David Kramer - Volksie Bus Adverts

In 1983 David Kramer was contracted by Volkswagen South Africa to link his idiosyncratic South African image to their microbus. This was the beginning of a television and print campaign that won the hearts of South Africans, made David Kramer into a household name and was to continue for the next thirteen years. Probably the longest running celebrity endorsement South Africa has seen.
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[@brucebartlett6536]

Wonderful song and wonderful memories.

[@DavidKramerSA]

Thanks for your support. Much appreciated.

[@UthamaseelanDorasamy-fu3tx]

The first ad was one of the few times i heard my father laugh out loud...

[@dinoducci4039]

I sometimes catch my self singing this song when I climb into a Bus as

[@rushdiishmail9686]

Great song.👌🏾

[@SLYGUY79]

classic

[@ElisaNotoHadebe08]

Legends

[@foreignwarren7361]

Still know 50 percent of the words 35 years later 😂

[@aapelikeilamaa9523]

Hi! Love the adverts. They all have so nice rings to them! We listened to these songs whilst traveling in Norway with my friend's Syncro bus.
Are the lyrics available somewhere?

[@DavidKramerSA]

Glad you enjoyed them. Which advert would you like the lyrics to specifically? I'll see if I can find them in the archives for you.

[@aapelikeilamaa9523]

@@DavidKramerSA The first one "about the fuel injected volksie bus" And another one that i've seen in another video, which told about 2 guys stealing a bicycle and escaping via railway.
Thanks for the answer! They're very catchy to listen especially when traveling in a volksie bus!

[@DavidKramerSA]

@@aapelikeilamaa9523
Did you her about the time that my old bike was taken
The Blesbok Bicycle Gang stole it from the railway station
The two of them were wanted men: Piet Piston and Mad Mac
They also grabbed my blik guitar and raced off down the track
The station master shouted: Moenie worry nie, don't fuss
We'll catch them if we chase them in my brandnew syncro bus
It's got a fuel-injected engine and a powerful 4 wheel drive
He said, Put your trust in Syncrobus we'll bring 'em back alive
CLIMBING OVER KOPPIES
BOUNCING THROUGH THE DONGAS
FLYING THROUGH THE VELD
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD STOP US
DOWN THROUGH THE DRIF AND UP THROUGH THE KLOOF
THE STATION MASTER DROVE AND TAPPED HIS FINGERS ON THE ROOF
THERE WAS NO PLACE IN NAMKWAKWALAND
THAT WE COULDN'T GO IN OUR FUEL-INJECTED FOUR WHEEL DRIVE
NEW VOLKSIE BUS SYNCRO
Then we set a trap at Bobbejaansrivier
The three os, the Volksie bus... waiting....until!
DRIVING OVER KOPPIES
BOUNCING THROUGH THE DONGAS
FLYING THROUGH THE VELD
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD STOP US
DOWN THROUGH THE DRIF AND UP THROUGH THE KLOOF
THE STATION MASTER DROVE AND TAPPED HIS FINGERS ON THE ROOF
THERE WAS NO PLACE IN NAMKWAKWALAND
THAT WE COULDN'T GO IN OUR FUEL-INJECTED FOUR WHEEL DRIVE
NEW VOLKSIE BUS SYNCRO

[@DavidKramerSA]

Let me tell you about the fuel-injected Volksie bus
And how it helped me climb up the Tierkloofpas
I was on my way to Sannie van der Spuy
The Melktert Queen in the town Volstruis
I'd been pushing my bike up the pass for hours
I was tired and sweaty and my mood was sour
When a fuel-injected bus offers me a ride
But I said, This time I'm not getting inside
But I saw the disappointment on the kids little faces
So there and then I took my braces
and hitched them to this powerful new bus
and said, You can tow me up the Tierkloofpas
And he put his foot down and we soon reached the top
And I rang my bell for the bus to stop
Then we waved goodbye and I was on my way
I was freewheeling down to Sannie van der Spuy
As I sat eating Sannie's melktert
In burst the traffic cop his name Oom Gert
He said, Sannie I've just seen a bike and a bus
Going a hundred miles an hour up the Tierkloofpas
& a madman on a bike, make no mistake,
Nogal ringing his bell to overtake.

[@aapelikeilamaa9523]

@@DavidKramerSA Thank you a thousand times sir! Now i can properly have a singalong to the ads on the passenger seat of a Syncro Bus!! Have a nice summer!

[@bronkhhl]

who was the ad agency?

[@hendrikskilpad6063]

Rightford Searle-Tripp & Makin. They later partnered with Ogilvy.