Thread: VW Bus Build

Looking good, never seen a Kombi as a woodie Watching with great interest, as the Family had one when I was a kid.
Kryn

Who doesn't like a Kombi, especially a Hot Rod Customize one.... way to go Bruce!! Cheers, Peter

You are really getting stuck into your builds.

Already looking tops.

Memories of the distant surfing days

Regards

Keith

Got a little more done.
I super glued a handle on the back of the grill to band saw and sand it, this way it stays parallel with the table and I get a great cut and I don't have to worry about that as I sand the curves..
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Got talking to Ducky anout motors and am thinking of adding a Chevy Corvair motor but then was thinking I've already got a motor, so what do you think.
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If I did I'll bet it could do this, quite easily. LOL.
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Nice

If I did I'll bet it could do this, quite easily. LOL.
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In my younger days when I was more into cars, hot rods, racing etc, I saw photos of a Combi that the front wheels were a lot higher than that, and from memory had a V8 running through a V drive to the rear axle. The motor was in the general area of a standard VW.
Great work by the way.
Kryn

I think you will need to move the motor back. Too centred to get the front wheels up.
Looks great. I have buckled in for the ride.

I tried to follow & keep up with a Kombi once that had a flat six Porsche engine...no chance..BUT a hot Ford V8 in one YES SIR!!!

Crowie no fair telling. LOL
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Looks like one of those rarer ute (or truck) bodies. Biggest problem the height of the deck compared with other utes. (At least in Australia.)

Watching with interest.

HandyJack how did you get so smart???

Originally Posted by Handyjack

Looks like one of those rarer ute (or truck) bodies. Biggest problem the height of the deck compared with other utes. (At least in Australia.)

Watching with interest.

YES But they had extra storage under the tray from the sides.

Originally Posted by htl

HandyJack how did you get so smart???

I have seen a few. In 2014 one of the contractors doing a new build where I work had one in rough shape. Right hand drive though.

My mom told me when she was a kid they would go for a ride and had a game where they got points for the different colored horses they would see.
Well as our child grow up we did it with VW’s.
A VW Bug was called a Beaver = 5 points.
A VW Bus was called a Beaver Cleaver =10 points.
A VW dune buggy or a beatle striped down was a beaver streaker =35 points
A VW karmann ghia =50
A VW Thing +50 [Thanks Clear-out I forgot that one for sure.]
Back in the day there were a lot a VW repair shops and you could get in a wreck trying to count the different Bugs while driving so =100 points for a Beaver Factory.
AND if you saw a VW PICKUP TRUCK you pretty well won the game cause you just didn’t see them.
So by building this truck I’ve pretty well won the game from now on. LOL