You could buy this Volkswagen Type 2 T2 Camper!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- We just drove it. This Volkswagen 'Bay Window' camper has been overhauled by Tim at @CambrianClassicsLtd and is now for sale. It has a flat-four 1.6-litre engine, a fresh camper conversion with new lift-up roof and is utterly, utterly charming.
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Please do more of these camper van reviews Great video with both of you
My Grandad has one of these which is owned for 40 odd years a 1968 bay window. One of the cool things? I remember going out in it is if you see anther one you give them a wave.
5:07 The warning sticker makes a lot of sense. I once lost the sliding door of a T3. Luckily, I had just taken off the trailer, and the giant door landed behind the van and stood upright on its least vulnerable side. After putting it back, there was no visible damage.
My father had an early Mitsubishi L300 Van in 1981 for test drive, to close the sliding door you needed only a finger tip. The Bully you had to hang with two arms into the movement and a moment later it plopped right back and was open again. Regards from a Wolfsburg guy
Hubnut car sales. I'll do the talking, tech info and finesse Ian, you do the driving , fiddling and tinkering . Dream team right there
Really pleased you are sharing the duties, just like the Car Wizards. Please can we have more vids where Carly guides us around the interior
It must been spring 1978...(i was still a youngster) when my later wife and me, did buy a secondhand VW T2 camper( accident car and repaired it ourselfs,)and traveled 6 months around in the South of Europ. We did have a lot of adventures with " Dubby".
Sold her ( not the wife😂), somewhere in the mid 80's for good money.
How stupid we can be....😊
0:10 What a marvellously lighted and framed opening shot! Holiday vibes all round.
I had the use of one of these in the 80s when I was between cars and I loved it. The driving position is so high up you feel like the king of the road.
These vans always bring back memories of being a little Tacker living next door to Devon Conversions in Sidmouth Devon. Watching the panel vans transported in and the campers transported out
Driving air-cooled VW's is the perfect antidote for today's hectic life. Like you said, life is at a different speed, and you have to just sit back and enjoy the drive. It's why I enjoy my VW Thing/Trekker
If I had the money I would have one of these. I have loved them and the early ones for many years. The later wedge is on the fence but are becoming 1980's cool now.
I remember in late 80s&early 90s a garage used to sell the new Mexican Built Beetles&Type 2s with the black grill& radiator to cool the 1.8 engine opposite the ESSO garage on Willowbrae Road Edinburgh.
I think you should buy it. You would make Miss Hubnut very happy.
Sadly, I can't afford a decent car, let alone a decent camper.
Absolutely brilliant video Ian miss hubnut well narrated on interior ❤👍 what a beautiful camper van love it brilliant
Lovely and useful piece of kit and nicely updated by Tim.
My mate had a T2 in the past and said it was the most joyous vehicle he's ever owned, proper analogue motoring. Great to see such a gorgeous one in the hands of Mr Hubnut
And Miss Hubnut, of course
If my memory is correct (if...) the 1600 made a whole 54bhp. I drove van versions of the Type 2 decades ago and while they weren't brisk they were certainly memorable.
Indeed...they produced a absolutely staggering..54 bhp and did have a rather thirsty behavior.😂.
One of my late father's two all-time favourite vehicles - the other being a Hillman Super Minx estate.
Mrs Hubnut doing a Mrs Wizard with the interior!
If i could buy it..I would,, especially as Tim has done the important bits..
Having the engine under your bed is like having an electric blanket. Good on a cold night.
Had a 1972 Westfalia Caravanette, wonderful machine. Instant holiday on wheels!
They are lovely to bimble around in at 55mph, as you say. I have an M reg Devon conversion, with original oak veneer interior woodwork and swing-out cooker which is always a talking point!
Lovely camper
another great video has always Ian and miss hubnut and hublets and hubmutts 👍
Had a 1978 one back on 1982…it was the 2.0ltr one…exhaust exits on the drivers side. It’d do 90mph on the flat, and was more thirsty than a 3.0ltr Capri…great memories
Brilliant Video and a charming VW and scenic location, have to admit I am not a huge VW person, and my mate wanted one off these after spending two weeks in one in Brazil and at the time I could not see the appeal but as I have got older I can see the appeal of these.
What a lovely vehicle. I never really knew much about campers until I started working as an engineer for the caravan manufacturer Swift who made campers as well as larger motorhomes. A colleague had a similar camper based on a tiny Fiat Van which was an amazing lovable vehicle. In fact I've never seen another in over 20 years. As always a great video by you both 🙂
I sense a van conversion coming…yay
I had one for a while in the late eighties and loved it. Mine wasn't a camper, just had normal seats. It was also left hand drive but it didn't matter a jot as you sit high enough to see over most things (there weren't many SUVs then of course). I paid £450.00 for mine, wish I still had it.
My dad had 2 of these a bay window and the 2.5 air cooled always see these broken down on the north devon link road on a hot day 😂
Wait.... 2:37 Is that Boris rhe Blade escaping in the background.
As in the sneaky Russian of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels fame...I have the music playing in my head now 😂😂😂
Great memories Ian. My Uncle had a T2 camper and have fond memories of travelling across Spain He was an engeneer and he insisted on changing the oil every 2000 KM now I know why. no oil filter
Nice. It's fitted out with just enough to get by, no frippery!¬
All thats missing is the hanging floral decoration!
I had a t2 westfalia way back in the 80s. Loved it. I think it was 2l. As I was in CA it was the non-carb version to pass the smog tests.
Loved the beetles, splitties of 50's and 60's. And of course the Karmin ghias and variants. Great to such a great example of the bay window. Mustie1 on ytube has many videos on rescuing vw etc, as well repair engines etc. Really enjoyed this video, thanks for posting ❤
I bet this is now on Miss HubNuts wishlist 😁 I can see you two cruising the highways and byways.
Excellent video, peeps. I like this style of video a lot more than your (deliberately?) failed attempts at tinkering, to be honest. I think you should consider buying a van and converting it to a camper.
You can be even more specific with the model name. This is actually a T2b, a facelift version of the first T2 models, later called T2a. It has bigger bumpers, higher mounted front indicators and much other stuff.
I already recognized the camper as Tim's. I've driven the T3 a few times, many similarities to what you call Ian.
Cool. I had a Canadian made 74 Westy. I loved that van. It had a camping heater that I never got fixed. Mine had the 1800 engine with dual Solex carburetors.
My sister had one a 1976 but hers was the transporter version to haul all her kids in as far as the loading height at the rear the height was perfect as a changing bed for the baby
10:20 A "Rock & Roll" bed? What if you wanted a "Country & Western" bed? LOL
A friend had a Type 2 Devon in the early '90s. I drove it once. Loved it. Nice old bus. Probably should have bought one when they were cheap(er).
excellent summer video . I so want a camper van
Good to see a bay window featured! I love my camper, I was away in it this weekend!
Would love one, sadly now out of price range unless a wreck that needs loads of work and money. Been converted to a camper from Bob yet? Miss HubNut looks like she would be over the moon with one, and room for the HubLets up top. A folding kennel for the HubMutts.
Ah! The 'Oh no, I broke it, I barely touched it, no no no no. Oh, thank the stars, it's ok!' jig! Nicely demonstrated using the hob lid 😂 Rather nice bit of kit that (van and the hob that is) 👌
I have a aussie import 1973 t2 late with 1800cc auto and power steering with the same interior apart from having a pop top also for sale 😂😅
I think the peculiar thing about these is when you drive them for the first time and you realise you're sitting over or just slightly forward of the front wheels, it's an odd feeling for a while. I bloody love these (my brother had one, I had a 1302S 1972 Superbeetle) and I'm so very tempted to dip back into the territory again.
I am told you get the same sensation in the Commer "forward control" vans that used to be so common on our roads.
Another enjoyable & interesting video on the channel well done & good luck on the next one 👍👍
Heater controls: reading labels would distract the drive therefore they are Verboten. Therefore the are intuitive. You fiddle around until you learn how to use them.
Excellent video, enjoyed that keep up the good work tremendous
So the new car tuber tradition is "wife does the interiors" now 😂
Ahhh! Pure joy. And such a lovely color
Almost like my 1973 T2 Danbury conversion, 1700, in excellent orange and white (the only colour for a VW camper). The first engine died after a valve came off and went through the piston, then the whole van became very rusty very quickly and it had to go.
So enjoyed driving it places. Still miss it now.
love the team work
Lovely camper van. Thanks Ian & Carly.
My uncle used the van vw to transport his cigarette boxes to reload pub fag machines he owned in Wales. He lived in Llantrisant and big hills are there. I remember the vans getting up the hills no problem. He had a knack of being in a low gear and vibrating the van . Bringing back memories. I remember holed plastic seats .
Just to add to the naming conventions, that's actually a T2b or a Late Bay, as they were facelifted in late 71. Early Bays or T2a's were prettier with a slightly different front and rear end.
I've got a very early 68 Westfalia Bay (1yr only Bus), with its correct original interior.
How can you not love it, really lovely
Nice video. VW was always kind of lax about labeling their controls until after they abandoned the air cooled engines. Remember the heater controls on the older ones - a knob you twisted for quite some time to open/close the heater flaps, totally unlabeled. On this one the two red slides open/close the left and right heater box flaps respectively, and the faded blue on opens the fresh air vent in the front of the grille. The non-functional light switch to the left of the steering column originally was a master control for the rear dome light, which was probably removed in the camper conversion. Basically it supplied power to the light which also had it's own switch. If the front switch was off the light wouldn't work period. If the front switch was ON the light would work if the switch on the light was also on.
@Paul Fellows I don't disagree. Odd story about one. I was rebuilding an engine on a weekend when my cousin showed up and asked if I could go look at a 74 bus for his neighbors. He rarely asked anything and the crankshaft bolt had just broken off on me while torquing, had a crack in it and I couldn't get the shaft out of the crank.
We get to the VW and the story is that the battery goes dead overnight with everything off. These elderly folks had a son who had managed a Pizza restaurant and he developed terminal brain cancer. The bus was his and he was in a hospice near his final stages and he wanted to see his bus again before he died.
I started checking it over, in the US the 72s and up had the type IV engine and they had an electric blower fan above the engine to give heat when stopped in traffic etc. Whenever I connected the battery a relay on this blower activated and this was what was draining the battery. But what controlled it?
I checked under the dash for a while and found a wire that was unplugged and brushing against metal, and then I found a plug for it on the red heater controls. I moved it to there and it would only activate when the lever was at max with the ignition on. Problem solved! They drove it to their son who got to see it before he passed.
I returned home and got ready to figure out a way to remove the bolt shaft and I touched the end with my finger and it turned! I was able to unscrew it easily and I had a new bolt so I finished my rebuild. But I swear that before I went to help those folks that it was stuck tight.
Gorgeous T2! Originally was looking for one, but for the money ended up buying a T5.1 affectionately called 'Caspian' (Daily) instead! But I still get to Bumble along in 'Tia' my Talbot Kontiki on family get aways!❤
The perfect vehicle if you are interested in learning how to weld! Some are restored properly, but bearing in mind the money they sell for, I would think the majority are bodged, and tarted to the nines to catch unwary buyers?
I remember the first time I rode in one of these, we stayed at a bed and breakfast in the hill country of Texas (the guest quarters were a barn dating from 1843 with rock walls, that had been converted to a lovely place to stay, where the kids got to sleep in the former hay loft), and the inn owners, fourth generation German Americans, had a late 1970's Type 2 Transporter in a very 1970's groovy orange color with a beige cream on the top (it was configured as a passenger only vehicle). As a young person (probably 5 or 6), I was in seventh heaven when the innkeepers picked us up from the airport in this vehicle, and took us back at the end of our stay 😊 And it even had an all important feature for Texas, DPD air conditioning!
Had my '79 'tin top' t2 10 years and not driven it 3ft yet... I'll get it finished one day I swear!
Excellent more camper reviews please 👍
Thought for a moment that Ian was about to be introduced as the 'glamorous assistant' to demonstrate the pop-top!🤣
I recall my late aunt and uncle having a white one back in the late 1970s-80s.
Thank you. What a lovely vehicle.
So much content, brilliant 🙂
Great Video. Love the T2 (Bay), have had a go in these myself and find them an absolute hoot to drive. The last I drove was also a 1600. They are Leisurely to drive, never got above 60 (Heal'n'toe not required). As Mine never had an Oil temp gauge, I was told that to keep an eye on the forth warning light below the fuel gauge, as this one's the alternator/charge light....if this comes on it means the auxiliary belt has snapped...the same belt that drives the cooling fan so stopping is a must. I now have a T6.1 Camper with a "gas strutted roof" (with bed and removable panels (wonderful in last year spain!!)), dimmable LED lights, rock'n'roll bed . Lovely things, easy to set up (we park up, pop the roof, connect the leccy..done), can highly recommend them!
We had one of these in South Africa but with a 2L engine in the factory in Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape province, it had quarter lights in the front doors,a heater-box system that took hot air from the engine fins when you felt cold.
It seems like we got the Australian spec because the wipers weren't in the wrong position for South Africa. An interesting thing to note is that my uncle and Aunt got one on the recommendation of her physiotherapist who maintained that the upright driving position is good for back ailments. They got a Wolfsburg edition, top of the range in South Africa at the time ⏲️
@13.03 made me laugh
Like the à la Car Wizard Miss HN interior tour.
What a lovely colour! Absolutely perfect day for it too, bright spring sunshine, blue sky, sandy gravelly beach, seaside houses in bright colours. I totally get the vibe. All it needs is bacon on the sizzle and the smell of fresh coffee. Heaven. Would I? Nah. Just a bit too under-powered for me, and I have never been a fan of the VW duggaduggadugga drone that you have to spank even at 30mph. I'd need to be able to cruise at 60mph and not have bleeding ears. It would be a great day or 2 out with some mates though.
In the US they would have been Westfalia vans, with the pop up roof.
I love these cars. Austrian Painter invented. 👍🏻
In the early-90's I worked in Kensal Road, West London and next to our building was a canalside warehouse that had been demolished until only the 1st floor wall remained. Packed into that rectangle were dozens of campervans. The guy had a business selling them to Aussies, Kiwis and South Africans to tour around Europe. They would then sell them back before they got the tube to Heathrow and the cycle would begin again. What was a £300 disposable purchase in 1992 (£617 in todays money) would be worth thousands today...
Delightful!
seeing this video makes me want to buy a one
Great to see a Type 2 T2 we had a similar one but our roof opened side ways so we two hammock style arrangement plus a hammock style for toddlers or in our case small dog that went over the front seats plus te rock and roll bed.
Now have a Type 6i upgraded in rear but very little in the way of beds. Loved the early one more to be honest.
The right gauge pod had an optional clock. Mine never had one, but I too fitted the oil temp gauge. Heater controls are unmarked because they generally don't do anything, especially if you have extractors instead of heater boxes. Good to see that one though, that's been restored nicely.
Opening quarter lights were optional extras, and the original gear lever didn't hit the handbrake :)
Type 2 bay window, air cooled for the purist but i believe there was also a later conversion available to fit the VW Passat water cooled petrol or diesel engine for more horsepower and hopefully more reliability. And if my wife got hold of one, those headlamps would definitely be wearing floppy eyelashes!!!
Mrs Wizard on the Car Wizard does the interior shots. So Mrs. Hubnut does the interior on Hubnut channel. Hopefully a future trend...? - nice one!
I lived in mine for 10 years as I toured Oz as a folk singer.
That is one of my dream car garage applicants. She's fantastic!
Also, modern Britain: Lovely, sunny day = EXTREME HEATWAVE WARNING!Stay hydrated! (American for drink water when thirsty)
"Rock & roll bed is very simple to do", she says studiously avoiding showing how easy it is - or not!☺☺
13:19 I take it all back! It really is simple!
My gran had two type 2 campers she also had the much rarer type 2 split screen camper many years ago
No more jokes about ZX doorhandles, this is serious fun and I guess money.
Hi my brother has a 1972 one of these, I’m not a fan I only really like the later Volkswagens 1980s onwards when they had what I consider the engine in the right place 😂 I wouldn’t though ever rule out a mid 70s beetle I like the spec with the big rear lights, but as for a bay camper that I doubt will ever happen. But he has done great job on that and he will have no trouble selling it. Good video 🙂👍
Great review - thanks Ian. I'd imagine that the engine is a veritable nightmare to work on. But it is a very cool vehicle - not literally, of course, given the lack of air con. And heaven help you if you have a crash - you're sitting in the crumple zone. My advice is, whatever you do, don't crash in one fo these..!
It's funny how they have the pumpy-uppy pressurised windscreen washer setup, seems far more complicated than, say, a plunger thing as per the 2CV, but I guess that was too simple and straight-forward for them to use... :P
This makes me wish I could afford one, that I needed one and had somewhere to park it. They really are lovely.
Not entirely correct to say that it's based on the Beetle platform, as the frame has nothing in common with the Beetle frame and floorpan. The only things carried over in the Type 2 t1 were the engine, and front and rear suspension. Factoid: All Beetles destined for the US market did away with the swing axle rear end and received the trailing arm IRS rear axle as of...the 1968 model year, I think it was. Possibly 1969.
I believe the Beetle's rear IRS suspension in the US was a reaction to the concern about rear engined vehicles stirred up by Ralph Nader's book "Unsafe at any speed".
Hi, lovely t2
I hope you get to do the 90s style transporter, the 1 with the rectangular headlamps??
Really prefer that version......great video though guys 👍
Before Vauxhall called their vans by their own (Vauxhall) name, they called cars (and lorries) BEDFORD. They had equivalent vans called Bedford Midi. Those must also have had a low centre of gravity, like this, and both , therefore are amazing handling, particularly round corners!
Fun fact, even though vw say they got the idea from a factory mule, they actually stole the idea from one of their customers, Tempo used the Beatle engine in the Matador, and when vw were done with development, they just stopped supplying engines to Tempo, to get rid of the competition, do try and test drive one of those, if you can find one, it's a better van, but probably very noisy, because of front wheel drive, and your sitting on the engine, but also, very rare.
Entirely different vehicles really, despite the engine link. A Dutch importer is credited with the idea for a Beetle-based van.
Think he was called Ben Pon or something like this? They still have a Barndoor meeting in his honour but that’s another level of geeky and even less Hubnut that this bay window.
I got a speeding ticket for doing 142kmh on the Kwinana freeway.
Needs a 'MAX HEADROOM' sticker. Nice Rig!