4000 imported Japanese cars and 300+ Westfalias discovered in Virginia | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 115
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2024
- It's not often that Tom looks at shiny new cars, but when he heard about a Japanese import specialist who has collected and sold over 4000 Japanese manufactured vehicles, he couldn't pass the opportunity up. We're talking Datsun Z cars, GT-Rs, Accord Aerodecks, Figaros, Totota Coronas, Suzuki Jimnys, and many more. But the fun doesn't stop there! Tom visits a nearby location that holds 300 plus Volkswagen Westfalias that have been collected from around the U.S. by a gentleman to help preserve and maintain the Westfalia population. Among the collection are a few rare utility Westfalias from different countries. Let us know which one is your favorite in the comments below!
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Those VWs are cool and all, but that first collection deserves a 3 hour detailed inspection....
Hell if I was let into there to look at it they'd just find my skeleton after a few decades.
I've been there. Three hours isn't enough.
So it just sits to rust the vw's at the end.
For real.
more like 300 hour
Keep the JDM content coming! The new age of collector cars!
10:50 minor note. All the RB26 engines came AWD so unless that RB26 in the 33 GTR has been converted to RWD, then this GTR, like all GTRs, is AWD.
Think he should known better.
@@harared831 well i don´t know, GTRs are rare worldwide, yes, but there is still plenty of them in Japan so not that crazy rare. When i was there, there was mutch higger amount of GTRs than for instance supras.
@@DejvmanXsindicate Total R32 GTR production across all models - 43,937 vehicles,
Total R33 GTR production across all models - 16,668 vehicles,
Total R34 GTR production across all models - 11,578 vehicles.
Obviously this isn't counting all the numerous vehicles written off due to various reasons.
@@harared831 Tbh he has a huge amount of cars and he did remember its a twin turbo 6. Hard to fault him
@@DejvmanXsindicate Heaps of R33's in Australia.
15:40: We got a T2 with this pickup setup and a reinforced floor. We got it for free and we were hauling stuff with it for several years. We never had to jumpstart it during all those years. But it was unbelievably rusty and the brakes were hardly existing. We had it scrapped. Today you would surely save it.
The crane car is from Poland (same as I am). It was on duty for a Polish cable TV supplier called Chopin TV (as the famous composer/pianist). Apparently the company still exists and operates in Wejcherowo close to our seaside. I bet it was originally operating in Germany and they brought it here to Poland for their business. I have never seen any in my whole life and there you go, it's there in Pulaski (who was a famous Polish general that fought for both Polish and American independence. Called the father of American cavalry). What a coincidence!
I had a feeling it might have been Polish, so I grabbed my phone, opened Google Translate and let it do it's thing lol. Can't read other languages, but I'm decent at identifying them. Weird.
Lukasz Prybysz Good people!!!! Generously accepting Ukrainians. The world loves you my friend! ❤❤❤❤❤
Rough timestamp 17:02.
The .pl top level domain on the van should have been an indicator ;-) ...
Thanks for your input. As a descendant of Poland living near New Orleans and who has worked on many VW's, it is appreciated.
I had 2 Honda Accord Aerodeck's which were sold new in Ireland and the UK.
The first one was a 1988 2.0 litre EX back 1994.
15 years later I became nostalgic and bought a 1989 EX2.0i in white. Same as the one shown here.
Best.. most reliable cars I ever had .
Minor note; that first car is an MG RV8 - 'R' for Retro. It's not an MGB. Several V8s were implanted in MGB shells in early 1970s as one-offs, but it was Ken Costello was the first to do so in real numbers - some 220 were built at that time using, as said here, Buick engines mostly sourced form Northern Europe. He also built a dozen 4-litre fuel injected V8s at the same time this RV8 was launched (early 1990s).
Gary Duncan is a really nice guy. I just dropped in on him a few years ago and he took me on a tour of the place. That was so nice. Loved his diverse collection.
Where is he at?
@@lucillewest3489 Christiansburg, VA. He will let you walk around.
@@austinaubinoe thank you, I’m in FL but that’s almost worth a road trip😁
He may be but his prices are completely whacked out.
Mr. Duncan is such a superb guy!
Finally return of Barn Find Hunter as series. Thank you for that
I was salivating over that red RX-7 with tan leather interior. I drove those new at 16 yrs old working at a Mazda dealer in Chicagoland. Beautiful cars.
I had a '67 VW camper bus, with split windscreen and 12v battery.
Covered in Grateful Dead stickers, I went to all the concerts in the 80's.
Camped out in the parking lots and other places, nearby the shows.
Those were the best of times, all the Dead Heads were so friendly and fun to hang out with.
This was a fun reminder of the good ol days :-)
That weird VW that has "CH PIN" written on it came from Wejcherowo, Poland. The logo is for Telewizja Kablowa Chopin - a cable TV provider in Pomerania region.
That Renault alpine V6 is something!
i could listen to Garys voice all day long ,very therapautic
What a great collection of cars. I would love to spend the day just walking around looking at cars I always wanted to own!
This dude could be on hoarders. What an amazing amount of dedication to collecting. I can't even imagine.
Wonderful!
I was looking for the first hoarder's remark.
Just envy from people who didn't have the same wits or foresight
@@sixpoint3 foresight and wits to let a bunch of cars rot because you want to hoard them? Makes sense.
@@BabyJesus66
I guess you have to twist other people's words to make your own valid ?
Pathetic, and nothing else.
Besides that you're very limited in comprehension
He's not hoarding them... he's got price tags on them and you can purchase them from him.
Tom, the little grey Honda 600 is powered by a "Two Cylinder Engine" they were also available in "360" versions. It's great to see you out on the road again!.
Yes. The four cylinder 600 was in the S600, the little open top sports car. One place I worked bought up the parts supply from a Honda dealer that was going out of business back around 1970, and we ended up servicing them (S600s). I had a friend with an N600 and we went all over the place in that car. Loved it.
Had one. Two cylinder. I worked the swing shift in a small lumber mill near Portland, OR. Part of my job as Head Sawyer was to stay after the shift ended to sharpen the saws for the morning shift. While I was so engaged, the guys I worked with liked to pick up my car and hide it in the bushes...
i think the man corrected him but it was edited out
I have a 1972 Honda n600 as well 👍
As a scrapper who was working at the time steel started taking off any VW could usually find a home and if I got them they didn't ever end up in the scrap pile. Same could be said with any old car I know has a following I would always sell them on so they wouldn't end up in the yard.. good on the guy for saving all those vanogons.
Oh yea he saved them alright. Now they all sit out to ROT in the elements 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Absolutely love seeing Tom in his natural habitat! keep the episodes coming guys!!
I'm a VW guy, but not a vanagon guy. But that collection is mind blowing.
In the large warehouses, each time they did a wide angle pan, I could not help but pick out so many unique and interesting cars that they did not have time to feature. Amazing stuff.
10:41 pretty sure the GTRs were all four wheel drive only
Yeah they were
r31 and newer gtr are awd,The r30 back are rwd
Really don’t know how he got that wrong lol. Smh 🤦♂️
@@andrewmp6 there was no GTR in a 30 or 31, they were RWD only. 32 onward GTR were AWD
The fact all of these cars are in this condition is extremely extremely impressive. I’m sure they all got cleaned and shined but to have them all look this good after this long is rare and probably one of the cooler collections I’ve seen
What a Amazing collection of VW Vans. Also the amazing collection of JDMs.
Thank you for finding these people, places and vehicle's and sharing them.
Soooo many vehicles caught my eye on the JDM dealer! I need to find his website! That Accord Aero…that silver Mitsubishi Sapporo…just too many in the background…
I believe it's Duncan imports. I spend way to much time browsing and dreaming of owning just one of these cars.
I would love one of those Mitsuo something. 50s looking mini cars with round headlight. The Japanese KNOW cool.
@Knowledge soooo he's a scumbag... makes sense, most used car dealers are.
@@BabyJesus66 Yeah, it's not a hobby. Would you sell your stuff as cheap as possible? I mean, it's not going to be someone's daily driver to survive with. It's considered a luxury item. Nobody goes looking for luxury items to sell at cost.
@Knowledge Most people don't buy classic cars for dailys
Each of these collections merits an intensive documentary!
Thank you for a great video!
Those Honda Aerodecks were quite popular in the UK, the Crowns too, I remember our local newsagent shop owner loved his Datsuns, and from the early 70's he had loads of them.
In that first collection there was a very neat looking Japanese pick up truck but it wasn't discussed.
What a collection..In NZ, those 71 Crowns are highly sort-after, We think the Front looks Amazing, nothing wrong with the style whatsoever... Horses for Courses...
Great Episode Tom. Talk about two different collections with extreme focus and it's these two who come to mind.
Cheers 🇨🇦
Wow so many beautiful cars.
So very glad your back Tom..
The best shows on you tube…..
The Vanagons really dates me back when I used to sell them many years ago. I remember selling both air cooled and water cooled models. Such a great time.
The tariff the United States put on imported trucks was actually a tariff on uni-body construction trucks only.(VW). At that same time, Datsun and Toyota would ship their mini-trucks over without the bed installed. The pick up beds were on the same ship and were put together when they reached Long Beach harbor.
The VW trucks with the bed, were used by the Belgian Air Force. We had some assigned to our MUNSS, munitions support squadron and we called them Volkswagen Combi's. We had 3 packs and 6 packs.
In South Africa, later Vanagon / Microbuses / Caravelles came with 2.3, 2.5 and 2.6L fuel injected 5 cylinders and sounded amazing.
Yeah those are original Audi engines
Yeah, my dad has the vr6 in hi. It's very fast.
@@mathish1477 if you search "vanagon turbo on highway" that's my old kombi on my previous channel 200hp on the wheels :)
@@ECOSTEAMNZ awesome! I have ej25 conversion, but my dad's one is a full b32 Porsche replica. Goes just like that!
@@mathish1477 is there a vid on RUclips?
I go to Virginia Tech and live right next to all of this. The Duncan Ford & etc dealership are known as snakes by most people, which explains why he is able to fund his collection. (Snakes as in tried to replace an entire engine because of an oil leak). I had no idea in Pulaski there was this hoard of VW vans though, that is amazing.
I am local to the area as well and have not heard good things about dealing with them either
Duncan Ford is not owned by Gary Duncan. He owns the Honda and Hyundai dealerships. He has nothing to do with Ford.
@Knowledge Gotcha.
The VW vans are still running in Pretoria, South Africa as taxis. The local production ran until the early 2000s, by that time they came with a 2.5 and 2.6 litre flat five cylinder engines. Heavy on fuel, but very comfortable as well....
I love Japanese cars (and volkswagens). This was RIGHT up my alley.
Me too !! Started w a 74 Celica ST in HS, then I got a 85 GTI when i graduated from college. Now I have 08 Touareg V8 w Air Suspension, it is a BEAST !!! I Love Vdubs !! And I love Yamaha's !!!
Such a shame to see all those VW vans rotting. They were always very popular here in South Africa, and if you hadn't done an engine upgrade on one, or the earlier versions, when you were in your teens or twenties; you had missed out. Our favourite replacement motor for Kombi's, as they were known here, was the famous Ford 3.0 V6, tweaked of course. Nice upload; thanks.
Better than being scrapped 30 years ago, tho?
@@jaex9617 but now that they are becoming more popular he could sell them to people that he knows would get them back on the road.
@@ChaytonRemington Fully agree!
Hey it's better than them being scrapped 20-30 years ago at least the parts and carcasses could live on to bring other ones back on the road.
I know this place and he will sell stuff but, I am told he wants big money for these things.
We love the imports, Tom! Keep ‘em comin
This is the finest collection of VEHICLES I HAVE EVER SEEN ! To view this MAN,s entire collection would take me at least a month ! Once again, best collection ever ! Wow !
I drove a 85 Vanagan for 7 years in Arizona after I had a new Trasnsmission installed and rebuilt the motor. I loved it.
Gotta say that this is a great episode to make a return with!! Great vid guys. AND - the first gentleman seems as tho he has done a lot better with his 'condition' than most of us. He appears to have done a good bit of business with it!
Amazing collection. The GTR's btw are intelligent 4WD cars, they also have 4 wheel steering. A GTR just like that one (R33 GTR, late 94 - 98) was the fastest production car in the world around Nurnburgring back in 1995 when it set the record.
I have a 1973 MGB we put a 3.5L Rover V8 in with the four-speed manual out of a tr8. Did some little fender flares and the car is beautiful.
I left mine carbureted and still have the chrome bumpers front and back
I'm so glad you caught up with Mr. Duncan. I remember reading about his collection in the university newspaper (VT) as a student; that said, none of his are very barn-findy. I can't wait to see where you head to next in VA!
Diesel engine was not mentioned. I do recall in 91 a car mag stating that the Vanagon Diesel was the slowest thing they had every tested.
I used to have dealership sales info on them.
Had a 0-50mph in 60 seconds.
And a 50-60mph time of 60 seconds
BecUse they’re too embarrassed to say 2 min 0-60
you got them with a 1.6 TD. many of them bought in scandinavia. 70hp on a 2 ton car. haha
Diesel was only available in early vanagons, in the us. Later vans 86 and up came only with a 2.1 L flat four. I’m restoring a 91 syncro and going the bostig engine conversion route.
@@ericluebbers4415 Diesel versions were produced before the WBX and all the way to the very end of German production in 1992. The USA market only got them for 1982-83. Enjoy the torqueless wonder...I flew away from the original Bostig test van with a 1.9 TD in my Syncro, up a mountain.
@@karloskelly looked into diesel conversion but would not like to rebuild multiple transmissions due to the excessive torque they produce.
That 1937 Datsun disproves what most people often say about the Datsun name only being used when Nissan started selling vehicles here
The badge looked similar in color and shape to the Datsun emblem on the 1960s and later Datsuns?
That was one of your best videos I've seen. Wow ! I didn't know some these vehicles existed. That old Datsun blew me away, and it was awesome to see the old Corona again! I used to have one. I haven't seen one in ages. They were great cars. Thank you so much!
Just seeing the Corona and that red 510 wagon brought back a ton of great memories.Wish I still had the 510. And that red Tiger!
That N600 is a two cylinder air cooled 600cc
I grew up in northern BC, Canada
A teacher at my school had a red Synchro Transporter Dual Cab pick-up and would often also drive an MK2 Golf Country. I never really thought much of these vehicles until I realized how long the memory of them had stuck with me and that I've never seen a different example of either ever since.
In 1963 I owned a 1959 Toyota toyopet, my father bought it at an auto auction. None of the bidders really wanted it so he got it cheap. It was a great little car I drove it through high school and a few years afterwards. It had a four-speed column shift transmission. Parts were almost impossible to get. There was one Toyota dealer in Larkspur California, Hill Probert's service station one of the first Toyota dealers in California. He had a very limited supply of parts. But he managed to get anything I needed.
When i was i, I think, in 4th grade, a local Poughkeepsie NY auto garage put up a big banner - "100 miles per gallon! Buy a new Toyopet!" Never forgot that. That would have been, I think, 1957. Is that right?
I saw the Figaros and knew it was Duncan 🤤
I am flabbergasted!! I would be happy to come and be your full time curator just to touch those vehicles! Give me a corner in the garage to live in and I'm on my way!
😀
This is great to see, I live in Pearisburg and work in dublin (right beside Pulaski) at volvo trucks North America. I’ve passed those VW hundreds of times and always wanted to know the story behind them. I’ve finally got to hear the story about it. Thanks!
Same..Hi neighbor. The town was after him to get rid of all those VW's a little while back. I knew it had to be him as soon as I seen the title.
If you get a chance you should check out Duncan Imports! That place is absolutely incredible!
Honda N600 had the air-cooled 2 cylinder. I had a couple, as well as a Zcoupe.
It was my first car in high school, a red 1970 Sedan version (like the one shown here). Found it in a field behind a logging truck repair shop with a blown engine due to the commonly failed crankshaft bearings. Rebuilt the engine and drove it as-found for several years. After high school stripped it down and had it repainted in bright red, with a set of 10" mag wheels. Loved that car! And yes, 2 cylinder, air cooled engine, like a motorcycle engine and transmission assembly, with an enclosed belt driven fan mounted behind the cylinders, that was powered by a belt that turned 90 degrees off the crankshaft. So the fan helped suck air through the cylinder fins.
I had a Z360. It was an amazing little car
we used to get the vw combi's we called them Microbus in South Africa with 2.6lt Audi engines in them that was factory fitted up to year 2000 model, also a popular conversion was a Ford 3lt v6
I didn't think I'd have so much fun looking at someone looking at old cars.
What an absolutely beautiful inside view of Duncan! Thank you so much for filming this for us. I got to see so many absolutely amazing cars in the background too!
I need to visit their shop someday.
Thanks!
Have to gently correct the guys because @01:23 that is NOT an 'MGBV8' because a) no such car was ever built (the V8s were MGB GTs) and b) it is an even rarer and far more desirable and very valuable car - an MG RV8. It was a limited edition model of nearly 2,000 cars that captured the 'look' of an MGB but only the suspension, boot lid and doors were shared with the original car although a limited-slip differential was fitted but they were hand built cars to a very high standard. The engine was the 3.9-litre version of the aluminium Rover V8, similar to the one previously used in the non export MGB GT V8. I am not surprised this came from Japan as 1,579 of the 1,983 produced were exported there.
There's a few more added in Green now!
I worked for this man's dad, Paul Duncan, at Holiday Ford's bodyshop in Blacksburg, Va in the middle 70's. Gary ran University Motors, about a 1/2 mile away, they specialised in about anything foreign.
Thank you Tom for showing us all the vans.
That hoard would be appreciating in value daily,
@ circa 1:28 it's an MG RV8 first introduced in 1992 in the UK not an MGB V8 which was launched in the UK in 1973. Great video!
Gonna say. I thought it was a MGB that was “modernised” in the 90s. (MGF parts)
Definitely not my cuppa tea.
@@isaacsrandomvideos667 yep, shared parts
The snail looking car was called S-Cargo, as in escargot, which means snail in french. 😁
Yep, even the logo is a stylized snail.
@@kurtlamprecht93 My pleasure, Kurt. 😁
love to spend several days going through the collections. Great collection!
Wow, the gentleman at the barn has a beautiful and clean collection of cars, all neat. Amazing.
I absolutely understand collecting - but you gotta play with your toys too, right?
I completely understand what your saying. I would guess the guy drives something nice but not rare. Those who did play with their toys back in the day probably ended up like me. T boned by a mini van with no insurance or even a license in hand. I’m sure there’s a plan, more power to the guy
You drive it, it gets paint chips, dings dents and miles. The value goes up if its low miles and close to perfect original paint for most collector cars
@@johnsnow145 Entropy is inevitable. Drive the car. Find something else to invest in
@@teddyeverett3222 that’s the thing about Investing, you should do it all/ You have to be diverse. I have cars I drive and cars I collect that aren’t meant to be driven much. Doesn’t mean my daily isn’t cool, it’s a Porsche.
None of that has anything to do with my real estate investments or the stock market, money market accounts etc.
@@teddyeverett3222 cricket cricket…
Can’t believe these figaros and s cargos are so expensive in the usa , and them “vanigans” were called caravelles in the uk and there extremely sought after , especially the 2.1 water cooled autos
I can’t believe the number of locations you have discovered around the country that house all these makes and models , incredible research and effort put into exposing these gems. Where does the money cone from? It boggles the mind what a huge hobby, pastime, business addiction this is. Truly amazing….stay safe…
Wow , mind blowing collection…..God bless this guy ….one of the best car collections I ever seeing……congratulations…
We love the vanagons and would love to see all those that Adam has back on the road again. Imagine all the people that could be driving them all
I miss my T3.
the all rotten. forget driving.
@@hdj81Vlimited rust in those seams?
@vw life
the owner is a greedy hoarder...
My favorite Japanese car from the 1970's is the S30, Nissan Fair lady, Datsun 240Z they are such a great looking car in my opinion
The 240Z was about $3500 in '71---a bargain compared to the Porsche 914 at the time.
Becaude they were designed by a European
Wow! So many cars, so little time....would love to have seen every single car examined, even the minty American models stashed here and there. Would no doubt require several weeks worth of episodes!
In South Africa we had 2.3 and 2.6 5 cylinder engines, same as in the Passat, in our vanagons, called a a kombi or a microbus over here.
Great collection of cars, strangely LHD has some appeal in Japan despite being a RHD market. A lot of European imports were LHD, especially French cars. Never seen as many Nissan Figaros in one place, let alone those S Cargos!
Strangely, they often buy English cars in LHD, I'm not sure what the logic is there!
Incredible array of weird and wonderful Japanese cars! We’re I’m from those VW’s are called Caravelle.
Dad had a Renault Caravelle 2 seater, around 1958. Lovely shell, powered by 2 or 3 very tired hamsters.
Wow what a collection. He has what you call a super bowl collection. But what is really fantastic is his overall knowledge of what he has in his collection and what each vehicles history is. This is a collection that all should see and appreciate each car as to what was made. Fantastic. They must be all fun to drive. 🤓
Regarding the Vanagons... what we in South Africa saw at all major taxi ranks, you today call a collection. We also did not use the Vanagon name. It was just a VW Kombi or Caravelle.
Simply heaven. Must've been nice to be a car guy before wages and USD started taking a dive in the 80s. Can't even afford a used car now with 2 jobs.
Years ago I tried to borrow and then tried to rent my friend's Westfalia. My wife and I were going out of state to see some sights and thought we'd save some money on hotel bills. That vehicle was his pride and joy, so it didn't surprise me when he said no. Anyway, while we were out of town my friend was driving it in the rain, lost control and hit a tree. The good news was he only had a few bumps and bruises. The bad news was the Westfalia was totaled and he only had liability insurance! Later he confided that he felt bad about not lending me the van and almost called me to say he changed his mind. But, he didn't and that cost him his Westie.
K A R M A . . .
Love that 1st guy's truly eclectic collection.
Everything from a '70 LS6 to a Figaro and back to a Skyline Gtr.
Oh man! That wood panel accord wagon looks awesome!
I had a 1968 Toyota Corona 4 door automatic. The Toyota automatic transmission in the Corona was basically a Toyota version of a GM Power Glide. The car's RPMs would be SCREAMING before it would finally shift but the engine seemed to take it. Since I lived in the Mountains in Colorado let's just say my Toyota Corona screamed a lot unless I was down in Denver. My dad was worried that my Toyota engine had been really pushed to the limit since I lived in the mountains, so he gave me his 1975 Fiat 128 Sport L. The icing on the cake was my dad needed to move my Toyota to get one of our other cars out, and the Toyota Corona brake petal went to the floor and the Toyota went down a steep hill, with my dad in it. My dad didn't get hurt, but my dad officially made the Fiat my car from then on.
Yes, the Toyo-glide was a license built (and somewhat improved) GM Powerglide.
My dad had a 1972 Toyota Corona in the avocado Green. first car I ever drove. He sold it years later to a kid in my class at high school and we ended up being friends after I told him that used to be my car. We all split and went our separate ways in life and then he ended up accidentally running in to my sister 30 years later, marrying her and we are now brother in laws and they live 2 miles from me and I see them all the time. All cause that car :)
My first trip to Japan was 11years ago and now I live there. Over that time I've seen the whole market change. I used to see the full array of cool JDM cars on the streets regularly. Now it's usually on a public holiday when they come out of the sheds. So much has left Japan's shores. I have mixed feelings on this. Ultimately I feel that the majority of the vehicles that have left these shores will be cherished by enthusiasts...and I hope they won't be packed away by speculators.
ha thank Japanese road laws - if they were economical to keep I think the people would. All things I've heard it is not easy and of course nothing like the US. That all being said, I LOVE Japan - my favorite country ever visited.
@@mattadrev471 It all springs from the lack of space per person.
With the aging population of Japan, it may or may not relax.
One thing is for sure, Japan is what happens when there is not enough space and must be managed to prevent congestion of moving and non moving vehicles.
Also, it could be worse like in Singapore where a certificate of ownership needs to be obtained first before you can purchase a vehicle, which not only costs more than the car but it also does not last for the life of the vehicle or forever. It only lasts for 10 years which means you will need to sell your car.
@@crxdelsolsir my lord that would definitely stunt the car market for only the most well off. We are pretty darn lucky here in the US.
dont have mixed feelings its a good thing to get japanese cars out of japan as the salty air will eat them slowly.the people who collect them will preserve them especially in dry climates,i have a 1992 nissan silvia s13 sr20det and live in phoenix az,30yo car and zero rust because the dry climate and the dry air will keep it rust free
@@mattadrev471 It's obvious that you haven't traveled the world much!
Duncans little treasure. I got to see so many cars that otherwise would be impossible to see. It takes multiple days to go through all the different cars that they have.
Wonderful collection. Love the fact that they're all in good shape.
I used to work for a small company called Vanaru and we did Subaru conversions. Svx motors, 2.2 or the 2.5 motors. It's a nice bump in power and reliability ( if you can call a Subaru reliable).
My conversion is great. Once you upgrade the head gaskets they are reliable.
I had a machine shop and we did subie heads like cordwood....They ALL needed at least .010 to .015 some .020 milled off to get flat..... Engine has to come out to get the heads off.......$3 grand everytime they overheat......They always sounded like they were misfiring when running correctly to me.....
@@williamrivers5838 yeah, the Subaru's seem to need new head gaskets at around 270,000 KMs. But once that's done you'll get that again from them. That's really not that bad for an extra 50hp, and a very cheaply replaced block (normally you'll pick up and engine for $600). Rebuilds for the wbt VW start here at about 5500 USD, that's if there is no corrosion. And the Subaru sounds great with the short exhaust.
The Vanagons are very reliable, in Germany, where VW actually traines and certifies technicians. All you need is one size-13 wrench, by the way!
@@NorceCodine I had two turbo diesel when I lived in Finland, they were amazing cars, so fuel efficient.
Saw a lot of Escargo in NZ. Right hand drive, lots of those are floating around NZ.
The Escargo only comes in RHD.
As does New Zealand...lol
I have a 90 Vanagon, when it started leaking fuel at the hose I had to park it because nobody knows how to work on these cars anymore. Otherwise perfect, even original VW blue coolant. Volkswagen dealer said that Volkswagen stopped training technicians in the USA decades ago, they are now only selling the cars, no service.
Duncan is an amazing place!!! So glad I had a chance to tour it!
How'd you just walk by all those Autozams!?
Great content nonetheless.
He walks right by a lot of interesting vehicles, always has.
@@greeceuranusputin Yes, I noticed this about this guy all the time, plenty of times they focus on clearly less interesting vehicles, a real mystery.
25 Year rule is HARD! Many of the GTRs that have come in under the law are being confiscated because of how they were imported. Beyond that, if someone does it, quadruple check the Ps and Qs.
Many have come in outside of the 25 year rule, that's the problem.
What is a GTR?
@@at1970 Nissan had a mid-sized sedan called the Skyline. From 1989 the R32 sports coupe version was the GT-R. It had a 2.6 litre straight-six with twin ceramic turbos. It had all-wheel drive and was a performance bargain. I live in Australia and some years ago owned an imported 1998 R34 GT-T (2.5 litre, single turbo, RWD) sedan. I loved that car.
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Thanks. My screw up. I skipped right to the vanagons and thought GTR might have something to do with importing vehicles.
That JDM collection…incredible!
Its really cool that hes open to selling these cars too, especially the Figaros! I never heard of these before until today
I like how you pretended like you'd never heard of the chicken tax before
Kind of a shame to see all those vans sitting, but for the most part they seem savable so at least they're a step up from sitting in a scrap yard waiting to be crushed. These are just waiting for some love.
Thanks for this show, I love it! Keep them coming!
10 years ago I went with a buddy to Louisiana and back to pick up a trailer. We stopped to pickup my mom some cigarettes in the way SW corner of Virginia late at night and I got my buddy to go up route 11 to get back to the highway and we went right by these Vanagons, at the second location you go to. Of course it was dark, but I figured even then it had to be the world's biggest collection of those things.
All these Vanagons get to live their final days in the old Volks home.😂🤣
Personally I think this is the best episode of Barn Find Hunters so far. The first collection of cars was amazing enough, but as somebody who likes Vanagons (despite their mechanical shortcomings) and would seriously consider owning one, that second collection boggled my mind. Just...wow...
okay, seeing the aerodeck alone was worth the watch !!!
The number of VW's in this collection is well over 400. Owners are good people. Glad to see they finally have someone working on this collection!
Do you know this vanagon place? can you tell me the name?
@@emanuelromero3364 I do. I will not just dump out their info though. If you have a specific want or need I can try to help you though. It still remains as a personal collection. I do believe some parts and such are being listed for sale on a newer website they have started. i forget the name but I'll find out and post it here soon.
@@emanuelromero3364 I will post info soon. Waiting for the sun to rise on the other side of the globe.