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I'm looking for a syncro at the moment, but not coming up with much... although I do realize they're not that common in the UK.

Can anyone recommend some good places to go searching?

Cheers, Ed

Finland, Sweden, Germany.......

Alternatively, you could try Syncrospares in cullompton seeing as youre local ish

Just setting off to Mike Plompen in Belgium (Busman.be) to pick up my 16' Ex Army Syncro Westy on Saturday. Will let you know if its a result. Been in close links with CJ of Syncrospares (top bloke)as he is going to import it and fettle it (RHD lights and De coupler). He has just got some more syncros in. Could look at them if you want (like I know what i am looking at ) take pictures ect.
Andy

You asked about a site to look at possible synchros- try www.vwbusclub.nl

it will have agood range of vans and enthusiasts of Synchro's - that' wheere I boought mine- as it covers Netherlands and belgium and germany

Consider also denmark - their Teelcoms emgineers used them to check telegraph poles etc as I thinkt he Austrians did as well

Muckamore

Thanks for the replies chaps... I didn't get any notification by e-mail and thought everyone was keeping their sources secret! I'll check out the foreign sites, although I'm not sure I've got enough time to get my head round importing a vehicle.

Out of interest, if I'm not planning on doing serious off-roading, but will definitely be going on some fairly rough roads that are usually inaccessible to 2WD vehicles, would a single diff-lock be enough or would I most likely need rear and front?

This depends on ure driving skills and experience offroad.

edmundator wrote:Out of interest, if I'm not planning on doing serious off-roading, but will definitely be going on some fairly rough roads that are usually inaccessible to 2WD vehicles, would a single diff-lock be enough or would I most likely need rear and front?

In my opinion a rear diff is enough for making progress on difficult roads.
The front diff really only comes into play when you're trying to do things you shouldn't really be doing with a Syncro anyway.
Things like "rock-crawling" (climbing over boulders, not just stones) or "mud-plugging" (up to the axles in mud on purpose and not by accident).

The front diff does come in handy when you're about to get stuck because you ventured further than you should have, but I would not regard it as a must-have. The rear diff is ...without it, the first deep pothole will leave you stranded.

Thanks again for all the help chaps - just put my deposit down on a syncro from CJ at Syncrospares. Very convenient to have somewhere that local

Will have to meet up and say hi.

Be good to see another truck around town!!

al

You won't see it for long, I'm afraid. Only in Exeter for another fortnight, then back to Birmingham for a month or so before I head off to Iceland for 3 months! Back to the west country in October, but I've been moved to Truro by then.