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That's good news about their longevity underneath. I've read about and seen photographs of the leaks problems from the upper body, but it doesn't look too bad to pull them apart to fix them.

Don't forget that Wikipedia is made up of lots of well meaning, but often mis-informed contributors :lol: Also an awful lot of the info on vehicles refers to US specs which are different from EU versions. My money's still on the actual variant/trim level of the base vehicle from the factory and the...

Thanks for the replies. :) I didn't know about the square headlight version, unless we're referring to the same thing. When I said rectangular I was referring to the ones with rectangular (outer) headlights which have square (inner) light units mounted right up against them. Regarding the headlight ...

Okay, thanks.

So, it does appear that it's wrong to say post-1985 vehicles had rectangular headlights. If it is wrong then what factor dictated when which type of headlight was fitted?

I was under the impression that post-1985 T3s/T25s should have the later rectangular headlights, but I keep seeing round headlight vehicles with later registration numbers. I've seen two F-registered and two G-registered vans recently, all with round headlights. Am I wrong about the model years invo...

Interesting idea. One of the reasons I was interested in the underside of these conversions is to see how they might be prone to rust - and also to see how difficult it might be to repair them. It looks as if it's much the same as conventional van, with regard to rusting and repairing.

Excellent! Thanks for the details. That answers everything.

I'm quite surprised that there is so much strength in the base chassis, but all credit to VW for that!

I was looking into the best way to get to Tromsø and after going through everything in as much detail as I could, it worked out about £225 cheaper to drive the whole way there via Calais than to drive up to Immingham and get the ferry over to Brevik, and drive the rest of the way up.

I mean monocoque as in being constructed as a single unit and getting its strength from the way it is constructed, as opposed to having a separate self-supporting chassis with an unstressed body on it. Unless I'm seriously mistaken the T3/T25 is of a monocoque construction, and from looking at those...

I was just guessing, based on that rather unclear last photograph. The dark dotted lines look as if they could be the gaps between short weld runs and I'm guessing that box sections would be good candidates for a strengthening members. If they're starting with a cut-down (or never built up in the fi...

Hmmm, just been having a look at the photographs again. It would be interesting to find out what they did to the base chassis to strengthen it. Looking at the bottom photograph it looks as it there might be lengths of box section tacked on.

Oh for God's sake! I've been looking everywhere for photographs and never managed to find that page. Thanks for the link.

Just another camper-related question! I'm curious to know how the coachbuilt campers (Gipsy and Cheetah etc) are constructed underneath the coachbuilt body. Considering that the original vehicle is of a monocoque construction, is there a severely cut-down panel van lower body underneath the coachbui...

Now that does look hideous!

Looks great to me! I'd like to see some more photographs of that