Try living in Connecticut. We do have a nice club, also many events through NY, MA, and CT. RI, NH, and Maine-quite a few events. As for people to work on them...... That's a bigger challenge. However, an hour away is a classic car restoration shop. Family owned. VERY expensive but very good. Our Bus came from Texas. Owned by a VW Mechanic for many years. Had a shop out there check it out for me. Although engine, tranny, interior, body were good, we still ended up putting out nearly 20k more to get her %90 perfect. These Bus's are expensive. She's an Automatic with working cold air conditioning. I think I may have already written on one of your videos, but that was before we put the last of the repairs and money into her. Just got her back from the shop. Runs and looks great. I'll never sell her. I'm obsessed, but you know what that feels like. :) God Bless.
On what site??? Because I’ve been looking for years and all of them are 50k who has that kind of money? 600$ a month to the bank to too much in this economy
Nice video! As someone who also lives in the beach cities this was really helpful… you say “we bought a bus.” Do you have some type of shop or garage with a team you work with?
hello yes we have a team and a shop/warehouse where we restore and provided restoration services for customers , we do just about everything bus related
@@hunterluxton5976 nah , I bought it blind from a garage in West Sussex , they were selling it on behalf of a customer who had run out of money . I thought at £4k for a running & complete vw bus I couldn’t go too wrong but it arrived on a flatbed and the driver started it up and drove it off for me . I began a full inspection and quickly came to the conclusion that it must have had a restoration 3 or 4 years ago , cab doors were new , underneath was very good for a 50 year old bus and front beam was all ok . It needed drivers wing and step , just the step on near side , front deformation panel , couple of little holes in rear chassis , sills all good and outriggers all good . Really happy with it and all original interior too 👍. Bargains do come along but you need to be really quick .
Great video! I just rescued a 1979 VW bus automatic. How much does it coast to rebuilt the 2.0 fuel injection engine? It was running at one point but ruff . engine turns . Trying to get as much information on these engines but there not a lot out there . Most people covert them to carbs . Thanks for your time . Keep up the great work on your UA-cam channel ! Alex from NYC
Hi Alex thanks for the kind words, well hard part about fi is having all necessary components, it’s a challenge getting them to run right when something even minor is missing and getting the part new or rebuilt is the next challenge. Try the samba.com you might have some luck on original parts. If you where local I’d say bring it in ! And congratulations on snagging a 79 automatic I guess we didn’t see that one online haha we try and buy them all ! Haha
Hi Bus Guy, My 75 type 2 VW bus......has some rotted outriggers near the jack points....which of course will lead to issues replacing the rockers........Can you give me some advice to proceed/fix or sell? Is it safe to drive this way? I hear many mixed reviews and need some solid opinions. I love Julius Squeezer! (my bus)
I have a rule. If it's not near me I'm not interested. I'm not going to truck all over the place, deal with pictures and video and sometimes shady people over the internet. If it's not close to me to where I can drive over and check it out I'm not interested. You'll spend time and money and 2/3rds of the stuff won't be what's advertised or the seller will be a scam artist.
I really enjoyed this. I have a 71 bay. I bought it in 2011 from California for 5,000 us dollars ( £2 800). I then shipped to the UK. I love it.
Good video! Thanks for helping the bus community! Your busses are awesome!
anytime !
Try living in Connecticut. We do have a nice club, also many events through NY, MA, and CT. RI, NH, and Maine-quite a few events. As for people to work on them...... That's a bigger challenge. However, an hour away is a classic car restoration shop. Family owned. VERY expensive but very good. Our Bus came from Texas. Owned by a VW Mechanic for many years. Had a shop out there check it out for me. Although engine, tranny, interior, body were good, we still ended up putting out nearly 20k more to get her %90 perfect. These Bus's are expensive. She's an Automatic with working cold air conditioning. I think I may have already written on one of your videos, but that was before we put the last of the repairs and money into her. Just got her back from the shop. Runs and looks great. I'll never sell her. I'm obsessed, but you know what that feels like. :) God Bless.
Man i just want a samba. The classic with the V front.
I just found a Running 1969 bus for 1000 bucks. Lucky sum buck ✌️🍀
On what site??? Because I’ve been looking for years and all of them are 50k who has that kind of money? 600$ a month to the bank to too much in this economy
@@LilyHarvey-hx1rxit was by word of mouth, l had to drive 70 miles to pick it up. Wouldn’t drive home but ran enough to trailer load.
Nice video! As someone who also lives in the beach cities this was really helpful… you say “we bought a bus.” Do you have some type of shop or garage with a team you work with?
hello yes we have a team and a shop/warehouse where we restore and provided restoration services for customers , we do just about everything bus related
I have a 73 here in 🇬🇧 , up and running well . Cost me £4000 back in June 2022 .
£4k it must be a rust bucked for that price 🤔
@@hunterluxton5976 nah , I bought it blind from a garage in West Sussex , they were selling it on behalf of a customer who had run out of money . I thought at £4k for a running & complete vw bus I couldn’t go too wrong but it arrived on a flatbed and the driver started it up and drove it off for me . I began a full inspection and quickly came to the conclusion that it must have had a restoration 3 or 4 years ago , cab doors were new , underneath was very good for a 50 year old bus and front beam was all ok . It needed drivers wing and step , just the step on near side , front deformation panel , couple of little holes in rear chassis , sills all good and outriggers all good . Really happy with it and all original interior too 👍.
Bargains do come along but you need to be really quick .
@@antoniopalmero4063thats a detailed reply.
Great video! I just rescued a 1979 VW bus automatic. How much does it coast to rebuilt the 2.0 fuel injection engine? It was running at one point but ruff . engine turns . Trying to get as much information on these engines but there not a lot out there . Most people covert them to carbs . Thanks for your time . Keep up the great work on your UA-cam channel ! Alex from NYC
Hi Alex thanks for the kind words, well hard part about fi is having all necessary components, it’s a challenge getting them to run right when something even minor is missing and getting the part new or rebuilt is the next challenge. Try the samba.com you might have some luck on original parts. If you where local I’d say bring it in ! And congratulations on snagging a 79 automatic I guess we didn’t see that one online haha we try and buy them all ! Haha
More like they are 50k who has that kind of money to spend on a bus?? Getting a loan with the bank is ridiculous. Help plz! I’m very interested.
Thank you-great info! Just got a 1968 bay window, live in Austin,Tx. Where do I get the parts?
Hi Bus Guy, My 75 type 2 VW bus......has some rotted outriggers near the jack points....which of course will lead to issues replacing the rockers........Can you give me some advice to proceed/fix or sell? Is it safe to drive this way? I hear many mixed reviews and need some solid opinions. I love Julius Squeezer! (my bus)
I have a rule. If it's not near me I'm not interested. I'm not going to truck all over the place, deal with pictures and video and sometimes shady people over the internet. If it's not close to me to where I can drive over and check it out I'm not interested. You'll spend time and money and 2/3rds of the stuff won't be what's advertised or the seller will be a scam artist.
Had a 1975 bus. Engine burned up on me!
Do you sell parts?
Step 1: Acquire large sums of cash.