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    Help! Can Someone Make Sense of My Hotchpotch Van?

    Thanks for all the advice, pointers and info people. Guess I was disappointed to find out all wasn't what it seemed, but after all (and as several people have said), I bought the thing to fettle up how I want, use until it finally dies a death and I have no intention of ever selling it. Only...
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    Help! Can Someone Make Sense of My Hotchpotch Van?

    OK, so I've followed the advice and checked both places in the engine bay for the VIN - nothing at all :( Also, totally stupid as it sounds, I can't find the small VIN plate that I could've sworn was in there. Photo of where a stamped VIN should be in an Early Bay...
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    Help! Can Someone Make Sense of My Hotchpotch Van?

    Thanks for all the replies fellas. I didn't go into this blind - I had one of the guys from Brookside Aircooled give it a thourough check over before I bought it. They also carried out all the work needed to bring it up to pass it's MoT, which it did with no advisories. As for the previous...
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    Help! Can Someone Make Sense of My Hotchpotch Van?

    OK, some photos. I know it looks like a Late Bay, but the chassis number and registration document indicate its an Early one, hence my confusion. First up, this is what it looked like when I bought it in July this year...
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    Help! Can Someone Make Sense of My Hotchpotch Van?

    I'll get a photo of th front end then as well
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    Help! Can Someone Make Sense of My Hotchpotch Van?

    Thanks for the replies! @mattyd72; I'll get a picture up of the engine bay later today. I don't reckon its a cut-n-shut though - like I said, the cab is a complete replacement (you can see the join inside at the top of the door pillars either side of the windscreen and the previous owner spent...
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    Help! Can Someone Make Sense of My Hotchpotch Van?

    First post on this forum and a newbie to the scene, so I hope I've got this in the right place... This summer, after years of pining for one, I finally managed to buy a VW Type 2 T2 Bay. I was after something without an interior, but mechanically and structurally sound and that's more or less...
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