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by Mick
12 Nov 2010, 20:26
Forum: Syncro
Topic: Projectzwo bullbars and bumpers
Replies: 35
Views: 5565

Re: Projectzwo bullbars and bumpers

so can i take this opportunity to ask about plans of more taste-full bullbars. i was flirting with the idea of making up the brackets / attachment points underneath and then welding any old bullbar on top. but if theres other plans to be had... I don't like the tube bumpers and thought that these l...
by Mick
12 Nov 2010, 20:09
Forum: Syncro
Topic: Projectzwo bullbars and bumpers
Replies: 35
Views: 5565

Re: Projectzwo bullbars and bumpers

Simon Baxter wrote:The plans are/were all over the internet.
I have them somewhere.
Bloody awful things they are.
I have the Microsoft PowerPoint document with the details if anybody wants it.
Don't think I can link it to this post
by Mick
10 Oct 2010, 22:19
Forum: Syncro
Topic: Rocky Mountain Westy Plate Bumpers
Replies: 38
Views: 5414

Rocky Mountain Westy Plate Bumpers

Hi I don't know if anyone else other than syncropaddy is following this thread on the TheSamba http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=429711&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=rocky+mountain+westy+bumper&start=0 I'm watching with interest as they look like 'proper' bumpers ...
by Mick
29 Sep 2010, 19:08
Forum: Syncro
Topic: vidic gas struts
Replies: 9
Views: 2045

Re: vidic gas struts

Doesn't the heavier rear door with glass need something stronger than 200N ?

I fitted Saab bonnet struts on the rear door, strong enough but a shade long.
by Mick
13 Aug 2010, 19:29
Forum: Syncro
Topic: not a syncro but still a vw
Replies: 11
Views: 2196

Re: not a syncro but still a vw

Simon Baxter wrote:Currently looking for an Iltis to buy in the lack of worthwhile syncros to buy.
https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=73448
:roll:
by Mick
13 May 2010, 22:15
Forum: Syncro
Topic: Spare wheel on the front?
Replies: 82
Views: 13153

Re: Spare wheel on the front?

v-lux wrote:Cant find it at the moment, but i remember seeing a picture of VW warning sticker in someones van saying that rolling circumferences must not differ by more than 2mm.
Have a sticker on my windscreen says 2mm max
Have a sticker over my fuel filler says 97
Believe they are original
:wink:

Mick
by Mick
09 May 2010, 16:20
Forum: Syncro
Topic: *** ORDER YOUR HI-VIZ VESTS NOW ***
Replies: 29
Views: 4877

Re: *** ORDER YOUR HI-VIZ VESTS NOW ***

Thanks all. Decided on XXXL, filled in another order form.
:)
by Mick
08 May 2010, 18:33
Forum: Syncro
Topic: *** ORDER YOUR HI-VIZ VESTS NOW ***
Replies: 29
Views: 4877

Re: *** chest sizes of the XXL and an XXXL vests ***

Does anyone know the chest sizes of the XXL and an XXXL vests ?
:?
Think Jenny is still away.
by Mick
28 Oct 2009, 17:23
Forum: Syncro
Topic: Spare syncro for the winter?
Replies: 20
Views: 2532

Re: Spare syncro for the winter?

So no petrol eh ?
You could have the 16 DoKa.
About time the wheels turned.
:?
by Mick
02 Oct 2009, 18:52
Forum: Syncro
Topic: Rock Sliders
Replies: 25
Views: 5327

Re: Rock Sliders

Well prices are going up all the time.
http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/HEST-Edel ... QQ_armrsZ1
by Mick
04 Aug 2009, 17:26
Forum: Syncro
Topic: DIY Bay window 4x4's
Replies: 5
Views: 3001

Re: DIY Bay window 4x4's

The first is the Museum piece. The DIY was at VanFest 2003. Never seen it before or since. http://www.vanfest.org/2003_modeng.asp 'The modified engines display saw various permutations on the theme of late engines in early vehicles, but surely the most outrageous was a mid mounted V8 powering a 4 wh...
by Mick
31 Jul 2009, 21:47
Forum: Syncro
Topic: DIY Bay window 4x4's
Replies: 5
Views: 3001

Re: DIY Bay window 4x4's

This one -
Image
:)
or a severe DIY -
Image
:wink:
by Mick
06 Feb 2009, 22:36
Forum: Syncro
Topic: Doka load bed cover
Replies: 8
Views: 1713

Re: Doka load bed cover

Owen is in Wadhurst, East Sussex
http://www.vwgarden.co.uk/syncro.html
by Mick
25 Nov 2008, 22:14
Forum: Syncro
Topic: VC and Prop-shaft replacement.
Replies: 11
Views: 1752

Re: VC and Prop-shaft replacement.

Dont be fooled by Aircraft Cert Stainless / Aluminium either. Its the same stuff but it has a traceability cert, thats all. Don't qualify your statement with that comment. It's wrong says the man with a lifetimes work as a Chemist, Metallurgist, Accredited QA Auditor .......Say summat like horses f...
by Mick
17 May 2008, 19:54
Forum: Syncro
Topic: Sussex Syncro specialists
Replies: 2
Views: 921

"Transporter Parts and Service"

Simon Baxter wrote:A garage called "Transporter Parts and Service"
Was Bournemouth 01202 789191 Phone/Fax 24hr
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