Cabin : Business Location : holmfirth Posts : 746 Join date : 2014-05-15
Subject: To B.... or not to B..... (A Brazilian)? Sat Nov 15, 2014 3:18 pm
iv'e seen a few bays on the roads now in passing..... but how would i know whether its a Brazilian or not? in fact how do you tell or know where they're all made?
Cabin : Flight 011 Location : South Somerset, UK Posts : 5092 Join date : 2011-06-05
Subject: Re: To B.... or not to B..... (A Brazilian)? Sat Nov 15, 2014 4:06 pm
From 1995, the only place Kombis were being built was Brazil so it's reasonable to assume that anything with a reg showing 1995 or later will be Brazilian.
Visually, the Brazilian has a higher roof line (by 10cm) than anything before it although there was a short run '91-94 I think of these in Mexico too. The front doors have a strengthening element at the bottom - there is a technical term for this but I can't remember what it is - showing as the proud dome ridge.
The sliding door of a Brazilian is on the right, there are others with this too, but 'most' other Kombis have it on the left.
And the big tell for anything older than 2006/7 will be the front radiator grill or dummy wheel cover.
The majority of Brazilians that have a pop top have the 'Danbury style' one which is quite distinctive although other roof types are becoming slightly more common now.
Subject: Re: To B.... or not to B..... (A Brazilian)? Sun Nov 16, 2014 10:37 am
Timmm The previous answers highlight most of the differences. The newer versions also have a high level rear brake light. We wave at what ever VW camper we pass.
Tallulah We know it as a 'swage line' on the cab doors - not sure where we heard it from originally.
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Subject: Re: To B.... or not to B..... (A Brazilian)? Sun Nov 16, 2014 6:59 pm
Scooby wrote:
Timmm The previous answers highlight most of the differences. The newer versions also have a high level rear brake light. We wave at what ever VW camper we pass.
Tallulah We know it as a 'swage line' on the cab doors - not sure where we heard it from originally.
"Swage line" was mentioned in the C&B article couple of months ago when they did a feature of the final edition brazi bay
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Cabin : Exec 012 Location : wales Posts : 3093 Join date : 2009-10-16
Subject: Re: To B.... or not to B..... (A Brazilian)? Sun Nov 16, 2014 7:30 pm
