Doka Syncro source for parts

[mobydick 11]

syncro 16" were special syncros, and they made very very few of them and kind of the holy grail. bigger wheel wells, reinforced body/chassis, longer trailing arms etc etc. but 16" refers to factory 16" wheels, most syncros came with 14", but in this day and age most have converted to 15" or 16", but that does not make it a factory syncro 16. faxctory syncro 16's are very hard to find and i would be really surprised if you bought one by "accident" with out knowing

Can you tell from the Vin number what it is ? W V 2V0245GG057135 ? Tried looking on Samba ,but could only find numbers to the end of air cooled ones .Thanks

 

[mobydick 11]

Welcome to the addiction! (I’m the proud owner of a 1987 VW Syncro Westy). As mentioned before, join The Samba Vanagon forum, this is probably the biggest source of Vanagon information you’ll find in the web (there’re lots of super-knowledgeable and friendly folks there, and super-detailed projects write-ups) - my username is the same there.

TheSamba.com :: View Forum - Vanagon

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Don’t be be surprised if after you introduce yourself the first piece of advice you receive is to change your fuel lines, they need to be changed due to age to avoid fire hazard risks.

I belong to a couple of FB groups ("Vanagon Owners", "vw syncro" and "WetWesties") but I truly dislike FB interface and search capabilities so much that I rarely check them (The Samba is way better).

Below are links for several places that I use to source parts (I'm sure there're more places) - contrary to what you might expect, the level of parts support for Vanagons is amazing (especially for a 30+ year old vehicle). It’s true that some OEM parts might not be available anymore, but I usually find after-market replacements and/or upgrades available (The Samba is a great place to ask/search for that information). A lot of the fun with these vans is doing mods and/or upgrades to make them more reliable/capable/fun.

I wouldn’t worry about trying to exclusively find parts locally (Canada or US), worldwide shipping charges (unless trying to ship a full transmission) are pretty reasonable.

USA

GoWesy (https://www.gowesty.com)

Van-Cafe (https://www.vancafe.com)

Bus Depot (https://www.busdepot.com)

Vanagain (https://www.vanagain.com)

VanagonLife (https://www.vanagonlife.com)

EuroCampers (https://www.eurocampers.com)


Canada

Cip1 (https://www2.cip1.com)

Dr Bjorn’s Auto (https://www.drbjornsauto.com)


UK

CamperVan Culture (https://campervanculture.com)

JustKampers (https://www.justkampers.com)


Germany

Gunzl Classic Parts (https://www.vwbusshop.de/en/Westfalia-T3)

Thanks I will be checking out your suggestions .

 

[vwhammer]

Burley is a good place for some Syncro parts

HOME – Burley Motorsports

World-Class Vanagon and Syncro Parts! BMS proudly produces the strongest, most-dependable Vanagon parts in the VW Vanagon community.

burleymotorsports.net

If you are looking to have a trans rebuilt, Matt Steedle in New Jersey is the guy to talk to no matter what you want done.

 

[pnwkayaker]

Can you tell from the Vin number what it is ? W V 2V0245GG057135 ? Tried looking on Samba ,but could only find numbers to the end of air cooled ones .Thanks

You're missing some digits in that VIN, they're supposed to have 17 digits, but you have 16 it seems.

The following discussion at The Samba provide some guidance on how to decode the VIN

TheSamba.com :: Vanagon - View topic - Syncro VIN decoding - need help

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Also, this link at GoWesty is a very nice VIN decoder

Vanagon VIN Decoder | Gowesty

www.gowesty.com