Seems like the same conversion as on this Bay I photographed in Brixton (not too far from the above location) a couple of years ago
Autovilla abortion
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Autovilla abortion
Spotted this morning in downtown Johanneburg
Seems like the same conversion as on this Bay I photographed in Brixton (not too far from the above location) a couple of years ago
Seems like the same conversion as on this Bay I photographed in Brixton (not too far from the above location) a couple of years ago
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Re: Autovilla abortion
Hell that looks terrible 
Why ?
Why ?
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Re: Autovilla abortion
That is absolutely hideous.jolas wrote:Hell that looks terrible
Why ?
Perhaps it was some kit to hide the radiator for a water cooled conversion. It clearly didn’t do a good job because it appears to more ugly than I hacked up front end of a standard bus to fit a radiator.
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Re: Autovilla abortion
looks like the retarded lovechild of the bus and a golf
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Re: Autovilla abortion
That's exactly what it was. That was done by one of the many V6 conversion specialists that popped up in the 1980s in response to the need for more power in ACVW buses. IIRC, Car magazine even did a review of that thing back in the day.sean wrote: Perhaps it was some kit to hide the radiator for a water cooled conversion.
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Re: Autovilla abortion
The yellow bay is looking a bit worse since the pics posted by Pine was taken ,But most importantly its still earning its keep by carrying full loads of vegetables every other day from the market and back . The Vrot V6 was replaced with a Toyota 4Y engine according to the owner .
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More leg room than business class on a A360, guaranteed.... LOL 
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The creator of this monstrosity should be put up against a wall and shot. How can anyone butcher a car like that
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Hippie1 wrote:The creator of this monstrosity should be put up against a wall and shot. How can anyone butcher a car like that
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Got no problem with the 3 L conversions pine. I know they made excellent tow vehicles but yheeeeees that nose section just doesn't do it for me. I've seen V6 conversions with the standard nose and it just looks much cleaner.
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