Glad you are enjoying it Philip. Yes I did pick the rainy time of year in the southern region but it should pay off when I head north as it is the Dry season there (Northern Australia does not have spring summer autumn winter seasons, they just have a wet and a dry season)
That drag race bus is insane. You can't beat a split window bus. I have been following MicBergsma's restoration, cost a fortune to buy and restore. I remember as a kid playing in about 4 non running buses at my aunts house, they all got crushed as no-one wanted to restore them back then.
Yes the drag bus is insane and is now racing, it has done a few shake down meets and no issues. Yes a lot of the buses were crush, all those splitties. The price of them is not cheap now, even the bay windows are getting expensive
@@irishrover63 Yes I have had 3 Kombi's First one a bought in the early 90's for $3800, the second one in 1999 for $3900 and my current on in 2015 for $4000 2 years ago I saw one exactly the same as mine (an old postie van in the same condition) go for $35 000
Awesome to see that Father/Daughter project taking shape, hope that we will see it run by both in the future 😎 I used to work for VW in the seventies and used to drive brand-new vans around in them day's but never owned one. I have owned a '63 1300 and a '68 1500 Beetle, a '60 1500 Variant and a '79 VW LT35D campervan 😎 To buy a van nowadays here in the UK you would have to spend silly money. I hope you will get your hands on that nice old bus 😊
Yes the car is running now doing it first test events. those sound like some sweet rides you had. yes the prices of the buses has gone up a lot here too if you are interested this is the drag bus instagram instagram.com/the_hooligan_drag_bus/
Thanks Malte, glad you liked it. Unfortunately it all depends on the algorithm, as I don't have that many subscribers it won't put the video in front of that many people, the more people who watch, subscribe, like, comment etc then the algorithm takes that information and calculates it must be a decent video so will show it to more people, so it can take a long time putting out a lot of videos and hopefully getting a few more views etc... each video until there is enough that the algorithm really pushes videos out there. It's the way it is so I'll just have to work through the process. Again thanks for watching and commenting.
Awesome Kombi’s !! Never had a bus but had 4 Beetles. 65,67, and two 69’s. I love the things. I’m looking at a 63 right now but haven’t told the wife yet😂🤫
A variation on the customised Kombi on your video in NZ is a turbocharged Toyota V8 powered Commer van, also an unlikely vehicle for the dragstrip. Unsure whether Australia got the Commer vans, but were quite numerous here in the 70's. ruclips.net/video/7zqR57CowLM/видео.html Anthony
Ja, es ist seine eigene Kreation, der Spender-Kombi war jedoch verrostet und nur einige Teile davon waren übrig, also wollte er etwas damit machen und da er viele andere Kombis in den Originalzustand zurückversetzt hatte, macht ein bisschen Experimentieren immer Spaß. Ich hoffe, dass es Ihnen gefallen hat
Thanks again for showing around your fantastic country, your nearly getting the same amount of rain as we do. UK
Glad you are enjoying it Philip. Yes I did pick the rainy time of year in the southern region but it should pay off when I head north as it is the Dry season there (Northern Australia does not have spring summer autumn winter seasons, they just have a wet and a dry season)
That drag race bus is insane. You can't beat a split window bus. I have been following MicBergsma's restoration, cost a fortune to buy and restore. I remember as a kid playing in about 4 non running buses at my aunts house, they all got crushed as no-one wanted to restore them back then.
Yes the drag bus is insane and is now racing, it has done a few shake down meets and no issues.
Yes a lot of the buses were crush, all those splitties. The price of them is not cheap now, even the bay windows are getting expensive
If you're Aunt still had them it would be worth between $100 000 and $200 000 for 4 of them even if they didn't run
@@freewayproject That's insane. I remember when you could buy a second hand running beetle for £500
@@irishrover63 Yes I have had 3 Kombi's First one a bought in the early 90's for $3800, the second one in 1999 for $3900 and my current on in 2015 for $4000 2 years ago I saw one exactly the same as mine (an old postie van in the same condition) go for $35 000
Awesome to see that Father/Daughter project taking shape, hope that we will see it run by both in the future 😎 I used to work for VW in the seventies and used to drive brand-new vans around in them day's but never owned one. I have owned a '63 1300 and a '68 1500 Beetle, a '60 1500 Variant and a '79 VW LT35D campervan 😎 To buy a van nowadays here in the UK you would have to spend silly money. I hope you will get your hands on that nice old bus 😊
Yes the car is running now doing it first test events.
those sound like some sweet rides you had.
yes the prices of the buses has gone up a lot here too
if you are interested this is the drag bus instagram instagram.com/the_hooligan_drag_bus/
@@freewayproject Thanks 😎
why does this only have 600 views???! This is absolut quality
Thanks Malte, glad you liked it. Unfortunately it all depends on the algorithm, as I don't have that many subscribers it won't put the video in front of that many people, the more people who watch, subscribe, like, comment etc then the algorithm takes that information and calculates it must be a decent video so will show it to more people, so it can take a long time putting out a lot of videos and hopefully getting a few more views etc... each video until there is enough that the algorithm really pushes videos out there. It's the way it is so I'll just have to work through the process. Again thanks for watching and commenting.
I am a VW fan as well. Currently owning a 2002 Transporter T4 camper van. 1800 Kombi was my tow car for Mosquito catamaran.
oh the sound of that 1800 tapping down the road
Nice video and great bus. Cheers from polish VWT2ab.
Thanks Calluna, glad you enjoyed it.
Awesome Kombi’s !!
Never had a bus but had 4 Beetles. 65,67, and two 69’s.
I love the things. I’m looking at a 63 right now but haven’t told the wife yet😂🤫
super cool that a good history of Beetles. Hopefully you'll find the 63, remember it easier to ask for forgiveness that permission 😂
@@freewayproject I’ve been asking for forgiveness from her for over 30 years, eventually she’ll either give in on leave me!! Lol
Awesome cob 👊🏾👊🏾
thanks Alan, glad you liked it
I hope you'll make it ,back to full ,PMG, livery.
working on it.
A variation on the customised Kombi on your video in NZ is a turbocharged Toyota V8 powered Commer van, also an unlikely vehicle for the dragstrip. Unsure whether Australia got the Commer vans, but were quite numerous here in the 70's. ruclips.net/video/7zqR57CowLM/видео.html
Anthony
That van is awesome, yes I think I have seen a few old Commer vans around. The Kombi drag car is going for it's first shakedown run next weekend.
@@freewayproject Hopefully you will be there to record it.
Anthony
Kein Kombi,kein Van,das ist ein Pick Up / Pritschen Wagen . Und von VW ist nur die Kabine 🤨
Ja, es ist seine eigene Kreation, der Spender-Kombi war jedoch verrostet und nur einige Teile davon waren übrig, also wollte er etwas damit machen und da er viele andere Kombis in den Originalzustand zurückversetzt hatte, macht ein bisschen Experimentieren immer Spaß.
Ich hoffe, dass es Ihnen gefallen hat