55 Kombi Big Trip

okrasa power · Post by **okrasa power** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:50 am

Awesome can't wait until I can hit the road.

Have a great trip

Cam Biscuit · Post by **Cam Biscuit** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:15 pm

Good to catch up with you Dave, enjoy the warmth while you are here

Safe travels

D-Train · Post by **D-Train** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:21 am

Very cool vid dave ur engine sounded like it was running like a didgeridoo tho

Cartonofbeerkombi · Post by **Cartonofbeerkombi** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:51 am

Spotted in the Alice....

It was good meeting you and your lovely family Dave and looking forward to catching up at Valla.

All the best with the rest of your travels.

Clinton

froger · Post by **froger** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 6:13 pm

Great stuff Dave . Don't know why I didn't see this thread before , eyes must be painted on ..
Lovin all those great roof attachments you seem to be finding along the way , amazing your roofs not pushed in from all the weight

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Ged · Post by **Ged** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:28 pm

Cool vids. Epic trip

dmb · Post by **dmb** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:33 pm

So obviously we got to Darwin,caught up with Cam and Gazza which was good, nice to meet you guys. We had a rock smash a window on the driver's door on the way in to Uluru. Bumped into a nice fella in Alice Springs who put us onto Clinton, nice to meet you mate. Clinton sorted us out with a replacement window and some grease for the front end, much appreciated. We are meeting some nice people as we go, didn't get to catch up with Tom in Alice, maybe next time mate. The didge music on the Uluru video was a fella at Kings Canyon who let me record him playing. Lots of long driving in between stops, had a couple of 500 Km days, which at 80-90 Km/h is a long day. All is going well, seeing some beautiful country, getting heaps of waves and smiles. I reckon this kombi must be the most photographed vehicle in Australia over the last month. Here's a few...

Dibsy · Post by **Dibsy** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:43 pm

So jealous mate, epic !

Dutchy · Post by **Dutchy** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:54 am

great stuff... keep the pics coming.

resinmonkey · Post by **resinmonkey** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:09 pm

Bus looks tops Dave, love the rim choice and frothing on the photo feed also - keep them coming, getting all inspired to get my 55 rolling

NorCalRiviera · Post by **NorCalRiviera** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 3:08 am

What a trip! And the bus looks fantastic!

Longrasser · Post by **Longrasser** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:27 am

Bravo Dave. It's no point in not making use of this big island of ours, and you are doing it well by the looks of it.
I spotted your roof from a few blocks away coming through Orange a few weeks ago and wondered where that old thing was headed...... Now I'm finding out.
When are you going to add to the 'weird stuff on the roof' photo collection. ? ? ? ( it's the simple stuff that keeps me amused).
Safe travels,

finbar · Post by **finbar** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 1:41 pm

Sorry to miss you Dave. I was at Uluru when you called!
Safe travels

dmb · Post by **dmb** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:46 pm

Headed south from Darwin through Kakadu to Edith Falls, then via Cutta Cutta caves to Daly Waters. We spotted the light blue beast below. It is on a Toyota Hiace chassis with front mounted 2 litre automatic and leaf spring rear end, and lots of add ons, Adelaide people probably know it. Then when we arrived at Daly waters Pub we met Joe who has a few split buses back home, before a 71 Westfalia pulled in to camp next to us.

dmb · Post by **dmb** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:20 pm

So before we left home, I thought I would be clever and put in all hard fuel lines in the engine bay, with electric pump mounted underneath the tank. Not so clever, the vibration broke one piece of the hard line and stranded us temporarily in a rest area in the middle of nowhere. A nice fella smoking a pipe helped me out with some oversize fuel line and I dodgied it enough to get to Mt Isa, where I got some new fittings and incorporated some flex line into the mix for a bit of flexibility. Lesson Learnt, flexibility is good.