of. So its all cool.

Welcome mate.

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your choice of new transportation. When you get ur Kombi you will have so much fun and get heaps of looks on the road !

There are stacks of people on this forum that are right into their Kombis and will bend over backwards to help you so if want to ask a question just ask !

Good luck on the purchase and resto ! Look foward to seeing the pics !!!

Trace

:thumb

Welcome

Welcome!

...You've done it now - theres no going back...

I looked everywhere for pics of my Brothers '65 Camper - funny how you don't take pics of cars that you see almost every day!

I did find a few though:

Drivers side: At the Byron Bay show last year - sorry 'bout the strange greenish tint in the pic - my wife was playing with the settings of the camera as part of her photography course and I didn't realise that they weren't set to 'normal' :duh

pic 2: At the Gold Coast Show last year - one of the trohpy winners...

...and finally pic 3: The first van in this pic is a '57, then my Bro's '65 followed by another '57 - Taken on the way to Nambucca.

Hope this helps!

R