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10 seat syncro??

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I have seen a 10 seat LWB caravelle. Is there such a thing as a 10seat LWB syncro?

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A T4 could be LWB and syncro.....

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3 in the back, 3 in the front, two rows of 2 bolted to the floor.... I don't see why not but I've never seen one. LWB wouldn't apply to a T3 though.

Possible 11 seater arrangement too with buddy seats and one set of 3 in the middle...

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ok cool - so could exist.. Will begin search. Thanks for your help.

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The twin slider Caravelle CL had 12 seats did it not??

Bever seen a syncro one though.
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devon did one, someone is selling the seats from one in the swap section viewtopic.php?f=22&t=77281
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They made 12 seaters in South Africa. No such thing as a LWB T3 AFAIK
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russ_jc wrote:ok cool - so could exist.. Will begin search. Thanks for your help.

What are you looking for? A T3 or a T4?
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Mines a SA 10 seater "normal" T3 Syncro,
was a safari bus in the Kalahari
2+2+3+3=10
just has dickie seats facing backwards in the rear,
original fitment though,
not bad if wasnt for the aircon taking up the headroom,
but thats coming out soon anyway.
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Thanks for your responses folks. Um..happy to consider a t3 or T4 if the LWB 12 seater syncro is available in each. If you hear of one for sale let me know!

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russ_jc wrote:Thanks for your responses folks. Um..happy to consider a t3 or T4 if the LWB 12 seater syncro is available in each. If you hear of one for sale let me know!

Thanks.

I have a LWB T3 Syncro for sale ....
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rollercoaster,your van went on holiday to the kalahari,it was never a safari bus.
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rollercoaster wrote:Mines a SA 10 seater "normal" T3 Syncro,
was a safari bus in the Kalahari
2+2+3+3=10
just has dickie seats facing backwards in the rear,
original fitment though,
not bad if wasnt for the aircon taking up the headroom,
but thats coming out soon anyway.
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syncrosimon wrote:The twin slider Caravelle CL had 12 seats did it not??

Never seen a syncro one though.
That'll be mine then. '86 T/S Caravelle C with a load of bosses sticking through the commercial ply floor, so currently a 3-seater
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In UK spec the Caravelle CL was only an 8 seater and single slider (2/3/3) (twinslide might have been optional), GL was 2/2/3 single slider with a jump seat option on the middle row, and the basic Caravelle C was a twinslider with half bulkhead so 3/3/3. Think if you wanted anything else it probubly came from Devon.

My school in the early 90's had a W reg Devon minibus which must have had about 12 seats, 2 in the front, and 3 rows in the back (felt cramped even to a small child, but then I would have been comparing it to our GL which only a limo would ever beat), all rows were forward facing but the rear was right on the edge of the engine hump - guess it tipped up for engine access or something - I was 8 at the time so don't remember too much, had curtains though, romour was they made too many campers so converted some to busses before sale - it said "camping" on the back and everything was the same 2 tone beige colour scheme.

In europe where VW and Devon didn't have any sales agrements you probubly could get something like a 12 seater from the factory, probubly with a Transporter or Caravelle C badge - seen a few single slider C's in LHD and the british brosure pictures one which it says is not avalable in UK. Doubtless they would have been much nicer that a devon bus but for some resion VW never seemed to want to offer/market the Caravelle very much in the UK, and in many ways still don't.
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