Awesome seeing these old rigs! I grew up in one back in 1970-75 In Hollywood CA, after his return from Vietnam, we went all over CA, AZ, Baja. Lots of great memories...VW!
*Thanks for taking me almost 60 years back in time, where I started as a 13 y old kid, having my [adoptive] dad teaching me the magic of driving, in our grayish-beige, '62 split window transporter!* (What I remember most vividly, is driving _alone_ - at fourteen, on a crispy night, on snow covered Norwegian country roads, with the snowflakes in the headlights coming towards me, _ohhh,_ what memories! . . . ) Thanks for sharing you guys! 🙏
I've owned four of those darn things, had my 63 down most of the bad dirt roads of Baja in search of waves and tromped all over Australia in a 77. One day I met a Landcruiser guy in the eighties, bought one and never looked back. That video brings back memories and some residual ptsd
Das einfach nur zu beobachten ist schon ein schönes Gefühl. Ich hatte vor 35 Jahren einen VW T-2, Bj. 1975, mit Hochdach und Hochschiebetür, allerdings war innen nur 174 cm hoch. Schöne Grüße nach Amerika aus Hannover
It's fantastic to see so many of these old busses still out and about. I still miss my old 1966 bus that took me half way round Australia and i still kick myself for ever having sold it now the ones still around are stupid prices. Thaanks for taking the vid
GREAT video! Wonderful O'l buses. I had a mint 71 hardtop Westy that we drove up Thomas Mt in So Cal...pretty rough road, took our time and when we arrived at the top there was a Jeep Jamboree going on. They were not to stoked to see a VW bus make it all the way to the top. My favorite vehicle. Thank you for the memories!
What a beautiful video, I belong to WetWesties and we do campouts 1-2 times a month all year. Many Bus's and Vanagon's, I am owned by STORMY an 87 Vanagon Westfalia Camper and have had her for 14 years. Thank You for putting together such a beautiful and interesting movie. ☯️
I had a 1977 bus sure was a fun vehicle. When I was like 22 years old I took off one summer on a cross country camping trip from Pa to Montana and back it was the time of my life. One of those things you can do when you are young and have no responsibilities to speak of. This reminded me of that trip and sent me looking at old photos. Thanks
This video stumbled into my feed, somehow. I ended up watching it to its conclusion. I found it amazing that you could get this many old VW buses together in one spot and then take them offroad. Great comaraderie! I almost never see any on the road. I always thought these had been gobbled up by collectors and restored, yet her are some that look beat, but damn, you guys are having fun with them. Maybe add a little voice over where everyone is pulled to the side of the road explaing the reason why i.e. "We stopped because the engines needed to cool", and/or add something at the end presenting the number of break downs and what they were as well as how many started and how many finished. Who drove the farthest. It would be easy to make a documentary on this event. I am just amazed you guys could climbe all those mountain roads and not overheat. Loved the video.
I had a 74 bus camper.The top popped up for additional sleeping and had a fold down bed in the rear. Bought it used in the 90's. Still had bug screens for all the front windows. Drove it to Nothern Upper Michigan and Canada to go camping.Since it had all the engine weight on the rear wheels, I could drive it on many 2 track old logging roads, it had good traction. 2000 CC engine, automatic.
I don't know what it is about those little VW buses, but they are so damn cool and I've kinda always wanted one.. I had no idea that you guys grouped up like this, which adds a whole new layer of nerdy coolness to this whole thing it's really got my considering picking one up!!
Nice caravan honest footage! love they are used and NOT just show vans...lol. Jay leno's stuff.. but he has a sweet collection! awesome footage.... I had a 1990 Vanagan... 1300 bought it clean!! nice.. unknown miles.. not a westy!.. (too expensive and loved what I had for few years.. did some upgrades in late 90's, inch lift, truck off-road tires, water tank, extra gas n full spare.. it was white, with a sweet ground effects, cool stock rims, n matching light grey interior, 2.0 liquid cooled.. built a nice rooftop rack with deck to sit on top,,, when near lake/ scenery! collapsable ladder, portable heat.. nice cooler, radio/ cassette n cb radio ! ... as prior to internet!! n smart shit! affordable cell phones or portable solar... (had secondary marine battery when running charged for lights other, gas oven, extra storage Went to upper MI, some off-road as your video shows! wish I had a digital cam back then... just film! , n distal film in 2000's... Loved sleeping next to Lake Superior, n neighborhood stealthy with the white block out drapes.. driving was a pleasure!! moved with my siamese cat! and mtb bike, large ass old school stereo.. Carver, amp receiver n Klipsch speakers, n amp. kayak, n snowboards... camping gear.. yakima space case w stuff... made it to CO... up the grade to summit county! was overheating so pulled off.... changed direction to NM... even though high altitude was 115-12000 ft.. altitude.... beyond full weight made it at 20 mph.... up the grade, n a couple motels made it to CA southern county.. Ca,ped in the deserts there, offloaded small mountain byways... jeep trails and mammoth lakes during some snow storms.. was an auto!!.. not a stick even. but died a slow death n gave it up for couple used cars before getting a 07 tacoma reg. cab 4x4, 2.7L stick! n a camper back..larger tires, n some extras that I still drive, w only 100k miles... love that truck! but miss the Van!! lol. prior to the Vanagon... had a 73 FJ=40... lift larger tires lift n 3 gas tanks n lights... good internal heater. camped midwest winter n simmer off-road!! khaki with white top and wagon wheel rims... classic!! 327 swapped out for 6 mated to the stock 3 Spd... from orig. owner. MISS that rig as well!! a beauty as the 90 Vamagan .. and the 07 tacoma will have another 100 plus miles till it disintegrates! only new vehicle I bought in CA. now in MN! Cheers to all of you off road camping old timers! as myself! Ric, MN/US
Aqui no Brazil essas kombis são conhecidas como corujinhas e já são raras....muitas foram exportadas pelo alto preço que atingiram e praticamente sumiram....tenho uma 99 e fiz dela uma kombi-home moro nela há 7 anos.....nunca fui tão feliz em minha vida......
I’d love a bus one day. I’ve owned a lot of cool cars but I’ve never acquired the one I really want and would buy in order to keep. Someday soon hopefully
I grew up in Dunsmuir and Klamath Falls and the washboard on those dirt roads will bounce your rig right off the road if you don’t watch it, I don’t want to imagine the damage it did to all your suspension links and bushings.
During the '70s I had a'59 single cab with a 40 horse, a '65 with a 1600 and a '68'.Traded the '68 for a '65 Ford 1/2 ton with a 390 and three 20-gallon gas tanks.
Where I live, Palo Alto California, You don't see many split window VWs. But when I do see one more often than not it's been restored like something from Gabriel Iglesias garage. But you wouldn't take a show car on a trip like this. My guess is that in the future the unrestored vans will be a rarity.
Being of “VERY GERMAN “ descent,, my Grandfather had VW’s ,, my Dad had VW’s and when I turned 16 ,, of course I had to get a Bug ,,, if my father had seen me driving OUR Bus the way you guys drive yours ,,, he would have beat my ass within an inch of my life , and NO MORE DRIVING !! Tant amount ABUSE !! His attitude was if you respect your machinery that little,, maybe you’ll respect it more after you walk awhile !! Best of luck !!
Hola muchas felicidades por el video es fantástico, me pregunto ha zona es oregon , Washington, alaska, california o iaho . Saludos des de España Europa tengo muchas ganas de hacer un viaje con mi land rover defender gracias Saludos .
Somehow the best and worst vehicle ever built. How could something so clunky be so cool? I had a ‘57, a ‘64 with (27?) windows and a cloth sunroof. The car was fantastic…from the window up. My family took a road trip and always parked on a hill so we could push start it.
Awesome seeing these old rigs! I grew up in one back in 1970-75 In Hollywood CA, after his return from Vietnam, we went all over CA, AZ, Baja. Lots of great memories...VW!
Great now I want to join you guys next time. Thank you for documenting this great trip.
The camping trips my son and I took in our bus can never be forgotten!
*Thanks for taking me almost 60 years back in time, where I started as a 13 y old kid, having my [adoptive] dad teaching me the magic of driving, in our grayish-beige, '62 split window transporter!*
(What I remember most vividly, is driving _alone_ - at fourteen, on a crispy night, on snow covered Norwegian country roads, with the snowflakes in the headlights coming towards me, _ohhh,_ what memories! . . . )
Thanks for sharing you guys! 🙏
I've owned four of those darn things, had my 63 down most of the bad dirt roads of Baja in search of waves and tromped all over Australia in a 77. One day I met a Landcruiser guy in the eighties, bought one and never looked back. That video brings back memories and some residual ptsd
Das einfach nur zu beobachten ist schon ein schönes Gefühl. Ich hatte vor 35 Jahren einen VW T-2, Bj. 1975, mit Hochdach und Hochschiebetür, allerdings war innen nur 174 cm hoch.
Schöne Grüße nach Amerika aus Hannover
It's fantastic to see so many of these old busses still out and about. I still miss my old 1966 bus that took me half way round Australia and i still kick myself for ever having sold it now the ones still around are stupid prices. Thaanks for taking the vid
Same 67 camper -won a cple shows and shines with it--sold 3500.00 lol
@@uptone12111 ha, I got $400 😕
Left my vw bus in Hawaii dew to floor pan break line rust.
GREAT video! Wonderful O'l buses. I had a mint 71 hardtop Westy that we drove up Thomas Mt in So Cal...pretty rough road, took our time and when we arrived at the top there was a Jeep Jamboree going on. They were not to stoked to see a VW bus make it all the way to the top. My favorite vehicle. Thank you for the memories!
What a beautiful video, I belong to WetWesties and we do campouts 1-2 times a month all year. Many Bus's and Vanagon's, I am owned by STORMY an 87 Vanagon Westfalia Camper and have had her for 14 years. Thank You for putting together such a beautiful and interesting movie. ☯️
I had a 1977 bus sure was a fun vehicle. When I was like 22 years old I took off one summer on a cross country camping trip from Pa to Montana and back it was the time of my life. One of those things you can do when you are young and have no responsibilities to speak of. This reminded me of that trip and sent me looking at old photos. Thanks
These T1 are so cool 😃 The 20th bus in the row even still has a german license plate of Steinfurt county, my old homeland 😁
This video stumbled into my feed, somehow. I ended up watching it to its conclusion. I found it amazing that you could get this many old VW buses together in one spot and then take them offroad. Great comaraderie! I almost never see any on the road. I always thought these had been gobbled up by collectors and restored, yet her are some that look beat, but damn, you guys are having fun with them. Maybe add a little voice over where everyone is pulled to the side of the road explaing the reason why i.e. "We stopped because the engines needed to cool", and/or add something at the end presenting the number of break downs and what they were as well as how many started and how many finished. Who drove the farthest. It would be easy to make a documentary on this event. I am just amazed you guys could climbe all those mountain roads and not overheat. Loved the video.
Awesome, I've never thought seeing as many T1s in a single convoy 🤙
Great Video! That looks like a really great trip. Thanks for sharing.
Love it! Thanks for bringing us along
Thanks for sharing this trip.
I have a VW bus type one in Brazil.
I had a 74 bus camper.The top popped up for additional sleeping and had a fold down bed in the rear. Bought it used in the 90's. Still had bug screens for all the front windows. Drove it to Nothern Upper Michigan and Canada to go camping.Since it had all the engine weight on the rear wheels, I could drive it on many 2 track old logging roads, it had good traction. 2000 CC engine, automatic.
Wow this is a real adventure ❤ Greetings from Romania!
これほどの台数のT2が集まっているのを初めて見ました。しかも道具として使い込んでいるのが素敵です。ありがとうございます！
That was epic trip thanks for taking me with you through the journey just majestic views
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Aqui no brasil esses modelos de kombi clássico é chamada de corujinha. Pra mim é o modelo mais bonito. Aventura top desses caras. Barabens a todos.
Combi en Mexico 🇲🇽
I don't know what it is about those little VW buses, but they are so damn cool and I've kinda always wanted one.. I had no idea that you guys grouped up like this, which adds a whole new layer of nerdy coolness to this whole thing it's really got my considering picking one up!!
That was a fast 42 minutes…..very cool🇺🇸😇
Nice caravan honest footage! love they are used and NOT just show vans...lol. Jay leno's stuff.. but he has a sweet collection! awesome footage....
I had a 1990 Vanagan... 1300 bought it clean!! nice.. unknown miles.. not a westy!.. (too expensive and loved what I had for few years.. did some upgrades in late 90's, inch lift, truck off-road tires, water tank, extra gas n full spare.. it was white, with a sweet ground effects, cool stock rims, n matching light grey interior, 2.0 liquid cooled.. built a nice rooftop rack with deck to sit on top,,, when near lake/ scenery! collapsable ladder, portable heat.. nice cooler, radio/ cassette n cb radio ! ... as prior to internet!! n smart shit! affordable cell phones or portable solar... (had secondary marine battery when running charged for lights other, gas oven, extra storage
Went to upper MI, some off-road as your video shows! wish I had a digital cam back then... just film! , n distal film in 2000's...
Loved sleeping next to Lake Superior, n neighborhood stealthy with the white block out drapes.. driving was a pleasure!!
moved with my siamese cat! and mtb bike, large ass old school stereo.. Carver, amp receiver n Klipsch speakers, n amp. kayak, n snowboards... camping gear.. yakima space case w stuff... made it to CO... up the grade to summit county! was overheating so pulled off.... changed direction to NM... even though high altitude was 115-12000 ft.. altitude.... beyond full weight made it at 20 mph.... up the grade, n a couple motels made it to CA southern county..
Ca,ped in the deserts there, offloaded small mountain byways... jeep trails and mammoth lakes during some snow storms..
was an auto!!.. not a stick even. but died a slow death n gave it up for couple used cars before getting a 07 tacoma reg. cab 4x4, 2.7L stick! n a camper back..larger tires, n some extras that I still drive, w only 100k miles... love that truck! but miss the Van!! lol.
prior to the Vanagon... had a 73 FJ=40... lift larger tires lift n 3 gas tanks n lights... good internal heater. camped midwest winter n simmer off-road!! khaki with white top and wagon wheel rims... classic!! 327 swapped out for 6 mated to the stock 3 Spd... from orig. owner. MISS that rig as well!! a beauty as the 90 Vamagan .. and the 07 tacoma will have another 100 plus miles till it disintegrates! only new vehicle I bought in CA. now in MN!
Cheers to all of you off road camping old timers! as myself!
Ric,
MN/US
Aqui no Brazil essas kombis são conhecidas como corujinhas e já são raras....muitas foram exportadas pelo alto preço que atingiram e praticamente sumiram....tenho uma 99 e fiz dela uma kombi-home moro nela há 7 anos.....nunca fui tão feliz em minha vida......
thank you for this great video. Greetings from Germany.😀
Parabéns pela aventura e pelo vídeo! Show. Quando era criança, andava com meu pai e uma dessas, na versão pick-up. 1972. Saudações do Brasil.
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Nice to see old splittys that haven't been Jerry Seinfelded to perfection. Perfect nostalgia for my 1958 $50 bus I had in 71.
So cool awesome
i would love to have a vw bus . if i was rich i would still love to have one . i think there cool looking .
fantastic tour congratulations to those involved 👍
Excelente, hermosos VW !! Saludos desde Argentina.
Rock on windshield …too close …just sayin’
Awesome vid, sharing.
Fun and interesting trip and video; thanks for sharing.
Nice Production.................You guys know all the Goat paths.
❤❤❤hermoso video 🎉🎉
Well done guys, thanks for sharing! 💯
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Where are you at buddy?
So schön diese unrestaurierten Bullis in Aktion zu sehen!
Danke!
What a cool trip . Thanks for the video
36 of-the fun loven 36 HP original, nice ,if that could be achieved, wouldn’t that be amazing slow ridding, lol thanks BigAl California.❤❤
It must had been fun and I can only envy all of you. ❤❤❤❤
Parabéns pela aventura com as Kombi, 🇧🇷👏👍
Awesome video!!!😊
Thank you!!
I never knew the route you people traverse. Pretty knarly. I only se your crew in Mt Shasta city every year at the vet's club..
This was awesome thanks for sharing!!
Awesome job on the video.
Thank you!!
I bought VW parts there back in the 70s, when it was Northern Baja and Bug. Parkview ave.
I’d love a bus one day. I’ve owned a lot of cool cars but I’ve never acquired the one I really want and would buy in order to keep. Someday soon hopefully
a bucketlisted trip for me definitely!!!!
Looks like a pretty good turn out 👍🏻
nice footage, thanks
We called them
COMBIS🎉
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There's no denying that the vintage VW vans have a very special allure.
I grew up in Dunsmuir and Klamath Falls and the washboard on those dirt roads will bounce your rig right off the road if you don’t watch it, I don’t want to imagine the damage it did to all your suspension links and bushings.
This was one of the best video yet , Looks like a lot of fun man .
I found it very interesting, here in Brazil there could also be expeditions like this.
During the '70s I had a'59 single cab with a 40 horse, a '65 with a 1600 and a '68'.Traded the '68 for a '65 Ford 1/2 ton with a 390 and three 20-gallon gas tanks.
More VWbusses than in the whole of Germany
Man that looks like such fun!!!!
Vídeo show...
How do you know winter is finnaly over? Vw drivers aren't scraping the inside of the windshield. Still have my 65 bug 45 years later.
The vibe is real
Since he has recently passed gotta say it 'you got yourselves a convoy '
Adventure...to meet an eternal moment
Muito belo ❤❤❤ Brasil
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Great vid! Would you share the route? It looks like a really fun drive. 😎
Love it 👍🏼
I keep wondering where all the classic cars are are comin' from!!
Where I live, Palo Alto California, You don't see many split window VWs. But when I do see one more often than not it's been restored like something from Gabriel Iglesias garage. But you wouldn't take a show car on a trip like this. My guess is that in the future the unrestored vans will be a rarity.
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You guys took those icy curves near the end of the video faster than I would have.
show de viagem
I’d like to know the route you took. I recognize all of it but it seems like they are out of order in my head.
We usually start south of Clearlake California and just drive on a bunch of fire roads through the Mendocino forest towards mount shasta
Where did they start and where they going
Started in Mendocino county California and going to mount Shasta
20-30 ни у кого ума не хватило, что надо ехать медленно)))
Cool
You all together take too much air to cool down.
Being of “VERY GERMAN “ descent,, my Grandfather had VW’s ,, my Dad had VW’s and when I turned 16 ,, of course I had to get a Bug ,,, if my father had seen me driving OUR Bus the way you guys drive yours ,,, he would have beat my ass within an inch of my life , and NO MORE DRIVING !! Tant amount ABUSE !! His attitude was if you respect your machinery that little,, maybe you’ll respect it more after you walk awhile !! Best of luck !!
never seen so many splittees
Where is it at
Northern California
@@jakeandcameron7022 hey
@@jakeandcameron7022 what was the dirt backroad that you took? I live in Mount Shasta and saw you guys going down the road. Quite the sight! ✌
Hola muchas felicidades por el video es fantástico, me pregunto ha zona es oregon , Washington, alaska, california o iaho . Saludos des de España Europa tengo muchas ganas de hacer un viaje con mi land rover defender gracias Saludos .
MT Shasta is in Calafornia acording to a quick google
@@journeymanadventure thank you
Somehow the best and worst vehicle ever built. How could something so clunky be so cool? I had a ‘57, a ‘64 with (27?) windows and a cloth sunroof. The car was fantastic…from the window up. My family took a road trip and always parked on a hill so we could push start it.
The road looks pretty sketchy in places. I'm not so sure I'd want to risk it if I didn't have 4 wheel drive.
These are better than 4x4 if you know how to drive.
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Very nice. Can you tell me the name of the song what playes from around 12:00 to 14:00? Thank you
Fabulous Fury Freak Brothers on Steroids 😂
Life vw....😎👍
What is that ball shaped thing in the air at 28:14?
I'm glad someone else spotted that. I thought I was the only one, as no one else has commented on it!
Wow
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Should have brought a hydraulic winch and a couple of extra batteries for that river crossing, just take a different route.
Qual a origem de vcs?
was the fella with the bad transmission able to finish out the trip
No I don’t think so
Gilla dela prenumerera på programmet 😃
Why would they keep driving their vans into the creek 😮
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Why?