How are the brakes on it, we delivered bricketes in one in 1970 and stopping it was a bit of a task.
You must have had a crook one as all the Bay window Kombis (in Australia at any rate) are usually noted for their excellent brakes.
the story goes like this:-
In 1968 the Australian Government gave notice to all manufacturers of vehicles over a certain weight that from mid 1971 they would be required to pass a brake testing regime designed by the Government in order to be allowed to sell this vehicles in Australia.
The test was biased in a way that made it all but impossible for a vehicle to pass if fitted with drum brakes - except that indigenous manufacturers Ford and Holden were exempted (for who knows what reason) until 1975.
VW Australia urgently requested that Wolfsburg make a disc brake kit available for the very popular in Australia Kombi. Not having one in stock Wolfsburg went to their brake maker of choice, ATE, and said "Oui, we need a disc brake for our Kombi vehicle - knock one up for us please."
But, ATE didn't actually have a suitable brake on their books, so they turned to their technology partner Girling of England and purchased the right to manufacture a Girling twin opposed brake caliper suitable to run on a 11~12" disc and in due course Wolfsburg decided it was such a good idea that all Kombis got them, (and the rest of the world can thank Australia)
And Dear reader, that is how the VW Kombi came to be fitted with the same front brakes as fitted to the British Jaguar XJ6 and XJ12 vehicles - cars which you may know were renowned for the goodness of their braking ability.
