I Finally Found a Mexican Car that's Not Crap (and I Might Buy it)
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Not better than the little Mexican Maverick that could 😋
First one at the scene of at an accident. Have a friend with a lowered Porsche powered one. Handles ok but he hit a deer and his girlfriend broke her foot when the front caved in. Not a big fan. 25 down a dirt road their ok their just not made for today.
you should show a car that you can only have fun but for only the first 5 days of ownership
Will you actually sell the vw bus?
Here in Mexico the VW Beetle and the VW Station Wagons where the numero uno in sales 60,70,80s they were the horses of transportation and famous for been so reliable. Hello Scotty from Mexico City.
Since 1987 i own a '73 bus with the same color combination as this Mexican example. It recently past 460.000 km's with the original 1.8 type4 AIRCOOLED engine.
Never had any overheating problems, even on hot days towing a boattrailer to the south of France.
Highest oil temp is about 105 degr.celcius
Most of the time i have it running on LPG, witch is the cheapest fuel in Europe. I have to say that i installed a valve saver system witch is recommended when using LPG.
A great advantage of these engines is among not having a radiator or waterpump, there is also no headgasket or timing belt/chain.
A few decades ago we traveled with 2 old VW Beetles from Northern Europe to the center of Afrika. First we spent 4 weeks exploring the Sahara desert, the cars did a great job, and we didn't have any serious technical problems. To be on the save side, we changed oil every week (only 2.5 liters) and have to clean the oilbath-filters.
When you keep all the engine tin, rubber seals and (air)hoses in place, these engines can run forever (with minimal cost).
Here in Brazil these were still being manufactured until like 2011 or something, extremely reliable and plenty of space for a small business/travel van
You could open a business and import them to Canada and America! 👍
Hey, another compatriot watching Scotty Kilmer 🙌 🇧🇷
And no legs if you get in an accident. The widow-maker.
@@VKSgtSLaughter that would be illegal. It needs to meet safer criteria
@@VKSgtSLaughter Foreign market Vehicles need to be at least 25 years old to be legally imported & driven on US roads.
Haven’t seen uncle Scotty so happy about a European car til today
Or mexican made 😅
He loves Volvo…
I remember taking an ordinary bus to get to the bus terminal in Guadalajara bound to my aunties house with my grandmother, there we had to walk to the hiway ("periferico.") to take a VW mini bus just like yours Scott.
The best European car is a 1994 toyota celica that once was driven in europe!. Good afternoon scotty!!!
Ohh stop it with the buying parts Scotty. We all know you're too cheap to buy any brand new car, or a used one that's not a Toyota. And that's why we love you, because you're honest and straight to the point
Cheap ...no.... smart. Read Baby Step Millionaires .. the average millionaire never buys a new car
@@jaywolfe1254 I know, but he calls himself cheap and I'm affirming. Cheaply smart
I have two that I had converted into food trucks! One a 93' and a 94' coolant hoses run from front to back.
That's an awesome minibus, and the best thing is there's no scan tools required.
Finally Scotty found a vehicle which made him forget to mention Toyotas even once during the entire video.
I had a 68 Microbus and a 72 VW camper. They were awesome. I had a 73 SuperBeatle too. Great cars to learn mechanics. Back then, I could pull the engine, carry it by myself, replace a head and reinstall the engine in a couple of hours. The VW bus got 25 MPG, in town or on the highway. The bus had 34 HP, the same as my little BMW G310GS motorcycle has now! Straight SAE30W oil and no oil filter. Just clean the screen. No air filter either. Dump some used oil in the airbox reservoir and the oil would trap dust before it entered the engine. I eventually scraped 1/4" of sludge off the bottom where the trapped dust settled.
I remember these as delivery vans for a company named “Sabritas”, I used to see them all over my city during my childhood
And Sonrics too!
I had an air cooled 1969 Campmobile with the icebox sink combo and the fold-down bed. By 1983 I had spent $3400 on one engine problem or another. It just didnt love the highway speeds. Cosmetically it was still pretty nice and I sold it not running in '83 for $800.
My dad owned a 1.6 air cooled 1972 model in the 80's a fabulous easy to work on minibus. They were very popular in South Africa and were used as Taxi's.
I was in Germany when these first came out. These were popular with military people for traveling with their kids and friends. This design came out in the later 50's. No air and don't have a front collision.😆
1972 was 1.8 liter not 1.6. Dual carbs
Nice van man!! i got an old Vdub myself :) they are wonderful and fun vehicles
Viva Mexico. Our family had couple of them (started from the old air/oil cooler) and took all the family (6 of us and including our 2 dogs and parrot in a cage) travelling all the way to Cuernavaca and Acapulco several times. Was not fast but we had lots of fun in our Combi!
I love them busses. We call them “combi(s)” here in Mexico.
Viva Mexico!
dad had a couple of VW buses in the 70s. he kinda stood out from the common conception of a 70s VW bus owner, since he was a straight laced outdoorsman that used them as campers. this past summer I was cleaning out his garage and came across one of the hubcaps from one of them. its now a centerpiece on my tool pegboard.
Well now Scotty, I owned a 1970 VW bus (air cooled) and drove it for many years as my only daily driver. Bought it in 71 and drove for about 10 years until the engine blew at 110,000 miles. Yes, it was the #3 cylinder that dropped a valve into the cylinder and that was it. I did completely rebuild the engine and continued to drive the van until it lost its battle with rust.
I had a couple of friends back in the early 2000s who had buses (1970 and 1968)... They were well aged at that point but were southern cars so the rust was minimal. The engines had to be wrenched on regularly to keep them running well.... and there were a number of electrical gremlins but they were fun cars to cruise around in... especially in Florida (no hills!). I could always tell when one of them was dropping by because of the unique puttering exhaust sound on those engines. When I would hear one of my friends pull his VW into the driveway, I would always hide the beer.... he lived a true hippy lifestyle.
There is what they call a "doghouse" fan shroud, that has a separate bulge for the oil cooler, so #3 gets cooled. IDK if they had them to fit the type II engine.
Thank you Scotty for this video. Comedian Fluffy has a complete selection of these vans. He jokingly says " you got to spend your money in something, I don't do coke so I do VW Vans"
Fluffy!!!❤😎👍😆😂🤣
Horale! 👀😂
I know VW are not the best but you have to to admit that the 7.5 golf GTI‘s are pretty reliable. Mine has over 120,000 miles it’s been tune since 10,000 miles and it’s running like a champ.
The VW bus was exported to North America starting in 1950. They were easy to work on and reliable. The upright engine could be taken out with basic tools in about 20 minutes after the bumper and sheet metal surround were removed.
The suitcase engine wasn't so easy.
The total number that were on the roads of the US and Canada for over 20 years can be researched and how many were in fatal accidents also. The fact that the top cruising speed was 60 mph and 55 was the average would have made travel a lot safer. They could handle trips into the grèat outdoors year round and the ground clearance made rough roads easy to navigate. Those were the days.
My dad bought a Kombi like that in 1989 and he still has it. I'll import it from Brazil to Australia very soon. Can't wait
What about emissions?
@@genefoster8601 I don't really care
@@DieterWoestemeier sure wish we didn't have it here.
@@genefoster8601 living the green utopia?
I'm quite fond of my aircooled 1972 Bug. I can see how nice water cooling would be for a van like this one. Great video!
I was apprehensive about purchasing my used '15 Honda Fit due to it being made in Mexico. Man oh man is that car well- built!! The engine is bulletproof, and even my snobby brother says the doors are heavier and feel more substantial than his Alabama BMW.
Nice bus, but it doesn’t hold a card to a German made American spec bus. I drove an American spec 1978 bus with an air cooled Type 4 2.0 liter fuel injected engine for 22 years. It had 300,000 miles on it when I finally sold it it. I kept it well maintained. It did not leak oil. It was solid and didn’t rattle. The Type 4 engines, also used in the VW 411/412 and the Porsche 914 didn’t have the overheating number 3 cylinder issue, and it had an alternator that was adjustable without shims. It was a very reliable vehicle as long as it received regular and routine maintenance.
Sounds like my 87 & 90 VW Fox's I had. 1.8L 81 HP good powerplant. Known for valve seals failing
I like that you get excited about cars you like. Makes me want to buy one.
I'm from Laredo :) btw this are commonly use in Mexico for ice cream trucks and they are usually red and yelllow as a kid I remember you would either wait for the yellow driver or the red one haha
Being a Paramedic, I would never own one of them with the engine in the back. In 1980 I had a call to a head-on collision with a VW Micro-bus and a 4 door Ford Granada. When I got on scene both Driver and Passenger in the VW were dead. The Ford Granada engine compartment was in their front seat and both occupants were cut in half with their hips and legs were in the back seat of the VW and the upper torso's were on the hood of the Granada. Very unsafe in collisions!!! Reliability and plenty of space is good but being dead is not. It would make a unique casket though....
Just don't get in a collision
.......hence the boook" Unsafe At Any Speed"
by Ralph Nader ,
The book killed rear engines for the masses with safety standards.
Chevrolet Covairs ,all V.w's air cooled.
Same thing with the old version bug the compact Ford Granada was a tank
@@isoasuper2327 NO ONE ever plans on getting into an accident!
VW engineers didn't design them for safety back in the '30s and '40s. So carrying over this design into the '50s and beyond it's no wonder it was no match for that Ford.
A few years back,I watched a fully restored 18 window VW bus sell for over 7 figures at one of the big auctions on tv!
I love that VW Mini Bus.
I remember my youthful days working at a gas station. A pretty high percentage of VW van's had dents on the roof but the drivers still loved their bus.
Combi’s, there everywhere in Mexico, I rode one time there not bad, very slow vans, some of them have hundred thousands of kilometers and still riding strong
I love Combis and Bochos bro, brings back good memories!
En el DF las peseras
@@M4VJR¿De verdad? Los conozco como combis
Like these machines a lot
My father had one back in the early seventies. It was a nice van for going on trips.
Got me hyped over this car
I remember seeing about a million of these back in the 70s. You saw them everywhere. Then they became scarce mainly because they rusted out so badly. Since I kind of go for the obnoxious and over the top I would get an old one and try and shoehorn a Detroit Diesel 6V92TA in the back and take it on the show car circuit. I would love to see the expressions on people's faces when I started it up.
Those plates from Tlaxcala state are for classic cars, I guess that's why it looks mint
I had a 63 Beatle in Alaska it was a blast to drive in the snow but had a worthless heater. Yes the motor blew up twice but the best thing I remember was those two teenagers with mini skirts both squeazed in the front with me .Also overloaded it with maybe 15 people and drove around town .Traded it in for a mustang convertable
very common in Mexico. love the passenger PEMEX jacket, well MX representing. LOL
My parents had these when I was a kid. It went really slow in the mountains! But we took many road trips in our bus.
I had a 1990's VW Eurovan (don't remember the year). Loved it. 5-cyl. water-cooled engine in the front. Same small footprint as a Honda sedan, but spacious inside. You could walk from the front passenger seat to the rear (3) seat, seated 7. The steering wheel wasn't upright like a car, but tilted about 30 degrees from horizontal, which meant you could lean forward and rest on it with your forearms when driving on long highway trips. Unfortunately its body was a rust-bucket by 4 yrs old, even though we kept it in a garage. The only reason we only kept it 7 years was we hit a deer, and the body shop didn't connect up the solenoid-actuated fan louvers correctly (in December), and we didn't realize it until warm weather in April when the temperature gauge showed it was overheating. It didn't damage the engine, but cooked the automatic trans fluid and destroyed the trans. Rebuild would have cost over $6k. We traded it in on a different brand minivan, and were surprised that they gave me $2500 trade-in for it even 7 years old and bad trans - parts were in demand since there were so few sold in the US, and parts were hard to get. I was looking forward to VW coming out with their proposed retro minibus, but unfortunately it will be an EV starting in the $40k range, and I don't want to spend that much. I also don't need a 7-passenger vehicle since the kids are all grown and out of the house, but loved the original VW minibus.
I actually learned to drive in one of these,back in the day in Brazil.
So did I, fun cars.
I had no idea a water cooled bus existed from that era? Back in 1978 I had a 73 Westfalia with the permanent fibreglass headroom option with built in luggage notch. I remember it was comfortable to drive but way under powered with 72hp. I put on every bolt-on gadget like headers, power pulley’s, etc to bump it up to about 80hp, a noticeable difference but still gutless! I still loved it though, I used to work heavy construction all over Canada so it was super nice to live out of for the five months of milder weather, it sucked in winters, even with two gas heaters it was never comfortable. I’d buy their new Westfalia in a heartbeat, called the California but not available in California or anywhere in N. America? Silly!
Thank you Scotty! Ur time & effort always appreciated. Happy New Year!!
From 1992 to 1999 you could see tons of those here in Mexico City, when I say tons, I mean tons.
Today you still see a few of them and they are still going strong.
The mechanic hast to set the timing the proper way, and then you don't melt #3 cyl. Just a pro tip scotty.
Hello Scotty! I like the classic reviews 😃✌
The 1992 Volkswagen T2c was recently imported from Mexico, coming in under the rules that allow non-DOT-compliant vehicles to be brought here after 25 years.
I’m thinking about buying one of these for our church. I can get these fairly cheap down here in Mexico. Seats 8 comfortably and gets decent gas mileage considering Gad is close to $4 a gallon in Mexico.
Scotty speaks the truth! Not elon musk!
I learned to drive in a 2nd generation, 1968 VW bus. My dad was one of the first VW dealers in the country. We were in NE Ohio and VW's could go through the snow like nobody business. In the winter, we could go from home to the dealership and about the time we turned in to park, heat started coming out of the vent below the rear seat. I think those were 58HP.
Thank you for featuring this bus, I had no idea they had continued making them south of the border along with the beetle when sales ceased stateside in 1980.
Also, your videos would be nicer without the condescending commentary toward Mexican people- they can build things just as well as anyone else, the quality is based on resources and training, same as any other nation and it’s people.
I have a family member who worked for Emerson Electric. They tried manufacturing motors in Mexico and finally ended up making them in China.
The quality of the manufacturing in Mexico (trained by the same people who trained the Chinese) was far inferior to that of the Chinese production.
scotty is not being condescending. He's making a point about the low quality control we have here in México. Along with the lack of regulations and low wages.
Somewhere on YT there's one owned by someone that used to work for GM. He had one that they had converted back in the seventies to a Buick/Rover V8. He commented VW missed an opportunity in the US not powering them to suit the US market. Many of the vehicle dynamics like fully independent suspension, handling, braking were superior in the day.
Interestingly they were aerodynamic for a van at the time. VW found that by curving the front corners alone they made significant improvements.
if you put more pover in any of those vw from that time. you will end up with a lot of dead guys..... super dangerous. no airbags, not the best brakes, no lateral bars...
@@994TCV Actually Beetles from the early seventies managed stopping distances from sixty mph in around 120ft, that's still good today for small cars, if I recall the current Corolla is about the same. They also generated over 0.7g on the skidpad with the tires of the day on narrow rims which was above average. Beetles did actually evolve.
While technology has moved on, they were the original 'fastfour' when modified. They still gave a supporting aftermarket to this day.
a combi van,has a better coeficience than an e type jag. i had a chart back in the 70,s. cs ?, french car was the best..citroen.
Some South African market Vanagon/Transporters came equipped with 3-liter Ford Essex V6 engines.
@@harrywalker968 Yeah, recall seeing that as well.
That old van is more reliable than the new crap they make today...
Maybe I'm just an old purist but I love the sound and simplicity of the air-cooled VW van. So much you can do with that ultra reliable old air-cooled engine too.
I will trade the sound for being able to keep up with traffic and maybe having A/C in the van.
Scotty is right about the #3 cylinder dying early. But I think he is wrong about the cabin heat. The air-cooled VW busses actually had adequate heat. The Beetles had More than adequate heat. For one, air cooled engines run HOTTER than water-cooled engine. And the VW air cooled engine had a very effective heat exchange system. It had huge aluminum or aluminum magnesium heat sinks in contact with the exhaust manifolds, one of each of the 2 cylinder banks of the horizontally opposed engine, and the same fan that blew hot air over the very hot engine, blew air over those heatsinks, and into the passenger cabin. This was not a little dinky electric fan, but a big fan running off of the crankshaft. And thos heatsinks were HUGE.
I froze in a 1974 bug in a Minnesota winter
@@bikerguy5829 You told about when the Bug was made. When did the freezing happen? As a former air-cooled VW mechanic, I indeed saw many many Bugs where the heater was not working to keep the passenger cabin warm. There were several reasons for that. (1) the heat exchangers had holes in the outer steel shell that allowed hot air to escape before it reached the passenger cabin. (2) The paper hoses that go from the fan housing to the heat exchangers were missing, or not attached properly, or had holes in them. (3) the wire cable that goes from the center console to the flaps under the rear seat, that should be attached so as to open and close the flaps, were not properly attached to the flaps, and the flaps could not be fully opened, or may not have been able to be open at all. (4) The car had an aftermarket muffler that did not come with the part that carries air between the hose from the fan housing, and the inlet of the the heat exchangers. (4) The thermostat for the engine's cooling system was missing or improperly adjusted, or the flaps at the bottom of the fan housing were missing, improperly adjusted, or frozen in place due to corrosion, lack of lubrication, or to the fan housing or the flaps being bent out of shape preventing the flaps from closing. In moderately cold weather this would delay how long it took for heat to get to the cabin. In very cold weather, it would reduce the amount of heat that could get to the cabin. I saw lots of VW's where the thermostat was removed or the flaps were jammed open, or removed entirely. The idea for doing this was was that this would help the engine run cooler. In reality, all it would do is make it take longer for the engine to warm up to ideal operating temperature. This was a stupid modification that was nevertheless very commonplace among incompetent mechanics.
Lots of incompetent mechanics exsted. did all these things. I saw all these mechanical problems very frequently. Sometimes the same mechanic who though removing the thermostat would help the engine run cooler, would install an engine without the rubber seal that goes between the engine and the body, as if this seal was an optional part. Without the seal, or with leaks in the seal, hot air going past the cylinder heads and cylinder sna coming out the bottom of the engine would rise back up into the engine compartment causing the engine to heat up more quickly, and then overheat. Leaving off the paper hoses that go from the fan housing to the heat exchanger would also overheat the engine, and simultaneously prevent the cabin from being heated; hot air that was intended for the cabin, would go into the engine compartment. I saw these idiotic problems over and over and over. The car itself had a very effective heating system. but it wouldn't work if it wasn't connected properly. The bus was a different story, because of its much larger cabin area. But even in the bus, the heating system was quite adequate. As for the bug - the heating system was overkill In very cold weather, my 68 and 67 bugs got very warm, very fast. Much faster than than my 2015 Honda Fit. In very cold weaterh, way below freezing, within about 8 minutes the cabin could get stifling hot.
@@bikerguy5829 C'mon, man! Those old beetles got nice and warm---about the time you were pulling into your driveway.😆
Old Air Cooled VW van fix for # 3 cylinder burnout was to mount the oil cooler externally. Any survivors you see still running around usually have that modification. I went thru that- lost #3. Rebuilt the 16oo dual port and did the Mod. Problem solved .. I drove the crap out of mine, on Many desert dirt roads. I did always worry about getting in a head on collision, tho. Hit a Deer? You be dead.
This was a great video today !!!
That gets 20mpg? Big difference over my 14mpg Wrangler!
your neighbors should know that you are recording a video even from 5 miles away. Congrats for the channel. A new fan from Seville, Spain.
This VW bus/van is an european brand made un México. There are lots of models made un México that are reliable like some Hondas and Toyotas.
Air cooled is much better all day.
If you do the proper maintenance they will run forever.
Wow back when VW didnt fall in love with plastic crap under the hood like every other european car manufacturer.
I know someone that bought a Mexico built Mazda CX-30 and it is a great driving car. Of course time will tell how it performs over the long haul. But, it is a FAR nicer car than my Accord. Seats are far more comfortable and has pretty nice pep. I might have to buy a Mazda next. Disappointed in Hondo.
Hi there, late but I'm here. Those VW are old I remember driving a brand new one back in the late 70s.
I miss seeing micro buses and beetles driving around the streets of Mexico, you can still see a decent amount but it's nowhere near the amount you'd see years before
I dearly miss my 68 and 71 Micro Buses when i was a teen !! Should have never sold them !! 😭
Back in school, one of my neighbors put a Pinto motor in the back of a VW van, it worked pretty well actually
Nice Microbus 👍. Looks good all around 👍. Good presentation Scotty 👍
Back in the 70's , I learned how to drive with a '67 manual VW Bug. Went in the snow really good & a blast to drive. 😲😲😲
You can get it from the back but you can also get it from the top 🤣 Scotty your sense of humor is second to none!
This is a car when the time, VW built cars like tanks. Unfortunetly, that time was going to the past.
That's seriously a little gem.
I rate it a nein out of ten scotty ! Great Find !!
#3 cylinder only runs hot on single port/non-doghouse cooling shroud engines. The bus he’s looking at will never have the resale of an old original either. VW enthusiasts consider those Mexican buses and Brazilian buses as 3rd world and the manufacturing quality is apparent. As a vintage VW owner I would stay away from these unless you want to dump $ you’ll never get back.
I missed where the radiator is located; in front behind that objectionable grill? I had a '69 Squareback and put in an after-market- A/C and the condensers were in front with cutout grills. As Scotty said,, "Couldn't get out of its own way".
Right behind the black front grille.
A camper would be cooler but great video. Enjoyed.
Over here in the UK there are guys who absolutely love the VW especially the split screen and actually get them ready for the drag strip I think they put a Porsche engine in them
Those microbus were a daly transportation back in Mexico City for decades.. they did the job... specially the model with 1.8 engine with the cooling system!
Its probably never seen road salt coming from Mexico. Sell it before it starts rusting out the floor pans.
wow i always wanted one of those!! nice
Used to drive my dad s VW Bug and hated when I was in right lane with wheel turned to right and still was pushed to the left
This thing is a beauty!
0:54 you know an engine is old when it uses cogged belts.
Looks great..i want one to
Man I had a beetle as one of my first car and I loved that damn bug so much!!!
1969 Volkswagen Beetle 🪲
I had no clue that water cooled micro buses was even a thing !!! I thought the VW Vanagon was the water cooled version of the micro bus.
Put a cadillac Northstar in the back. They do it to golf's and jettas and the engine fits just fine
Great video. I live here in El Paso, TX and I've been considering getting a super beetle that was last built in 2000 like this VW Bus. How is Clarksville? I miss that place.
Those busses are a rarity to find in good shape.
Actually there are quite a few in Mexico, where I am, that are really nice, but they are not cheap. The owners look at the early one and think their old vans are worth gold. I just posted one on my Instagram page and they want $7500 US for an old cargo van.
There are many Mexican made cars that are very good, manufacturing quality is high in Mexico, that's why Honda, VW, Mercedes, BMW, Kia, Toyota and Mazda, among others, have factories in Mexico. Your prejudices are quite strange. We live in times where quality controls are very high, although Mexican good cars are a tradition since the 50's, when the government passed a law so that brands that wanted to sell in Mexico had to construct 80% of every single car in Mexico. It's not the nationality that makes bad cars on big automakers, it's more about design, like the American made Ecoboost engines with many important problems or since the 70's Chevrolet Vegas, or Chevrolet Celebrity, etc... Honda, Toyota, Mazda among others would never risk to made something below their quality in some random country...
I bought a VW from a guy who was moving to Mexico. He sold it because MX hit you with 100% tariff on cars brought across the border----This was in the 70s
VW should have brought back that van for the American market instead of that routan (dodge grand caravan) they would have sold minimum 400,000 per year in the us
That VAN look like it been in a WAR man!!!!!!
Not bad. A Rabbit/Golf engine? As long as it’s not one of those gasoline/converted Diesel engines
Nice VW wagon. Your washing machine makes more power but dead solid reliable and bone simple to work on.
Simplicity rules
Yo Scotty tell the owner to check in back of the panels and see if there is no contraband lol