G'day
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:55 pm
Hi all,
I'm new to Kombi's and VW in general. I bought a 73 bay camper a few months ago and fell in love with the bus. A few weeks later a 67 bus came up for sale for a very reasonable price and I couldn't resist, so much character. It's pretty complete (also came with a spare gearbox, towbar & front beam), just missing points and rotor button, pass seat & steering wheel. After many trips to Repco I finally worked out the points and rotor needed for the dizzy, fitted new plugs as well, and after about a minute or so of cranking, (and fixing the carb float valve as it was flooding badly when cranking) it fired up and ran, woohoo. Previous owner said it hadn't been started in the 12 years he's owned it, nor did his mate (previous owner to him) ever have it going.
Currently living near Hobart, but should be moving to the Narre Warren area in a few weeks.
My other favourite cars are early rotaries, and I own a 69 R100 as well. Hope to meet people with same interests through DSK. Background is auto electrical, (medium level) mechanical, and some electronic experience.
I'm new to Kombi's and VW in general. I bought a 73 bay camper a few months ago and fell in love with the bus. A few weeks later a 67 bus came up for sale for a very reasonable price and I couldn't resist, so much character. It's pretty complete (also came with a spare gearbox, towbar & front beam), just missing points and rotor button, pass seat & steering wheel. After many trips to Repco I finally worked out the points and rotor needed for the dizzy, fitted new plugs as well, and after about a minute or so of cranking, (and fixing the carb float valve as it was flooding badly when cranking) it fired up and ran, woohoo. Previous owner said it hadn't been started in the 12 years he's owned it, nor did his mate (previous owner to him) ever have it going.
Currently living near Hobart, but should be moving to the Narre Warren area in a few weeks.
My other favourite cars are early rotaries, and I own a 69 R100 as well. Hope to meet people with same interests through DSK. Background is auto electrical, (medium level) mechanical, and some electronic experience.