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 nils
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| posted on July 7th, 2014 at 09:32 PM |
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volkwagen t25/3 repair recommendations?
So..........
. I'm looking for somewhere highly recommended to evaluate and repair my van. It will be pretty serious, possibly a write off :'(
My insurance allows me to choose where I take it.
. I'm in Newcastle, but happy to send it to Sydney. There are plently of great VW business, i just don't know how many want to take on the vanagon.
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| posted on July 7th, 2014 at 09:53 PM |
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What happened Nils do you have a bingle ?????? in the T3
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| posted on July 8th, 2014 at 06:28 AM |
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Afraid so mate, the great alpine road coming into bright. A 100kg of dear decided it wanted to come home with us. I'm on my phone only, which is
useless at uploading photo. But its pretty bad
you're in the auto industry in newy, anyone you can recommend?
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| posted on July 8th, 2014 at 08:46 AM |
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Bugga, she was a nice van and they are damn strong when it comes to repairing them. Sorry I can't help with recommendations except calling some
better vee dub shops, I know Mike at VVDS has one, maybe they could advise you
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| posted on July 8th, 2014 at 11:20 AM |
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Bugga, she was a nice van and they are damn strong when it comes to repairing them. Sorry I can't help with recommendations except calling some
better vee dub shops, I know Mike at VVDS has one, maybe they could advise you
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thanks Matt.
. Mike put me onto the boys next door to them.
I guess pioneer will look after swinging of hammers and VVDS will look after parts
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| posted on July 8th, 2014 at 01:11 PM |
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It sounds a lot worse than it looks....
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| posted on July 9th, 2014 at 09:11 AM |
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It sounds a lot worse than it looks....
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Sorry about the random text there Graham, was suppose to go to my boss. His number is right above yours in my phone.
But yes.... must have hit the deer mid flight ( I still think it was a worm hole deer, It showed up as fast as it disappeared) , the front bumper has
little or no damage. The front cowl also has virtually nothing, everything in between is pushed back far that things on the dashboard no longer line
up. The passenger floor has some strange wobbles going on and the drivers side door doesn't open and close quite right anymore.
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| posted on July 9th, 2014 at 09:21 AM |
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Looks and sounds like some big damage on a bus,hope you find a very skilled person to 110% repair the van,but as sentimental as you may be to the van
its lucky you are alright nils
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| posted on July 9th, 2014 at 10:21 AM |
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Sorry about the random text there Graham, was suppose to go to my boss. His number is right above yours in my phone.
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Nah that's ok, good to hear the only damage was to the van
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| posted on July 9th, 2014 at 11:15 AM |
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Looks and sounds like some big damage on a bus,hope you find a very skilled person to 110% repair the van,but as sentimental as you may be to the van
its lucky you are alright nils
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Thanks mate, everyone is fine. Turns out a T3 is very civilised to crash.
The sentimental thing is not a big deal, it's only metal and it can all be replaced. VVDS have been around a very long time and don't believe they
would steer me wrong. The really PITA is being stranded 1000km from home on the side of an unlit road at night, 5km from the nearest town and its 5
degrees outside, Then having to pay thousands of dollars to get home and hope that the insurance company will come though with there promises to
reimburse that amount.
Watch this spot, there will either be a glowing or scathing report to come
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| posted on July 9th, 2014 at 11:48 AM |
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Ouch, I've hit wildlife in my T3 and was very surprised at the lack of damage, that was some hit.
Good luck with the repair
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| posted on July 9th, 2014 at 12:15 PM |
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I think the photo doesn't show the depth very well, the impact point one the centre beam is well past the radiator and pushing into the air tunnel, I
imagine this is what has caused the floor to be wobbly.
That beam being attached to the ''A'' pillars is probably why the door is off.
Fingers crossed the subframe hasn't even notice what has happened above it.
Where is the lower grill and passenger indicator? It wasn't on the road, probably disappeared into the same wormhole the deer came out of
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| posted on July 9th, 2014 at 10:26 PM |
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Sorry to hear this Nils but am glad you are OK. Hope it repairs well!
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| posted on July 9th, 2014 at 10:47 PM |
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It should be easy to fix! I could do it no problems. It would just take time.
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| posted on July 10th, 2014 at 06:19 AM |
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Thanks guys,
helbus, I think you are right. The metal pieces can all be pulled straight or replaced. Stripping the whole dash and all that goes with it the getting
hold of all the plastic bits that have been destroyed will be a pain.
what do you think? Get away with a sub 10K repair?
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| posted on July 12th, 2014 at 01:20 PM |
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It should be easy to fix! I could do it no problems. It would just take time.
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FYI if you would like to quote on it, its at Campsie now. It does need to be done in a month though.
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| posted on July 15th, 2014 at 08:27 AM |
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That's not good mate, hope all is fixable.
I would have most of that front stuff here if they cant find it down there (not the 2 plastic grills though).
Let me know if I can help out.
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| posted on July 16th, 2014 at 07:57 PM |
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Lucky Phil will have most of the plastic grilles - maybe even some headlight bits if you cant strighten yours.
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| posted on July 16th, 2014 at 08:06 PM |
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Hi guys, thanks for the offer of parts. But is all in the hands of the insurance for now. $7500 repair bill, Reasonably sure there is quite the cut
and shut involved.
The plastic bit I was referring to are things like the demist vents and dash trims and such, as they all blew out of the dash on impact. I imagine
there are a lot of broken clips and such, so nothing will sit right.
Will ring vintage tomorrow and be sure they please, please, please press for a behr radiator.
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| posted on July 17th, 2014 at 02:04 PM |
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Would have a lot of the inside dash stuff, and a radiator if needed. Will be finally heading past your place next thursday or Friday, so if you need
any thing let me know.
Good to see that she's being repaired, not written off. 
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| posted on July 17th, 2014 at 04:40 PM |
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Will get a chance to have a look at it in the daylight for the first time Saturday after next (while everyone else is at valla :-( )
so I won't know till after that, but will definatly yet you know if I get stuck
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| posted on November 17th, 2014 at 06:31 AM |
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was thinning of removing my bull bar but now thinking twice, hope all works out! Great bus! |
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