ABANDONDED 50+ year old VW BUS found in a field! Perfect for Vanlife? Or MISTAKE?
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- We take a long trip far up to northern Alberta to check out a VW Bus that has been abondoned in a field for over 50 years. Jakes dream bus has always been a PGSG Vw bus. Will it be a suitable home for our little family? Join our journey building this 57 VW Bus into the perfect home on wheels.
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After seeing this car in person then watching the video I can’t believe it’s the same car! You both did a great job on the restoration! The video editing was perfection! Im looking forward to watching more videos!
Thank you! It’s crazy how far this bus has come. But stoked to get her finished! 🤙
This is so cool! I had a ‘58 PGSG, I miss it so much! Can’t wait to follow along and watch this build 🙌🏼❤️
They are such cool’s buses. PGSG is definitely my favorite
Great score guys, have you guys driven a splity before? They are way different to a bay, more white knuckle drive ;) Will be interesting to see what you guys do :)
Yeah we have. I feel like king pin beams feel a little more responsive and less sluggish than the ball joint in a bay. Either way though hahha we are definitely used to driving a bus
Just found this and I’m stoked! Your bus is beautiful even in it as found state. Looking forward to seeing you make it yours!
Anxious to watch this project! Can't believe it started after 50 years!
Pretty crazy huh! We are actually almost done and are excited to show the updates
It is funny for me to see this,i was a hippie in the late sixties and 70🇸🇪☮️,now i am 68 year Young woman from sweden,wish you all luck on the way😊❤
That’s so awesome! An original hippie 🫡 thank you!
I got my 65 during a winter storm advisory in New York, normally a ?? 8 hour drive ? IDK. Uhaul guy #2 said, oh I had a dr appointment, I'm not sticking around in this snow. It snowed the whole trip ! I took my front spindles off my 67 since the 65 had no front spindles ! Anyway, that was like 10 years ago - sea blue sticker still in place and you can see it in teh cargo door when you open it and since the door panels are long gone, you see the sea blue there too. Which is was rust free as as yours....doesn't matter, I'll fix it
Gotta love a good recovery story hahah and yeah I already did all the welding and repairs. She looks great now. Will be putting out videos showing the progress
Wow, what a nice Volkswagen 😊 Kind regards from Germany, Ralph
Vielen Dank! I habe eigentlich drei Jahre in Deutschland gelebt. Hat auch die Sprache gelernt 🤙🤙
Sehr gut, in welcher Gegend in Deutschland warst Du gewesen? 😊
I war in Bremerhaven, Dresden, Berlin, und rheine
I can tell I’m gonna love this channel!
We are stoked you found it! new video should be out by thursday!
Belli gli interni originali!!😊Complimenti!🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
My favorite color combo! Looks like a perfect project can’t wait to see the transformation!
Yes! PGSG is my favorite followed by mango. Stoked to show everyone how the bus has turned out
Lovely video guys , can’t wait for the next one 👍
Thank you! We just posted the next video today!
Great video i love it when you buy an old vw that has a connection you have got to keep the Rogers .Really cool
Yes! We are keeping as much original paint as possible. Even named the Bus goose after its history being used as a blind for goose hunting.
Have fun with the build! I've been following along on Instagram! Way to keep an old Bus on the road
Awesome! Thanks for following along on Instagram. We are quite a ways ahead on Instagram. 😂
Very good find! Keep more videos coming, we want to go on the journey with you.
Yes! We are going to be putting out longer videos regularly 😊
I love the seller's voice.
Haha he was very Canadian. Super awesome guy
Keep posting updates :)
We for sure will! New video drops this week
@@hippiesnap Thanks!
Another Splitty Bus owner here in New Zealand. This is going to be fun.
Awesome! How was the Vw scene in New Zealand? We would love to ship our bus there one day.
Duuuude this is awesome ! dying for an update
Thank you! Should be posting every two weeks!
Such a cool bus! Looking forward to seeing you fix it up.
We absolutely love the patina! This footage is a year old haha we are almost done and are excited to show everyone.
Very nice, I will continue to follow it. Greetings from a PGSG owner. So cool with patina
Yeahhhhh PGSG is the best! Thank you. We love the patina
Well done! I'll be waiting for all the updates!
Thank you! Stay tuned for more videos then. We are almost done with the build and should be posting regularly.
Wicked bus I have a PGSG 56 they are so cool
will be watching progress GL
Thank you! And dang I’m jealous! Our bus was 1 month off getting bubble taillights
Awesome find! Looking forward to the future of this!
It’s such a cool find! We are almost done with the resto so we will be posting regularly 🎉
The patina that old bus has is amazing
Yessss. You only get sunbaked patina like that if it’s been sitting forever.
Great find and an awesome bus!
Nice one 👍🏴
I just looked up what restored 68 goes for…. $80,000.!!!👍
They definitely have gotten expensive. But the market is actually good amount lower than that right now thankfully
Watching from the UK! Split bus owner
Awesome!!! Love the split 😂
Sometimes when you get the Bug. When you get a Bug. Bus Bug. You kids know how to live
did it come with the hand crank?
It didn’t have the actual crank handle but it is a crank start bus 🤙
Woooo!
HIYA !
I just subscribed.
It says there are 11 videos, but then it shows the is no content on this channel.
HELP
Hey!!! We just started the channel! So far we only have 1 longer video, and the rest are shorts. We will post a new long video this week however!
Just join mick Australia 🇦🇺
Up to you. But it not build to carry 1,500 or 2,000 full loaded lb, too small engine and air cool. Suspension over worked. Need more torque, your be down shifting 3th on the freeway long hills then it need an over drive tranmision on the straight or over working the engine in 4 gear . You're asking it to be a truck. Water is 17 lb 1 gallon Then part break . Auto repair my state will not take pre 2,000 cars they say if we can't get part it taking up space. They're too busy, so then your need to rent a hotel fir a week and tow job. I been there with a 1996 ford van. So I gave it to the junk yard and brought a transit, with the 6 sp auto Tran I save 100 a month on gas, the thing is all my time I wasted buikd it , but the suspension bushing may as week do all, but everyone said just one part of many can't find the part they are stuck, my law they can't allow it back on the road with a missing part. That why auto repair wouldn't take it. But up to you, keep a record list what you spend, it be 20 k as a used new van.
Goggle Car gurus few used ford transit 8,000
You're asking a 60 year old van to be a daily work horse everyday, it tired. Lol be real, and your putting or investing 6 month work on a gamble. But it be fun to see your struggle utube . Lol
Thank you! We actually have already done multiple bills and have done 30+ thousand miles every year on air cooled Vw’s.
For this Bus, I rebuilt the entire suspension system to accommodate more weight, I put in a 2110 and had a specific gearing for my drive to be able to accommodate more torque for the extra load. We have completely rebuilt every part of this entire van already. We will be regularly uploading the videos showing what we did
Also, anytime we have broken down. We have been able to fix it on the side of the road. I have never had to call a tow. Do all the work and all of the repairs myself.
@@hippiesnap yea that good you have address the issuer or it be horrible and costly to drive. Have fun .....
Adding the wagon back tail light are inadequate compote to today big very bright back light. if you got under 70 mph even 18 wheel go 70s lol. They pass you 30 mpg faster .I once seen a bike hit a vw bus on the side of me he didn't see it till to late. He hit it and hang on to the bus. Try look at the light at night. It tiny and it very low. Hard to see if the sun rise or sun set in front of you & looking From the back. Any junk yard light on the lower roof would work
Wonders
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