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 Chewy
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| posted on March 1st, 2005 at 07:42 AM |
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Canberra War Museam Kubelwagen
Anyone else seen this?? I was up there a couple of weeks ago and my god that thing is unreal!
Anyone know if its a replica or a genuine Kubel?
And if the builder was Robin Mawson???
I also saw that black beetle rod with flame pin striping in Kingston?, whos is that>?
highly reccomend the war Memorial museam to all!
I got a pic when its developed Ill post it up, didnt have the digi on me. 
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| posted on March 1st, 2005 at 08:44 AM |
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as far as i know it's a real one that was captured in north africa. supposidly it is very rotten underneath though (unless they have restored it
since the mid 90's).
still it would be nice to have in the garage.
does anyone know how many of these things there are in australia?
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Chewy
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| posted on March 1st, 2005 at 08:58 AM |
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I think it was actually restored during the 90's.
Looked mint allround anyhow.
My old VET teacher built an almost exact replica and sold it to someone up that way so I thought it may have been his.
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| posted on March 1st, 2005 at 04:41 PM |
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G'day,
Yeah saw that in the late '80s and from memory the front shocks were on upside down and a couple of other little details that weren't quite right,
but still awsome.
Cheers, Ian.
Excentric (wife says) VW nut, having owned 250+ VWs in 40 years.
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| posted on March 1st, 2005 at 06:03 PM |
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yeah I saw it 20 years ago. I have a picture with it some where, Ill dig it out.
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Chewy
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| posted on March 1st, 2005 at 09:43 PM |
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wow deffinatly not Robins then..
Anyone know someone that bought a replica kubel lately??
He still has the dies, I might try and get them off him one day and press some panels.. I want a kubel!
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| posted on March 1st, 2005 at 10:03 PM |
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theres a buisiness in germany selling panels called kommis
and I think there is another doing body shells (big dollars)
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Chewy
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| posted on March 3rd, 2005 at 09:00 PM |
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Yea I've seen that, Id rather make my own..
Oh well, one project at a time (I can hardly manage that.. :vader)
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| posted on March 4th, 2005 at 08:16 AM |
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The story on the museum car as far as I know...
Bought back with the Aus Army in about 45' (possibly with a friend or a 45' beetle) - sold off at an army surplus auction for $40 to the big old
wrecker in Kingaroy QLD (with heaps of other miltary stuff), sat there for 30 years until urchased for the museum, very rough around the bottom &
a few parts are reproed (including doors) - a few years a go a friend of ours pulled a genuine kubel door out of the same yard before everything was
crushed to make way for a housing estate. Story came from the late owner of the wrecking yard & Jerry, the Kubel king in brisbane.
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| posted on March 4th, 2005 at 12:29 PM |
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Sweet thanks for that Guy
if only Kubels had not been thought of as disposable back then..
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| posted on March 4th, 2005 at 03:47 PM |
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the only thing thast can compete in regards to beauty in the war memorial is a painting done in the Arabian Gulf 2 years ago that i am in!
the Navy is my gravy
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