G'day from Toolern Vale
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:05 pm
I've been looking at the forum for awhile and thought it was time to say hi. Just become a splitty owner and if you took note of the header and saw Toolern Vale here in Victoria, you may be thinking that it is the splitty that has been sitting just off from the Melton-Gisborne rd, sorry to disappoint, it ain't that one. I'm sure he'll be buried in that one.
I've been able to pick up a 59, 11 window with all the usual rust issues. Funnily enough I bought a vw powered compressor about 8 months before hand and the hour meter only shows 158 hours, after pulling the head off one of the stages of the compressor and still seeing the hone marks in the cylinder, I have no doubt the are genuine.( its a 8000psi diving compressor originally owned by the navy as a backup compressor) I did a search on the engine no and it comes up as a late febuary 1961 motor. I won it on ebay for $300. I had no idea what I was going to do with it. Must of been an omen, I now own a 59 splitty to put it in.
cars I own are a bit eclectic, from a model a hotrod under construction, a 54 chev, 70 mgb and a 73 type square back which was originally bought new by my wife grandad.
Only the other day my 10 yo asked if we can work on the kombi together, that made me feel so proud. I'll have to bring the resto forward now.
I'm sure I'll be asking questions, so bear with me.
Cheers, adrian.
I've been able to pick up a 59, 11 window with all the usual rust issues. Funnily enough I bought a vw powered compressor about 8 months before hand and the hour meter only shows 158 hours, after pulling the head off one of the stages of the compressor and still seeing the hone marks in the cylinder, I have no doubt the are genuine.( its a 8000psi diving compressor originally owned by the navy as a backup compressor) I did a search on the engine no and it comes up as a late febuary 1961 motor. I won it on ebay for $300. I had no idea what I was going to do with it. Must of been an omen, I now own a 59 splitty to put it in.
cars I own are a bit eclectic, from a model a hotrod under construction, a 54 chev, 70 mgb and a 73 type square back which was originally bought new by my wife grandad.
Only the other day my 10 yo asked if we can work on the kombi together, that made me feel so proud. I'll have to bring the resto forward now.
I'm sure I'll be asking questions, so bear with me.
Cheers, adrian.
