paulmw
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 04:55 PM |
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OT : VW Camper Vans
I owned a 74 Beetle in my teans and loved it. SWMBO has the romantic idea of us getting an old VW camper van and using my vast kit car building
skills to do it up
Are there any camper van forums similar to this one for info. I know good split screen buses go for mega money but hoped I could stumble on a decent
bay window one
Any experience or advise greatly recieved
Paul
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 05:08 PM |
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..and you thought you would need welding skills to build a locost, wait until you get 2 metric tonnes of germany to play with!!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Rod Ends
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 05:08 PM |
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imp paul
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 05:24 PM |
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you mite like this 1 lol http://www.race-taxi.ch/indexx.htm  cooler than ice
[Edited on 25/8/08 by imp paul]
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Peteff
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 05:25 PM |
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Don't do it man!
Take the rose coloured glasses off and think about it 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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macspeedy
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 05:43 PM |
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hope these help
Can you tell what i have been looking into recently
self build caravaners link
bits n bobs
bits n bobs 2
volks zone
I am looking at getting a vw t4 for mountain biking and towing
There are more specific sites for the older vans.
Enjoy
Graham
[Edited on 25/8/08 by macspeedy]
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bigrich
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 05:46 PM |
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what about one of these as a smaller more reliable Jap alternative to a camper
CCCCUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTEEEEEE!!!!
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A pint for the gent and a white wine/fruit based drink for the lady. Those are the rules
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Rod Ends
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 06:12 PM |
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quote:
Take the rose-coloured glasses off and think about it
Evolution means not having to sleep outside
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Triton
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 06:43 PM |
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Veedubs are cool so go for it mate
My Daughter has taken over production of the damn fine Triton race seats and her contact email is emmatrs@live.co.uk.
www.tritonraceseats.com
www.hairyhedgehog.com
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Ferg
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 07:21 PM |
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My advice.
RHD buses are EITHER fully restored, or rotten beyond economic repair!!
Go LHD from the states.
www.thesamba.com
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hillbillyracer
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 07:40 PM |
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If you want proper cool old VW Bus then the splits or bays can't be beaten but the T3/T25 has a fair following, is better built, easier to get
hold of, cheaper & more practical.
I know a bloke who's just put a 2.5 Scooby Legacy motor in one, he gets better fuel economy, more power & more reliabilty. Or how about
getting a diesel & putting the 1.9TDI into it?
Or you could go more up to date still & get a T4 which is what I have.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 07:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Triton
Veedubs are cool so go for it mate
Especially in the winter. The heaters are useless. The 1600 engines are gutless, uneconomical , leak oil and drop valves after about 60,000 miles If
I had one now it would have a water cooled engine of some type.( not neccessarily VW although an Audi TT engine?? Subaru lump fits if you really
want a Boxer lump . As already pointed out they do tend to rust badly including the front beam axle so check very carefully. One of the most
comfortable motors I have had for driving but other than that not a lot to recommend them . Look at one of the later models ?
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rayward
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 08:20 PM |
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have a look Here
some good info, as said best buying from the states, these guys bring them in from america are are
very very honest with their descriptions, but to be honest it won;t be cheap even dog rough(ie not roadworthy) bay window camper seem to go for 2k
upwards at the minute
hth
Ray
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macspeedy
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 08:24 PM |
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another linky
camper kits
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paulmw
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 08:26 PM |
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Thanks for the replies. I think my wife remembers only the small number of happy times in my Beetle. She forgot that it was a complete rust box.....
oh and the time we went to Cornwall in it which took 2 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still aside from the rust, sh1t performance and awful ride its one of the best cars I owned
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 08:55 PM |
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Early 70s a mate of mine had a Beetle and was"entertaining" shall we say , a young lady in the back seat. He thought she was getting a bit
lively until he smelt smoke. The battery (under the back seat) had no cover and was shorting out on the seat frame . It was a while before they lived
that one down
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 09:32 PM |
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I've had a hankering for a bay window basically for as long as I could drive. My parents had one when I was a nipper, it was bloody fab 
One of my engineers drag races the damn things. He's just spent nearly a grand on Porsche brakes for it, and is now saving up towards a very
expensive (~6k) engine I've tried to tell him that it'd be cheaper to buy a smacked up scooby as a donor, but apparently that's
'boring'...
and here he is...
[Edited on 25/8/08 by martyn_16v]
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Peteff
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| posted on 25/8/08 at 09:34 PM |
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I camp but we use a trailer tent. Last year we were next to a couple of Dubs and they had to do three shunts to turn round in a 3 acre field, they
have the turning circle of a supertanker and both had to fill up with oil when they parked up.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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