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 veedubjimmy
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| posted on July 10th, 2005 at 06:59 PM |
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My 66' Raaf splitty
This is a picture of my Splitty. It was made for the air force back on the day. Im told its one of only 14 made. Currently in restoration process.Ive
got Roy from classic vw pacific scoping out parts for it. Its unique because its got cargo doors on both sides of the van and its got two windows in
the roof. Im told they were used for spotting airoplanes. Also a double thick floor pan for carrying big loads. Cant wait till its finished look for
updates.
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| posted on July 10th, 2005 at 09:02 PM |
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just a bit of useless information on the raaf buses,these little babies were built to retreive sensitive radio communication gear from air craft[spystuff???]..the double door was used to help ease of loading and dispatch,the glass roof panels enabled thr driver to avoid crashing into the planes
undercarriage [eg engine/wings etc]..the raaf ordered splitties up until june 68...these buses are super rare in australia with a history..enjoy your
bus veedubjimmy....the forces would be proud! cheers dsk steve
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| posted on July 10th, 2005 at 10:13 PM |
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um, no pic 
BTW, where did you buy it? I had a mate with one, swapped it for a paint job on a 58 bug. Is it an aweful bright yellow colour?
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| posted on July 10th, 2005 at 10:39 PM |
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Sounds sweet, any more pics?
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veedubjimmy
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| posted on July 11th, 2005 at 07:57 PM |
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re pix
yeah ive got heaps more pics of the van they are jpg. But for some reason wont let me put them on when i add them as an attachment any ideas. Maby
they are too big.
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re dsk steve
Cheers for the info steve finding any history on these babys is tough. Ive seen online only one other of these buses. It was yellow and in no where
near as good nick. Still definatly worth restoring because they are rare and because of the history.
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| posted on July 11th, 2005 at 08:16 PM |
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Pic size must be 50kB or less, or you can host it elsewhere on the Net and link it here.
65 Meyers Manx
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
68 Country Buggy (KO 815)
68 Baja Bug
76 Baja Kombi Twincab
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| posted on July 11th, 2005 at 09:08 PM |
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Pic size must be 50kB or less, or you can host it elsewhere on the Net and link it here.
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Thanks mate just worked it out
james
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veedubjimmy
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| posted on July 11th, 2005 at 09:12 PM |
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um, no pic
BTW, where did you buy it? I had a mate with one, swapped it for a paint job on a 58 bug. Is it an aweful bright yellow colour?
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Yeah i got it here in w.a. Ive had it for a few months now Its been here as far as i know for a long time. My one was originaly was a very ugly yellow
as well. You can still see it on some part of the body.
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| posted on July 13th, 2005 at 09:46 PM |
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steve you know you want to restore the one we have 
it aint just cool its aircool'd
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| posted on July 14th, 2005 at 10:27 AM |
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your right but you blew it when you showed me the froidlin...cheers steve..2180 brm's hammered rat look froidlin wake up wake up..sorry dreaming
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| posted on July 14th, 2005 at 10:03 PM |
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steve you know you want to restore the one we have [/quote
Do you have an Raaf splitty as well ??? What year is it ?
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| posted on July 14th, 2005 at 10:11 PM |
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i love it.. so where can i find one of these gems?
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| posted on July 15th, 2005 at 12:59 AM |
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i love it.. so where can i find one of these gems?
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Thanks yeah they are pretty unique. Im not really sure where you can find them to be honest ive seen only two a yellow one that needed restoration for
$2500 and a rerstored one about a year ago in a unique cars mag. Some one on this forum should know where one is.
veedub jimmy
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| posted on July 15th, 2005 at 09:48 AM |
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hehe always an excuse to post a pic
72' RAAF Double door bay:
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| posted on July 15th, 2005 at 10:02 AM |
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yer i have one needs some work but has absolutely no rust just accident damage!! someone should take it away for just $2200
cheers
rhys
it aint just cool its aircool'd
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| posted on July 15th, 2005 at 11:49 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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yer i have one needs some work but has absolutely no rust just accident damage!! someone should take it away for just $2200
cheers
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If i had the money and the room i definatly would take it of your hands mate but unfortunatly im low on both haha. Sounds like a bargin.
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