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Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:00 am

you can tell it's late SA ... no slider blank cover

just the panel

cool as :wink:

Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:00 am

I notice the air intake vents on some of these have subtle differences.

Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:51 pm

Belgian waffle vendor...

Pretzel vendor, coach built on a vanagon chassis.

Car carrier, 5th wheel doka, not factory but cool.

Syncro with lift gate, not sure if it's factory

Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:52 pm

Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:47 am

See this, have your last ride in a vanagon.

http://cgi.ebay.de/VW-T3-Bestattungswagen-Leichenw...240%3A1318

Simon.

Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:44 am

bigweasel wrote:

both are south african, i think, and obviously not factory

I doubt if either of those is South African. What's with the bus trailer? Do you know anything about its purpose?

Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:30 am

This one is for sale in Norway - Looks the same, but has different advertisements.

http://tinyurl.com/cwmovx

Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:25 am

Budbil is a transport company from Sweden I believe (could be Norway too).
If you search Budbil in google images you get some other results including this one:
http://www.nyscreen.se/budbil.gif

The Swedes seem to like this type of Ute.
See Dalbo, a Volvo based coach maker:
http://www.dalbofordonsteknik.se/Galleri.html
Great looking by the way.

The other one is likely french. Their sponsor is a western France specialty paté. Very likely a Breton guy. That's not South African for sure!

There have been several syncros in the Paris Dakar, it is very hard to get any information or pictures of them. I have seen a couple. But never got to find any info on them.

If you like this type of rallye from the earlier years, and European cars, I highly encourage you to watch this film. Done by the French Marreau brothers and their Renault. They did it in Citroen or Peugeot as well I think.

It's in French, sadly for you. (lots of F word, etc.)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxp35_paris-dakar-82-les-freres-marreau_auto

They won that year in 1982 with a Renault 20 Turbo and 4x4.

By the way: VW won in 1980!!!! (with an Iltis, a private runner).
And in 2009 with the Touareg (VW factory team).

Same guys in 1980 with a Renault 4, custom 4x4 too.

JP loves the 80's!

Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:14 pm

Since this thread has moved off special models to include coachbuilts and customs, how about this one in South Africa:

Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:22 pm

rsxsr wrote: I notice the air intake vents on some of these have subtle differences.

Indeed. The late SA vans moved the flow-thru vents from the rear of the window just forward of the D pillar to actually within the D pillar itself. They exhaust out the slats at the rear of the "scoop".

Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:33 pm

fig wrote: bigweasel wrote:

both are south african, i think, and obviously not factory

I doubt if either of those is South African. What's with the bus trailer? Do you know anything about its purpose?

Well, "Budbil" is Swedish for "courier transport", and that's definitely a Svensk/Norge phone number on the side. So I'm guessing it's a scandanavian courier service...

Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:19 pm

kevtherev wrote:

you can tell it's late SA ... no slider blank cover

just the panel

cool as :wink:

Being alleged a South African model, may I reasonably assume that it might very well be a right hand drive van and that therefore the sliding door --could-- be on the --other side-->

Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:33 am

taigagreen wrote: 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.

I know this thread is somewhat dated, but that is the coolest vehicle I've ever seen.

Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:42 am

VisPacem wrote: kevtherev wrote:

you can tell it's late SA ... no slider blank cover

just the panel

cool as :wink:

Being alleged a South African model, may I reasonably assume that it might very well be a right hand drive van and that therefore the sliding door --could-- be on the --other side-->

yes that was the point of the comment, with the demise of LHD models, SA vans got rid of the vestiges of right hand sliders. Like we humans long ago lost our tails when we were able to walk upright, at least some of us . . .

Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:01 pm

JBange wrote: fig wrote: bigweasel wrote:

both are south african, i think, and obviously not factory

I doubt if either of those is South African. What's with the bus trailer? Do you know anything about its purpose?

Well, "Budbil" is Swedish for "courier transport", and that's definitely a Svensk/Norge phone number on the side. So I'm guessing it's a scandanavian courier service...

This rig is Norwegian. In new guise now.

Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:17 pm

taigagreen wrote:

this is so funny, like two weeks ago i was daydreaming about building such a rig, but with two westy/pop tops in the back. i love this thing.

Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:05 pm

How about a aero roof on the tractor/cab and a raised roof on the trailer?

Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:17 pm

is that a stock bumper?
pics of the front?
nice looking

Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:55 am

SA steel bumper

Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:31 am

syncrodoka wrote: SA steel bumper
thanks
we can get the SA wheels
why not the bumpers?
that's a clean look!