1957 VW Bus 

Everyone loves more windows but that one looks so clean and streamline without any. Keeping a classic alive that’s what it’s all about.

Thanks for the video, great looking split panel! In Brazil, splits were produced until 1975.

Your bus is so beautiful!! I love that it is plain jane with all its smoothness. I would love to have a little VW bug.

This was a really awesome video. I learned a lot. Thank you .

Damn, like your taste in vehicles. I had a '67 Westphalia in my 20s, had a great time with it.

Awsome Bus you did a great job with it .....love the color 😍

Amazing bus sir.

Awesome attitude and a lot of knowledge, thanks for sharing!

Very Good! I learned quite a lot!

The best Guac commercial ever :D :D I went to you page to get two stickers, but no shipping to Norway :(

Really Cool! I have its brother, late 57 single cab. same color, later tail lights. nice work... kt

The memories come flooding back - mine was a UK 1967 Bay , so one of the first of those, with the moon-shaped air-intakes. You've done a fantastic job on yours, I hope you have many more years of happy driving in her. ps one thing (probably not a recommended thing) I discovered my VDub could do if needed - when the engine wouldn't start, I could leave her in 1st with the no foot on the clutch as I turned the key in the ignition. The bus would bunny-hop and bump start itself!

Wow that is beautiful. You put some time in on that. Impressive.

Looks great! Love early panels - safaris look great on it 😊

Brings me back when I use to have a pgsg 57 kombi deluxe. Mine had a fan blower underneath for the vents and rear view on the top vent (like where an ambulance fan knob would be).

I own a bay & know all the yearly changes they made but only know the basic things when it comes to the splits, so thank you for the good info! Hopefully can add a split to my garage one day!

nice van ,very very nice

Amazing job! That dub looks stunning!

_If the van is a rockin' don't come a knockin'_

This is porshe but in van shape ⭐⭐⭐

Dei Bus ist super toll ! Was du sagt ist 100 Richtig alle Lieben alte Volkswagen ! Keine Einkauf ohne Foto oder ein kleines Schwätzchen auf dem Parkplatz !

Great video. You have a gorgeous bus. I to am a vw lover and have quite a few of them. A couple being a 1966 camper bus and a 69 westfalia camper bus. I also have beetle similar to your bus. It's a 1964 beetle that was built in October of 63 before they started putting on the newer 64 parts so it looks identical to a 63.

What a fun video! Back in my hippy chick days I had a 57 bus (back in the mid 70's- in Santa Cruz, CA, no less). I LOVED it and used to do my own tune ups with the help of the book, "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive...for the Complete Idiot" (I just saw it on Amazon for $596.00!). I wish I still had it.

VW did not start building the type 2 until March 8 of 1950. Not 1949.

Great ending to your video, bus sounds boss...

ANNNND in Australia we have a totally different brake light lens for the 56 :) And the bullets here went to 63. Our 57's didn't have any front indicators but side semaphores only.

There’s several things that are wrong with the years you give. Rubbed/pressed bumpers went until august (at least) of 58 USA and Feb of 59 for euro. You said this twice incorrectly. 3rd brake lights went all the way to November of 58 Volkswagen never bent their antennas. This is aftermarket recently (post 2000) Cool ride though!

Great video . I'm a couple hours north from you . Restoring a 64 bug. Also I subscribed

few vw owners know the church key hole holds the center hole holds your gas cap inside it while filling up

Know what you mean. Have 59 panel same color white roof.

Thanks doctor Ferdinand PORSCHE ! the WERHMACHT to ! ( the same engine vw for africa korps +50 ° and -50 ° ! No problèmes ! Because not radiator ! Kübel wagen and sximmwagen ) Thanks Mr PORSCHE !😅

👉yes... i like and heppi with volkwagen. 🤘😎

Is it okay if we put it in a crusher ? Just kidding. In 1971 , I bought a 1958 work panel bus. Mine was the same color and had a window on each side door. At age 17 , I bought it to protest the Vietnam war. Your video makes me miss mine. Back then the simple VW bus was a statement on wheels. I never got around to taking it to a war protest. I spent lots of time fixing it up and had to clean every engine part ,, paid $75 bucks for it ,, it had been under water due to a flood.

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you didn't talk about the spare-tire !?

Interstate driving in the old splits back in the lte 70s and 80s was so loud at 55mph that converstions were yelled hand signals or non existent...

My dad has a '66 westfalia in the same color

wow ,,i need that panel divider,,i have a 59 ,all the nuts are still there ,,can i ask did you fabricate that part yourself ,,fantastic job,

Found them! Is you Wife Brazilian? A saw her in another video.

Great Video, Thank you. I have the same setup, Split Window with a Type 4 engine 2.0L How did you solve the cooling especially the engine tins? Custom made?

You get that from JC by any chance ?

Huh. Pressed bumper. My May of '58 bus has an original one just like it. Go figure. Right up until 8/29/58 was the Ribbed bumper. Huh.

I want to buy your bus, any chance you would sell ?

Big titted Columbian in the bus...... Sweet ride you have. I have a clean rust free 62 bug that is slammed but have always wanted a bus, one day hopefully!

Sir Tom como esta, le saluda Edgardo Santos

Love the panel I have a 62 panel camper. Jeff with the 62 VW bus from Niagara falls Ontario Canada. If u want to see my bus go to chrome's channel Vancity van life playlist year 6 video #7

COOL COOL COOL.... Had 2 (3 bugs and a sand rail, too), and cool, sure. Thing is...NEVER hit something from the front*. Yeah, yeah....cute little buggers, sure. And their engines are nuthin' to tear apart (man, do I EVER know about that :-))) *Nothing between driver's knees and oncoming CRASH except SHEET METAL!!!?? nUtZ, man, especially drivin' in S. FL !! haaaaa Nutz to rely on Air Temperature for engine cooling in FL's Summer. Whewwww.... Why I always added external oil coolers. Looked...cool :-) Naaaaa.....you didn't want the original engines. Cool low-rider ya got there! Why VW never added a marine-model, I'll never know. Heck, their light enough to float, don't ya know?! Handy when FL gets flooded, right? Just paddle them along !! haaaaaaa btw...LOTS of old VW-parts in NC junkyards. Lots of FL VWs, back in the day, would drive up (to Festivals, for instance))) and would break-down in the mountains there. One of mine ended there, shucks! Who knew an engine need ALL its oil to operate? HuH? )))

So most of the views know most of this information.... but enjoy yourself presenting... And then came the chicken tax that squashed sales of the working transporter vehicles

A very fine car and in best shape, indeed. But why is it lowered ? Ugly look and bad style. Such a van should be in original condition.