THE KOMBI KONNECTION

BEAN · Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject: this is kimba, on BEAN's compter

Hey Liam I was VERY attached to my first kombi too... I loved her to bits (pop top and all Laughing

) but eventually chose to sell her for something more suited to my needs because it was cheaper to do that than to modify her. I was gutted when she drove away, and often think about what adventures she's being taken on now. I know that the new owner has a lifestyle more like the lifestyle I was leading when I first got her. In the end, with a baby, and commitments that meant my gypsy days were (hopefully only temporarily) over, it made more sense to pass her on to someone else and get my next kombi.
I'm not saying that it will happen to you, you may stick with your first forever, buuuuut if you do find something more suited to your needs you may decide to sell your first.
When I was looking at redoing the interior of my first kombi I got a few books on boat building from the library. People who design the living quarters in boats have the most incredible knack for making EVERYTHING fit so neatly. Got some good inspiration.
Are you going on short trips regularly so you can work out what you would like to include in the set up? I found out pretty quickly after a few weekends away what I liked and didn't like about the set up in my camper.
Anyway, in the end, she's yours, and I think you should do whatever you want to do to make her comfy, and to make her even more "yours".
Even if it's not what someone else would do.

teeveezed · Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 11:10 am Post subject: Pop Top Off!

I bought a 74 Bay with a pop top, but I am removing it and fitting a sliding sunroof. I have purchased the sunroof from Paris Beetles in the UK, and will probably fit it myself if I can. When I do that i will also be removing the rust that is hidden under the pop top skirt.

Peterbro · Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 11:42 am Post subject:

How much for the sliding roof landed ?
And any photos of it?
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Brookie · Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 12:44 pm Post subject:

Peterbro · Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 1:54 pm Post subject:

I like its clean line and simplicity as well as the effect of driving with it open (quit your whinging-it's only a little hail !), but have reservations about it being waterproof in windy conditions and its security.
I can see an opportunity here for a bright young lad endowed with a practical imagination!
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teeveezed · Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 6:29 pm Post subject:

liam:-)

Piratekombi · Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 1:59 pm Post subject: