fantastic restoration !!!!!! love the floormats most people would have thrown them away,this bus was a real mess now its back on the road great job love it
I think people tend to go one of two ways with these busses. They either keep it as original as possible or give it a modern twist with new panels, new paint and usually a Porsche engine. I prefer to see them original. Every one is unique and they should be kept that way.
What an amazing vehicle with history too. That engine bay is brilliant and dead simple technology with those old engines, they definitely benefit from not having ECU’s. I’m not a fan of rat look or slamming to the floor but I really appreciate the renovation work that’s been done, spot on.
Thanks for the comment mate. I have to agree also mate. I personally like the slammed look but I definitely get that most people don’t. Love this vehicle to be fair.
I say WOW Jay also .. I have never ever seen a VW like this and I go to many car shows some of the biggest shows and I must say this is "One of a kind" should be worth lots of money. VW Corporation may be interested in buying this very rare bus for display at there headquarters I would contact them and send them some pictures.
It's a very cool bus and I don't quite get where the line is drawn. All that painstaking keeping everything original but then tubbing and dropping it and putting in a better but only slightly better motor. I guess the owner gets to draw that line in whatever place he likes though and it makes this one unique!
If anyone wants to read the build thread on this VW you can find it on the splitscreen van club SSVC forum under the title RHD 1954 samba.The author is Kilgore and it is an awesome read 👍🏻
Nice work Jay, what a great start to the feature. I know I will never be in the position to own a split but I think "rat" is the way to go. Used and abused 🤙🤙
ha , not too original all but a clever piece of the antique dealers art of aging something to make it more valuable. The "as found pics " let the mangy cat out of the bag. If it were a car that just needed a mechanical make over and the body left untouched. Golde Handles can be found on a lot of fords from the 50's which were dealer equipped with Golde Sunroofs.
Love it when people who haven’t got a hope in hell owning one offer their critical points of view! “He should have done it like this…”. It’s the choice of the owner to do what they do with their vehicles, not the observer…
Great save, and nice job - but the facts are SOO wrong - Right hand cars were not at all common in Sweden, infact they were very rare - even thou they did drive on the wrong side. The reason why so many VW busses were driven into the woods and abandoned, after the change over is the barndoors. Passengers suddenly had to be loaded/unloaded into the middle of the street, and it was too expensive to change the doors for driving on the right side. PS where is the ventilation system ?
Thank you. Aw I see. I went off information from google and what I was told by the current owner and off the sellers in Sweden. So I guess it’s all third party information
@@JaysFabShop Yepp - and once you know it, you can see it. I first read about it many years ago , in Classic Motor. They had an article about two VW fanatics, that saved ANYTHING in regards to early VW.
I personally hate to see perfect body & paint work on splittys, they should look their age I think.This thing dosent disapoint, it's perfectly imperfect just like your grandad or granny.
fantastic restoration !!!!!! love the floormats most people would have thrown them away,this bus was a real mess now its back on the road great job love it
love that original patina. something like that in UK is amazing so many rusted out totally.
I think people tend to go one of two ways with these busses. They either keep it as original as possible or give it a modern twist with new panels, new paint and usually a Porsche engine. I prefer to see them original. Every one is unique and they should be kept that way.
Thanks for the comment mate. I have to totally agree with you
The original engine would’ve been a 36 hp if memory me correctly. Very nicely done restoration out standing!
Missing the spare tire holder above engine ... Rare bus for sure ... Slainte' ! Cheers !
Wow Jay! What a story what a vehicle ! AWESOME. LOVE IT. WOW WOW WOW!. Fantastic. 😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩. Thanks for bringing this on your channel.
Awesome comment my friend 🤗. Thank you so much glad you liked it
Simplemente lo mejor felicidades amigo desde México cuídalo porque recuerda que es tu bebé
Awesome bus with fantastic history. Well done for bringing it to your channel and your enthusiasm for sharing it with us 👍
Thank you Ian. Yeah I loved it to be fair. What a van 🤘🤘
Thanks Jay Great show that was beautiful very very cool
Thanks Shawn very much appreciated mate
nice story, these are the best. Unfortunately, the stories take so long 😉👍🏻👍🏻🎥
Great video jay.. friday night viewing sorted better than Netflix.. jay Saunders tv .looking forward to the next bus video.
Thank you for the comment Andrew 🤘🤘 love it. Very much appreciated
Patina Monster, this VW T1👍😊
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What an amazing vehicle with history too. That engine bay is brilliant and dead simple technology with those old engines, they definitely benefit from not having ECU’s. I’m not a fan of rat look or slamming to the floor but I really appreciate the renovation work that’s been done, spot on.
Thanks for the comment mate. I have to agree also mate. I personally like the slammed look but I definitely get that most people don’t. Love this vehicle to be fair.
Jay Saunders well done mate it’s a cracking bus to feature on your channel 👍
Great video look forward to the next.
👍👍👍
Thank you Chris
Absolutely beautiful! Loved it so much matey. This is going to turn into a great series bro 👌🏼
Thanks bro. Means a lot
Only thing wrong with it .it got slammed
I say WOW Jay also .. I have never ever seen a VW like this and I go to many car shows some of the biggest shows and I must say this is "One of a kind" should be worth lots of money. VW Corporation may be interested in buying this very rare bus for display at there headquarters I would contact them and send them some pictures.
Thank you Terry. I have to agree. I will let the owner know what you said just incase he wants to
Look into it. Thank you
It's a very cool bus and I don't quite get where the line is drawn. All that painstaking keeping everything original but then tubbing and dropping it and putting in a better but only slightly better motor. I guess the owner gets to draw that line in whatever place he likes though and it makes this one unique!
Agreed mate to be honest. It’s kind of a personal preference I guess
incredible
Agreed 😎
Nice new start to your feature series Jay,😀
Thank you Carolyn. Means a lot
Awesome bus dude 👍👍👍
It truly is mate 🤘🤘
sweet bus love it
Me too 🤘🤘
Great video and editing dude 👌
Thanks bro means a lot
What a bus, beautiful
Agreed. So awesome
If anyone wants to read the build thread on this VW you can find it on the splitscreen van club SSVC forum under the title RHD 1954 samba.The author is Kilgore and it is an awesome read 👍🏻
Awesome comment. Thanks for that I’m sure people would love to read about this awesome build
Now that's dedication to keep something that trashed, alive. ;-)
Agreed
Nice work Jay, what a great start to the feature.
I know I will never be in the position to own a split but I think "rat" is the way to go. Used and abused 🤙🤙
Thank you Stuart. I think I’m the same mate 😝
ha , not too original all but a clever piece of the antique dealers art of aging something to make it more valuable. The "as found pics " let the mangy cat out of the bag. If it were a car that just needed a mechanical make over and the body left untouched.
Golde Handles can be found on a lot of fords from the 50's which were dealer equipped with Golde Sunroofs.
Agreed
Love it when people who haven’t got a hope in hell owning one offer their critical points of view! “He should have done it like this…”.
It’s the choice of the owner to do what they do with their vehicles, not the observer…
Not sure if you are meaning me or viewers
@@JaysFabShop not anyone specifically. I get uninformed comments all the time in my ‘59 panel. Drives me nuts. 😉
Great save, and nice job - but the facts are SOO wrong -
Right hand cars were not at all common in Sweden, infact they were very rare - even thou they did drive on the wrong side.
The reason why so many VW busses were driven into the woods and abandoned, after the change over is the barndoors.
Passengers suddenly had to be loaded/unloaded into the middle of the street, and it was too expensive to change the doors for driving on the right side.
PS where is the ventilation system ?
Thank you. Aw I see. I went off information from google and what I was told by the current owner and off the sellers in Sweden. So I guess it’s all third party information
@@JaysFabShop Yepp - and once you know it, you can see it.
I first read about it many years ago , in Classic Motor.
They had an article about two VW fanatics, that saved ANYTHING in regards to early VW.
I personally hate to see perfect body & paint work on splittys, they should look their age I think.This thing dosent disapoint, it's perfectly imperfect just like your grandad or granny.
😝 totally agree
£120k ? 🤭 naw when are they going to finish it ?
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I really dont see the value in these things.
They definitely don’t drive the best 😝