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 KOM123
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 posted on September 2nd, 2002 at 01:23 AM |
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Kombis in the news
Hot off the press from the SMH website today.....
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/01/1030508161921.html
Dammit can't stop the URL being mistakenly posted with exra coding on the end  just follow the link then remove everything after .html to get it to work
[Edited on 1-9-2002 by KOM123]
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mattie182
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| posted on September 2nd, 2002 at 09:44 AM |
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kombi's
I knew they would be back!!!!!!1
Once you go flat, you never go back!!!!!!
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baybuscamperkid
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| posted on September 2nd, 2002 at 04:49 PM |
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news
Anybody know who the girl in the artical is? (Beki Lee) i am 16 with a baywindow and would love to get in touch and have a chat.
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
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KruizinKombi
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| posted on September 2nd, 2002 at 05:02 PM |
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Beki Lee
Try getting in touch with the author?
Kruizin Kol
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Phil74Camper
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| posted on September 2nd, 2002 at 06:42 PM |
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Isn't it amazing how journalists, who don't know any better, always make puerile word associations with VW models.
Beetle = Hitler, Nazis, Third Reich
Kombi = Hippies, surfies, backpackers
I laughed when I read the journalist's take on Steve Muller's quote:
"People who were Beatles fans have gone out and bought them (Kombis)"
Hmmm, I think he meant BEETLES fans. There's no connection whatever between the Fab Four from Liverpool and the VW Type 2!
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Jay_1965vw
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| posted on September 2nd, 2002 at 07:08 PM |
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Except for they are both COOL, Phil!
Jay... who lerves Beetles AND Beatles 
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Part of Melbourne's Unreal Aircooled VW Community
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Dasdubber
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| posted on September 2nd, 2002 at 08:38 PM |
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$70K!!! I guess thats another one I won't be owning in the near future!
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Bugged Again
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| posted on September 3rd, 2002 at 07:45 AM |
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When they are as old as a splitty they should be pretty cheap, might find one parked in a barn somewhere.
Sounds like the kombi is going to go the way of the new beetle, overpriced for the target market. Suppose the mini & pt cruiser screwed things up
the same way. At least the Citroen 2cv clone will be affordable -ce la vie
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68AutoBug
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 posted on September 5th, 2002 at 12:40 AM |
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SMH article
The article said that Kombis were called Microbuses in the US.. which isn't true... Microbuses were in most parts of the world - in the USA they
were called Station Wagens [with an o] - NOT Microbuses... as I believe Kombis are any version of the Vehicle... Panel Van etc.. whereas a Microbus
has lots of seats and Windows, as We ALL know...
- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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