This vehicle was our 2003 project. We imported this
vehicle from Germany in April of 2003 and turned it into the ultimate
off-road camper.
From the factory this camper had a pretty impressive list
of attributes:
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Westfalia camper cold weather camping interior.
Same layout as the North America Westfalia plus you get fully
insulated walls, double pane windows and a gasoline powered
thermostatically controlled furnace.
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Auto lighting refrigerator - this was not found on
North American campers until the early 90s.
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Removable storage bin behind the passenger seat
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High top roof with storage over the cab of the
vehicle. Much quieter than North American Westfalia and no need
to worry about getting wet in the rain!
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Locking differentials - front and rear
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205R14 tires
Before I bought it, the owners spent some time in Finland
and Norway and they did some nice modifications to it including:
When we brought it to Canada we immediately started to
make a good thing better:
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Wrap around front bull bar.
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Fast Forward
Lift Kit for 52cm between the fender and
the center of the wheel (stock is 47cm)
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Hankook RF-04 215/85R16 tires mounted on original
Syncro 16 wheels
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Fast Forward
+25mm trailing arms
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Old Man Emu
front shocks
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Rancho RS9000X
adjustable rear shocks
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Fast Forward
rear bush bumper
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Ortec
rear
spare tire carrier
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The now discontinued Fast Forward cross
drilled rotors.
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Gary Lee rear rack that holds a 20L fuel can, full
pioneer kit and 1.5m long aluminum bridges for getting unstuck and
over deactivated logging road entrances.
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Sony MP3/CD player with remote so we can listed to
music in bed!
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Icom 706MKII-G HF/VHF/UHF amateur
radio
In 2003, 2004 and 2005 we went to
some incredible places including Yank's Peak and the North Arm of
Quesnel Lake which require a very capable four wheel drive to get
to. No problem for this van as we have a little over 14" of
ground clearance and increased suspension travel!
In 2005 we didn't do too much to
the van as we spent time on our TriStar, mods included:
If you have any questions or comments
about our Syncro Westfalia Joker, I would love to hear from you! Please
contact me at info@syncro.ca
For 2006 we are installing a high
performance TDI engine at our
HasenWerk installation facility.
SYNCRO.CA
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