Thank you all for your videos! My 17 year old just purchased his life dream of a VW bus. He got a 72 that needs a lot of love and your videos have already helped us fix some issues and gotten us on the road. Not only that, but inspired him to keep working and he looks forward to the VW Bus Life ahead. Thanks again and we'll keep watching!
🤩🤩😍😍 always fun to see others blood, sweat and tears. My 59 beetle seems to be howling a little more than normal. Next time you're in Idaho if y'all can stop by🤣
Hi, Gary. Amazing story. Ownsome to rescue an old bus. looks like new. Please, continue bringing us these videos. Your friend from Puerto Rico, Jorge Castro.
Hey VW Life. Love all your videos. Wish I had my 1961 bug. I built a 2110 stroker motor with dual 44 carbs and it moved when you step in the gas. . Bug got stolen right out my garage😭 I'm disabled and my 61 was my only hobby. I miss my 61😢😢
@@VWLifeVW Last year. My mom was visiting from Hawaii so I took her to the Las Vegas strip and when I got home my garage door was rip apart and my 61 baby was gone. 😭😭😢😢😭😭 I put so much sweet and tears into restoring her. Finally got her looking good and POOF, Someone took her away from me. I'm still heart broken. I miss going on the Sundays Cruz around the Vegas valley. When I do go to a vw show or Cruz, I feel like I'm an outsider and not part of show or Cruz. My 61 was the only thing would take my mind off my disability.
What a lovely kombi. It looks like new and the detail Wow. I can remember my friends kombi. The the reduction gear noise plus the rattling gear shift rod and loose fr gearbox mount. It was a noticeable noise amongst the general rattles that is a vw. We fixed it. Another one of my friends had a 58 with a mid mounted 6cyl holden and 2 speed powerglide a short driveshaft and a holden diff. It had 2 rough gas cut 1/2 plates welded to the axle housing and bolted to the spring plates and a panhard rod setup. it was good for 80mph in a straight line but the brakes were only good for 55mph if that. It was rough at best. He was the last owner. it was rusty and became a donor. It was fast for a kombi.
Had a 71 in HS and I'm so excited, picking up another one in the morning. The guy has 11 more so I see lots of Classics in my future. This vid brought back some AMAZING memories. That you.
@@VWLifeVW nw Montana. It's a pretty good place to find old classics sitting around in farmers fields and such. This find I just ran into was an old Volkswagen collector that I used to buy engines from in HS. He has passed away but his son is cutting loose all these classics and I am in negotiations to hopefully by the little collection and possibly the colbys a ground so I could continue to store them there my home is already full of fun projects lol
Awesome video. Its really cool of you guy that you helped another vw liver out well its part of the vw community. Keep the vids coming because we love them
James so cool to know I'm not the only one who looks and spend time on the smallest details, it drive's my son nuts. He is a lets get it done and just drive it type of guys, i'm one of those , i think one more coat of wax will make it look even better type. Turttle Wax love's me...
Nice one lads. Another great vid. Just ordered a VW life T-shirt for my daughter for Christmas, which should be making its way across to England now. She’s called violet. 9 years old and is a HUGE fan of you guys. If you could ever give her a shout out in one of your videos, it’d make her Christmas! All the best, Ben 🇬🇧
You guys should also check out Coker tires. They make vintage tires for virtually every classic vehicle, and they have the 185R14 tires for an early bus.
Hey guys just came across your shows a couple weeks ago and think there great. Im up in the Gatesvillle area and have a dunebuggy and a Baja ( new project) If you ever need anything up in my area let me know be glad to help been doing the VW life for many years !
@@VWLifeVW I made a cyclops light in my last video from scratch here in Australia. Not even from a fender but from scratch. You should skim over that part 2 video
Do you know what the light aqua/baby blue color name and number is that is seen on some of the VW buses? I am restoring my 1969 VW bus and I want to paint the bottom half that color. I love that headliner..I have a sliding sunroof so I am not sure if that type of headliner would work for my bus?
It seems your country is back behind. Here; www.reifendirekt.de/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=100&kategorie=6&tabs=on&Breite=165&Quer=75&Felge=14&sowigan=&suchen=Reifen+finden
junkman yep the Hankook is what I run, absolutely love them! But only those the grabbers the ones in this video and then a few others that are ONLY rated for areas where temps don’t drop below 30 deg F! Which in Indiana is a major no no! Lol....if you go to a 15” tire there are a few more choices
@@marcijunebug You can extend the cross section width by reducing the aspect ratio = equal, or slightly smaller tire size. The most important factor is to keep the circumference of the tire. The next matching tire to this tire is 195/60/14. This gives a deviation of - 2.1% Speedos have usually the same - deviation, or up to 5% So the speedo shows more mls/Km then your actual speed. Check with gps - or exacter - with Glonass to confirm the size. Cops like to pass speeding tickets. www.tires-easy.com/tires/195-60-14
I never liked up grading these old vw's to disc brakes the old drum brakes seem to work well. I my mind just restore them with all new parts and go they will work just fine just as they were meant to
i know im late but i’m a 16 yo female and i REALLY want one of these buses but my family tells me it’s unnecessary and that i don’t need it but idc. any advice on which VW bus i should get ? like what year and how many windows? i want one for me and my friends so we can vibe and go on fun adventures
How to restore a bus.... Take your wallet turn it upside down and shake it till all the money falls out. fill it up about 10 more times and do the same. Done....
Channel has an excellent vibe, natural conversations and makes you feel like you’re right there just chatting w friends at a meet
Thanks!
Thank you all for your videos! My 17 year old just purchased his life dream of a VW bus. He got a 72 that needs a lot of love and your videos have already helped us fix some issues and gotten us on the road. Not only that, but inspired him to keep working and he looks forward to the VW Bus Life ahead. Thanks again and we'll keep watching!
That is awesome! that is the whole intent of what we do, thank you for sharing
Great to save these living machines.
indeed save them all!
Truly a bootiful bus. Great vid. Thanks for posting.
You know booty when you see it!
🤩🤩😍😍 always fun to see others blood, sweat and tears. My 59 beetle seems to be howling a little more than normal. Next time you're in Idaho if y'all can stop by🤣
sounds good just email us the address :)
That bus is coming along just fine, it's beautiful. Great job James.
Yep James is killing it!
Hi, Gary. Amazing story. Ownsome to rescue an old bus. looks like new. Please, continue bringing us these videos. Your friend from Puerto Rico, Jorge Castro.
Hey VW Life. Love all your videos. Wish I had my 1961 bug. I built a 2110 stroker motor with dual 44 carbs and it moved when you step in the gas. . Bug got stolen right out my garage😭 I'm disabled and my 61 was my only hobby. I miss my 61😢😢
wow that's incredibly sad, so sorry! how long ago was this?
@@VWLifeVW Last year. My mom was visiting from Hawaii so I took her to the Las Vegas strip and when I got home my garage door was rip apart and my 61 baby was gone. 😭😭😢😢😭😭 I put so much sweet and tears into restoring her. Finally got her looking good and POOF, Someone took her away from me. I'm still heart broken. I miss going on the Sundays Cruz around the Vegas valley. When I do go to a vw show or Cruz, I feel like I'm an outsider and not part of show or Cruz. My 61 was the only thing would take my mind off my disability.
@@jbuloke so sorry to hear :(
@@VWLifeVW Thanks. Hopefully 1 day I'll get back Into it. I'm looking for a 65 or below. Love your channel. VW 4 Life❤️🧡💛
What a lovely kombi. It looks like new and the detail Wow. I can remember my friends kombi. The the reduction gear noise plus the rattling gear shift rod and loose fr gearbox mount. It was a noticeable noise amongst the general rattles that is a vw. We fixed it. Another one of my friends had a 58 with a mid mounted 6cyl holden and 2 speed powerglide a short driveshaft and a holden diff. It had 2 rough gas cut 1/2 plates welded to the axle housing and bolted to the spring plates and a panhard rod setup. it was good for 80mph in a straight line but the brakes were only good for 55mph if that. It was rough at best. He was the last owner. it was rusty and became a donor. It was fast for a kombi.
wow that sounds like a crazy custom setup! they did a lot of weird things back in the day with these old Volkswagens didn't they?!
I love this bus.
It's three years now how did the interior turn out.
✌️ Peace from Melbourne Australia.
1000$ for headliner... money very well spent. Very nice work!
Indeed it's a real project
The Duke!
Man, is that not Bootiful?
Great work James!
So cool Split bus! It is always nice to drive a split bus. I just drove our Split bus this afternoon! It was awesome.
It really is!
@@VWLifeVW Keep it up buddy!
Had a 71 in HS and I'm so excited, picking up another one in the morning. The guy has 11 more so I see lots of Classics in my future.
This vid brought back some AMAZING memories.
That you.
That's awesome! What part of the world are you in?
@@VWLifeVW nw Montana. It's a pretty good place to find old classics sitting around in farmers fields and such. This find I just ran into was an old Volkswagen collector that I used to buy engines from in HS. He has passed away but his son is cutting loose all these classics and I am in negotiations to hopefully by the little collection and possibly the colbys a ground so I could continue to store them there my home is already full of fun projects lol
@@affinityfunable that's awesome does he have any split window buses for sale?
@@VWLifeVWno, they are all the newer type
Awesome video. Its really cool of you guy that you helped another vw liver out well its part of the vw community. Keep the vids coming because we love them
Thanks we will definitely be doing that! Thanks for the support
Beautiful bus! I know James does excellent work. I saw his bus at the VW Harvest show.
Yep James knows what he is doing
James so cool to know I'm not the only one who looks and spend time on the smallest details, it drive's my son nuts. He is a lets get it done and just drive it type of guys, i'm one of those , i think one more coat of wax will make it look even better type. Turttle Wax love's me...
thanks Dan yeah it takes a lot of little things to get one big thing done :)
Excellent story and video, very informative! Cool!
Glad to hear that you liked it!
Good to see that some in your country spend time for detailing.
This 1 looks very good. In the long run, detailing always pays off.
Yep thats right!
Awesome. I will be waiting for the follow up to see when the camper part is finished.
Yes we will revisit with James!
Great video, cool idea to interview him and go over the details. Beautiful bus.
thanks Gary!
Just bought a 66 11w in similar condition appreciate the vid! Encouraging!
Dude congrats!
Beautiful Color… and all of it too
Nice one lads. Another great vid. Just ordered a VW life T-shirt for my daughter for Christmas, which should be making its way across to England now. She’s called violet. 9 years old and is a HUGE fan of you guys. If you could ever give her a shout out in one of your videos, it’d make her Christmas!
All the best,
Ben 🇬🇧
Never ever tell a body man that you’re not in a hurry!
Great advice!
They think to themselves "here we go we got a live one here"
Makes me wounder the longer it stays in the body shop the more they justify to get more money out of you!
You guys should also check out Coker tires. They make vintage tires for virtually every classic vehicle, and they have the 185R14 tires for an early bus.
Ah okay cool thanks!
View #4,737 at 2:25 PM on 11/18/19 - NJ.......Nice Bus and Congratulations on hitting 10,000
Thanks John!
Hey guys just came across your shows a couple weeks ago and think there great. Im up in the Gatesvillle area and have a dunebuggy and a Baja ( new project) If you ever need anything up in my area let me know be glad to help been doing the VW life for many years !
That's awesome thanks for offer Robert! Keep living the #vwlife!
Beautiful bus
Pickle might have a military canvas tarp as a headliner😂😜because that’s what I have! lol Nice video gentlemen!!!
Thanks Marci
Awesome as always,thanx guys.
Our pleasure!
Awesome restoration! I plan on updating the brakes on my bus after the metal work is done
Peace
John
It's a worthy upgrade!
Very nice bus!! 👍🏼 Keep up the great work! Nice video guys!
Yes it's an awesome bus coming along nicely thanks as always Terry
It's a cracking looking van to advertise the business.
Yes indeed
how to get a hold of Pablo for headliner job? got a ‘65 in Houston. thanks
Beautiful bus!
Yep it's pretty cool
Yes it is a beautiful bus mate
Very informative. Could you do one on tie rods for a beetle?
Maybe one day
Cool guy, with a bootiful bus ... ;-)
You know booty when you see it! ❤️😙
Bootiful bus for sure
It's so bootiful! 😎
Dope didn’t know you guys were from El Paso I used to live there
👍🏻cool video! Good job James
Yep is coming along nicely. James is killing it!
Beautiful bus. Did he ever mention what it cost him to get it to that point. Learning to do paint and body work on TH-cam can save you tons of money.
I think paint and body ended up being about 4 grand
Another fun video. If y'all ever want to make a "how to change wire harness and transmission mounts in a thing" video I know a guy. :)
Maybe one day!
Nice video again guys.
Glad to hear that you liked it thanks!
@@VWLifeVW I made a cyclops light in my last video from scratch here in Australia.
Not even from a fender but from scratch.
You should skim over that part 2 video
th-cam.com/video/f-G9Zk3uFk8/w-d-xo.html
Do you know what the light aqua/baby blue color name and number is that is seen on some of the VW buses? I am restoring my 1969 VW bus and I want to paint the bottom half that color.
I love that headliner..I have a sliding sunroof so I am not sure if that type of headliner would work for my bus?
The color is Regatta Blue L50F (1968). Was used on Karmann Ghia's and Type 3's
Thanks so much :)
Good to learn that Gerry knows one of THE most important words in german (the Sch...-word)😝
That's right!
It must be time to go back and have another look at this bus again.. I would love to see James progress.. what about that Guys??
it's all done, you'll see it again soon :)
@@VWLifeVW great news Guys thanks..
Nice. I’m in Round Rock. Do you guys do any parking lot shows on a Saturday night? My parents had one of these and always thought they were cool.
Yes join facebook.com/groups/AustinAirCoolersVWGang/?ref=share
We meet 3rd Saturday at Top Notch Hamburgers and 1st Wednesday at the In-N-Out Burger in Cedar Park TX
Sweet ride!
Yeah it's a great bus!
I wanted to hear it drive. but I get it... it has no interior so it's loud. Im building a 1776 with dual carbs. love the sound
14” truck tires are very hard to find! About 4 choices left out there
It seems your country is back behind. Here;
www.reifendirekt.de/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=100&kategorie=6&tabs=on&Breite=165&Quer=75&Felge=14&sowigan=&suchen=Reifen+finden
junkman yep the Hankook is what I run, absolutely love them! But only those the grabbers the ones in this video and then a few others that are ONLY rated for areas where temps don’t drop below 30 deg F! Which in Indiana is a major no no! Lol....if you go to a 15” tire there are a few more choices
@@marcijunebug You can extend the cross section width by reducing the aspect ratio
= equal, or slightly smaller tire size. The
most important factor is to keep the
circumference of the tire. The next matching tire to this tire is 195/60/14.
This gives a deviation of - 2.1% Speedos
have usually the same - deviation, or up to 5% So the speedo shows more mls/Km then your actual speed. Check
with gps -
or exacter - with Glonass to confirm the size. Cops like to pass speeding tickets.
www.tires-easy.com/tires/195-60-14
junkman yep, the key for busses tho is finding an 8 ply or greater...👍
How long and how much money (for the buyer)would it take to repair a bus?
That's a loaded question. A lot of factors but maybe 10 to 20 thousand
Do you recommend any websites that I can buy a motor from? I am having trouble with finding a motor
cb performance maybe? painters grinding in CO is another.
@@VWLifeVW what about turnkey engines?
Any update on this bus
It is done
I never liked up grading these old vw's to disc brakes the old drum brakes seem to work well. I my mind just restore them with all new parts and go they will work just fine just as they were meant to
i know im late but i’m a 16 yo female and i REALLY want one of these buses but my family tells me it’s unnecessary and that i don’t need it but idc. any advice on which VW bus i should get ? like what year and how many windows? i want one for me and my friends so we can vibe and go on fun adventures
you just need to save your money and find anyone one you can afford that has as little rust as possible. a title is helpful too
bootiful i must say :)
So bootiful! 😎
Yeah Matt Jackson !
Thanks!
How to restore a VW Bus!... eat lunch and drop it off at VW Life
don't forget your wallet jack! :)
How much to restore a kombi?
15k
Depends on what you have to start with and how much work you can do yourself.
Who is Pablo? what shop?
he's here in Cedar Park off of Whitestone.
chumbucket motors ROCK!
#truth
VW LIFE !!!!!!
that's right poppi!
White bear needs a makeover!!
Yes we saw your new donor. Lots of work ahead for white bear!
Que combi perfeita.
Gracias mi amigo!
Beutifull bus waoooo
Indeed it's real nice!
Why play music during drive? Like to hear engine and van sounds.
Sorry
So "bootiful" this bus is!
Parv
Sweeeeeet....🤤
10 hour drive AND are you are still in the same state !!
The best way for me is to buy one already done from someone who needs the cash and willing to take a loss.
Thats a driver ????
right?! it's pretty nice!
Your making me want a Volkswagen, oh no.
Making you? You already wanted one
VW Life more than I already do...... I can't even drive yet !
"Accomplish Lunch" I've stolen this!
Okay sounds great 😁👍
🤘😎
rock on brother!
Burger time
Yes!
Noice.
Thanks!
How to restore a bus.... Take your wallet turn it upside down and shake it till all the money falls out. fill it up about 10 more times and do the same. Done....
That's right Jack!
but when its done it is all worth it.
True
👉🏻🙏🏻😁
thanks!
14” truck tires are very hard to find! About 4 choices left out there
That's right
Noice.
Thanks
14” truck tires are very hard to find! About 4 choices left out there
Get a blaze cut and or fire slayer fire suppression in that bus WAAAAYYY too nice to not spend the $100 great looking bus!
i think he got one