Ct....I'm happy for you..You're not pretentious. You're a regular guy learning as you go and at the same time teaching all of us. I'm 72 would love a neighbor like you doing his thing. Happy New Year, I'm I'm sorry I don't know your name.
Looking awsom,p!ease don't alter the paint. keep the patina maybe clear coat it.you've earned every moment of that big smile .what a journey let's hope there's many miles to come.
Wow! I am a German VW enthusiast. I own a 1974 VW 1303 Convertible. You made a great job. I hope, you let as much as possible of the original parts in the truck? He have such an amazing patina, please conserve it for preventing further rust but don't make a "new" car out of it. The rust is part of its history and makes him to an special, unique time-capsula, I think! Good luck for the further steps! Konrad
Bravo ! Good to see old rusty running ! My family had the seven window variant in 1976 , travelled up and down the Australian East coast , and it was our family transportation. Seeing rusty coming together brings back memories
Ah, the high-quality workmanship and simplicity of early Volkswagens is sorely missed! As I personally remember, the world was *a lot different* the last time this Volkswagen bus was on the road (and I was a lot younger). In those days, there were *two* Germanys.
ROCK &ROLL , YAY!!! Had the same moment with my '58 bus 3 weeks ago, except it was -17C and I just couldn't wait till spring. Remember to clamp all the fuel line connections from the pump to the carb! Keep on Dubbin' !
Nice to see your face! So many guys with restoration channels never show their face. You just see their hands and hear their voices. I've been watching this one tv restoration guy on TH-cam for almost a decade and I still don't know what he looks like. Rode in a lot of VW vans in the 60s and 70s.
Congratulations man. It is an example of perseverance and effort, but above all of the passion for mechanics, it is not a job, it is a pleasure. This series of videos has made me bring to my mind and senses the time when my grandfather drove a vw panel just like yours. It is a mixture of nostalgia, joy, tears and sighs. Greetings from Guatemala.
Thank you very much for share this awsome moment and let us feel the same emotion .It's Nice to see you smile .So much time you wait but it worth .Congratulations and happy hollydays.
I remember there were quite a fiew commenters on this channel a while ago who said that you just keep buying a lot of parts but don´t get anything done. I´d say, this video is some major progress!
Acompanho essa maluquice desde o inicio... poucos entendem a alegria que um carro "velho" pode proporcionar. Good Luck and congratulations from Brazil.
What fun to share that with you today. A sign of good things to come. Thank you and congratulations. When you change to windscreens give that boy some safaris.
I'll give some advice - which feel free to ignore 100% Recheck the torque of your nuts and bolts, and readjust the brakes now that things have moved and started to settle in. Once you've got her properly together, recheck after say 500 miles as you are in effect, running it in like a new motor again Nice to see someone so happy :)
Oh wow, my dad used to own a clean Volkswagen like this. Everything was manufacture. I remember I was in school and he used to take me out with it a beautiful car. I love this car.
Well I gotta say nice Christmas gift ,to get your VW running. I know the feeling cause I felt the same way when I got my Volvo 240 wagon after 4 years working on it . Congratulations !!!!
Yay Rusty is finally running. I can't wait until the swamp dragon is up and running. CT makes everything look so easy. Great Job I can't wait for more when you get Rusty 100% .
Wow!I could feel the excitement.I remember back in the late 70s or 80s you could still find these old VWs fairly cheap.My Dad didn’t want one in the driveway.
Good that you saved the T1 and drive it. My father had a T2 camper. They excelerate good in 1st and 2nd. Push the black button when you pull the emergency brake handle: it saves you the teeth and maybe later the replacing work. Thats what my late father tought me once.
CT, i am so happy to see you so so lucky with Rosty......you makes a super jop and have really fun .....more videos please, i am waiting every week for looking you video....thank you so much CT for all your picture👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💯👌🤗
Génial! Bravo pour avoir réaliser un rêve d’enfant créateur et ingénieux qui vous enchante ! Plaisir de vous avoir vu de la France ..à très bientôt ! Le ronronnement du moteur VW ,quel bonheur!
Che emozione risentire quel suono del motore dopo tanti anni , complimenti sei un grande ! vorrei essere li con te a goderti questo momento ! Grazieeeee!!!!!!!
Love it when things come together and you see your hard work paid off. I’ve been there with a model a that was just a cab and it ran and I drove the thing all over the place. Thankful it’s never stopped by police officer. I sold it for some windows in my house all 17 of them. I really regret doing this. Now I have a 1963 Volkswagen bug. Had it running and restoring it and ran out of money. The divorce would go to this too. I want to see your Porsche come together as well as that be going
I was 17 in 1992 when I bought a "stacked" 1966 Deluxe Bus for $1800. It sat in my driveway for 6 months and on the last day of high school I drove it to school. I kept it for 2 years before I realized I needed a safer more reliable daily driver (the seals in the windows sucked and it was always cold inside). At any rate I ended up selling it for $1200 and taking a $3000 check from a settlement after an accident. That was another reason I let it go. At any rate we had to do an overhaul initially to get it on the road. We threw in an additional $2200 for engine parts, replacement front end, electrical rewiring, and other needs. I am happy I got rid of it but sad those 2 years ended so soon. It just was not the vehicle to have at the time. I know how stoked you were when you saw it running! It is excelerating when a "plan comes together!"
The first car I bought for myself was Dove Blue 1962 Standard Bus. I paid $475 and traded my 10 speed bike to a hippie who thought the bus meant he owned too much! Many an adventure would follow as I learned how to keep it fixed and running thanks to John Muir. I rolled it a couple of years later and I still got $425 for it even with the crumpled roof and body damage. It was not yet rusty, but I can’t imagine that it still survives
SUCCESS of phase 1! Now to get it out to the farm for the next phase! Remarkable what you have done in your home garage! One suggestion: make sure you have a good, heavy ground to your engine. Especially important on a 6 volt system, as your amp draw will be twice what it would be on a 12 volt system. I would suggest conversion to 12 volts when practical. 6 volt stuff is getting pretty expensive and hard to find. Your 6 volt starter should be fine, and a later generator or alternator conversion will be the main expenses, and a 12 volt gas gauge, and sender maybe.
Wish I could show you my son's rusty 66 so42 conversion. It's running on Porsche 944 rims, brakes and IRS with an lowered narrowed front beam and full booster powered dual circuit brakes. Rusty and crusty but looks awesome. Good job you saved another.
So great to see rusty drive so well,,,the speedometer works great too. Glad u didn't get caught by the cops,,,as I know the fine would b pretty heavy. I guess the next job once u have put the seats in, and the rest of the repairs done,,,it would b the outside next,,,removing that rust all over and re-paint it soon.
I don't own my own property I rent so I had a landlord wait several years ago till I went to work and he towed all my vehicles crushing my dream's with it. I haven't had a hobby since than.
I be followed this one and off since day 1 and I honestly thought the thing sound just break in half and never run again when it rolled in to your garage, well done indeed.
Bonjour. Je suis heureux comme vous d entendre ce moteur enfin tourner ! J ai plein de souvenirs de vacances avec mes parents France Espagne Portugal Allemagne suisse Italie yougoslavie. Ne lâchez rien bonne continuation. Merci
Congratulations C.T. you have come a long way and learned a lot in the process. CTs Rusty Wagon painted on the side would look cool in a rustic kind of way.
Older batteries used to not have a protective lining like modern ones. So yes old batteries from decades ago would actually drain if you put them on the ground but modern batteries are protected against it internally
Normal, carro antigo, principalmente um que passou tanto tempo parado, acontece mesmo. Já passei por isso em uma Brasilia e em um Corcel, no Corcel é pior porque a porta é bem maior e mais pesada.😅
when the right door opens, so cool the automatic shut off mechanism. Great work
Ct....I'm happy for you..You're not pretentious. You're a regular guy learning as you go and at the same time teaching all of us. I'm 72 would love a neighbor like you doing his thing. Happy New Year, I'm I'm sorry I don't know your name.
Congratulations nothing like the feeling of riding in something you built with your own two hands
Central California Watching
Looking awsom,p!ease don't alter the paint. keep the patina maybe clear coat it.you've earned every moment of that big smile .what a journey let's hope there's many miles to come.
Great job, congratulations. now we go for the aesthetics of the car.
Wow!
I am a German VW enthusiast. I own a 1974 VW 1303 Convertible.
You made a great job. I hope, you let as much as possible of the original parts in the truck? He have such an amazing patina, please conserve it for preventing further rust but don't make a "new" car out of it. The rust is part of its history and makes him to an special, unique time-capsula, I think!
Good luck for the further steps!
Konrad
Yes, I agree. He will stay Rusty! Thank you! =) Stay tuned!
gets Rusty into 4th , " I hope it stops " :). Rusty sounds mint , 1st drive , what an accomplishment , a 2020 highlight for sure 👍.
1st drive right after christmas too and its on video.......memories for years to come.
Thanks man!😎
Love these old VW buses. Drove our 1968 bus on a 4200 mile trip from Anchorage, AK to San Diego.
Bravo ! Good to see old rusty running ! My family had the seven window variant in 1976 , travelled up and down the Australian East coast , and it was our family transportation. Seeing rusty coming together brings back memories
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Ah, the high-quality workmanship and simplicity of early Volkswagens is sorely missed! As I personally remember, the world was *a lot different* the last time this Volkswagen bus was on the road (and I was a lot younger). In those days, there were *two* Germanys.
True, this one has two obvious things my '60 didn't have.
A radio and a gas gauge
awesome feeling. i did this 8 yrs ago in a 67 singlecab. great work!
ROCK &ROLL , YAY!!! Had the same moment with my '58 bus 3 weeks ago, except it was -17C and I just couldn't wait till spring. Remember to clamp all the fuel line connections from the pump to the carb! Keep on Dubbin' !
Well done, man. You've poured your heart and soul into it. A great moment.
Thanks Sean! =)
Yeah Sean I’m also a TH-camr I’m a friend of ct
See you to in a future video
@@HMMAzam Looking forward to that, Husain.
Great video. No long winded stories, goofy music or unnecessary superlatives. Just the facts. Cool van too!!
Mrs. CT is the most understanding lady ever. Great stuff as usual my man!
Nice to see your face! So many guys with restoration channels never show their face. You just see their hands and hear their voices. I've been watching this one tv restoration guy on TH-cam for almost a decade and I still don't know what he looks like.
Rode in a lot of VW vans in the 60s and 70s.
Congratulations man.
It is an example of perseverance and effort, but above all of the passion for mechanics, it is not a job, it is a pleasure.
This series of videos has made me bring to my mind and senses the time when my grandfather drove a vw panel just like yours.
It is a mixture of nostalgia, joy, tears and sighs.
Greetings from Guatemala.
É impressionante como uma Kombi velha pode trazer tanta alegria ..vamos ver o próximo passo.
En Usa se consiguen todos los repuestos originales de ésos modelos viejos. Envidia sana de los gringos.
Son cracks.
Thank you very much for share this awsome moment and let us feel the same emotion .It's Nice to see you smile .So much time you wait but it worth .Congratulations and happy hollydays.
I remember there were quite a fiew commenters on this channel a while ago who said that you just keep buying a lot of parts but don´t get anything done. I´d say, this video is some major progress!
Thank you! I appreciate that my friend =)
Nice , what a milestone to finally drive it.
Here in Brazil this car is called VW little owl Kombi. We just love it!!! Good job, BTW.
Acompanho essa maluquice desde o inicio... poucos entendem a alegria que um carro "velho" pode proporcionar. Good Luck and congratulations from Brazil.
Como diria o Tonella, a verdadeira novela de macho hahhahahhahhaaha
LOL...the door!!! too funny. Man, so happy for you. I was grinning ear to ear brother. Great job!
Yes! That was crazy. I thought it was going to fly off! Thanks Mike! =)
This is the video I've been waiting for....SOOO excited to see Rusty come to life, right before my eyes...via video of course! 😂
A fully restored car with a simplicity like that would be excellent for a round-the-world trip.
THAT one can be repaired everywhere.
Hell yeah Rusty is moving under his own power! Man that engine just purrs. Good job ct.
What fun to share that with you today. A sign of good things to come. Thank you and congratulations.
When you change to windscreens give that boy some safaris.
Congratulations CT your hard work paid off
Man. That feeling of success. Gitty. How cool. Glad to see it finally drive again. Congratulations !!!
OMG, 20 long jumper cables. I didn't know they made them that long. Pretty cool and useful actually.
I'll give some advice - which feel free to ignore 100%
Recheck the torque of your nuts and bolts, and readjust the brakes now that things have moved and started to settle in. Once you've got her properly together, recheck after say 500 miles as you are in effect, running it in like a new motor again
Nice to see someone so happy :)
Great to see rusty moving after all those years parked. Yessssss👍👍
Well, holy hell CT you did it ! And no parts fell off ! Congratulations, good job !!
CT, I love the feeling of getting these rigs back on the road. I hear a similar giddy in your voice. Ive had the same one before. Merry Christmas!
Oh wow, my dad used to own a clean Volkswagen like this. Everything was manufacture. I remember I was in school and he used to take me out with it a beautiful car. I love this car.
Happy for you. That has to be a thrill after all your hard work. Now all it needs is to be sorted.
And finally it runs after so many videos 👍👍
Great work ct
I think you should also thanks us viewers who have been patient and waited those 2 yrs before we saw Rusty rolling for own machine.
Thank you! =) It's been a long road but we are getting closer! Thanks for all the support my friend!
Oh yeah 😎 what amazing panel van
Love iT, great job’
liKe your video 😃
realy cOOl 🤘
best regard from France 🇫🇷
🤙🤙🤙
looked bud desperate but now it is already moving congratulations
Wonderful! I would have driven out the 5 gallons of gas just circling the block all day. Gives me inspiration to keep plugging away at my bus.
She really looks good on the road!
Well I gotta say nice Christmas gift ,to get your VW running. I know the feeling cause I felt the same way when I got my Volvo 240 wagon after 4 years working on it . Congratulations !!!!
What a thrill you must have felt to have this going down the road after all your hard work. Great job!
It was was awesome! Thanks Michele! =)
Our beetles look very close to eachother, shade of blue is different tho
@@That1Guineapig. It was painted with a paint brush by a previous owner. I need to get the color checked so I can do some spot repairs.
Felicitaciones por su dedicación a recuperar esos autos tan legendarios. Podremos verlos con la terminación de pintura. Gracias por sus enseñanzas
Congrats from Denmark, CT. You did it...👍
Thank you my friend! =)
Yay Rusty is finally running. I can't wait until the swamp dragon is up and running. CT makes everything look so easy. Great Job I can't wait for more when you get Rusty 100% .
Merry Christmas and hooray rusty is running like a champ wow!
debería tener traducción al Español ..ya que es Excelente este video de Resurrección de un WW
😎❄️🎄🎅
Loved it.
Laughed when the door opened, then self closed. My old 58 would pop its door now and then too.
Very well done 👍 you've worked hard to get to this point.... Enjoy Alan Stockley UK.
You have done a very good Job on this bus this good
Congratulations from Wolfsburg
Wow!I could feel the excitement.I remember back in the late 70s or 80s you could still find these old VWs fairly cheap.My Dad didn’t want one in the driveway.
What a survivor little European van, by the way nice neighborhood.
Good that you saved the T1 and drive it. My father had a T2 camper. They excelerate good in 1st and 2nd. Push the black button when you pull the emergency brake handle: it saves you the teeth and maybe later the replacing work. Thats what my late father tought me once.
nice without words it runs . nice job.
Congratulations!!! It's exiting to see the first start/running un 40 years on the Road!!!.
Fantastic CT, a true milestone in the restoration. I’m so pleased for you, well done
Thanks Aussie! 😁
CT, i am so happy to see you so so lucky with Rosty......you makes a super jop and have really fun .....more videos please, i am waiting every week for looking you video....thank you so much CT for all your picture👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💯👌🤗
Congratulations!!! Good job 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻
Wow ,looks like my 65transporter barn door,which i still had it ,good luck ...
Congratulations CT 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Génial! Bravo pour avoir réaliser un rêve d’enfant créateur et ingénieux qui vous enchante ! Plaisir de vous avoir vu de la France ..à très bientôt !
Le ronronnement du moteur VW ,quel bonheur!
Yes yes yes!!! So pleased for you!
Congrats! All that hard work pays off and now like a kid on Christmas morning! Yahoo!
wow i can't believe it in over 40 years the car is running again and the engine is nice good runing condition absolutely amazing wow
😁
Радовался как будто это мой автобус)) Видно как переживаешь) Молодец, это волнительно и кайфово!
all your hard work...txs for sharing
Che emozione risentire quel suono del motore dopo tanti anni , complimenti sei un grande ! vorrei essere li con te a goderti questo momento ! Grazieeeee!!!!!!!
Congratulations CT! More than a year following the progress of Kombosa and finally it's alive! Hugs from Manaus AM Brazil! 😎🤟🤟
Love it when things come together and you see your hard work paid off. I’ve been there with a model a that was just a cab and it ran and I drove the thing all over the place. Thankful it’s never stopped by police officer. I sold it for some windows in my house all 17 of them. I really regret doing this. Now I have a 1963 Volkswagen bug. Had it running and restoring it and ran out of money. The divorce would go to this too. I want to see your Porsche come together as well as that be going
There’s nothing like that feeling is there....!!!!👍👌
😢
I was 17 in 1992 when I bought a "stacked" 1966 Deluxe Bus for $1800. It sat in my driveway for 6 months and on the last day of high school I drove it to school. I kept it for 2 years before I realized I needed a safer more reliable daily driver (the seals in the windows sucked and it was always cold inside). At any rate I ended up selling it for $1200 and taking a $3000 check from a settlement after an accident. That was another reason I let it go. At any rate we had to do an overhaul initially to get it on the road. We threw in an additional $2200 for engine parts, replacement front end, electrical rewiring, and other needs. I am happy I got rid of it but sad those 2 years ended so soon. It just was not the vehicle to have at the time.
I know how stoked you were when you saw it running! It is excelerating when a "plan comes together!"
Nicely done CT
Awesome 👏🏻 I know how your feeling..I spent 4 years on the restoration of my 1939 Piper Cub airplane..your on to something there!
It's hard to beat the fun and excitement of a successful test drive! I'm happy for you man, and I hope we can do some cruising soon!
The first car I bought for myself was Dove Blue 1962 Standard Bus. I paid $475 and traded my 10 speed bike to a hippie who thought the bus meant he owned too much! Many an adventure would follow as I learned how to keep it fixed and running thanks to John Muir. I rolled it a couple of years later and I still got $425 for it even with the crumpled roof and body damage. It was not yet rusty, but I can’t imagine that it still survives
SUCCESS of phase 1! Now to get it out to the farm for the next phase! Remarkable what you have done in your home garage! One suggestion: make sure you have a good, heavy ground to your engine. Especially important on a 6 volt system, as your amp draw will be twice what it would be on a 12 volt system. I would suggest conversion to 12 volts when practical. 6 volt stuff is getting pretty expensive and hard to find. Your 6 volt starter should be fine, and a later generator or alternator conversion will be the main expenses, and a 12 volt gas gauge, and sender maybe.
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Wish I could show you my son's rusty 66 so42 conversion. It's running on Porsche 944 rims, brakes and IRS with an lowered narrowed front beam and full booster powered dual circuit brakes. Rusty and crusty but looks awesome. Good job you saved another.
much awaited moment...FINALLY... it's running,..well, i guess its just the begining ... still a long way to go....
Woow you gave him a new life ... ! After 60 years , that is about my age , regards fro kuala lumpur.
Happy for you, I really like the engine sound 😁 Merry Christmas!
So great to see rusty drive so well,,,the speedometer works great too.
Glad u didn't get caught by the cops,,,as I know the fine would b pretty heavy.
I guess the next job once u have put the seats in, and the rest of the repairs done,,,it would b the outside next,,,removing that rust all over and re-paint it soon.
it's just amazing, congratulations. brazil come you.
Very top this restoration of yours there my dear, giving life to an abandoned vehicle. Congratulations
Thats Awesome. I never myself Messed with the VW's But this one looks like it's worth fixing all the way for sure. Enjoy your ride...
once you mess with your first bus, you wont stop.
I don't own my own property I rent so I had a landlord wait several years ago till I went to work and he towed all my vehicles crushing my dream's with it. I haven't had a hobby since than.
Glad there's no HOA in your street lol 😄
I be followed this one and off since day 1 and I honestly thought the thing sound just break in half and never run again when it rolled in to your garage, well done indeed.
Bonjour. Je suis heureux comme vous d entendre ce moteur enfin tourner ! J ai plein de souvenirs de vacances avec mes parents France Espagne Portugal Allemagne suisse Italie yougoslavie. Ne lâchez rien bonne continuation. Merci
ME GUSTA ESTE VIDEO TU ERES ASOMBROSO NUNCA PENSE QUE HARIAS ALGO ASI REVIVIR UN WOLKSWAGEN.JAJAJAJA WAO
1st drive and on film too!!! wish I recorded my 1st drive!
Congratulations C.T. you have come a long way and learned a lot in the process.
CTs Rusty Wagon painted on the side would look cool in a rustic kind of way.
😍😍😍 It's amazing 👌👌 waiting for that moment for so long😁😁 love to see how you enjoy it!!!
Thank you!!! 😀
You are amazing guy the work you putin on little rusty was just out standing. Made up for you godbless 🙏 love from UK 🇬🇧
I've been told never store batteries on concrete floors
It's a myth I've been storing batteries on concrete for years. It does not drain them.
Older batteries used to not have a protective lining like modern ones. So yes old batteries from decades ago would actually drain if you put them on the ground but modern batteries are protected against it internally
This guy has a Mustie 1 attitude and laugh. 👍
That's cool seeing you on wheels, ooh door opened I am laughing, is good funny all at same time,looking forward to seeing the rest of the build.
?Hey George! That was funny when the door flew open. I thought it was going to break! =)
Another great Christmas present for us! Merry Christmas to you and your family!!
That's amazing! Great job! Another piece of history on the road again.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Meus parabéns. A kombosa tá show. O fato da porta abrir sozinha... Já aconteceu comigo. Parabéns pelo vídeo e um ótimo ano novo.
Normal, carro antigo, principalmente um que passou tanto tempo parado, acontece mesmo. Já passei por isso em uma Brasilia e em um Corcel, no Corcel é pior porque a porta é bem maior e mais pesada.😅
Sehr schön das der Bulli wieder lebt. Glückwunsch.Viel Spaß damit.