first car!!! 79 microbus'

today i got my first kombi, it is a 79 microbus that a girl from my school had in her back yard' ....the van mainly has suface rust my dad my bro and i are going to do most of the work ourselfs' should be a good project for us these are the pics of 'daisy' (named by previous owner), i'll be getting all the mould and surface rust off on the weekend'

 

that was my 100th post aswell !!!!!

 

Congratulations for the L THE KOMBI and THE 100th post ,keep it coming Josh.
Good luck with your project.

 

Nothing a good srub wont fix??? my panel i just got looked the same cleaned it with truck wash a soft broom and a gerni comes of easy cheers shane.

 

Good to see another nice kombi being saved.

 

What a score...and what a project!

Well done Josh! Many enjoyable resto hours ahead..... to be followed by much more enjoyable cruising times..

Always enlightening to see the cross section of generations getting into Kombis.

 

Looks great,

Will be interesting seeing what your first clean up shows

best of luck with your project

 

once i get rid of all that surface rust i'll definitely be moving it under cover... it has been out in rain for 3 years, since cyclone larry' and we do get ALOT of rain in babinda (wettest town in aust) .... tully comes second'

 

beauty mate cant wait to see it after the scrub

 

Looks as though it has had a colourful life. Good to see.

 

i stripped inside of the kombi this arvo got the front seats out (which are in very good condition ) and got the gerni out too' ... now you can see through the front window!!!

tomorrow i'll be taking all the cr@p that came with the bus and lots of other cr@p to the dump'... make room for it downstairs - 'rain is the enemy'

 

Looks good mate congrats.

Plenty of good times ahead.

 

Can't wait for more pics, especially after just cleaning her up. Make sure you send them thru Great bonding project too!

 

looks incredible man, top work

 

Is it a deluxe? I dont see any trim but it has the vents/arm rests in the front.

 

i thought it was a microbus... what makes it a 'delux'?

 

From what I understand a microbus is just a kombi that isnt a panel van, Sc, Dc or a Camper. And a deluxe model has some things the normal microbusses dont such as the arm rests/ vents on the front doors. They also have deluxe trim that goes down the side of the bus (wich is usually how I tell if it is a deluxe)

Yours has the vents on the doors but dosnt have the trim on the outside.

 

after i cleaned the outside of mine i could see the original paint colour through the white paint... it was navy blue with white stripes down the side... maybe it could have come with a trim aswell?

 

these are the pics of the kombi after i cleaned all the mould off'











look alot better i reckon

 

the gerni wasnt working properly... so i couldnt get the hand paint off'