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 posted on May 24th, 2005 at 07:55 PM |
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Story of mum's bus
The story goes something like this, long long time ago there was a green kombi, hahaha nar.
more like this. My mum had been driving a green and white bay window bus for over 17 years, before i was born and over the years it slowly started to
really show its age. Mum loved it and couldnt see herself driving any other car. Then one day the motor that had served for most of the 17 years
pulled a rocker stud and ran out of rego in the same week. By this stage it was a pretty rusty green kombi and was looking very tired and needed abit
of time spend on it to make it nice again and we thought what can we do to get out of this!!! In the mean time we rebuilt the motor and refreshed all
bearings and put a slightly bigger cam in for mum. Anyways back to the kombi. One day I was looking through the for sale section on the
aussieveedubbers forum when i came across a green bay window microbus with out motor!! I called dad quick quick check this out! dad said
''SOLD''!!! But we didnt know wat to do with the old bus cause it wasnt worth anything as a whole, so i put a post up on the for sale section of
the aussieveedubbers forum (WRECKING BAY WINDOW KOMBI!) and sold plenty of things off the bus on and off the forum. before the new bus turned up the
old one was gone..... Mum was very happy with her new bus as it had a full interiour and a RADIO!!! over the week end i put the motor in and got it
all setup and then dad spent the next day sorting it out and now she runs like a dream! mum said the wheels look like trolly wheels so we went and
talked to a mate of ours about some merc wheels for the bus and he came up with some of these gas burner style rims off a late model merc (16 inch).
scored them for a nice 500 bucks with tyres!!! Soo now mum back on the road again in style and happier than ever and with a radio and nice wheels!
love ya mum! :kiss :party
haha reads like a kids book!
heres a pic of the new bus with the merc wheels.
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| posted on May 24th, 2005 at 08:14 PM |
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Very cool Big Al. And it looks almost the same as the old bus, without the rust bits!!! HECTIC:thumb
"Tell him 'We've already got one'"
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| posted on May 24th, 2005 at 08:15 PM |
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Looks fantastic! Hope my boys will keep me in an awsome Kombi like this! (mind you thats some time off concidering they are only 2.5yrs and 8months
old LOL!) But hey! start 'em young!
Mel
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| posted on May 24th, 2005 at 08:20 PM |
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thanks for the old bus .....reincarnated the running gear into a 67 split in melberg..cheers dsk steve ps...it works well as a shed for storing parts
at the moment
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Alex Holzl
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| posted on May 24th, 2005 at 08:25 PM |
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Yes many people said WOW what a resto!! Sounds hectic to with the webbers!!
Mums done alot for me over the years soo i thought the least i can do is get her bus going! Im sure if you get the young fellas into some vw pedal
cars they will be into them for life!
alex
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| posted on May 24th, 2005 at 08:27 PM |
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posted by rhddlxbd
thanks for the old bus .....reincarnated the running gear into a 67 split in melberg..cheers dsk steve ps...it works well as a shed for storing parts
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Not a problem mate! better than seeing it go to the dip...
alex
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| posted on May 24th, 2005 at 08:30 PM |
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kool story its good to hear your mum didnt give up on the kombi's  and
its even better to hear she's cruising in one again 
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| posted on May 24th, 2005 at 08:51 PM |
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Yeah, oh and forgot to mention the 3,000 rpm high stall and 100shot of nitros and the mini tubs that put her into the high 9s for the quarter mile.
(home to shopping centre) oh and thats 9mins too
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| posted on May 24th, 2005 at 09:10 PM |
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posted by Alex Holzl
Sounds hectic to with the webbers!!
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Alex
they are Dells!
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Futue te ipsum!!!
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Alex Holzl
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| posted on May 24th, 2005 at 09:15 PM |
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BARRY SHHHHH dont tell me we sold her webbers! lol my mistake. :P
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| posted on May 25th, 2005 at 09:57 PM |
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Very nice dude. LOVE those wheels too, needs to be lowered tho.
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Alex Holzl
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| posted on May 25th, 2005 at 09:59 PM |
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Yeah i want to but then i think do i really want too... mum likes to be able the launch the median strip when she has too thou lol
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| posted on May 26th, 2005 at 02:01 AM |
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Gotta love the stories with a happy ending. Looks like a clean bay. Nice to see. :thumb
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Alex Holzl
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| posted on May 26th, 2005 at 09:59 AM |
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Its an exarmy bus. so in the engine bay it has all the army badges and the army green paint. The light green and white has been resprayed. I wounder
if the army look after their stuff???
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| posted on May 26th, 2005 at 04:55 PM |
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Looks awesome, so glad it got to go to a good home and get back on the road. It looks a lot nicer than the bus I've kept....but anyways congrats on
the restore!
Cheers,
Dustin
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Alex Holzl
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| posted on May 26th, 2005 at 11:56 PM |
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cheers dusto! let us kinow when your bus is done, id like to see some pics!
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