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Work van Wednesday
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Two cheeky exterior restoration jobs at one of our best customers in Liverpool. These guys scan the whole of Europe hunting out the most desirable VW stuff available. They are well known in the Karmann world for finding some of the best barn finds in Europe that they buy, ship over here, get us to bring them back to their original condition, and then park up under covers in their mancave.
One of the guys pitched up in a low mileage Passat W8, one of only 2 W8's i've ever seen and that thing was a snarling beast as his daily
They have an Aladdin's cave of some of the rarest stuff i've ever seen, including a MK1 Passat with 6000 miles, and a MK2 Golf Syncro that was totally original, along with several other Karmann Motorhomes. An 80s kids heaven.
Oh and yep, that's a 4Motion T6.1 lurking in the background. Needless to say, these guys were all over my old T6, oh and I managed to talk the newer LT owner into a set of banded steels to replace those alloys that didn't suit the LT at all.
One of the guys pitched up in a low mileage Passat W8, one of only 2 W8's i've ever seen and that thing was a snarling beast as his daily
They have an Aladdin's cave of some of the rarest stuff i've ever seen, including a MK1 Passat with 6000 miles, and a MK2 Golf Syncro that was totally original, along with several other Karmann Motorhomes. An 80s kids heaven.
Oh and yep, that's a 4Motion T6.1 lurking in the background. Needless to say, these guys were all over my old T6, oh and I managed to talk the newer LT owner into a set of banded steels to replace those alloys that didn't suit the LT at all.
Well, look what's back on the drive.....
Hopefully VW can pull their respective fingers out and get mine fixed to my satisfaction at last.
Just a quick question for DSG owners, do they all make loads of noise and nothing happens for 10 seconds or so when you're pulling away?
Sounds like a DAF Variomatic at junctions.
Hopefully VW can pull their respective fingers out and get mine fixed to my satisfaction at last.
Just a quick question for DSG owners, do they all make loads of noise and nothing happens for 10 seconds or so when you're pulling away?
Sounds like a DAF Variomatic at junctions.
When all the work vans are out on site.
The van must earn its keep.
Good bit of forklift driving to squeeze that through the slider.
The van must earn its keep.
Good bit of forklift driving to squeeze that through the slider.
That makes me cringe to see that load in there.... I know these are commercial vehicles, but ahhhh!
Don’t get me wrong.... I’m a builder, but I couldn’t put that in my van! Fair play to you @Lord Mfwic
Is that an ikea futon back there too @Lord Mfwic?
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Hit a speedbump too hard and that lot will be all over the place
Let’s hope he strapped it down well!
They had to get to site and all the vans very out. I didn't enjoy doing it but sometimes, needs must.
Yeah
Gravity was the only thing holding it down. It was an interesting (nervous) 40 mile drive.Let’s hope he strapped it down well!
Then several trips dumping the spoil. See on the windscreen, collateral damage from parking, well loading the trailer, on double yellows. Traffic warden, or whatever they're called now, stood round the corner on which I was parked, wrote the ticket out and slapped it on the windscreen as we were loading wood in the back. I only saw him when he stood back to take a picture. I'm appealing (the ticket).
Should’ve blasted him with the chipper.... by accident of course!
I’ve used those Timberwolf chippers many times.... a beast of a machine!
Install of intruder alarm - always try to park away from other vehicles.
I think sometimes having a typical builders van would avoid tickets.
How the wardens expect us to do our jobs sometimes really baffles me sometimes.
Sometimes not always but sometimes it's apparent I might overuse the word sometimes
Maybe sometimes?
That’s very impressive, that.
