Bongo Fury

Hey Bongonauts...

I have the opportunity to buy a '99 V6 petrol Bongo tintop (I already have a '95 2.4 Diesel AFT) ...looks in decent condition and has 'some' paperwork... but what I want to buy it for is to swap a few of the parts out for ones that are worn or missing on my Buddy. Anyone know if the following are interchangeable between the 2 vans models.

> Towbar - are there more than 1 type for each model?
> Drivers side electric window switch
> Plastic centre divider (around handbrake and Auto shifter)
> Drivers wingmirror
> Skirt kit

I plan to donate Buddy's parts back onto the newer van and sell it on (might even do a quick camper conversion first)

I will try and post some pictures of the newer van so you can see some of the parts I'm talking about.

Cheers

Struggling to get the photos up... bear with

See photos of the newer van here:

http://s1380.photobucket.com/user/buddy ... ary/V6pics

Seems like the long way round (and a shame) to turn a decent Bongo into an indecent one by parts swapping if/when it might be easier to get parts from a breaker like Bongospares. Have you explored/costed out tbe alternatives?

all the parts will swap, the only thing that may be different is the colour of grey on the hand brake gear lever panel.

mikeonb4c wrote:Seems like the long way round (and a shame) to turn a decent Bongo into an indecent one by parts swapping if/when it might be easier to get parts from a breaker like Bongospares. Have you explored/costed out tbe alternatives?

I know I know, but I'm in New Zealand and it's pretty hard to come by these parts so I'm constantly on the lookout for other bongos/fredas... there's quite a big market for sleepervans (mattress and stove in the back) over here and the slightly more inferior/missing parts will almost certainly go un-noticed anyway...I will defo give it a quick and dirty camper conversion before selling on... so that the newer bongo still gets a decent life It's not like I'm putting a puppy down !!!

Northern Bongolow wrote:all the parts will swap, the only thing that may be different is the colour of grey on the hand brake gear lever panel.

Wow, that's good to know! I was certain there'd be at least one that wouldn't, thanks!

Agree with Venessa,they will swap

Brian

BuddyBongo wrote:

mikeonb4c wrote:Seems like the long way round (and a shame) to turn a decent Bongo into an indecent one by parts swapping if/when it might be easier to get parts from a breaker like Bongospares. Have you explored/costed out tbe alternatives?

I know I know, but I'm in New Zealand and it's pretty hard to come by these parts so I'm constantly on the lookout for other bongos/fredas... there's quite a big market for sleepervans (mattress and stove in the back) over here and the slightly more inferior/missing parts will almost certainly go un-noticed anyway...I will defo give it a quick and dirty camper conversion before selling on... so that the newer bongo still gets a decent life It's not like I'm putting a puppy down !!!

Aha! Yes well i can see being in NZ would change the whole dynamic. Might as well go for it then