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The naked chef's Samba
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:26 pm
by jmvv
Did anybody else see the Top Gear insert on DSTV with Jamie Oliver in the back of his Samba trying
to make a salad while being driven around their test track by The Stig?
I thought that a 3.2 liter Porche motor in that bus made for some real fast food.
If someone can perhaps post the clip
Re: The naked chef's Samba
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:50 pm
by ChrisG
I saw it. I think he is MAD to mess all that salad in the back of that nice bus
I don't think he owns the bus anymore, apparently it wasn't very reliable either
Re: The naked chef's Samba
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:52 pm
by fig
It was sold on auction last year for GBP41,500.
Re: The naked chef's Samba
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:37 pm
by johanb
Nice bus.. Broke a few times due to the heavy kitchen he flocked around
Re: The naked chef's Samba
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:32 am
by karmakoma
Glad to see I am not the only one who watched that. Should be fun with a Porsche 3.2 in the back!
Re: The naked chef's Samba
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:03 pm
by johanb
Indeed sir.. Indeed
Re: The naked chef's Samba
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:43 pm
by rikki james
Sorry to disapoint you but.....
That actual bus was one of my wedding cars, the bus was built by a guy called Matt Keene back in '94/'95.
It never had a 3.2 Porsche motor in it at any point! The engine was in fact a 2.4 type 4, similar set up as mine.
It did however sell for ridiculous money!?!?!?!
I took this pic of it at the SSVC AGM Wolvey '95
Rikki
Re: The naked chef's Samba
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:24 pm
by ChrisG
On top gear extra they definately said it had a porsche motor, but I don't really know I just remember thats what I heard. You are one lucky man to have that as a wedding car
Re: The naked chef's Samba
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:12 am
by didi
rikki james wrote:Sorry to disapoint you but.....
That actual bus was one of my wedding cars, the bus was built by a guy called Matt Keene back in '94/'95.
It never had a 3.2 Porsche motor in it at any point! The engine was in fact a 2.4 type 4, similar set up as mine.
Rikki
Rikki if i'm not mistaken your'e driving a RHD Barndoor Samba with a wicked engine? Show us some pic's!
Re: The naked chef's Samba
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:43 am
by rikki james
didi wrote:rikki james wrote:Sorry to disapoint you but.....
That actual bus was one of my wedding cars, the bus was built by a guy called Matt Keene back in '94/'95.
It never had a 3.2 Porsche motor in it at any point! The engine was in fact a 2.4 type 4, similar set up as mine.
Rikki
Rikki if i'm not mistaken your'e driving a RHD Barndoor Samba with a wicked engine? Show us some pic's!
Here you go....
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_ ... t_dir=DESC 
Re: The naked chef's Samba
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:22 am
by Muderick
Hi Rikki
Im a big fan Mr Baydar! Loved your wicked 11/12 second bus and Volksworld articles. You blokes are lucky to have Matt Keene from the Race Shack engines!
Welcome, and enjoy!
Muderick
Re: The naked chef's Samba
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:09 am
by Thumper
That clip of Stig taking the bus around the track is from series 7 or 8 I think. Still funny, how to get salad on your face at 100 km\h
Jamie took that bus on a trip around Europe and it broke down in Italy I think, maybe elsewhere too.
Nice looking bus.... but that is just stupid money to pay, or maybe the celebrity added the value???
Re: The naked chef's Samba
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:49 pm
by T-34
Re: The naked chef's Samba
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:54 pm
by eben
Thanks for the video. Now either Jamie doesn't know what engine his bus had in or someone found out how to get 3.6l out of a Type 4 engine...
Re: The naked chef's Samba
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:20 pm
by johanb
Very neat bus.
. thanks for the URL for the clip,, Type 4 3.6l, can that be done?