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Spotted in the samba "hall of shame"...

Posted: 14 May 2012, 14:08
by silverbullet
Does anyone know who's responsible for this effort? The work involved! The worrying thing is that I quite like the direction the front end has taken on this one...but that's about all. Horrid sides, shorty wheel base and wish it was in a nicer colour scheme though!

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Re: Spotted in the samba "hall of shame"...

Posted: 14 May 2012, 14:11
by DavidPallister
Mmmmmmmmmmmm Discovery-tastic..... bleuch, where's the smiley for throwing up

Re: Spotted in the samba "hall of shame"...

Posted: 14 May 2012, 14:27
by Oldiebut goodie
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Re: Spotted in the samba "hall of shame"...

Posted: 14 May 2012, 14:39
by silverbullet
OK so it's flippin' grim with the armoured-car windows and dysentry colour scheme, but that brutal front end...Tonkatastic!

Time for my next dose of medication?...maybe it's just the poly varnish fumes :mrgreen:

Here's some more, get you buckets to hand http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=432802" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Spotted in the samba "hall of shame"...

Posted: 14 May 2012, 23:13
by billy739
it was on ebay a couple of years ago , has what looks like a crew cab side door and appears to be shortened!

Re: Spotted in the samba "hall of shame"...

Posted: 15 May 2012, 00:34
by paulo999
silverbullet wrote:OK so it's flippin' grim with the armoured-car windows and dysentry colour scheme, but that brutal front end...Tonkatastic!

Time for my next dose of medication?...maybe it's just the poly varnish fumes :mrgreen:

Here's some more, get you buckets to hand http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=432802" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That thread's slightly addictive, if only in a car-crash gawping kind of way. :)

This one's kind of curious. The front profile, from this angle, almost looks convincing as a (fictional) actual VW design / late model facelift. Looks too tidy to be totally homebrew... has something else been grafted on there, something Japanese perhaps?

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Re: Spotted in the samba "hall of shame"...

Posted: 15 May 2012, 21:40
by Hacksawbob
Yeah I was thinking that, looks like a Hiace or something. There is just too much about this to say its another manufacturers vehicle with a VW roundel on it (off centre!) The curve above the headlight is just wrong. It would be too much (pointless) work to make this from a T3....surely. Got to be Japanese is my bet.

list goes on headlights, door handles, mirrors

top half Hiace grafted onto a doka... oh I dont know.
this is a bit more telling

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Re: Spotted in the samba "hall of shame"...

Posted: 16 May 2012, 09:09
by silverbullet
Those are definitely T3 doors (look at the swage line and the door shut around the fuel filler) and windows are definitely doka, the mirror arms are 16" syncro but the shells may have been changed.

This may have been the product of years of work and evolution. A mountain of work whichever way you look at it!

Re: Spotted in the samba "hall of shame"...

Posted: 16 May 2012, 18:08
by leebo
and the bugger has my wheels :shock:

Re: Spotted in the samba "hall of shame"...

Posted: 16 May 2012, 18:49
by jamesc76
A mate of mines van is on the list!!!

Re: Spotted in the samba "hall of shame"...

Posted: 17 May 2012, 01:59
by paulo999
jamesc76 wrote:A mate of mines van is on the list!!!

Name and shame. ;)

Re: Spotted in the samba "hall of shame"...

Posted: 17 May 2012, 10:59
by jamesc76
paulo999 wrote:
jamesc76 wrote:A mate of mines van is on the list!!!

Name and shame. ;)

Its this one , but i dont think its bad at all, ?????
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Re: Spotted in the samba "hall of shame"...

Posted: 17 May 2012, 12:07
by kevtherev
Well you wouldn't... tastless fool :D

Re: Spotted in the samba "hall of shame"...

Posted: 17 May 2012, 12:27
by 1664
I don't think that one looks too bad - I'm sure I've seen it about at shows.

Positively 'cool' compared to some I've seen on t'internet 8)

Re: Spotted in the samba "hall of shame"...

Posted: 17 May 2012, 14:04
by jamesc76
1664 wrote:I don't think that one looks too bad - I'm sure I've seen it about at shows.

Positively 'cool' compared to some I've seen on t'internet 8)
You should have done normally parked near the brummie poi boys !