Very nice work, it's good to see classic cars that can be in daily use and still look so original. Love the analogue battery meter, it's in keeping with the original style. Excellent!
Restoration videos get a lot of views. People love to watch an old car being torn down and restored in 30 minutes. The videos you make are great. Seeing the car restored and converted in time lapse would be awesome.
This is gorgeous. I don't know why I feel the need to mention that, as a teen in 1974-75 I had a 1965 bus in green. I bought it for $600. That little bus took my friends and I on many fun filled adventures around Long Island and upstate New York. The stock look is the best look to my eye on these resto-mods, whether gasoline or electric. I'm looking forward to seeing many more iconic and stylish cars from the past being revived with electric power (which, by the way, will only really be "green" when we go New-Generation Nuclear for our electric power.)
I was on fb and saw an ad for a tesla vw bus exactly like this. I put a donation in for the auction but this is the model my dad was fixing up before he passed, the bank took it with his old house but I really loved this video, thank you.
Beautiful work. Love that people are restoring and converting old VW busses. I like everything about it… the one thing that is given up is the sound of the VW engine. But worth it.
Not saying I hate it, but a massive part of their character is the air cooled engine These things were mostly a hobby for enthusiast's, keeping an old air-cooled motor throbbing is something to be proud of, putting electric motors in them seems a strange idea, yeh you can argue the eco point but these aren't daily drivers, the sound of air-cooled motors and smell of long duration cams is the point in having one isn't it?
>^. .^< Lovely conversion and color, Best Wishes with it. My father had a 62 VW factory camper so these are in my personal grow up history, thus I too love them to excess.....
one word , waw!! well done!!, but the thing is will miss with those to electric converted van's is the spinning boxer motor........ the sound of a volkswagen bus.........., but you did a good job guy's.....
Beautiful bus. It's looks like it just came from the showroom floor. Ironically, it's probably going to be hauled to Washington on a diesel powered truck.
Canadians call deer whistles deer atractors lol they say they make all of the deer near the road panic and running all directions including across the road in front of your car. A Canadian friend of mine put them on his new car and within two weeks he hit a deer so he added two more deer whistles only weeks later he hit another deer and totaled the car. He was 50 had lived in Canada all his life and never hit a deer.
A company good do well making vintage VW bus replicas out of fiberglass, just like they do with Porsche Speedsters, etc. …and offer different drivetrains…I believe there is a large market for these…not to mention camper versions.
I get keeping the older look, but I would absolutely love it if someone did a roof rack solar panel. Maybe help with some of the charging while on the road.
Well if they weren't so expensive and had more range I'd love one of those. Have to admit this van looks incredible. But the main reason I'd want one is to travel around through Europe. Unfortunately with this limited range this would mean I'd be spending the majority of my travel time at a charging station.
I have two buses, a 65 camper and a 67 kombi. Which one is a better candidate and what would be an approximate cost to convert to similar standards as the bus on the video?
My first 3 cars, in the 80's were VW buses. I bought them because that's all I could afford at the time (all under $1500 back then) and they were the only thing on the market with some cargo space. At the risk of being chastised by everyone here, they were not the funnest cars to drive. Had to change the engine and or the transmission every other year; the breaks weren't so great; and the infamous starter motor (those who ever owned one these can relate). Alas, these old clunkers were the best of their kind on the market, because non of the other automakers had the imagination to make a better version. My question is, why would it make any sense to spend $20K-$50K+ to have an old VW electrified clunker (or worst gas engine) when you could have a Cybertruck or something similar for more or less the same price? Performance or not, I think you'll an AC and an electric window with the Cybertruck. Way back then, where these vans could be had for $1000 or a little more, not body wanted them, because there were junk. Why everybody wants one now that they are so much more money? VW if you are listening, build a new (but well-made version please) e-bus for under $35K and you might have a winner.
It’s definitely easy to imagine vehicles like this could be the wave of the not so distant future. It would be great to know if people have requisition one or two of them since you uploaded this video. My question is, could you hypothetically include autonomous propulsion systems that VW was exploring for the I D concept cars? I am asking as a disabled US citizen (legal blindness) that is barred from obtaining drivers documentation. My father who drove a microbus in the 60s mentioned that they were particularly hazardous because of the single layer of chassis between the driver seat and the open air. Is there a way of cushioning the inside? Listening to your channel introduction, my head went straight to Dan Aykroyd saying “switch me on“.
Re: autonomous driving and other modern-day safety features, Volkswagen has promised their I.D.Buzz model for 2022. Zelectric retrofits won't be including that option anytime soon, if ever.
I would love to see the first Electric ⚡️ UAZ BUKHANKA VAN BUILD some builders are opting to avoid using Tesla batteries 🔋 and going instead with the Chevy volt batteries seeing their design is lighter
I’m just wondering on adverse how much would it be to buy a pre built electrical Volkswagen minibus / how much is everything added on to this so I could do it myself
Got a 66 Kombi with 50's camper kit in pretty fair shape actually. How much (roughly) for this level redo? Camper kit would stay with me I'll restore that and I would reinstall it after redo. I need a figure to see about shifting around a few things first is why I ask. Thank you in advance for your time. I do hope to hear from you...love the vid obviously, more importantly thank you for posting. Mike
Beautiful Microbus who need 3 to 4 hr of charge every 90 miles! Good enough for local commuting but clearly come short in range and fast charging time to consider doing a 150+ miles trip.
ZelectricBug let me ask you this the motor you put in this one has less horsepower than a Tesla motor wouldn’t you get double the range if you put in a batttey system out of a long range model 3
@Thomas Gary: Who are you to call anyone pathetic little puke and judge what people can or can't do with their ride? This discussion was pretty clean until you get in. Go back to your room child!
Makes me wonder why Volkswagen just doesn’t rerelease the classic design with and electric engine. I mean the new one is electric but everybody likes the old design plus it aged the best.
try some sound deadening material used in yacht and boat engine enclosures. power train need not be that loud. My approach to this would be to use an entire leaf drivetrain, and marry it to the swing axles.. making a vanagon with CV Joints a better recipient, than the older vw bus with its swing arm transaxle and reduction gear boxes...although I know you are following a VW conversion path that goes back to the 1960's . The construction of the bus and vangon allows the batteries to go between frame members under the floor, which is a very good thing in a tall vehicle with high ground clearance. The improved suspension, and brakes of the vanagon.. and the lower cost compared to the vulture culture surrounding the old style bus.. all favor the vanagon. but it's all good. grew up with 36 hp vws bugs and buses...
