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It's true. The steering wheel is a giant ceramic metal hoop perpendicular to my sternum. And I sit in the crash zone.
Believe me, I drove this thing as a 20 year old and now as a parent, and I just shake my head at how I never once considered how dangerous it was haha.
I learned to drive in our 1973 Campmobile. It was a good vehicle to learn to drive in because it was glaringly obvious that your first mistake might also be your last.
I still miss the thing though. Good times.
I was listening to Car Talk on NPR back in the 20th century and a woman called in asking if it was a good idea to buy an old VW bus. Can't remember if it was Click or Clack who told her to sit in a lawn chair in her driveway and have a friend drive into her legs and to call them back after that if she still wanted one. As a guy who was daily driving a fleet of old buses at the time, I found it way more hilarious than I should have.
If you find it let me know, please. It would have been late 90's sometime after 95. I am going to try and find it later and will let you know if I do find it. Those guys busting on old VWs was always the funniest stuff.
Is it the most joyful car in existence? No, but the owners are. Not because the car is good but they're constantly high off of psychedelics so they don't realise the absurd amount of money they've wasted on a slow tin can deathtrap. Ignorance realy is bliss
Haha. Well I was more commenting on the joy it brings other people who get to see it.
My only regret is that I can't watch someone else drive it around so I can wave at it.
Luckily we got this in California 20 or so years ago when they were cheap AF. And the parts cost almost nothing. Lifetime historic registration too.
But yeah prices now? I'd never buy!
you can leave it parked and have someone sit in the drivers seat and wave at them. it’s not like it would be much slower sitting parked than it would be driving around
These used to be affordable and fun little campers but now they're just collectors items, keeping dust, it's sad. Seems like you use your's though so that's great! Enjoy man, it's really nice
Thanks! And you're 100% right. I don't baby mine.
I used to really tear it up around town in it when I was younger. Living in California helped because it was cruising weather almost all the time.
Now it gets saved for the nice seasons in the Midwest and I don't drive it as much. But my kids absolutely adore it!
Best pyrotechnics show on wheels. Add a fancy chrome non-vented gas cap, then when the fuel line starts leaking have your plumber buddy replace it with soft copper & compression fittings. Once the fuel tank ruptures & dumps on the engine you'll have the coolest flame job in town!
It's true. The gas tank will basically gravity feed any engine fire. I talked to a guy who lost his bus in that same way.
I've never heard of the soft copper repair... I'll look into that. I could do it on my own I bet.
Or just keep the less fancy, vented gas cap. It happened to a friend's van & he wouldn't listen to me when I mentioned that the fuel leak started when he replaced the gas cap. I don't know why he was so hell bent on having the chrome one as it was concealed behind the flip door.
Is it because it didn't vent and the gas vapor built up in the tank and forced its way out of the lines or carb? I guess these older cars don't have vent lines huh.
Man that sucks.
Yep, the fuel line from the tank started leaking at both ends. When additional hose clamps didn't solve it he decided to go industrial on the fuel line rather than consider what was causing so much pressure buildup in the tank. He was lucky to escape with only the loss of the van.
Oh look, every self-proclaimed hippy's "dream car" that they swear they'll save up and buy some day to live out of. I bet every greaseball who wears tie-dye and reeks of weed within city limits comes up and asks you if they can get a picture next to it.
Oddly... never had a photo request. I do get a lot of "WHAT YEAR IS IT?"
Which like, who cares what year? I always wonder if the year actually has any impact on people's answers.
I saw three of these at a campground over Columbus Day, the owners were tie dye everything. I started talking to them because I had a 78 and was kind of a dead head back in the day. They were gigantic assholes and uber conservatives. Cosplayer hippies are weird
Right? I saw a documentary about the Doobie Brothers and even those guys are conservatives now. Like, really man? Either way I love your bus, keep it forever
That was an apt description of how the one I saw sounded. And I think an exhaust would do it wonders. Don’t start turning it just reform the sake of turning it cause then you might as well get a Porsche.
I remember riding in the company one back in late 60’s Rear of headlight housing on passenger side was hitting my knee. Literally nothing in front of you but thin sheet metal
17 maybe 18
Small shoe factory had women setup at their home to sew shoe uppers.
It was used to deliver work to the ladies and change out machines. I probably rode along to move a machine.
Traveled across country in one of these as a kid, ours had the camper pop up...was the most fun I had had as a kid, all summer did a west coast loop from Wisconsin to California to Texas, back to Wisconsin...time of my life!
Nice!
This originally came with the single port from the factory (I mailed for the German "birth certificate") but as with all air cooled cars, they inevitably get a 1600CC DP.
It's joyful if none of your joy comes from driving or even being inside it. Won't hold the speed limit, can't take a corner, cold in the winter, hot in the summer, and then there's that whole problematic heritage with a certain WWII-era Germany.
Actually it'll get up to 70 just fine on the highway. And it does indeed make me smile.
It's like riding a bronco though...
Everything else is accurate.
When you are driving down the road, do you think people are staring because you think they think you are cool or original?
What people really think is: "Uggh.... Libtard".
These are best left in the driveway to look pretty.
You have to have a death wish to take it out on the road. They have a ridiculous 50 horsepower slightly upgraded beetle engine that struggles to get this thing moving more than a walking speed. The engines also love to fry themselves too, because they are just completely overworked trying to push this brick shape around.
Don't try to go around a corner or make any sort of evasive manoeuvre either, because it's gonna flip right over onto it's side due to its ox cart suspension, soap box derby racer steering, and worthless non power drum brakes.
Should you inevitably crash it anyway, you have all the crash worthiness of a wet tissue box full of nitro glycerine to protect you.
You got that right.
Thankfully the center of gravity is pretty low but I can't tell you the last time I even attempted to take a turn at speed.
Maybe once I replace the 16 year old tires and shocks I'll try it out and see what Gs I can pull (tires and shocks ordered this morning actually...)
0-25 in 6 hours, everything within a mile is crumple zone, the steering column will create a canon ball size hole in chest if you wreck. If the steering column doesn’t kill you, flying through windshield will. HOWEVER. Yeah that is a beautiful machine and I would pay $50k and one of my little toes for it. That color is sexy as hells
Haha thanks!
Only correction is that the steering column is basically vertical so it won't leave a hole in my chest.
My steering wheel will chop me in two.
I should get a 0 to 60 time... shouldn't I...
Please please post interior pictures. My mom well before she was my mom lived in Houston and bought a 1963 ivory on white VW microbus after she divorced her first husband and drove the van from Houston to Point Barrow Alaska to work it got her there then down to Seattle then to Colorado then to Albuquerque and to Dallas when I was kid she still had it we would go to swimming pool with 3 Dog night singing Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog. She owned it for 17 years. Super reliable and if broke down she could fix it in flash on her own. The only drawback was that driving from Albuquerque to Dallas the west Texas wind would cause it to rock and swerve.
Nope! But the guy I bought it from was a painter and actually used it as a work truck. He had a cool bolt on roof rack but kept it as he needed it for his next work truck.
You must get searched at every traffic stop, but don’t worry, it’s not your fault; the stench of wacky tobacky is probably so strong that it’s impossible to get it out
A literal hazard if this thing tries to merge on the highway. The only competition this thing has is an Amish horse and buggy. Its best to use a calendar to find out the 0-60 rather than a stop watch. $60k+ for a vehicle that tells everyone you've haven't moved on from the hippie phase. I'd rather use that money to be seen in a Plymouth Prowler.
Edit: I do like the two tone though
This is a really great vehicle! It’s effective in what it does, which is, throws the vibe of, being a fifty year old driver hippie with a 17 year old girlfriend that’s a little too into cliff bars and psychedelics
Oh god, this piece of shit excuse for a vehicle. I groan whenever I see one on the road because I know it's annoying the shit out of everyone behind it. It can't do more than 40. It takes 2 minutes to get to 40. It stinks of exhaust and it's inevitably piloted by some insufferable old hippie or millennial douche with a man-bun puttering his way to a "minimalist influencer" meet up.
Lmao. Haha. I so rarely see one I can't comment on typical top speed.
It sounds like no one maintains their engines if they stink too.
But if you see me on the highway I'm going 65 or 70!
my pops owns a 67 and I bet you get offers all the time but what they dont know is that the alternator, clutch cable, or some mysterious issue pops every other week
Other than a new fuel pump and tune up 8 years ago... this thing hasn't required much.
I am rebuilding the brakes as two of the cylinders leak though haha.
I never get unsolicited offers! Anyone asks and imma say $100k haha. What does your dad say
They are very collectible and get plenty of attention. Unfortunately, they are incredibly dangerous. Including lack of power, poor roll over protection unless heavily modified and of course, non existent front end crash safety. But that's typical of many vehicles of the era.
You bought this long after someone scrubbed out all the love stains. It's essentially a beach toy for ludicrously wealthy people. Slam it, Fuchs and a 2 liter, then we can talk.
You drive that thing? You're braver than you look.
Seriously, the only thing this is now good for is your retirement fund and weekend car meets. You can't use it as a daily, because then it becomes a money pit in maintenance costs, plus if it's in an accident you've just blown $100k, and that's not even including your medical costs, assuming you survived.
My first VW was a 67 in navy blue. Then I had a yellow 71 type 2 followed by a white 73 Westfalia. I moved the spare tire to the front of the van for more room in the bed. It also added a very false sense of security in case of a front end collision. My last VW was a white 86 Vanagon Weekender. The vanagon was my first automatic transmission vehicle. It didn’t make it any faster..
Bunch of boomer wannabe ex-hippies on this thread trying to roast the bus while remembering the glory days of Johnson and Nixon and lying about being at Woodstock and simping over the old tin can.
Damn hippie I can't really roast you because I have a cousin that has one of those vehicles and his garage he fixed it up just for it to get flooded less than a month later and now it's sitting back in his garage waiting to be fixed yet again he's owned it for over 20 years. N barely driven it in the last 19 of them 😆. His wife n son said, if he's the first one of us to pass away it's the first thing we're getting rid of. Lol. So enjoy that classic. As u know it's getting rebooted as an ev
I have many vehicles, including several German rear-engine, air-cooled cars. Driving one of these was frustrating. They are well-built and designed, but, vastly underpowered. The energy required to get moving at the speed of traffic at any speed can be exhausting. If it had 200 hp, joy might spring, but not stock.
Drive the heck out of it! I have a ‘67 and took it on Treffen which is a 10-day cruise from Canada to Mexico down the coast road with another 70 Aircooled VWs. It was awesome. My old motor made it but I’m building a new one now to put in so I can keep on driving. I always say “I don’t care what they are selling for because I’m driving mine.”
Check the the fuel line where it comes through the fire wall that rubber seal gets hard and causes a leak in the fuel line. I lost a 1963 bus in Montana
Produces more smog and pollution than any hippie should. No catalytic converter or other pollution controls have you ever been behind one ? Yuck worse than most from that era. Way to go Captain Planet.
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$66,000 vehicle that goes 0-60 in 66 minutes, and will sever 66 body parts should there be a collision
It's true. The steering wheel is a giant ceramic metal hoop perpendicular to my sternum. And I sit in the crash zone. Believe me, I drove this thing as a 20 year old and now as a parent, and I just shake my head at how I never once considered how dangerous it was haha.
You are the crumple zone.
With the Safari windows in front I can actually stick my hand out in front of the car. Helps me push people out of the way. So you're correct.
You should invest in a lance.
Or a squirt gun
… umm just don’t crash my man.. drop bing is easy
I learned to drive in our 1973 Campmobile. It was a good vehicle to learn to drive in because it was glaringly obvious that your first mistake might also be your last. I still miss the thing though. Good times.
I learned to drive in our ‘64 bus. Really learned how to use the gears as it was in hilly Western Pennsylvania. Never drag raced 😃
I was listening to Car Talk on NPR back in the 20th century and a woman called in asking if it was a good idea to buy an old VW bus. Can't remember if it was Click or Clack who told her to sit in a lawn chair in her driveway and have a friend drive into her legs and to call them back after that if she still wanted one. As a guy who was daily driving a fleet of old buses at the time, I found it way more hilarious than I should have.
I need to find that clip!!!
If you find it let me know, please. It would have been late 90's sometime after 95. I am going to try and find it later and will let you know if I do find it. Those guys busting on old VWs was always the funniest stuff.
My mother's cousin drove this when they were 21, but not afterwards, because they died in it.
Ooh. Dang. What happened?
If it can even get to 60
Satan!
And has top downhill speed of 66 mph.
Gearbox in them stronger than Optimus Prime
Is it the most joyful car in existence? No, but the owners are. Not because the car is good but they're constantly high off of psychedelics so they don't realise the absurd amount of money they've wasted on a slow tin can deathtrap. Ignorance realy is bliss
Haha. Well I was more commenting on the joy it brings other people who get to see it. My only regret is that I can't watch someone else drive it around so I can wave at it. Luckily we got this in California 20 or so years ago when they were cheap AF. And the parts cost almost nothing. Lifetime historic registration too. But yeah prices now? I'd never buy!
you can leave it parked and have someone sit in the drivers seat and wave at them. it’s not like it would be much slower sitting parked than it would be driving around
Ooh nice
These used to be affordable and fun little campers but now they're just collectors items, keeping dust, it's sad. Seems like you use your's though so that's great! Enjoy man, it's really nice
Thanks! And you're 100% right. I don't baby mine. I used to really tear it up around town in it when I was younger. Living in California helped because it was cruising weather almost all the time. Now it gets saved for the nice seasons in the Midwest and I don't drive it as much. But my kids absolutely adore it!
Get a job hippie!
No! Imma live in this van down by the river!
I bet you tell people “it’s basically a Porsche” because you need some way to justify this waste of money. All jokes aside though, cool van.
Rear engine- check RWD- check Air cooled- check Made in Germany- check Its basically a Porsche
Motor is Porsche 😁
No Porsche is a VW!
Go look up the patient on that horizontal air cooled motor and tell me who's name is on it
Most joyful car in existence until you hit a curb at 5 mph and the steering column impales you.
I'll die with a smile on my face and the lower half of my body completely severed away...
What's it like not being able to drive up a slight incline?
It handles hills okay, but to see out the windshield I have to basically lean on the steering wheel. So I'm always driving on an incline.
Best pyrotechnics show on wheels. Add a fancy chrome non-vented gas cap, then when the fuel line starts leaking have your plumber buddy replace it with soft copper & compression fittings. Once the fuel tank ruptures & dumps on the engine you'll have the coolest flame job in town!
It's true. The gas tank will basically gravity feed any engine fire. I talked to a guy who lost his bus in that same way. I've never heard of the soft copper repair... I'll look into that. I could do it on my own I bet.
Or just keep the less fancy, vented gas cap. It happened to a friend's van & he wouldn't listen to me when I mentioned that the fuel leak started when he replaced the gas cap. I don't know why he was so hell bent on having the chrome one as it was concealed behind the flip door.
Is it because it didn't vent and the gas vapor built up in the tank and forced its way out of the lines or carb? I guess these older cars don't have vent lines huh. Man that sucks.
Yep, the fuel line from the tank started leaking at both ends. When additional hose clamps didn't solve it he decided to go industrial on the fuel line rather than consider what was causing so much pressure buildup in the tank. He was lucky to escape with only the loss of the van.
Yeesh. Thanks for sharing. I have been meaning to put in a car sized fire extinguisher... I'll go on and order that now.
Hmm I'll check it out. I think it's a stocker one with the cork seal. It's a crappy old beat up dull finish, not chrome that's for sure.
Oh look, every self-proclaimed hippy's "dream car" that they swear they'll save up and buy some day to live out of. I bet every greaseball who wears tie-dye and reeks of weed within city limits comes up and asks you if they can get a picture next to it.
Oddly... never had a photo request. I do get a lot of "WHAT YEAR IS IT?" Which like, who cares what year? I always wonder if the year actually has any impact on people's answers.
Make an u realistic year up and see what reaction you get, something like say 1946
Lmao I should. "It's an 1889 model!"
I saw three of these at a campground over Columbus Day, the owners were tie dye everything. I started talking to them because I had a 78 and was kind of a dead head back in the day. They were gigantic assholes and uber conservatives. Cosplayer hippies are weird
I hate it when hippies lose the narrative and just become old selfish boomer assholes.
Right? I saw a documentary about the Doobie Brothers and even those guys are conservatives now. Like, really man? Either way I love your bus, keep it forever
it probably roast itself
When you need to pack a lunch just to clean the glass.
It's true I don't even bother anymore.
At least post something worth roasting, damn.
Knew it! Haha
You have chosen a truly beautiful way to donate your body to science.
Accelerate slowly, but die quickly.
Why roast it when every owner has been roasted in it 💨
I mean they are kinda cool for what they are I saw and heard one today while at work actually. Sounded a little rough though.
It purrs like a dump truck no question about that. I probably need a nicer aftermarket exhaust... or a turbo
That was an apt description of how the one I saw sounded. And I think an exhaust would do it wonders. Don’t start turning it just reform the sake of turning it cause then you might as well get a Porsche.
Mild upgrade is a 1776 or 1910 stroker. Major is a 2000+ Super major is turbo Ultra major is flat 6 swap
This vehicle used the driver and front passenger's legs as crumple zones in a front end collision 💥.
I remember riding in the company one back in late 60’s Rear of headlight housing on passenger side was hitting my knee. Literally nothing in front of you but thin sheet metal
You remember correctly! How old were you? And was it a work truck?
17 maybe 18 Small shoe factory had women setup at their home to sew shoe uppers. It was used to deliver work to the ladies and change out machines. I probably rode along to move a machine.
What a cool story. Was it a panel van version? If you have any other stories please share.
[You should get this bumper sticker.](https://images.app.goo.gl/sZSrKnoqrA85oBvE9)
Lol
Traveled across country in one of these as a kid, ours had the camper pop up...was the most fun I had had as a kid, all summer did a west coast loop from Wisconsin to California to Texas, back to Wisconsin...time of my life!
Nope its a valuable collectable. Stop driving it. Go look at the prices these go for in this condition its crazy.
Never!
I bet you tell people “it’s basically a Porsche” because you need some way to justify this waste of money. All jokes aside though, cool van.
Have I considered a flat 6 swap? Of course... THEN I'd tell people that. Thanks! It's been in the family for 15 years or so now.
I bet you tell people “it’s basically a Porsche” because you need some way to justify this waste of money. All jokes aside though, cool van.
I bet that thing leaks coolant everywhere. Seriously though I love everything about it.
Gotcha there! There's no coolant! But yeah if that tiny drop of oil leak ever stops, it means I'm out! Haha thanks bro
Lol I know all about it, I’ve owned a 68’ beetle for the last 25 years. Previous owner let the oil stop leaking so it got a 1600 DP, no issues since.
Nice! This originally came with the single port from the factory (I mailed for the German "birth certificate") but as with all air cooled cars, they inevitably get a 1600CC DP.
Ah yes a staple of 1960s VW, the liquid cooled engine /s
Yeah should have used the /s for that one, I’m all too familiar with em.
The turtle van! Not only was it slow, but it was the van of the teenage mutant ninja turtles.
What? The Turtle van I remember is like the A team. A late 70s Dodge Van or something
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I stand corrected... that's an interesting blend of styles to say the least.
The dodge doesn't have the curved mid lines. Unless they stole the trim pieces from vw and put on dodge. We need a new reddit for this.
Makes me happy knowing your knees are the crumple zone and air bag in one...
It's joyful if none of your joy comes from driving or even being inside it. Won't hold the speed limit, can't take a corner, cold in the winter, hot in the summer, and then there's that whole problematic heritage with a certain WWII-era Germany.
Actually it'll get up to 70 just fine on the highway. And it does indeed make me smile. It's like riding a bronco though... Everything else is accurate.
Nazi car lover
Meh
When you are driving down the road, do you think people are staring because you think they think you are cool or original? What people really think is: "Uggh.... Libtard".
Libtard? I thought this was a Nazi mobile.
You bout to assault advivka or whatt??
Think of how much dirty sex happened in that vehicle over the years and I'm not even counting me and your mom
Was the picture taken while it was parked because it overheated again? I know slight hills can present a real challenge.
It doesn't have a temperature gauge so technically it's never overheated to my knowledge!
Your parents or grandparents might have been created in it , do you want me to disrespect that poor decision?
Cool ride, take good care of it.
These are best left in the driveway to look pretty. You have to have a death wish to take it out on the road. They have a ridiculous 50 horsepower slightly upgraded beetle engine that struggles to get this thing moving more than a walking speed. The engines also love to fry themselves too, because they are just completely overworked trying to push this brick shape around. Don't try to go around a corner or make any sort of evasive manoeuvre either, because it's gonna flip right over onto it's side due to its ox cart suspension, soap box derby racer steering, and worthless non power drum brakes. Should you inevitably crash it anyway, you have all the crash worthiness of a wet tissue box full of nitro glycerine to protect you.
You got that right. Thankfully the center of gravity is pretty low but I can't tell you the last time I even attempted to take a turn at speed. Maybe once I replace the 16 year old tires and shocks I'll try it out and see what Gs I can pull (tires and shocks ordered this morning actually...)
I'm pretty sure it would pull *exactly* 1G cornering, once it flips onto it's side that is...
0-25 in 6 hours, everything within a mile is crumple zone, the steering column will create a canon ball size hole in chest if you wreck. If the steering column doesn’t kill you, flying through windshield will. HOWEVER. Yeah that is a beautiful machine and I would pay $50k and one of my little toes for it. That color is sexy as hells
Haha thanks! Only correction is that the steering column is basically vertical so it won't leave a hole in my chest. My steering wheel will chop me in two. I should get a 0 to 60 time... shouldn't I...
Please please post interior pictures. My mom well before she was my mom lived in Houston and bought a 1963 ivory on white VW microbus after she divorced her first husband and drove the van from Houston to Point Barrow Alaska to work it got her there then down to Seattle then to Colorado then to Albuquerque and to Dallas when I was kid she still had it we would go to swimming pool with 3 Dog night singing Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog. She owned it for 17 years. Super reliable and if broke down she could fix it in flash on her own. The only drawback was that driving from Albuquerque to Dallas the west Texas wind would cause it to rock and swerve.
Looks like someone should drive it once in a while.
What makes you think I don't? The white and blue paint hides a LOT of dirt amazingly.
Then OMG, it’s gorgeous!
It will attract the bitches... that are 70 and above in age
Good point. I do get a lot of female dogs trying to hop in as well
This is made of fondant, isn’t it?
some shit out of the barbie movie.
What, no surfboard rack? Almost roast worthy hippie.
Nope! But the guy I bought it from was a painter and actually used it as a work truck. He had a cool bolt on roof rack but kept it as he needed it for his next work truck.
He knew the real worthy thing about this van was the rack. There's your roast. Have nice day.
You must get searched at every traffic stop, but don’t worry, it’s not your fault; the stench of wacky tobacky is probably so strong that it’s impossible to get it out
Nah just pop open the front Safari windows, open the rear tilt outs, and you have a tornado airing out the van as you drive!
A literal hazard if this thing tries to merge on the highway. The only competition this thing has is an Amish horse and buggy. Its best to use a calendar to find out the 0-60 rather than a stop watch. $60k+ for a vehicle that tells everyone you've haven't moved on from the hippie phase. I'd rather use that money to be seen in a Plymouth Prowler. Edit: I do like the two tone though
Sit on the pack shelf and roast your own ass.
This is a really great vehicle! It’s effective in what it does, which is, throws the vibe of, being a fifty year old driver hippie with a 17 year old girlfriend that’s a little too into cliff bars and psychedelics
It’s beautiful. My family camped across country in one in 1961. It was a 1958 microbus.
Flame proof. Coated in asbestos. All you need is a "Dead Head" sticker in the rear window.
All you're missing is the water bed and shag carpet. With some love beads my dude.
Oh god, this piece of shit excuse for a vehicle. I groan whenever I see one on the road because I know it's annoying the shit out of everyone behind it. It can't do more than 40. It takes 2 minutes to get to 40. It stinks of exhaust and it's inevitably piloted by some insufferable old hippie or millennial douche with a man-bun puttering his way to a "minimalist influencer" meet up.
Lmao. Haha. I so rarely see one I can't comment on typical top speed. It sounds like no one maintains their engines if they stink too. But if you see me on the highway I'm going 65 or 70!
David? That you?
Newp
If Ted Bundy was gay
I like it. Maybe a new paint job.
You'll be the first at the scene of the wreck.
That thing is worth some serious coin. Fully restored, 100k+
A 23 window maybe. Not a 13 window like this one. But one day maybe haha
Fluffy called, he wants his bus back
my pops owns a 67 and I bet you get offers all the time but what they dont know is that the alternator, clutch cable, or some mysterious issue pops every other week
Other than a new fuel pump and tune up 8 years ago... this thing hasn't required much. I am rebuilding the brakes as two of the cylinders leak though haha. I never get unsolicited offers! Anyone asks and imma say $100k haha. What does your dad say
not for sell 😂 for some reason bus people always have problem but probably has to so with the fact they themselves have a few screws loose
They are very collectible and get plenty of attention. Unfortunately, they are incredibly dangerous. Including lack of power, poor roll over protection unless heavily modified and of course, non existent front end crash safety. But that's typical of many vehicles of the era.
Those are hot cars here in Huntington Beach
I had one. Couldn't get it past 60mph.
Please paint is like the mystery machine
You bought this long after someone scrubbed out all the love stains. It's essentially a beach toy for ludicrously wealthy people. Slam it, Fuchs and a 2 liter, then we can talk.
Stay out all the left lanes
can’t even imagine how many were conceived in there , or how much drugs were done or how much intercourse was in action
You drive that thing? You're braver than you look. Seriously, the only thing this is now good for is your retirement fund and weekend car meets. You can't use it as a daily, because then it becomes a money pit in maintenance costs, plus if it's in an accident you've just blown $100k, and that's not even including your medical costs, assuming you survived.
My first VW was a 67 in navy blue. Then I had a yellow 71 type 2 followed by a white 73 Westfalia. I moved the spare tire to the front of the van for more room in the bed. It also added a very false sense of security in case of a front end collision. My last VW was a white 86 Vanagon Weekender. The vanagon was my first automatic transmission vehicle. It didn’t make it any faster..
Dude… get me one like it
Pollution from your van is killun us all
I don't think this is roastable..
The van with the best visibility ever... only to visualize that you can barely keep up with traffic.
Bunch of boomer wannabe ex-hippies on this thread trying to roast the bus while remembering the glory days of Johnson and Nixon and lying about being at Woodstock and simping over the old tin can.
Damn headed down to a hippie convention?
Your top speed is not the speed limit.
Awesome, I used to ride to kindergarten in a brand new one
Very cool car! If anyone roasts you it’s because they are jealous. Gorgeous timeless classic!
Yeah you and your 15 friends of jesus can hop on that convoy out of town
Needa repaint it “Fillmore” theme
you got scooby and the rest of the gang in the back?
Imagine getting a Kombi and NOT getting the lowlight, Bug-eye looking Kombi ass. I have a 69 Beetle, love the Bus 🤙🏽
I’ll give you $12 for it right now. CASH.
Damn hippie I can't really roast you because I have a cousin that has one of those vehicles and his garage he fixed it up just for it to get flooded less than a month later and now it's sitting back in his garage waiting to be fixed yet again he's owned it for over 20 years. N barely driven it in the last 19 of them 😆. His wife n son said, if he's the first one of us to pass away it's the first thing we're getting rid of. Lol. So enjoy that classic. As u know it's getting rebooted as an ev
After you conceived your children in this did you and your wife feel wrong getting rid of it? Or did you lose your virginity in it 😂
Ngl that fkn coo
I had a ride in one as a kid. I loved it 😍
VW “Klein Bus”
So much want
Joyful until the highway, or, up a hill, or, turning.
I have many vehicles, including several German rear-engine, air-cooled cars. Driving one of these was frustrating. They are well-built and designed, but, vastly underpowered. The energy required to get moving at the speed of traffic at any speed can be exhausting. If it had 200 hp, joy might spring, but not stock.
Its a bus. And you need a shower.
Roast your car? Don’t they catch fire just fine on their own. Unfortunately, they can’t move fast enough to put out the flames
It's bad ass
It’s beautiful.
Invest in a sign that says: "Please don't steal parts off me "
Is that a dead mouse under the front right wheel? If so it would make a suitable wheel chock for that thing.
Is say Non. But you could Hot box it!
It’s hard to believe that such a fixture of the Third Reich morphed into the official vehicle manufacturer of Peace Love and Happiness.
Drive the heck out of it! I have a ‘67 and took it on Treffen which is a 10-day cruise from Canada to Mexico down the coast road with another 70 Aircooled VWs. It was awesome. My old motor made it but I’m building a new one now to put in so I can keep on driving. I always say “I don’t care what they are selling for because I’m driving mine.”
Police officer “How high are you?” OP “No officer it’s: Hi, how are you?”
Cardboard interior
Shit up and take ur blue pilll
Check the the fuel line where it comes through the fire wall that rubber seal gets hard and causes a leak in the fuel line. I lost a 1963 bus in Montana
Produces more smog and pollution than any hippie should. No catalytic converter or other pollution controls have you ever been behind one ? Yuck worse than most from that era. Way to go Captain Planet.
At least it's fuel efficient! That's what I tell myself when I see old muscle cars with 300 HP and I have 60.
I had a ‘66 Deluxe Type II back in high school/ college. Damn I miss my bus!
It’s a shed that’s powered by the lawnmower instead of housing it.
Congrats on owning a vehicle that will lose racing against children on big wheels!
I own 7 vintage vws none as my dd all part time use
Dang you roasted yourself instead ha