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| posted on October 20th, 2003 at 09:09 PM |
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importing a delux split from u.s
hi has any one some info on importing from u.s price ect,?also converting it,?and how many in oz and what are thay worth ?does any one want one too?im
looking for ball park figures,as im working for a week with a mate seting up a spraybooth and might be able to get one any info would be great
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| posted on October 21st, 2003 at 07:24 AM |
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any thing at all,ive tryed the search not much came up,any one done it?
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| posted on October 21st, 2003 at 08:41 AM |
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Mate if your importing a split oval I would just leave it left hand drive. Why go to the trouble when you don't have to chnage it to right hand
drive any more. As for prices I was thinking the same thing but at around AUS$4000 for the transport it does become expensive. Guess it depends on
what you can pick up.
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| posted on October 21st, 2003 at 09:47 AM |
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hey trash242.
i think maybe rob from split bus australia imported a bus a few years back. contact him and find out.
Simply Cruzin'...
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| posted on October 21st, 2003 at 08:51 PM |
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i am pretty sure its gotta be a two car box. so u have to find someone doing the same thing or sort one out and wait for someone to find u.
maybe ask the hot rodders if anyone wants to share a container ?
any updates?
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| posted on October 21st, 2003 at 09:50 PM |
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got a mate who does corvets,so the conversion would be easy, just thinking if it would be worth it,and how much it will cost.?as i might be able to
squeeze it in with the corvets,the main thing is how much i should pay to get the convert done,i know i dont have to but if i did get one i would
drive it alot,
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| posted on October 21st, 2003 at 10:12 PM |
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if ya can get one do it
personally i would convert but it'l be yours and if u drive it lots u will get out on the foot path and no need to walk around the bus and maybe
get the door taken off...................
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| posted on October 22nd, 2003 at 02:50 PM |
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Are You talking about a oval split window beetle or a split window Kombi??
Neither would take much to change over from LHD to RHD....
You should be able to do it Yourself.... just get a similar donor vehicle... Corvettes are imported all the time.... that may be the way to go unless
some one wants to bring in a Karmann Ghia or
Karmann Beetle Cabriolet...
there are many advertisements for companies bringing in cars in
UNIQUE CARS Magazine
Grab a few phone numbers from there...
best of Luck
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| posted on October 22nd, 2003 at 03:10 PM |
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Why is everyone calling them oval Splits? THey are a split, not oval split!!! Back to it, I would like to know the same thing, as I am very interested
in bringing in a Karmann cab. Let me know how you go, or maybe we can bring ours in together?
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| posted on October 22nd, 2003 at 03:21 PM |
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I would'nt change it to RHD. The cars are worth alot more in their original condition, not to mention look cooler 
Is it a bug or bus?
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| posted on October 23rd, 2003 at 07:53 AM |
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a bus,looked in splitbus site and hes still out surfin,,thanks for the
responses and will find out more details,cheers
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| posted on October 23rd, 2003 at 10:01 AM |
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here's the URLs
Here's the URLs to my RHD conversion and my double door conversion (remember a LHD bus will also have the cargo doors on the other side).
Coupla pix of the bus are here
RobKsold23
RobKsold23(2)
Conversion bits I did are here:
LHD to RHD conversion
Double door conversion
I took my web pages down largely because of the time they were taking to update - got lots of emails with tech questions etc etc and it was getting to
the stage I wasn't answering people. Just pushed for time at the moment.
Would I import and another deluxe and do it again? I would and probably will...
Will cost you $4k Oz for freight and charges to get a bus here if your very careful with costing out your freight agents. Single vehicles can come
roll on roll off (cheapest) or in a 20ft non op refrigerated container (if you want to container it).
Cost to convert? Its not hard but takes a lot of time. Probably a weeks full time labour for the front end/floor/dash and a weeks full time labour
for the cargo doors - plus cost of donor parts of course.
If I was working commercially I would charge out at a fairly modest $40 per hour - ergo all the conversion stuff would run about $6400 plus donor
parts and consumbles. .....
Hope this helps
RobK
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| posted on October 23rd, 2003 at 10:06 PM |
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thanks for the reply ,just what i wanted,:thumb,great work,love your bus,cheers dude,
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| posted on October 23rd, 2003 at 10:12 PM |
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i got the doner,i just might do this,
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| posted on October 23rd, 2003 at 11:52 PM |
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keep us posted hey !
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| posted on October 25th, 2003 at 05:33 PM |
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