My very own Type 2 1967 VW Kombi arrived from the USA. Has been well looked after by Kiwi Shipping (these guys are the best in transporting cars and they really did a fantastic job of getting the van from South Carolina, across the States to Carson, California for loading onto the boat to ship to home to New Zealand).
The bus has travelled well - first heading to China and then off-loaded onto another boat to Singapore. Finally making the journey down under and arriving in the port of Wellington New Zealand. Plan is now to check her out and see what needs to be done. I had asked the previous owner to flick me some picks of the rust areas but he said there was none to speak of.... yeah right!. I can see now that that was a little far from the truth but I guess what can you expect from a 43 year old car. Overall I was pleased with the condition and really apart from the areas where busses are known for rusting out and I expected, it was pretty clean.
Anyway Kiwi Shipping took a load of photos - fantastic. At least I could order some of the panels needed to throw in the back and ship out with the bus and saved a fortune on postage. America ain't the cheapest place in the world to post stuff from but the parts are so much cheaper even with postage added than those you can get out of Australia. I used Wolfsberg West mainly - these guys are the best providers of air-cooled VW restoration parts and picked a few more parts they had out of stock from CIP1.
Picked the bus up from the wharf in Wellington, New Zealand today. Tried to start but wouldn't budge. Previous owner said the bus was running...... must have sat in the front and made vrmmm vrmmm engine noises because this bus ain't turning over. Tried to jump start while on the wharf but still no go. Will check out but could be stuffed starter motor or maybe just needs the carb, points, leads replaced and a replacement battery.
Had to hire a trailer to tow to home and after a bit of pushing, finally got her up the drive and in the garage.
Had to hire a trailer to tow to home and after a bit of pushing, finally got her up the drive and in the garage.
Looks right at home now.
