Albert the 1976 microbus

Somewhere I really want to go back too, and drive around.

Been there several times, but only during the Formula One weekends, so I really want to see what it’s like, when the “F1 circus” is not in town.

 

It good to see another vw bus being put on the save list.

 

I ended up driving around the lake yesterday. It wasn't planned, I just had trouble getting to the St Kilda Rd exit! It was a nice drive though!

 

I assume the 100 metre and 50 metre braking signs are not there, to know just when to slow from 320kph to 90kph for the corners?

 

Ha ha! No, they were not there! I didn't even get up to 90 k/hr travelling down the freeway yesterday...

 

Sounds like the St Kilda RD sign wasn't there either

 

Albert's glove box was looking a bit sad. It had a big hole in the back and was a bit frayed around the edges. So... I got my paper mache skills on and patched up the hole. Then I found some 70-esque, orange material and covered the inside. Then I got a bit more carried away and covered the whole outside with one of my old aviation maps. I'm pretty happy with how it looks. Sorry to the purists, orange is the new black.

 

Creative use of a VTC.
Cheers

 

Fortunately it has a lid

 

Very nice,it has come up well,you'll never get lost again
You have done well ,I've been looking for wrinkles in it but I can't see one. I'm a purist but I rather you have done that to safe a glove box then throwing it in the bin and buying a plastic one

 

I am nothing if not resourceful

Ha ha! Might have to put my sunglasses on when I open it up.

It's not perfect, there's a couple of wrinkles inside where I used too much glue. I really didn't want to buy a plastic one!

 

@TeeBee

Love it
Would have loved to be able to see the map as the lining

 

Agree with Barry........you did it round the wrong way!

Still looks good.... just not as awesome as it could be.

 

I like orange

 

So you bought the wrong colour Kombi?

 

I also like yellow. And kombi's can be repainted. Having said that, I think Albert is going to end up blue.

 

Yay.
Cheers

 

I put up some hearts in the back window. Trying to share the kombi love! Also trying to calm people down when I'm driving slower than they would like...

 

...and I'm back to doing hand signals out the window... the indicator fuse has blown again... I'm booked in to a different Auto Electrician next week and hopefully he can find the problem. At least it's not a mechanical issue that keeps leaving me stranded on the side of the road. It's a minor problem in the scheme of things!