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Brown Bus Revisited- Vanagon Syncro Barn Find

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ย. 2022
  • In our last video "Cheap Syncros Still Exist" we rescued this bus from a ditch by a river and dragged it home. After a year of sitting comfortably in a dry barn, we've established a plan- well.... enough of a plan, to determine we have no plan, and we should make the next step of whatever that plan is easier. So in this video, we take the precious bits, make the bus roll comfortably, and have some fun with friends!
    Thanks to the support of our Pittsburgh Vanagon Club members- this was a fun project!
    To see part one of this bus's story "Cheap syncros still exist", click here:
    • Vanagon Syncro Rescue-...

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  • @myvwsucks
    @myvwsucks 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Haha, this was so awesome! Nice work guys!!!

  • @janesecaraway3995
    @janesecaraway3995 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just don't understand why I find your videos so interesting and entertaining! But yall are one crazy bunch of guys! Thanks! From Montgomery al 🙏 ❤️

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks janese! We definitely have fun and work well as a team! I’m glad we can share it with you!

  • @JackStolz
    @JackStolz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great adventure with the lads! I always learn so much about Vanagons when I watch your vids. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

  • @richardroos5965
    @richardroos5965 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ibid. I second that previous comment. I look forward to hearing Curt's story. Every chapter of his Vanagon story must be amazing...ie., how he strays so far from home with fuel problems, etc...knowing that he has a team of mechanics in the wings if he breaks down.

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you not heard curts story? There’s a great video on the story of his bus!

    • @richardroos5965
      @richardroos5965 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheBarefootForge no...I haven't heard his story

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/dQuJEpgK7Go/w-d-xo.html

  • @Eaton332
    @Eaton332 ปีที่แล้ว

    So entertaining. Thanks.

  • @van_demonium
    @van_demonium ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Vanagon content even better that it is coming from the northeast! Greetings from NH.

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks friend! Gota share the adventures!

  • @RobMoses
    @RobMoses ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude! when your homie started prying off that front pumper end I was like WTF is he doing! Then he starts hammering the front corner I was like WHAT THE FUUUUUCK! WHYYYYY! hahaha. Doesn't seem to bother anyone else tho. 🤷🏽‍♂

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  ปีที่แล้ว

      Sometimes in life- ya just Gota have a little fun.

  • @VanaConn
    @VanaConn ปีที่แล้ว

    F the Vice grips on axle bolts. You need a $40 set of nut and bolt extraction sockets. Work wonders on rusty vanagons. Even take off stripped pan head screws that hold brake backing plates on.

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  ปีที่แล้ว

      nah, we had several sets with us, including a low profile Snapon set- these don't work for this application. The internal ones "SOMETIMES" do but they fully strip the hex or triple square rendering this to be about step X, but because the depth of the head is so shallow, they rarely get enough grip. The external ones do not work, at least none of the ones I have or have ever tried- as there isn't sufficient space space due to the wall thickness. Especially on the inner CVs where you "Can" get at them with vice grips, its a pretty good option.
      I've probably taken off 800 axles bolts on vanagons in my life, and I've absolutely tried every tool that I believe exists. If you've got a set that you KNOW works, that fits, that you've used for this application- please, share the link!

    • @VanaConn
      @VanaConn ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheBarefootForge Mine made in China and work great with proper techniques I learned from a vanagon Jedi. Guess you haven't been blessed with his voodoo yet. These just tap right on the outside and are highly effective. Onwards with your vice grips then .One day you will see the light or maybe not....

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@VanaConn thanks for sharing the product, I want to try it.
      Oh wait, no, you just kept it to yourself.

  • @kimhorton6109
    @kimhorton6109 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like those front seats. Mine don’t have arm rests.

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Heck ya- these are super rare. Maybe for sale- want them?

    • @kimhorton6109
      @kimhorton6109 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheBarefootForge I would definitely entertain that. You’re in PA, I could visit my sister in Penn hills. I owe her a visit.

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kimhorton6109 that’s close! Half hour away!
      Send me an email. The barefoot forge with no spaces at g mail dot com.

  • @snazzfab
    @snazzfab ปีที่แล้ว

    "plan z"!!!!!🤣

  • @jkidd152
    @jkidd152 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want that diff lock panel

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have several, I’d be glad to sell it!

  • @BFVgnr
    @BFVgnr ปีที่แล้ว

    Where do you find these wonderfully madcap insanities?!
    I've always wanted one of those, the Westie Synchro has been a long time goal.

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  ปีที่แล้ว

      How many doors have you knocked on asking strangers if they know anyone with a vanagon?
      Until you’re at that point, you’re paying full market price for vehicles that are for sale and listed….. which isn’t what we do.
      They’re out there! Start shaking the bushes!

  • @jimnielsen9642
    @jimnielsen9642 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where are you guys - I want to follow along on some adventures. Like how many vanagons can you get onto one adventure?

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We’re based out of Pittsburgh pa.

    • @jsnto
      @jsnto ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheBarefootForge cool
      We had a '72 bus when I was a kid so last year (pandemic etc) I found an '86 westfalia on Vancouver Island for$10k. I flew out there and drove it home. I'm not as adventurous as you guys but I'm trippin on the Vanagon. Maybe next summer I'll meet up with you guys. Love the channel

  • @Edgy01
    @Edgy01 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don’t let these guys near your VW!

  • @musicting2767
    @musicting2767 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pleeaaase slow down your editing so each clip doesn't fade into eachother before you have finished what you are saying!
    I love all the vanagon content but the simplest thing would make it so much better!

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  ปีที่แล้ว

      We’d love a volunteer editor! Feel free to send your experience and resume to craig@thebarefootforge.com
      Or are you just criticizing the single most difficult, time consuming, and frustrating aspect of video making that results in me having 4x as many videos almost ready to go, but sitting in limbo they no one will ever see? That’s your fault! Literally.
      I’m sure the community is thankful for your view and it’s results.
      Looking forward to working with you as a volunteer editor!

  • @brettcannon74
    @brettcannon74 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why is it on a trailer in a barn?

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  ปีที่แล้ว

      Because that’s how we dropped it off. The day we tucked it away we were pretty exhausted, and then spent a year wishing it wasn’t on a trailer in the barn. Lol

  • @samtracy751
    @samtracy751 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did I catch 600 for that syncro and another bus? Craziness that trans alone…dang. I’d love to have a spare just don’t want to pay gowesty 7k for it

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  ปีที่แล้ว

      Sadly, you won’t find gowesty or anyone else selling a fully rebuilt trans outright with no core for $7k these days, that number is closer to $10-12k.
      You’ve got to have a core to have a trans.
      Yep, two busses for $1200 so this one was $600. This is one of several spare transmissions I am proud to own. : )
      My plan is to send off all my cores and trade for a few of them returned rebuilt.

  • @tekis0
    @tekis0 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why didn't you just tow the whole thing away?

    • @TheBarefootForge
      @TheBarefootForge  ปีที่แล้ว

      Because this is the spot we’re storing it, we just wanted the trailer back.

  • @dazzasp3
    @dazzasp3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Check out Chad's van living the van life guys great show by the way 🇬🇧👍