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You might have seen a thread I posted about the urge to always own a VW bus......... retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=108734Well, once again the urge got too strng and I succumbed to it. Bought this last night..........   She's a 1981 2 litre aircooled Transporter. The bus started life as a border patrol vehicle for the Bundeswehr in Germany. It was then sold on to the German Red Cross and used as a staff transport vehicle. They re-sprayed it from green to cream and fitted it with blue lights and sirens, and in about 2007-ish it was imported to the UK by the infamous RetroSteve at Eastfalia. He sold it to the guy I just bought it from who removed the signwriting and blue lights / siren etc (but they are all in a box in case I decide to re-fit them anytime). The bus is lowered 80mm and sits on rare 16" BBS alloys. But the really rare thing which clinched it for me was the 4 foot sliding metal sunroof    Plans are to just smoke around enjoying it this summer then maybe some sort of re-fit over the winter. This one is the third ex- German Utility Vehicle I've owned. I used to own these two - the bay is ex-Feuerwehr and the T25 is ex-THW (which is the German Civil Disaster Contingency Force)   Can't wait to pick it up later on ;D |
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Currently driving a 1972 BMW 1602 as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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Jul 25, 2011 12:31:19 GMT
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well nice! ;D
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1984 Subaru GLF Hatch
1983 Skoda 120LE Super estelle
1977 Subaru DL Wagon
1978 Datsun 120Y Coupe
1995 Skoda favorit estate
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mrj
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Jul 25, 2011 15:07:03 GMT
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yes, very nice, the border patrol Typo 25s had always the big sunroof, the later ones were also always with two sliding doors ....  |
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- 1971 VW 1600 TL Fastback
- 1978 Passat GLS Variant
- 1980 Audi 100 5E
- 1981 VW aircooled panel van (sold)
- 1983 VW Jetta Mk.I
- 1984 VW Polo Coupé
- 1984 VW Passat hatchback
- 1987 VW Passat Variant
- 1987 VW Passat hatchback
- 1988 VW T25
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luckygti
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Jul 25, 2011 20:35:11 GMT
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Very cool, and another T3 in the gang  I miss mine, I really need to pull my finger out and start welding!! |
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mrj
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Very cool, and another T3 in the gang I miss mine, I really need to pull my finger out and start welding!! in the mean time you could borrow me your engine ;D |
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- 1971 VW 1600 TL Fastback
- 1978 Passat GLS Variant
- 1980 Audi 100 5E
- 1981 VW aircooled panel van (sold)
- 1983 VW Jetta Mk.I
- 1984 VW Polo Coupé
- 1984 VW Passat hatchback
- 1987 VW Passat Variant
- 1987 VW Passat hatchback
- 1988 VW T25
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After just a couple of weeks of ownership (and the longest journey undertaken so far being the 15 miles home the day I bought it), we packed up the bus with bikes, dogs, surfboards etc and headed to Cornwall, then up to Snowdonia for 10 days of surfing and mountain biking. 1000 miles in 10 days with the only preparation being a quick check of the oil level and faith in the reliability of old VW's Loaded and ready to go..........  Cornwall..........  and up a mountain in Snowdonia..........  Apart from a knackerd CV joint my faith in the old girl was rewarded by 1000 miles of trouble free motoring |
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Currently driving a 1972 BMW 1602 as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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Aug 21, 2011 11:11:11 GMT
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Wow I love that monster sunroof. Why do they have those?
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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Aug 21, 2011 16:27:13 GMT
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Oh so want a t25, your one looks the mutts, especially with them BBS rims, top work!!
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Sig pic too big!
83 MK1 Golf 1.3 Driver-sold
83 Mk1 Golf GTI Pirelli-sold
95 BMW 520i Individual-sold
94 BMW 525i Sport-R.I.P
04 Audi A4 1.9TDI 130-55mpg:)
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mrj
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Aug 21, 2011 21:52:01 GMT
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Wow I love that monster sunroof. Why do they have those? quite some of the Type 25 for red cross, Katastrophenschutz or Police used to have that; the best ones were the "Bereitschaftspolizei" (a police unit , which was for emergency cases, riots etc.), they had two sliding doors and the huge roof ... they also had huge nozzles for the wind screen with a lots of pressure, to clean of tomatoes and all the stuff that was thrown against them |
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- 1971 VW 1600 TL Fastback
- 1978 Passat GLS Variant
- 1980 Audi 100 5E
- 1981 VW aircooled panel van (sold)
- 1983 VW Jetta Mk.I
- 1984 VW Polo Coupé
- 1984 VW Passat hatchback
- 1987 VW Passat Variant
- 1987 VW Passat hatchback
- 1988 VW T25
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Aug 21, 2011 22:55:02 GMT
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Looks in great shape.
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Aug 22, 2011 21:18:58 GMT
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Nice! I love those big sunroofs, we took one to Woerthersee, perfect for this:  DSCN0028 by retromotoring, on Flickr ;D |
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The bus is is really good nick considering it is 31 years old but having been a working vehicle - first for the German Army then as a German Red Cross Ambulance - it has picked up a couple of battle scars along the way. It was absolutely rust free but there were a few dents here and there and holes where bits of military kit, blue lights and sirens had been fitted and the hles had been poorly filled when they were removed. I only meant to get the holes in the roof from the blue light re-filled properly and a small repair on the sliding door but we got a bit carried away!        That's all the prep done - now ready for paint. Stand by for pics of the finished article (next week hopefully.......) ;D |
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Currently driving a 1972 BMW 1602 as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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robb
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Oct 19, 2011 14:24:57 GMT
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this is a really nice bus!
always had a thing for t25's ever since my dad had an Autosleeper t25 haha
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Oct 24, 2011 10:49:31 GMT
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Currently driving a 1972 BMW 1602 as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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Oct 26, 2011 17:19:04 GMT
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all freshly painted and shiney but it's raining too hard to take any pictures  |
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Currently driving a 1972 BMW 1602 as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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Oct 26, 2011 18:42:23 GMT
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Nice bus ,my T25 is also a german import ,defo less rust than in england.... Glad you are enjoying it..... |
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Oct 31, 2011 19:56:18 GMT
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Currently driving a 1972 BMW 1602 as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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Oct 31, 2011 20:10:08 GMT
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Ooh, ooh, where are you getting the bumper end caps from? My mate has a Club Joker in need of some end caps to finish it off!?! Cool wedge by he way, looking forward to more pics.
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Oct 31, 2011 21:40:49 GMT
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Missed out on this one Kerry.
Why did you not have the mouse ears taken off ?
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Oct 31, 2011 21:57:08 GMT
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Ooh, ooh, where are you getting the bumper end caps from? My mate has a Club Joker in need of some end caps to finish it off!?! Cool wedge by he way, looking forward to more pics. Just Kampers sell them...... www.justkampers.com/shop/bumper-end-cap-offside-right-front-or-nearside-left-rear-j10060.htmlMissed out on this one Kerry. Why did you not have the mouse ears taken off ? I did think about it but they are almost the last bit of extra kit left on it from it's days with the Bundeswehr so I decided to keep them |
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Currently driving a 1972 BMW 1602 as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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I miss mine, I really need to pull my finger out and start welding!! 
