Melburg Luft

Due to not being able to sleep much of late, i find myself often on here & Gumtree in the very early hours of the morning...... so last thursday i spot an ad on Gumtree for a 99, T4 dual cab transporter its 2am, it wasnt there last night when i looked ...no pics, has rego, needs a clutch....up at Caves Beach towards Newie....& its very cheap....Hmmm....can i get away with buying another car....i already have one of these that i've been fixing up for work for a while now....

so I wait until a reasonable hour to call & have a chat with the owner, nice genuine old bloke, tells me about the motor & box being reco'd just under 2 yrs ago, & the crack in the front screen, needs a good clean, is kept in his shed etc.....this is sounding too good to be true. I make some calls to a local clutch guy to get a quote.....i might just get away with this one.....organise for a mates brother who lives up that way to go & have a look & call me....He happens to be heading sort of that way on the day so its no problem......this is all starting to fall into place......his phone call reveals that the old bloke is as straight up as he sounds, so a deposit is left & i continue working & wondering how to get this one past the keeper.......until she sends me a text & pic of a beetle for sale on the side of the road locally.....this is going to be easier than i thought.
The pics of the transporter come though later in the arvo...its pretty much how it was described....cool !
After work at dinner the conversation comes up about the weiss VW....so i blurt out that i bought a weiss vw today...the look i get is priceless, i defend by stating..."you sent me a pic "...she backs down...then i reveal the truth, theres that look again, until i explain the reasoning. all is good

Saturday morning trip up the coast with car trailer & a mate to pic it up, the old bloke is such a good bloke, giving me some spares etc & then casually mentions that he'd owned it since new ! even drives it on to the car trailer for us....strapping it down confirms something i'd picked up in the first photo i was sent....It's a syncro







its in for the clutch already, clean next weekend, wheels, lower, then a few Ritalin Boy inspired mods to follow

You just can't say no can ya? Good onya fella. Could you store a 944 for me seeing as you have so much room at home?

Lucky bastard, I was looking for one of them! Is it diesel?

No mate, it's a petrol one

Not quite as cool as your latest ....!

Dude, you need 2 of everything don't you!

Great work truck.
Has it got a tow bar so it can be the hauler for your next purchase?

Yes it has Pete, & is purchased a car trailer recently also..... Think I may be ok now !

I'm Still in shock!!! You may just be the luckiest man I know! Did you find a four leaf clover on his front yard???

Can't wait to lay the hammer into this one!

Sadly i think the ass dragging tranny wasn't meant to be!!

I didn't look for one.... You know I would have found one if I'd looked.
I'll be going back up in a few weeks after its received the first few changes to take the old bloke to the pub for a few beers, I think I'll have a bit of a look them

good buyin Humph!

a syncro dual cab, thats an awesome score mate

So it was you!

You prick! I was going for a look while I was up

Oh well I'll keep looking

Thanks boys,

Jase, Sorry mate,
we're you the one that offered him double what he was asking
I've still got the other one that will be for sale in the coming months if I can get some time off to finish it

Nah mate that wasn't me

All good, snooze ya loose

Send me a message when you get a chance bud

Lost all my numbers in my phone again

Did you get a message about another syncro Jase?

type3disease wrote:Did you get a message about another syncro Jase?

From Mozzie ?

type3disease wrote:Did you get a message about another syncro Jase?

Yeah mate having a gander soon

Cheers bud

Nice buy mate

thanks mate,



New clutch, pressure washed the hell out of it & fitted these wheels for the short term