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Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:00 pm

Hey RobW-Z - I know exactly what you mean by the mobile ATC on a van!

I was in the Royal Australian Air Force til '82, and on one occassion I rode in one being moved from Sydney to Newcastle, a full 6 hour drive in a baywindow! It was painted bright red and white, with a huge half a sphere of clear perspex mounted on top.

Everytime we stopped for a coffee or lunch, a crowd would gather and ask "Wot's that, mate". I was only an LAC, but the Corporal driving it had a ball telling tall tales about it - "It's for inspecting the underside of Lancaster bombers", "It's really a submersible and the big clear bubble on top is to inspect ship hulls for damage or enemy mines".

I never did see it used, though. Wish I had a picture now.

Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:11 pm

2wd singlecab with optional extra high canopy.

Swedish syncro 16 panel van. This one was used to transport flamable gas.

same panel, notice steel divider with glass window.

Very rare syncro 16 Gypsy

Syncro kombi, note there are no vent louvers. Also notice it's a right hand drive.

Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:25 am

bd wrote: this is the best thread ever.
Ditto !

Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:25 am

Syncro single cab with ladder!

Oettinger WBX6 Syncro Carat ( uber rare!)

Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:43 pm

The picture in top of this thread of a Backmobil, is actually my fun car used on festivals, markeds and vw gatherings.
Very usefull for sleeping, drinking beer and making a lot of pancakes. :lol:

The picture is from Hannover at VW commercial vehicles 60 yers birthday party. +5000 T1-T5 gathered.

Im not sure about how to supload pictures. Will try. No success. :-(

Best regards Kurt

Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:17 pm

The Syncro 16 Bergwacht from Bad Tölz - sold on ebay in 2007?, now living in Copenhagen, Denmark:

Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:22 pm

And a nice photoshow from the Hannover meeting:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157602318721112/show/

Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:19 pm

My old farm truck. Never fails to get the natives cranky when I post a link to this pic on the Vanagon.com list...heh heh heh

Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:20 pm

What is Bergwatch?

Is that Danish for Baywatch?

If so, does this belongs to the Danish 'Hoff???

I have images of Pamela Handerson pushing the van (falsely) trapped in the sand....

JP

Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:13 pm

Crughy wrote: What is Bergwatch? Some kind of German montain rescue.

Is that Danish for Baywatch? Not at all.!

If so, does this belongs to the Danish 'Hoff??? Not at all.!

I have images of Pamela Handerson pushing the van (falsely) trapped in the sand.... Do you also have your medication. ? If so, take it.!

JP

Kurt

Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:13 am

Hi,

The Bergwacht in Germany had a lot of Syncro 16 vanagons - that mostly was sold via and private dealers 2 years ago.

Cars with very low mileage and full service history.

So a Bergwacht Syncro is something quite special - the one on the picture have just passed 50.000 original kilometers - talk about a low mileage Vanagon :-)

Have fun

Jens Jakob

Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:51 am

Robw_z wrote:

Dang! Can I buy this somewhere?

Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:18 am

Zeitgeist 13 wrote: My old farm truck. Never fails to get the natives cranky when I post a link to this pic on the Vanagon.com list...heh heh heh

nice sunroof!

Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:24 am

[quote="Zeitgeist 13"]My old farm truck. Never fails to get the natives cranky when I post a link to this pic on the Vanagon.com list...heh heh heh

[img]http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Volkswagen/Grunt%20truck.jpg[/img][/quote]

A VW junkyard in this area had a homemade Syncro tow truck he used in his yard; body cut off behind the front seats, extra rear axle behind the rear wheels and a tow boom attached to the flat bed. Ugly. Wish I'd gotten a photo when I had the chance. He sold it.

Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:32 am

That Syncro gypsy is the most badass vehicle I've ever seen. Drooool.

Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:13 pm

Here's a one off.

It was special-ordered army green by a danish priest living in England. He even had a danish army flag on it. He then moved to Norway where it came up for sale a few years ago. I was too slow to act on it and it went to Austria or Switzerland.

Stats: 1990 syncro 16" Karmann Gipsy. 1.6td w/intercooler. Had 96 000km on clock and one owner when sold in Norway.

Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:04 am

Hi

it seems that most, if not all those pictures show -european- Vanagons. It also shows that they are all equipped with the yellow/orange front turn signals.
I could be wrong, but it also seems to me that in some posts on other topics, the clear/smoked front turn signals were labeled "european".

So then where do the clear/smoke front turn signals originate from, perhaps South African market? or are they just a little more bling for your buck ?

Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:35 am

Here's a late model South African T3 mobile clinic:

And a SA fire bus:

Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:37 am

Here's a late model South African T3 mobile clinic:

And a SA fire bus:

Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:13 pm

Crughy wrote: What is Bergwatch?
It's a branch of the German Red Cross. They patrol the Alps.

Crughy wrote: Is that Danish for Baywatch?
Kind of but then again, not at all.

Crughy wrote: If so, does this belongs to the Danish 'Hoff???
Indeed. It's my bus you see ; )

Crughy wrote: I have images of Pamela Handerson pushing the van (falsely) trapped in the sand....
I have images of a huge bulldozer pushing my van (falsely, ahem) trapped in mud...
[IMG]http://t3nettet.dk/download.php?id=2908[/IMG]
http://t3nettet.dk/download.php?id=2908

Hmm... Can't get images to work?