Looking for a Doka- comment on 3 for sale here

[4Gears4Tires]

Not just the bedliner, it's bubbling everywhere. That is worse bubbling than my van had and my van is a completely rusty piece of shit. As a rule of thumb in my experience, any place that has bubbling larger than 3" across has some place that is a hole and the metal is so thin you can't tack it back up. It'll be a cut out and replace. That is a remove the glass, strip all the paint, cut and weld, and repaint job for sure. It does have the 1.9 TDI though, that's nice. Interior is nice too.

Even with the TDI, it pales in comparison to the burgundy one posted.
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'87 Syncro
Ferric Oxyhydroxide Superleggera Edition

[trekker6]

I'm going to put my 1986 army doka 2wd on sale soon. The body was totally redone by vintage vw also known as soflovw, it's painted a semigloss forest green. It has an an ahu tdi 98, modified tranny with higher gearing for the tdi and it also has peloquin torque biasing. manual steering, no radio, it has less than 80000 miles.It has vanagon wolfsburg seats front and rear, mercedes clk 16" wheels. It drives great and is economical. I took out the electronic fuel injection pump and installed a lmr 300 manual injection pump, which is very reliable and works great.

[jAndrew]

[jAndrew]

Thought I would update on what I decided on. Thanks for the good advice here and a couple of PMs from someone in the know I decided on the maroon 89 Syncro. Took some time and a couple small issues but delivered a couple days ago.

It's not in the condition I was lead to believe and I wouldn't suggest doing a long distance buy to anyone. Seller seemed pretty honest and another Samba member looked at it briefly but aside from small items it has some serious issues with missing, lack of power, back fire, etc. I know I will get them all resolved but would have been nice to have gotten a more objective description of the truck.

Lots of questions for all of you in the near future.

[4Gears4Tires]

Dude, that looks awesome. Engines are swapped easily enough, honestly. They're the least of your worries. Body and the rest of the drivetrain are what's important. Some missing or lack of power, eh, probably no biggie. Might just be the timing that needs to be adjusted.

Congrats dude, that is really cool.
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'87 Syncro
Ferric Oxyhydroxide Superleggera Edition

[jAndrew]

[bajabones]

Welcome to the syncro Doka club
Does it have diff locks or decoupler?

[jAndrew]

[4Gears4Tires]

[tarandusVDub]

Beautiful doka, congrats! Keep us posted on your progress.
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1990 Syncro 16" DoppleKabine 2.1 DJ 112i
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Sold: 1972 Bay Campmobile; 1984 Westy, base model, 2WD.

[Alaskaberrys]

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nice Doka...

but needs beefier/fatter tires instead low profile tires...