VW Brazilian Kombi bus for the Mexico market

[Wildthings]

I know a guy who works for the diplomatic corp.

mmmmm?

[jaredmarcucci]

[evanwilliams4u]

More photos would be cool, especially of the interior. I think my shins would be hitting that low dash. It's neat to see how they kept the top half of the dash almost exactly the same as the originals though. Talk about incremental model-year changes!
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1978 Stock Westfalia Deluxe

[Air_Cooled_Nut]

[Antonio Trejo]

I have sold and shiped mexican Beetles to the US. The late watercooled Brazilian Kombi is not a problem. If you want more information, just send me an email.

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[jaredmarcucci]

Here are a few more pictures. You can see the dash and the AC controls, also I included a picture of the engine.

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Current VW's: 2001 Brazilian Kombi, 1990 Syncro Westy (1.8T APR Stage 3 + conversion in process), 2008 GTI (MK5) APR Stage 3

Past VWs:
1978 Bay window champagne edition westy, 1978 bay window westy, 1986 Syncro hardtop, 1967 Hardtop camper, 1967 Kombi passenger splity, 1965 21, window, 1978 Sage Green Westy, 1984 Vanagon GL, 1972 Bay Window hardtop, 1992 Corrado SLC, 1997 Jetta

[iWANTBUS]

very nice

[Wildthings]

I just don't understand why VW can't bring this bus into the US market. Air bags, door beams, etc would not be all that hard to add. Much about the design of these cars makes them inherently safer in a crash than other vehicles to start with, i.e. no engine up front, a vertical steering column, and the windshield far from your soft head. The later Bays built for the US market were tough and held their own in a crash very well, maybe there is some crash test regulation that you can't do but so much damage to another car when you hit it. Don't know.

[HMBR]

very interesting, this version have a very different dashboard and bumpers from the version we have here in brazil, also I think in the early 90's the production of these buses was in mexico, the model sold until 1997 here in brazil was different, with the 15 window split body, so I think they moved the production of this model to brazil in 97, but the buses of this model below 1997 are mexican made!?

[jaredm81]

I am soooo jealous. I want one!
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1973 Transporter
79 2.0l engine with weber progressive

[play_it_leo]

[theizzardking]

[fastmc25]

[theizzardking]

[RIOMX]

[theizzardking]

yeah we both know i can't do better
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'71 westie "the wanderer"

[fstbckgt]

buses in the 70s were barely legal, isnt that why they had to be called staion wagons? to get around US standards
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1973 Deluxe Transporter Sunroof
TOP GEAR ftw

[Lostnfound]

This thread got me curious. I found lots of info at the following link. Maybe it can help some of you guys.

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/CARS/RULES/IMPORT/
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[chicagovw]

no that is not why they were called station wagons. The 73-up Bus was actually quite safe, for its day, in a crash. Obviously standards have changed since those days, but the bus at the time met the standards for passenger cars. The reason they were called Station Wagons was to avoid a tax or tariff placed on imported commercial vehicles by the USA. I think it was 25%. This is why Subaru placed rear jump seats in the BRAT as well, i am pretty certain. This is also why VW ceased selling pickups and Panel Vans in the USA after 73 except for special orders.

[ToolBox]