Bet you any amount of dollars he would prefer to be known as "the vag ninja"........i guess none of the previous commenters watch Mustie1, he has a few of these... Maybe not as pretty
It's this very make, model, and shade of orange that got me into VeeDubs. I was a milk delivery boy in the late 80s and the dairy workhorse was an old unloved and beaten down bus just like this, she would struggle to get up any gradients and hated being loaded down to her axles, and would fake her own death every single night, but she just kept going and going and going. Long may they live in this world.
Indeed, my dad had a slightly later model pickup/bakkie and then in the 80s he also had another model in the boxy Caravelle (I think) shape. None of them were as immaculate as the one in this video though.
One of my earliest memories, is seeing a local supermarket would pickup shopping carts in one. I was about 4 years old in 1969 Hollywood, California. This was very cool seeing this one.
These were really commom here in Brazil... both the air cooled gas and one with a diesel engine... until a few years ago, you would see them around, basically trashed, but still working somehow, on the hands of really poor people, who used them to collect cardboard and alluminium to recicle... nowdays its rarer to see, but you can still find them working hard to earn someones living
Thing was so famous around here in Brazil that it was produced up until the 2010s with a modified boxer with electronic injection and all when the safety regulations killed it when airbags went mandatory in 2013
I well recall my father bringing home a fixed roof Westy-like T2 conversion (same colours) in the early '70s that had cost him £1500 plus a trade-in. It had the later bumpers so can't have been 2 years old. He drove it all over Europe for about 25 years with my mother in their retirement, even pulling a small caravan and all with the upright 1600 engine. I was gutted when he told me he had sold it.
Beautiful single cab Bay. Being a 68 that's the very first year of the Bay Window, lots of parts are 1yr only on it (doors, door handles, dash clocks, wipers, and the chassis to name a few bits, I have a 68 Bay Westfalia Camper (there's a few videos of it on my TH-cam channel). Sway bar is attached to the bottom of the Torsion arms, you put your hand on it. The coilovers on the rear is probably to sort a sagging rear end. It's often the Output shaft seals that leak on the gearboxes. Also if they are setup properly, with all their tinware aircooled VW's rarely overheat.
On the overheating .. you definitely need all tinware in place , you know why a aircooled doesn’t have an heat gauge? You really don’t want to know what temperature that engine is dealing with constantly 🤭 they will outlast almost every new vehicle on the road today.. I can also daily mine any day
The Bug Ninja!!! Dude has a duel purposed name... The love for VW Bugs and if it has legs/wings/or other things, just kill it!!! Thank you fellas & gal for a most awesome trip down memory lane!!!
Memories of the Panel Van version of this c 1970. We normally walked a mile to and from school. On day we came out at finishing time and it was absolutely tipping down with rain. Luckily at that point a friends father, who was a plumber, pulled up in his VW panel van. "Jump in the van and I will drop you off at your houses" he said. So about six of us jumped in the back and stood there amongst his plumbing tools and fittings hanging on to anything that was convenient while he drove through this rainstorm dropping each one of us off at our houses. Thank you Mr Morgan and his VW Type 2 Panel Van.
Years ago the general rule was use the original VW valve covers with the original spring steel hold downs. It was believed that using the rocker shaft bolts to hold cast covers caused the shaft to loosen changing the valve lash and causing valve problems. We would remove the factory oil cooler ( which bloocked airflow to the drivers front cylinder) and put an aftermarket cooler in front of the air intake on the fan shroud.
Hello Car Wizard, my Dad worked as a carpenter from the 50s to the 80s here in 🇩🇪. For many years this kind of Bulli was his work Truck. My Dad and all his colleagues used the storage below the truckbed for the expensive tools they need for work. So they were safe and dry. I remember well I loved to drive with my Dad in the Bulli. A total different experience to the drive in a normal Beetle / Käfer 🤣👍 Thanks for showing this Bulli.
That's a gorgeous single cab...congrats to the owner for keeping it in such beautiful and (mostly) stock condition. So many of these get slammed to the ground and IMHO it takes away from their charm. I agree with Adrian...these cars are beautiful because of their simplicity and honesty and we'll never see their ilk again. :( BTW the storage area underneath the bed is usually called the "treasure chest"
My early memories is driving with my grandpa in his 60’s bus in the 60’s and I loved it I was only a few years old but remember it clearly! He owned a few examples of these for his painting business. 😁wish we still had them
What a vehicle. People can ooo and ah at the supercars. Very few appreciate the simplicity and the "this is all you need" mentality of vehicle like this. These are vehicle's that with a little know how and minimal cost will just keep on going. Love it.
That's a real "back to my youth feeling". Those VW's were everywhere in the streets. The regular transporter used by shop owners as a delivery van and those pick ups were used by cityworkers of various departments. Roadworkers, gardeners and much more. When I hear those prices these days I'm so sorry I never bought one for just hundred or twohundred bucks.
So interesting to se You Mr Wizard at my home turf. I have so much appreciation for your knowledge and that makes my fascination with your experience of this so much more intense. I have a couple of buses myself amongst which a 67 single cab which I've been restoring for the last five years. The space beneath the bed is referred to as "treasure chest". During the restoration I've spent quite a few hours inside with the welder and grinder since I wanted to keep the original bed, imagine those working conditions!.The front beam actually has a sway bar, that's the rod parallel to the torsion suspension tied into the lower control arms. It doesn't do much for the simple suspension however. The third "pod" in the dash was for the clock that only came standard on the deluxe models but was optional for the others (never seen one in a truck though). The upholstery is more than likely restored, these commercial vehicles only had vinyl upholstery, even the deluxes as far as I'm concerned. The simplicity (and shortcomings) of these vehicles is exactly why we like them, it makes them easy to work on and inspiring to reminisce about. I guess it's the European counterpart of the F100's and similar. Everyone has a story to tell about them and they're still found behind barns in the countryside today! Cheers from Sweden!/Kee
A local dad from my school was a builder who had one of those. I remember him doing some work around the school, arriving with all the materials for the job on the back and all the tools locked underneath. Also, it was small enough to drive around the walking paths, so it could be parked right next to the job.
We see them a bit more here in the UK, they sell for £60k In that condition. In the day they were popular with motorcycle shops, they put ramps in the storage box and ramped the bikes up n tied down, Hang-gliders liked them too as they had good ground clearance n talk for driving the hill-sides.
I know you recently converted the bug to an electric fuel pump. Weber carburetors don't like more than 3 lbs of pressure - overwhelms the needle and seat. I recommend using a quality fuel pressure regulator. Thank You for the video on a very nice single cab 👍
Most aftermarket fuel pumps are poorly regulated. Commonly used "facet" brand varies and I have measured them them with pressure between 2 and 7 psi. My post was more aimed at others who may consider using an electric pump. Also, it's best to mount them under the tank - most push fuel better than they pull it 🙂.
My friend had one. We used that thing as the best utility vehicle on the farm as opposed to the tractors. We hauled, fence posts, hay bales, water barrels, etc, etc~~~! You name it, we hauled it !! Great vehicle.. Especially out in the pasture..
I own 3 of these trucks a 67, 68, and a 69, 1 white, 1 green, 1 white and blue. I bought them in a triple package deal 15 years ago for 8k..glad I did..great investment
Back in 1976, when I was 9, my dad got a three year contract to go work in Nigeria (he was an aerial photographer), and the whole family went. Among other things, the company provided one of these VW transporters. Hearing the sound takes me back to my 9 year old self...
What a treat to see that VW. I love those 50's-60's type trucks/Buses kind of like the Ford Econoline truck. Though this VW has incredible functionality. Very well though out. I also enjoy when have your guest the "Bug Ninja" ...Funny I thought he was VW bug expert with that name. Not pest control. He seem to know the VW very well to me....Thank you for posting all the the wonderful vids. Love your channel
Except for pictures, I've only seen two of these Single-Cab Transporters during all my years. I've actually seen more Corvair Series 95 Loadside pickups than the VW Transporter. Sure is good to know that there are a few survivors of this VW original idea still around to appreciate.
I've got a '61 double cab in the garage l purchased in Albuquerque in the '90's. I need to get her up and running again. I won a trophy at a local Albuquerque car show with it when l still lived there. She's a looker, that's for sure!
I am from NL year 1954..when i was younger they were everywhere. In our compact cities and rural roads this was the perfect transportation for loads of people. My uncle grew tomatoes and brought them to distribute in YEAH a red one 😍🍀
For a German who grew up in the 80s, it's kinda weird to see a T2 called "super rare". These things were everywhere still when I was a little kid and not even that rare when I started driving myself. In fact, when I served with the Red Cross in the early 90s (instead of our then-mandatory military service), I got to drive a '70-ish T2 van version from time to time. I remember how well preserved it was ... only 20,000 km on the clock and it still had the smell of a new car. And it drove pretty well for a car of its age. Their compact size and the fact that you're sitting on the front axle make these things pretty nimble.
This style of pickup bed is basically the only type of pickup truck we have in Germany. OK, nowadays they are based on a VW T6, MB Sprinter/VW Crafter (those have been the same vehicle until a short time ago) or Ford Transit van chassis. These vehicles get sold as "cab&frame" and then there are companies that build the pickup bed on top of it. With all 3 sides able to fold down, and sometimes you have also (removable) bars on top of it, so that you can put a tarp on there and have an enclosed full vehicle height cargo area (just closed up with a tarp, but still better than nothing). This type of vehicle is pretty standard here, basically every landscaping company uses something like that, you can rent them as a moving van and so on. Really nothing special, except for the age on this one. Also, the newer ones have a lower chassis, so they don't have the enclosed loading box on the bottom any more.
I used to drive one back in Brazil, they were made until the year 2000, same old 1600 air cooled engine with electronic injection... They're still widely used as work trucks there...That's the reason VW aircooled parts are usually imported from there nowadays
Wow! I'm 69 and used to be a VW mechanic, This makes the third one I've seen. An older model came in the shop one day, don't remember for sure but I think it was a 67. I spotted one about 10 years ago in Nebraska of all places and followed the guy around until he went home, had to get a closer look. Stock they could haul a ton, just not too fast.
Used to work on these in the Air Force back in the 90s in Germany. The shifter was usually like moving a spoon around in a bowl of oatmeal while you hoped you hit a gear. Nice flashback!
just wonderful ! back in the mid 1960's we had a beat utility van with deep creases on one side where it apparently had slid on its side down some highway. I loved driving that van and remember cranking it to start in the winter when the battery was too weak. I think ours had a 28HP motor - a city bus could probably beat it in a drag race but it truly was the most fun truck/car I ever got to experience.
David - I've been enjoying your calm, thorough thorough presentations that are pleasingly void of annoying music and sped up frame sequences. My first car, a VW Type III 'Fastback', was purchased unwittingly not knowing that the condition of the motor was terminal. I was forced to park the car when driving the car in the freezing New England February could not be done without rolling the window down to let the blue smoke roll by me on it's way out the window. I was disappointed, yes, but not deterred. Not knowing the difference between a crankshaft and a camshaft, and never having done an oil or spark plug change in my Iife, I decided to take this moment to school myself. Instead of sending the VDub to the boneyard in the sky, I parked it and planned to rebuild the motor myself during summer break. I saw this as an opportunity for me to gain a 'How Things Work' kind of hands-on knowledge that would benefit me for the rest of my years and spent $800 of my own money (1980 money), for new parts and machine shop services to rebuild the motor. Not even owning so much as a screwdriver, let alone a toolbox to put it in, I also had to acquire all the tools necessary to do this job. Fortunately, my after school job in a back room at Sears Roebuck involved putting price tags on all incoming hardware. Over four months between February and June, I had the benefit of knowing when things were going on sale and was able to add my employee discount on top of the sale price for my planned project. I think it was early August when I was finished the shade tree rebuild. One last facet of how I came from knowing nothing to a succesful engine rebuild was the acquisition of the book "How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive and Well - a Manual of Step by Step Repairs for the Compleat Idiot" by John Muir, reprinted over thirty times since 1979. The style in which the book is written and illustrated far surpasses anything I've ever seen in any of the 'for Dummies' books I have seen or used. My second car would have been a VW Rabbit if John Muir had not died before finishing a similar such 'Compleat Idiot' version of this original. The earlier printings were spiral bound so that you could hold the book in one hand while wrenching with the other. From Chapter One titled 'How to use this book'... "The procedures may read like gibberish in the living room in front of the fire but will come clear when you work directly with the hardware, tools in your hand' From Chapter One also stated as a seventh and last step subtitle 'Love' in... 'Procedure for how to run Procedures" - Muirs call for a return to calm when everything seems to start to go wrong... "This is a tough (part of your procedures as it) will make or break you. You must do your work with love or you fail. You don't have to think, but you must love. This is one of the reasons I have nice tools. If I get hung up with maybe a busted knuckle or a busted stud, I feel my tools, like art objects...until the rage subsides and (I) sense love in return. Try it and it works." (personally, I have a way of taking a physical break from the difficulty at hand and stepping back to wrap my head around the situation) Finally, remembering that this book was written during the summer of love that was Woodstock 1969, John closes his introduction by writing... "While the levels of logic of the human entity are many and varied, your car operates on one simple level and it is up to you to understand its trip. Talk to the car, then shut up and listen. Feel with your car; use all of your receptive senses and when you find out what it needs, seek the operation out and perform it with love. The type of life your car contains differs from yours by time scale, logic level and conceptual anomalies but is "Life" nonetheless. Its Karma depends on your desire to make and keep it - ALIVE" ('ALIVE' being a nod to the title of his book) My old VDub is 40 years behind me, and that book with my greasy fingerprints has since long disappeared. That VDub was my first - and my last. I ordered a newer cleaner copy for my bookshelf about five years ago for nostalgic purposes (and the great' almost cartoon like illustrations there-in), but more importantly I gained a 'How Things Work' kind of automotive education that has served me well in the many years since. For the air-cooled VDub owners and enthusiasts that came to this CarWizards page looking for air-cooled VDub maintenance help, I highly recommend this book as it competently and effectively speaks to all manner of air-cooled Vdubs and also applies to all engine sizes 1200cc thru 2000cc. Thank you CarWizard - the presentation was on par with (or or even better than) Jay Lenos Garage.
When I was going to college back in the late seventies there was a builder here in New Zealand with one of those in red. My parents had friends that bought an earlier crewcab version back in the sixties new, that still exists.
I recall one in New Plymouth in the mid 70's. It was very tail happy in the wet which is probably why I recall it - lots of revs and wheel spin in Devon Street. I had a VW camper in England for three years 79 -80 and liked it very much. Contrary to the comment about the heater being marginal I thought it worked quite well.
@@terrybrown8539 I live in New Plymouth! Ngamotu Rd. Had a type 3 fastback years back and the heater boxes were wrapped from the factory to retain the heat, obviously left bare they will lose quite a bit. I recall leaving a pen on the floor and the heater was so hot it would distort the pen, never seen a modern car do that.
I started my apprenticeship at a VW dealership, we had a 71 Crewcab type 2 bus with that bed,used it for parts pickup and delivery and customer shuttle. Drove it one day at 60 mph with heavy cross winds,now that was a adventure. Yes there was a sway bar up front. I noticed that there were no heater levers on the heat exchangers not that there was alot of heat to be delivered. In Canada we got gas heaters as stock equipment.
This vehicle beat me to my earthly existence by a year. Gorgeous vehicle. Amazing that Car Wizard wowed the Bug Ninja. I knew the Bug Ninja liked Volvos and Saabs but I didn't know he had a soft spot for Volkwagens too.
I remember in the mid to late 60s my dad had three VW buses, all twin flat front wind screens, two delivery vans and a Samba bus with all the side windows, two tone white and red, the Samba was sold, the other two, I know exactly where they are, about 200 feet down a sand digging hole, now covered up in a little town in south Limburg in the Netherlands, that we pushed them into because they were worked so hard carting flowers and at the time they where not worth fixing because of the rust, no money to spend anyway. I have many funny memories of those, so did "Shir", the mechanic that worked on the things daily! Wish I could go back in time and pick up a couple.
Back in the day, the '60's, these were really popular, specially in Europe, as race car transporters. Particularly the extended bed which had a 2' longer bed.
Wizard, you and Ninja are spot on- we will not likely ever see the like of this Transporter or it's little Beetle brother ever again, Also my beloved sixties muscle cars. None of them can get within a stones throw of today's emissions rules in the US or Europe- nor will they pass minimum highway safety standards as new vehicles. This van has the axles with two CV joints- as did all of VW's production by '68- the same swing axle design that led Ralph Nader to damn the Corvair- as well as a design that collapses onto the driver's legs in a front end collision- something too many "working stiffs" driving company vehicles found out the hard way. So, as much as we all might miss the simplicity of the greater elegance of design, I think we all would agree the modern product is a vast improvement over this exceptional single cab. FR
Mustie1 has one (it's on loan to a museum at the moment) that he uses and he has quite a few videos of when he restored it. They don't go real fast but it does look fun. That's one of the best ones I've seen in a while.
We need more old VW content to keep watching. Watching this VW transport, made me remember the one VW Bus my dad had when I was growing up. Unfortunately it caught fire and was gone but aside from that, very amazing memories
My dad used to borrow one of these from work when I was a kid in the early 60:s. I always wanted to join him. I was walking around among grandmas furniture on the bed once. She was moving, suddenly there was no more flat bed and I hit my head on the stone stairs by grandmas house. I still have a dimple in my forehead from that. Sometimes dad would borrow a Volvo Duett instead.
It's funny to see people being all excited about the Transporter. It was a common thing to see when I grew up in Germany. We didn't have pickup trucks. I guess we would have been all excited about seeing a pick up.
Well done for featuring such an unusual and rare VW. Amazingly, a company local to me in the UK, still make a new camper van based on this vehicles heritage and history. Love the colour and another great video. Great input from Wizard's VW expert friend.
Im really glad i clicked on one of hoovies videos a while back because it brought me eventually to the car wizard and this show is great....his whole disposition and demeanor is so calm and yet he has this very good dry humor . Great show guys ....sending much love from Buffalo NY
Not crazy they were commercial vehicels from the start, keep it cheap and simple. The French and Britisch had a simulair aproach for its commercial vehicels at that time.
I got to ride in one back 3o years ago. It was in in Greece and a local farmer was using it to move livestock, olives, and oranges. It had a lot of patina. Last I saw it has been parked on the side of the road now for about 20 years now.
In the 70s my next door neighbor had a 68 VW Bus the same colors as this one. The bus drove great you would barely kow you went over a speed bump. I love the trucks and have never seen one in person.
Even here in Germany you don't see the T2 as a pick up truck in this condition. I can't remember when I saw the last one...doesn't matter if it was a double or single cab....can't remember. Awesome piece. Wow. If I remember the storage under the bed was called "coffin" 😄
I am 32 buti still got the last of the cheap vws, when i started liking these when i was 16 i still saw buses and beetles for cheap but the prices were starting to explode. The last one i bought was a 72 bus for 2K, running and with minimal rust, good luck getting one like that right now. Imagine how many of these were crushed and rusted away, for a long time these were considered old cars and nobody ever tought they were going to reach triple digits.
Very common in the U.K. in 70’s and 80’s used in the building trade so many got beat up and the British weather finished off many as well. Very few left here only seen in car shows that I have seen. That’s a fabulous looking one your customer has👍😎
Wizard, if it's not too late, check the push rod tube seals for leakage. It was dirt common for those to leak oil, and the repair is to use aftermarket, length-adjustable push rod tubes with new seals!
I think this particular vehicle has more than 50 HP judging by the dual Webber carbs. It probably has more displacement and most likely dual port heads and a cam too. What a sweet rig! Love it! They even made these with a dual cab with 4 doors. Could you imagine what one of those would be worth today if it was in this good of condition? OMG!
Nice to see you're so excited about this VW! I remember these being used for selling vegetables and fruits overhere in Holland when I was a little boy.
Nice old machine. Neighbors had an old VW van. There was a short but steep hill that the van had to speed up before the hill just to get to the top. Anyway, CW, it reminds of the Little Red Wagon years ago. That boy was the master of wheelies.
"Street & Sand Toys" In Oakland Park, Florida has TWO of these in their parking lot! They aren't in the same shape but they are decent, I think they are for sale. Great video!
These Type 2 Transporters were everywhere when I grew up in the 1970s here in Norway. Busses, vans, singe cab pickups, double cab pickups, all sorts. My friends dad had a bus, my dad's college had a single cab pickup, like this one, just all bright orange. Then all of a sudden they became worthless, and disappeared, and nowadays you almost never see one. And they are beginning to fetch very high prices even here in Europe.
Wizard, you missed the holes in the rear drop gate. It allows the brake, tail & turn signals to be visible when the gate is down.
Bug Ninja's got that VW vibe of honest purpose and integrity. Great to see him back!
Too bad that VW long ago abandoned their 'honest purpose and integrity' vibe.
These guys need to have their own show! Wizard and Ninja together have an amazing vibe!
Bet you any amount of dollars he would prefer to be known as "the vag ninja"........i guess none of the previous commenters watch Mustie1, he has a few of these... Maybe not as pretty
It's always a treat when the "Bug Ninja" and the "Car Wizard" get together.
Didn't comment the holes in the tailgate are so you can see the brake lights when the gate is folded down. Really cool.
Nice, wondered what the deal was!!
It's this very make, model, and shade of orange that got me into VeeDubs. I was a milk delivery boy in the late 80s and the dairy workhorse was an old unloved and beaten down bus just like this, she would struggle to get up any gradients and hated being loaded down to her axles, and would fake her own death every single night, but she just kept going and going and going. Long may they live in this world.
One don't see them anymore here in South Africa, but in the 70's and 80's these kombi-bakkies (vw bus-ute/truck) were plentiful. ☺😎👍
Indeed, my dad had a slightly later model pickup/bakkie and then in the 80s he also had another model in the boxy Caravelle (I think) shape. None of them were as immaculate as the one in this video though.
Because in South Africa they've all been stolen and wrecked
@@LS-ye5pp Yep. Or rusted away in pieces. Rip 😅
Come to Brazil we still have. :)
Here’s a couple in descent ones Pretoria
I am just in awe at this - this is more practical than any vehicle today.
Adrian seems like a kind and smart man. I appreciate having him in this video.
13:03 hmmm, you are looking right at the sway bar, good thing you had the bug ninja along!
One of my earliest memories, is seeing a local supermarket would pickup shopping carts in one.
I was about 4 years old in 1969 Hollywood, California. This was very cool seeing this one.
Rest in peace, simple vehicles. It was nice to have known you.
These were really commom here in Brazil... both the air cooled gas and one with a diesel engine... until a few years ago, you would see them around, basically trashed, but still working somehow, on the hands of really poor people, who used them to collect cardboard and alluminium to recicle... nowdays its rarer to see, but you can still find them working hard to earn someones living
They've become so collectible up here in the US that several companies import transporters from Brazil and try to sell them up here
originally they have never been supplied with diesel
Thing was so famous around here in Brazil that it was produced up until the 2010s with a modified boxer with electronic injection and all when the safety regulations killed it when airbags went mandatory in 2013
Gotta love the simple, utilitarian and practical nature of that vehicle! Truly a unique and rare gem!
I well recall my father bringing home a fixed roof Westy-like T2 conversion (same colours) in the early '70s that had cost him £1500 plus a trade-in. It had the later bumpers so can't have been 2 years old. He drove it all over Europe for about 25 years with my mother in their retirement, even pulling a small caravan and all with the upright 1600 engine. I was gutted when he told me he had sold it.
I have so much respect for the owner. To use it for what it was designed for and still be able to keep it in almost museum condition.
Adrian has a really soothing voice
looks like he has lost a lot of weight too :)
Beautiful single cab Bay. Being a 68 that's the very first year of the Bay Window, lots of parts are 1yr only on it (doors, door handles, dash clocks, wipers, and the chassis to name a few bits, I have a 68 Bay Westfalia Camper (there's a few videos of it on my TH-cam channel).
Sway bar is attached to the bottom of the Torsion arms, you put your hand on it.
The coilovers on the rear is probably to sort a sagging rear end.
It's often the Output shaft seals that leak on the gearboxes.
Also if they are setup properly, with all their tinware aircooled VW's rarely overheat.
I saw the sway bar as well!
On the overheating .. you definitely need all tinware in place , you know why a aircooled doesn’t have an heat gauge? You really don’t want to know what temperature that engine is dealing with constantly 🤭 they will outlast almost every new vehicle on the road today.. I can also daily mine any day
I’m guessing he missed the sway bar since they don’t use end links like most others.
Okay I assumed the "Bug Ninja" was for the VW love, but he's an insect exterminator! That's funny!
I know right hahaha, what a plot twist!
Double Entendre lmao
I think in earlier videos Bug Ninga previously had spent years working in a Volkswagen dealership and is very experienced on anything Volkswagen.
Found that out watching WatchJRGo's headliner video!
Welcome back Adrian! Goid to hear your input and insight!
The Bug Ninja!!! Dude has a duel purposed name... The love for VW Bugs and if it has legs/wings/or other things, just kill it!!! Thank you fellas & gal for a most awesome trip down memory lane!!!
Memories of the Panel Van version of this c 1970. We normally walked a mile to and from school. On day we came out at finishing time and it was absolutely tipping down with rain. Luckily at that point a friends father, who was a plumber, pulled up in his VW panel van. "Jump in the van and I will drop you off at your houses" he said. So about six of us jumped in the back and stood there amongst his plumbing tools and fittings hanging on to anything that was convenient while he drove through this rainstorm dropping each one of us off at our houses. Thank you Mr Morgan and his VW Type 2 Panel Van.
Years ago the general rule was use the original VW valve covers with the original spring steel hold downs. It was believed that using the rocker shaft bolts to hold cast covers caused the shaft to loosen changing the valve lash and causing valve problems. We would remove the factory oil cooler ( which bloocked airflow to the drivers front cylinder) and put an aftermarket cooler in front of the air intake on the fan shroud.
As a car lover, this channel is very therapeutic. Thanks for the great content Mr and Mrs Wizard 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
Love the single cab. Claude's buggies is now called CB performance out of California.
In farmersville, CA. 😊
I lived right behind the shop. They used to have a motor inside the show room with twin turbos on it. Way cool
The engine work they did on the Kombilife channel was epic
I don't live in the area, but if I did, I would 100% support Omega Auto Clinic and Bug Ninja.
Loved seeing this. Lucky enough to remember these as a child
Always nice to see the Bug Ninja.
Hello Car Wizard,
my Dad worked as a carpenter from the 50s to the 80s here in 🇩🇪. For many years this kind of Bulli was his work Truck. My Dad and all his colleagues used the storage below the truckbed for the expensive tools they need for work. So they were safe and dry.
I remember well I loved to drive with my Dad in the Bulli. A total different experience to the drive in a normal Beetle / Käfer 🤣👍
Thanks for showing this Bulli.
Well Mrs. Wizard! You know what he wants for Christmas!!
Imagine Wizard, dressed as Santa, Driving this as his sleigh, loaded with presents.
Would that make _her_ 308 Rudolph?
@@danielseelye6005 Rudolph the red nose 'Rari
That's a gorgeous single cab...congrats to the owner for keeping it in such beautiful and (mostly) stock condition. So many of these get slammed to the ground and IMHO it takes away from their charm.
I agree with Adrian...these cars are beautiful because of their simplicity and honesty and we'll never see their ilk again. :(
BTW the storage area underneath the bed is usually called the "treasure chest"
The people who take it away from stock do not deserve these cars at all. Sadly I don't have the money to have a say.
My early memories is driving with my grandpa in his 60’s bus in the 60’s and I loved it I was only a few years old but remember it clearly! He owned a few examples of these for his painting business. 😁wish we still had them
What a vehicle. People can ooo and ah at the supercars. Very few appreciate the simplicity and the "this is all you need" mentality of vehicle like this. These are vehicle's that with a little know how and minimal cost will just keep on going. Love it.
Bug Ninja is such a cool calm person, so nice! Would love to watch him more on TH-cam!
He's also a treasure trove of VOLVO information.
Walking encyclopedia on VOLVO stuff.
These guys need to have their own show! Wizard and Ninja together have an amazing vibe!
That is one of the cleanest engines I've ever seen.
That's a real "back to my youth feeling". Those VW's were everywhere in the streets. The regular transporter used by shop owners as a delivery van and those pick ups were used by cityworkers of various departments. Roadworkers, gardeners and much more. When I hear those prices these days I'm so sorry I never bought one for just hundred or twohundred bucks.
My neighbor collects VW and he’s got a similar looking VW “truck”. Super strange looking car but, it’s the only one I’ve ever seen.
So interesting to se You Mr Wizard at my home turf. I have so much appreciation for your knowledge and that makes my fascination with your experience of this so much more intense. I have a couple of buses myself amongst which a 67 single cab which I've been restoring for the last five years.
The space beneath the bed is referred to as "treasure chest". During the restoration I've spent quite a few hours inside with the welder and grinder since I wanted to keep the original bed, imagine those working conditions!.The front beam actually has a sway bar, that's the rod parallel to the torsion suspension tied into the lower control arms. It doesn't do much for the simple suspension however. The third "pod" in the dash was for the clock that only came standard on the deluxe models but was optional for the others (never seen one in a truck though). The upholstery is more than likely restored, these commercial vehicles only had vinyl upholstery, even the deluxes as far as I'm concerned.
The simplicity (and shortcomings) of these vehicles is exactly why we like them, it makes them easy to work on and inspiring to reminisce about. I guess it's the European counterpart of the F100's and similar. Everyone has a story to tell about them and they're still found behind barns in the countryside today!
Cheers from Sweden!/Kee
In Germany a lot of these were used in factories for parts/tool haulers.
A local dad from my school was a builder who had one of those. I remember him doing some work around the school, arriving with all the materials for the job on the back and all the tools locked underneath. Also, it was small enough to drive around the walking paths, so it could be parked right next to the job.
We see them a bit more here in the UK, they sell for £60k In that condition.
In the day they were popular with motorcycle shops, they put ramps in the storage box and ramped the bikes up n tied down, Hang-gliders liked them too as they had good ground clearance n talk for driving the hill-sides.
I agree 100% with Bug Ninja on the simplicity of old cars, how cars like that will never happen again, and how underappreciated they are or will be.
I know you recently converted the bug to an electric fuel pump. Weber carburetors don't like more than 3 lbs of pressure - overwhelms the needle and seat. I recommend using a quality fuel pressure regulator. Thank You for the video on a very nice single cab 👍
Exactly my thoughts as soon as Wizard discussed it fuel pressure regulator is a must or they will flood all the time.
In the video on the bug, he mentions that it needs 2-3 psi. I’m pretty sure he installed a pump that delivers that pressure. No regulator needed.
Most aftermarket fuel pumps are poorly regulated. Commonly used "facet" brand varies and I have measured them them with pressure between 2 and 7 psi. My post was more aimed at others who may consider using an electric pump. Also, it's best to mount them under the tank - most push fuel better than they pull it 🙂.
My friend had one. We used that thing as the best utility vehicle on the farm as opposed to the tractors. We hauled, fence posts, hay bales, water barrels, etc, etc~~~! You name it, we hauled it !! Great vehicle.. Especially out in the pasture..
There is a sway bar, it's in front of the beam
What’s up VW lifers!
I own 3 of these trucks a 67, 68, and a 69, 1 white, 1 green, 1 white and blue. I bought them in a triple package deal 15 years ago for 8k..glad I did..great investment
Back in 1976, when I was 9, my dad got a three year contract to go work in Nigeria (he was an aerial photographer), and the whole family went. Among other things, the company provided one of these VW transporters. Hearing the sound takes me back to my 9 year old self...
What a treat to see that VW. I love those 50's-60's type trucks/Buses kind of like the Ford Econoline truck. Though this VW has incredible functionality. Very well though out.
I also enjoy when have your guest the "Bug Ninja" ...Funny I thought he was VW bug expert with that name. Not pest control. He seem to know the VW very well to me....Thank you for posting all the the wonderful vids. Love your channel
Except for pictures, I've only seen two of these Single-Cab Transporters during all my years. I've actually seen more Corvair Series 95 Loadside pickups than the VW Transporter. Sure is good to know that there are a few survivors of this VW original idea still around to appreciate.
I've got a '61 double cab in the garage l purchased in Albuquerque in the '90's. I need to get her up and running again. I won a trophy at a local Albuquerque car show with it when l still lived there. She's a looker, that's for sure!
I am from NL year 1954..when i was younger they were everywhere.
In our compact cities and rural roads this was the perfect transportation for loads of people.
My uncle grew tomatoes and brought them to distribute in YEAH a red one 😍🍀
For a German who grew up in the 80s, it's kinda weird to see a T2 called "super rare". These things were everywhere still when I was a little kid and not even that rare when I started driving myself. In fact, when I served with the Red Cross in the early 90s (instead of our then-mandatory military service), I got to drive a '70-ish T2 van version from time to time. I remember how well preserved it was ... only 20,000 km on the clock and it still had the smell of a new car. And it drove pretty well for a car of its age. Their compact size and the fact that you're sitting on the front axle make these things pretty nimble.
This style of pickup bed is basically the only type of pickup truck we have in Germany. OK, nowadays they are based on a VW T6, MB Sprinter/VW Crafter (those have been the same vehicle until a short time ago) or Ford Transit van chassis. These vehicles get sold as "cab&frame" and then there are companies that build the pickup bed on top of it. With all 3 sides able to fold down, and sometimes you have also (removable) bars on top of it, so that you can put a tarp on there and have an enclosed full vehicle height cargo area (just closed up with a tarp, but still better than nothing). This type of vehicle is pretty standard here, basically every landscaping company uses something like that, you can rent them as a moving van and so on. Really nothing special, except for the age on this one. Also, the newer ones have a lower chassis, so they don't have the enclosed loading box on the bottom any more.
I used to drive one back in Brazil, they were made until the year 2000, same old 1600 air cooled engine with electronic injection... They're still widely used as work trucks there...That's the reason VW aircooled parts are usually imported from there nowadays
Wow! I'm 69 and used to be a VW mechanic, This makes the third one I've seen. An older model came in the shop one day, don't remember for sure but I think it was a 67. I spotted one about 10 years ago in Nebraska of all places and followed the guy around until he went home, had to get a closer look. Stock they could haul a ton, just not too fast.
If not for your show I would never have seen a vehicle like this! Thank you Dave!
Used to work on these in the Air Force back in the 90s in Germany. The shifter was usually like moving a spoon around in a bowl of oatmeal while you hoped you hit a gear. Nice flashback!
You could perform a 2ft circle (600mm) with the shifter knob and you might not engage any gear.....
just wonderful ! back in the mid 1960's we had a beat utility van with deep creases on one side where it apparently had slid on its side down some highway. I loved driving that van and remember cranking it to start in the winter when the battery was too weak. I think ours had a 28HP motor - a city bus could probably beat it in a drag race but it truly was the most fun truck/car I ever got to experience.
Beautiful. My favorite VW from the 60s and 70s
David - I've been enjoying your calm, thorough thorough presentations that are pleasingly void of annoying music and sped up frame sequences. My first car, a VW Type III 'Fastback', was purchased unwittingly not knowing that the condition of the motor was terminal. I was forced to park the car when driving the car in the freezing New England February could not be done without rolling the window down to let the blue smoke roll by me on it's way out the window.
I was disappointed, yes, but not deterred. Not knowing the difference between a crankshaft and a camshaft, and never having done an oil or spark plug change in my Iife, I decided to take this moment to school myself. Instead of sending the VDub to the boneyard in the sky, I parked it and planned to rebuild the motor myself during summer break. I saw this as an opportunity for me to gain a 'How Things Work' kind of hands-on knowledge that would benefit me for the rest of my years and spent $800 of my own money (1980 money), for new parts and machine shop services to rebuild the motor.
Not even owning so much as a screwdriver, let alone a toolbox to put it in, I also had to acquire all the tools necessary to do this job. Fortunately, my after school job in a back room at Sears Roebuck involved putting price tags on all incoming hardware. Over four months between February and June, I had the benefit of knowing when things were going on sale and was able to add my employee discount on top of the sale price for my planned project. I think it was early August when I was finished the shade tree rebuild.
One last facet of how I came from knowing nothing to a succesful engine rebuild was the acquisition of the book "How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive and Well - a Manual of Step by Step Repairs for the Compleat Idiot" by John Muir, reprinted over thirty times since 1979. The style in which the book is written and illustrated far surpasses anything I've ever seen in any of the 'for Dummies' books I have seen or used. My second car would have been a VW Rabbit if John Muir had not died before finishing a similar such 'Compleat Idiot' version of this original. The earlier printings were spiral bound so that you could hold the book in one hand while wrenching with the other.
From Chapter One titled 'How to use this book'...
"The procedures may read like gibberish in the living room in front of the fire but will come clear when you work directly with the hardware, tools in your hand'
From Chapter One also stated as a seventh and last step subtitle 'Love' in...
'Procedure for how to run Procedures" - Muirs call for a return to calm when everything seems to start to go wrong...
"This is a tough (part of your procedures as it) will make or break you. You must do your work with love or you fail. You don't have to think, but you must love. This is one of the reasons I have nice tools. If I get hung up with maybe a busted knuckle or a busted stud, I feel my tools, like art objects...until the rage subsides and (I) sense love in return. Try it and it works." (personally, I have a way of taking a physical break from the difficulty at hand and stepping back to wrap my head around the situation)
Finally, remembering that this book was written during the summer of love that was Woodstock 1969, John closes his introduction by writing...
"While the levels of logic of the human entity are many and varied, your car operates on one simple level and it is up to you to understand its trip. Talk to the car, then shut up and listen. Feel with your car; use all of your receptive senses and when you find out what it needs, seek the operation out and perform it with love. The type of life your car contains differs from yours by time scale, logic level and conceptual anomalies but is "Life" nonetheless. Its Karma depends on your desire to make and keep it - ALIVE" ('ALIVE' being a nod to the title of his book)
My old VDub is 40 years behind me, and that book with my greasy fingerprints has since long disappeared. That VDub was my first - and my last. I ordered a newer cleaner copy for my bookshelf about five years ago for nostalgic purposes (and the great' almost cartoon like illustrations there-in), but more importantly I gained a 'How Things Work' kind of automotive education that has served me well in the many years since.
For the air-cooled VDub owners and enthusiasts that came to this CarWizards page looking for air-cooled VDub maintenance help, I highly recommend this book as it competently and effectively speaks to all manner of air-cooled Vdubs and also applies to all engine sizes 1200cc thru 2000cc.
Thank you CarWizard - the presentation was on par with (or or even better than) Jay Lenos Garage.
When I was going to college back in the late seventies there was a builder here in New Zealand with one of those in red. My parents had friends that bought an earlier crewcab version back in the sixties new, that still exists.
I recall one in New Plymouth in the mid 70's. It was very tail happy in the wet which is probably why I recall it - lots of revs and wheel spin in Devon Street. I had a VW camper in England for three years 79 -80 and liked it very much. Contrary to the comment about the heater being marginal I thought it worked quite well.
@@terrybrown8539 I live in New Plymouth! Ngamotu Rd. Had a type 3 fastback years back and the heater boxes were wrapped from the factory to retain the heat, obviously left bare they will lose quite a bit. I recall leaving a pen on the floor and the heater was so hot it would distort the pen, never seen a modern car do that.
Suspect built back in the days when big collars and flared trousers…were all the fashion 😎😎
This would be right up my uncle’s wheelhouse! (He used to work for VW as a test driver in the early to mid 90s, and restores vintage VWs on the side)
I started my apprenticeship at a VW dealership, we had a 71 Crewcab type 2 bus with that bed,used it for parts pickup and delivery and customer shuttle. Drove it one day at 60 mph with heavy cross winds,now that was a adventure. Yes there was a sway bar up front. I noticed that there were no heater levers on the heat exchangers not that there was alot of heat to be delivered. In Canada we got gas heaters as stock equipment.
The dash is like the '69 Type 3 notchback I had in my youth. The empty opening should be for a clock.
No lie, this is the coolest vehicle you've ever had in the shop.
This vehicle beat me to my earthly existence by a year. Gorgeous vehicle. Amazing that Car Wizard wowed the Bug Ninja.
I knew the Bug Ninja liked Volvos and Saabs but I didn't know he had a soft spot for Volkwagens too.
I remember in the mid to late 60s my dad had three VW buses, all twin flat front wind screens, two delivery vans and a Samba bus with all the side windows, two tone white and red, the Samba was sold, the other two, I know exactly where they are, about 200 feet down a sand digging hole, now covered up in a little town in south Limburg in the Netherlands, that we pushed them into because they were worked so hard carting flowers and at the time they where not worth fixing because of the rust, no money to spend anyway. I have many funny memories of those, so did "Shir", the mechanic that worked on the things daily! Wish I could go back in time and pick up a couple.
Very cool indeed and rare because of the chicken tax
Back in the day, the '60's, these were really popular, specially in Europe, as race car transporters. Particularly the extended bed which had a 2' longer bed.
Haha! It has holes in the back panel so that you can see the rear lights while the panel is down! Simple and brilliant!
That Transporter is stunning!! The engine compartment was incredible!!
you guys really are a great team-so much information-given in a clear easy to understand manner.
Wizard, you and Ninja are spot on- we will not likely ever see the like of this Transporter or it's little Beetle brother ever again, Also my beloved sixties muscle cars. None of them can get within a stones throw of today's emissions rules in the US or Europe- nor will they pass minimum highway safety standards as new vehicles. This van has the axles with two CV joints- as did all of VW's production by '68- the same swing axle design that led Ralph Nader to damn the Corvair- as well as a design that collapses onto the driver's legs in a front end collision- something too many "working stiffs" driving company vehicles found out the hard way. So, as much as we all might miss the simplicity of the greater elegance of design, I think we all would agree the modern product is a vast improvement over this exceptional single cab. FR
Mustie1 has one (it's on loan to a museum at the moment) that he uses and he has quite a few videos of when he restored it. They don't go real fast but it does look fun. That's one of the best ones I've seen in a while.
That's museum grade. Outstanding.
rightt!!! I have never seen a vehicle this clean inside and out, not even at a dealership
We need more old VW content to keep watching. Watching this VW transport, made me remember the one VW Bus my dad had when I was growing up. Unfortunately it caught fire and was gone but aside from that, very amazing memories
My dad used to borrow one of these from work when I was a kid in the early 60:s. I always wanted to join him. I was walking around among grandmas furniture on the bed once. She was moving, suddenly there was no more flat bed and I hit my head on the stone stairs by grandmas house. I still have a dimple in my forehead from that. Sometimes dad would borrow a Volvo Duett instead.
3:30. It's always the last one you try.... 😁
The German term for this configuration is "Pritsche"
It's funny to see people being all excited about the Transporter. It was a common thing to see when I grew up in Germany. We didn't have pickup trucks. I guess we would have been all excited about seeing a pick up.
Well done for featuring such an unusual and rare VW. Amazingly, a company local to me in the UK, still make a new camper van based on this vehicles heritage and history. Love the colour and another great video. Great input from Wizard's VW expert friend.
Im really glad i clicked on one of hoovies videos a while back because it brought me eventually to the car wizard and this show is great....his whole disposition and demeanor is so calm and yet he has this very good dry humor . Great show guys ....sending much love from Buffalo NY
They actually put holes in the tail gate so the tail lights can be seen with the gate down . Oh those crazy Germans. lol Awesome attention to details.
Not crazy they were commercial vehicels from the start, keep it cheap and simple.
The French and Britisch had a simulair aproach for its commercial vehicels at that time.
I got to ride in one back 3o years ago. It was in in Greece and a local farmer was using it to move livestock, olives, and oranges. It had a lot of patina. Last I saw it has been parked on the side of the road now for about 20 years now.
That is one cool VW Transporter!! Thanks for sharing!! Wild that all those sides/rear flip down to create a flatbed.
In the 70s my next door neighbor had a 68 VW Bus the same colors as this one. The bus drove great you would barely kow you went over a speed bump. I love the trucks and have never seen one in person.
There was one in really nice shape back in the mid 70s owned by a VW independent shop! Painted black and a clean machine!
Even here in Germany you don't see the T2 as a pick up truck in this condition. I can't remember when I saw the last one...doesn't matter if it was a double or single cab....can't remember. Awesome piece. Wow.
If I remember the storage under the bed was called "coffin" 😄
My High School football Coach- Coach Simon- had a green one of these that we rode on down to the practice field.
I am 32 buti still got the last of the cheap vws, when i started liking these when i was 16 i still saw buses and beetles for cheap but the prices were starting to explode. The last one i bought was a 72 bus for 2K, running and with minimal rust, good luck getting one like that right now. Imagine how many of these were crushed and rusted away, for a long time these were considered old cars and nobody ever tought they were going to reach triple digits.
Very common in the U.K. in 70’s and 80’s used in the building trade so many got beat up and the British weather finished off many as well. Very few left here only seen in car shows that I have seen. That’s a fabulous looking one your customer has👍😎
That is really cool! VW has made some interesting vehicles over the decades. Learned why Bug Ninja is called the Bug Ninja!
Warble warble. Thing sounds awesome!
lol
Wizard, if it's not too late, check the push rod tube seals for leakage. It was dirt common for those to leak oil, and the repair is to use aftermarket, length-adjustable push rod tubes with new seals!
I think this particular vehicle has more than 50 HP judging by the dual Webber carbs. It probably has more displacement and most likely dual port heads and a cam too. What a sweet rig! Love it!
They even made these with a dual cab with 4 doors. Could you imagine what one of those would be worth today if it was in this good of condition? OMG!
Nice to see you're so excited about this VW! I remember these being used for selling vegetables and fruits overhere in Holland when I was a little boy.
Nice old machine. Neighbors had an old VW van. There was a short but steep hill that the van had to speed up before the hill just to get to the top. Anyway, CW, it reminds of the Little Red Wagon years ago. That boy was the master of wheelies.
"Street & Sand Toys" In Oakland Park, Florida has TWO of these in their parking lot! They aren't in the same shape but they are decent, I think they are for sale.
Great video!
But are they the same year (1968) as this or earlier?
The sound of the keys rub on the paint of the storage lid made me jump!
"this is so nice" as he leaves the keys in the storage lid as he opens it. Few minor scratches. I'm sure the owner won't mind.
It will buff
These Type 2 Transporters were everywhere when I grew up in the 1970s here in Norway. Busses, vans, singe cab pickups, double cab pickups, all sorts. My friends dad had a bus, my dad's college had a single cab pickup, like this one, just all bright orange. Then all of a sudden they became worthless, and disappeared, and nowadays you almost never see one. And they are beginning to fetch very high prices even here in Europe.