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Wolfram Samba Member
Joined: June 23, 2005 Posts: 184 Location: Waiheke Island/On The Road USA
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chojinchef Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2011 Posts: 1539 Location: Central Massachusetts
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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Check out that funky windscreen. _________________ Its a mistress; an expensive, whiney, needy bitch of a mistress. She is a chunky, dirty girl with bad skin, little motivation and yet she always makes me smile. She sure has been around before shacking up with me. She has a direct line to my wallet, plays with my emotions, is consistantly jovial yet with a sarcastic and sardonic side, is consistant in her inconsistancy, and every once in a while gives me a great ride and a fantastic memory. |
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ShootingFish Samba Member
Joined: July 25, 2010 Posts: 330 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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Rock chips are a very serious problem in NZ... And glass is crazy expensive because of it. Throw on the problem of Warrant of Fitness checks every six months and you will do what ever you can to protect your glass!
That would be a sweet rig... no doubt about it, but without a toilet and waste water tank in NZ you will be very limited to where you can camp. It is not as free and easy as here in the USA or Canada.
I have lived there a couple of times in the last 20 years and love it... wonderful place to live, especially with a van. _________________ SF
Props aren't just for boats....
'88 2WD ALH-TDI Westy
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vanagonjr Samba Member
Joined: October 07, 2010 Posts: 3431 Location: Dartmouth, Mass.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:41 am Post subject: |
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Windscreen - ah yes the gravel roads of New Zealand - they call them "metal roads". Think those roads are tough on windshields, try bike touring.
Add to the fact that Kiwi's are some of the nicest people, but there's a Dr. Jeckel and Mr. Hide split when they get behind the wheel. Not they are intentionally rude behind the wheel, it's more like they fly past at 100 km/hr. you spewing gravel and say "Poor chap, that's a steep hill to climb on a metal road with a bicycle"
I saw an around the world Bay that had a complete plastic windshield over the glass one, out about I'd say 3-4". No idea how it worked in the rain. _________________ John - 86 Wolfsburg Westfalia "Weekender"
Flint reversed 1.8T W/Passat 5-Speed
LiMBO (late model bus club) www.limbobus.org
LiMBO is on Facebook too! https://www.facebook.com/groups/
FAQ thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=525798 |
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chojinchef Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2011 Posts: 1539 Location: Central Massachusetts
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:45 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the clarification. I had no idea. _________________ Its a mistress; an expensive, whiney, needy bitch of a mistress. She is a chunky, dirty girl with bad skin, little motivation and yet she always makes me smile. She sure has been around before shacking up with me. She has a direct line to my wallet, plays with my emotions, is consistantly jovial yet with a sarcastic and sardonic side, is consistant in her inconsistancy, and every once in a while gives me a great ride and a fantastic memory. |
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DAIZEE Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2010 Posts: 7552 Location: Greater Toronto Area Ontario West Side
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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Weird. I get that it is a RH drive therefore slider on opposite side but note that the slider groove is also on the RH side which doesn't open or am I missing something? _________________ '09 2.5L Jetta 5 cylinder, 5 spd, super turbo, see thread in H2O Cooled Jetta, etc...
83.5 Vanagon L Riviera Model with 98 1.9L TD AAZ 4 speed Daily Driver 3 out of 4 seasons (sold)
84 Vanagon GL Wolfsburg Westy WBX 4 speed (sold) |
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berkeleyjack Samba Member
Joined: April 27, 2012 Posts: 175 Location: Northern California
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, lots of nice wood detailing. Accents on the dash, too.
The table seems a little weird though. Looks like a regular cafe table, not the swing out/up ones I normally see on Westies or other vans. Custom job? I wonder if it's mobile or bolted into the floor... _________________ All-grain homebrewer with a 1990 Vanagon Carat. |
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DAIZEE Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2010 Posts: 7552 Location: Greater Toronto Area Ontario West Side
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:53 am Post subject: |
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My original table in my Riviera was the same. A centre mounted post in floor. It was in such bad condition that I removed the floor mount and threw table et al out. _________________ '09 2.5L Jetta 5 cylinder, 5 spd, super turbo, see thread in H2O Cooled Jetta, etc...
83.5 Vanagon L Riviera Model with 98 1.9L TD AAZ 4 speed Daily Driver 3 out of 4 seasons (sold)
84 Vanagon GL Wolfsburg Westy WBX 4 speed (sold) |
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boof1306 Samba Member
Joined: July 10, 2010 Posts: 304 Location: MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:32 am Post subject: |
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That is actually an English conversion - autohomes. Lots of used imports hit the shores of NZ, English and Japanese mostly I believe. |
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Buss Marius Samba Member
Joined: February 29, 2012 Posts: 98 Location: Oslo, Norway
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:38 am Post subject: |
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boof1306 wrote: |
That is actually an English conversion - autohomes. Lots of used imports hit the shores of NZ, English and Japanese mostly I believe. |
Yes it is a standard Autohomes Karisma or Kameo, they are almost identical. They have no beds in the hightop. The Autohomes Komet had a higer roof, with beds. The Autohomes Kamper had a non-fabrikk insulated pop-top. Norway is one of wery few contrys they eksported to, so we have some LHD Autohomes in norway. Most of them where sold in northern-norway. _________________ 87 75hp VW LT 28 Karmann LT L, 90 T3 Syncro 75hp AAZ Reimo Camper. 00 T4 102hp TDI Caravelle bus. |
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NZer Samba Member
Joined: January 17, 2012 Posts: 88 Location: South Western Ohio
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:39 am Post subject: |
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Stone chips are bad in NZ only partly because of the lose Gravel roads it is mostly due to the way that 90% of road surfaces or done there. Instead of using asphalt as the finish they use a method where hot tar is sprayed on to the road surface and then a 1/4 inch to 3/8 inch stone chip is spread over the hot tar and then rolled. Inevitability not all of the stone chip is either stuck to the road or gets swept up and collected and when you fly past another vehicle at a combined speed of 200kmh (125mph) a small stone is going to do damage!
I lost a couple of windscreens from it! Not to mention headlights and fog lights!
Part of life in Kiwi Land! _________________ A sad looking 88 Westfalia, MT 2.1 with 150k on the clock and several issues! |
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