South African T3 on Ebay - 19,000miles
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Topic: South African T3 on Ebay - 19,000miles
Posted By: zimbok
Subject: South African T3 on Ebay - 19,000miles
Date Posted: 05 Sep 10 at 22:58
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Not mine and nothing to do with me.
There is what looks like a beauty of a South African van on Ebay at the moment.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270631206913&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270631206913&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
------------- 1990 T3, Devon Conversion Microbus |
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Posted By: silverbullet
Date Posted: 06 Sep 10 at 12:08
Worth every penny. What a peach and one owner plus history. Nice colour too!
I'd sell the fleet for that  I should sell everything for that.------------- Have I missed anything? |
Posted By: TransPorscher
Date Posted: 06 Sep 10 at 12:13
Ummmmm !!! I'm thinking the same !!!! Having 3 big window SA buses would be a bit greedy me thinks !!  ------------- Charlie Small Moves Big Grooves! WeFunkRadio.com |
silverbullet wrote:Posted By: BOBBER
Date Posted: 06 Sep 10 at 12:18
| Nice innit. |
Posted By: monsho
Date Posted: 06 Sep 10 at 12:48
Err, and a Porsche one!  |
Posted By: silverbullet
Date Posted: 06 Sep 10 at 20:27
I've seen the pictures. Now I want to sell the legacy lump, lock stock, and go hunting for a 996 engine and trans. So wrong it hurts. ------------- Have I missed anything? |
Posted By: Hillshy
Date Posted: 06 Sep 10 at 21:03
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very nice bus. spotless! ------------- 1990 velle weekender(Hilli) AAZ B5 Passat V6 TDI Tiptronic A3 PD170 s-line soon to be sold asap bloody pd engines! SUKI SJ410 on stilts |
Posted By: TransPorscher
Date Posted: 07 Sep 10 at 00:06
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A Porsche one ?? Who me ???? One day !! Having too much fun at the mo sorting out a certain BODGED !!! SA Caravelle that was allegedly one of the best in the cuntry !!! Picking the SA bus up tomorrow with a full stainless exhaust system, pictures to follow !!! ------------- Charlie Small Moves Big Grooves! WeFunkRadio.com |
Posted By: Joe Knocker
Date Posted: 17 Sep 10 at 20:28
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What a fat bus!!!!!!! That is the kind of bus I drive in my dream's!! I have only seen one other T3 that was as good as that up for sale, but it wasn't a SA it was Oettiger WBX 3.7 fully loaded that went for £13,000 i think in the end so £12,000 for that is a deffo I need to sell every thing moment!!! ------------- ya can't flog a dead horse unless it's to a glue factory!!! |
Posted By: silverbullet
Date Posted: 17 Sep 10 at 21:58
Did that peach sell or was it at VF for even more money  ------------- Have I missed anything? |
Posted By: VWT32.6
Date Posted: 19 Sep 10 at 18:02
| Not for sale:) |
Posted By: silverbullet
Date Posted: 20 Sep 10 at 17:03
Very coy...but you've already told us what we all need to know and well done! 
I dare say we'll be in touch as the 2.6 uber-clique membership currently numbers... about two ------------- Have I missed anything? |
Posted By: VWT32.6
Date Posted: 20 Sep 10 at 17:40
 only 2 lol i new it was a small group over here but i am supprised of how few
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Posted By: silverbullet
Date Posted: 21 Sep 10 at 08:47
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Well there is the 2.6 "white one with no interior" that turned up on ebay a while back (I nearly bought it - near miss) but it seems to have disappeared. There's one in Eire possibly but that's about it for those that are "on the scene".
Andy E has the remains of a rolled 2.3 that is going in his doka, so that's about it for the Motronic R5 posse! The 2.5's are quite different as they run K-jetronic mechanical injection; there's rather more of those as the SA roll call has confirmed.
I'd really like to take a lookaround yours sometime; my engine loom has been slightly mucked about and I'd like to put it right if poss. ------------- Have I missed anything? |
Posted By: VWT32.6
Date Posted: 21 Sep 10 at 09:13
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Ok no problem ref takeing a look i am not far from you, any reason why there are few 2.6 here? ref parts locating is that much of a problem? |
Posted By: silverbullet
Date Posted: 21 Sep 10 at 11:20
I think you need to spin over to mine one weekend for a cuppa and a chinwag! I reckon the rarity of the big window SA buses is a combination of: people don't always like the looks + "not German made" snobbery = never driven one so don't know how good they are (Transporscher will be along soon to sing their praises  )
Factor in the recent rise in values and hence import duties, never mind the import difficulties...
Mine was brough over by a guy who emigrated from SA/Zimbabwe and brought it off the boat at Bristol, where most of the 2.5's will be found.
Ref parts, I have done some digging around to find out what most of the unique service bits are so it's not a total nightmare. A lot of it is Audi 80/90/100/200 with the rest VW parts bin from mid-80's onwards.
Russel at syncronutz knows more than anyone (if you can get hold of him, usually via 80-90) ------------- Have I missed anything? |
Posted By: TransPorscher
Date Posted: 01 Oct 10 at 00:04
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I would sing their praises but I can't sing !! I could play em a drum roll tho !!! I'm typing this on the ferry on the way to 2 bus meetings in Germany.My 2.5 SA T3 is now running on LPG with a f'ing gurt 140 ltr tank (112ltr) sitting where the back seat used to be!! This should give me a very nice range without any need for running on that nasty rip-off Petrol shite!!! I've got empty euro motorways ahead tonight with a quality sound system to boot !!! Steve B,you never experienced your old bus like this dude !!!!
------------- Charlie Small Moves Big Grooves! WeFunkRadio.com |
Posted By: Steve B
Date Posted: 01 Oct 10 at 00:12
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Oh it was good when on just petrol Charlie but now it's gassed there's no need to "take it steady" now I suppose. Will this be it's first Autobahn blast on gas and the new exhaust? Mmmm the noise! Have a good un. |
Posted By: gusbang
Date Posted: 07 Oct 10 at 22:57
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Here is another one on ebay, not quite as nice thought!!!!!!!!!!!! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Original-1984-VW-T3-T3-Microbus-South-Africa-import-/270644560544?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3f03ac42a0#ht_794wt_1137 - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Original-1984-VW-T3-T3-Microbus-South-Africa-import-/270644560544?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3f03ac42a0#ht_794wt_1137 ------------- T3 Doka 2.1MV |