1963 VW Bus / Transporter EV Conversion | EV Show 

Unpossible!

Thanks Tom. Yes, it's nice to note that Porsche family member Dr. Stefan Piech helped us with the logo design during his visit here. We just received 3 more large pieces of artwork the Tim did for us. I'll post them up soon. RIP Tim Leventry. You will be missed dearly.

in california this bus will never get any worse with rust. rockers and cargo door bottoms are not a big deal. If you owned it you could have this fixed in a couple of days. there is no reason to fix this other than looks. He said they fixed the cargo floor. much more important. If they wanted it to look restored, they probably would have restored it. in most of the rest of the world this would be a clean bus to restore. And now that Tim Leventry has passed, there is really no reason to restore it....

@@uliwehner sure, I respect their design/build decisions and those who prefer preservation over restoration. Not my preference, but I respect it. I was really just trying to get a laugh over the car community’s habit of understating rust with euphemistic language like “patina,” or the “some rust.” I realize this wasn’t a classified ad attempting to sell a used rust bucket, but it alludes to it strongly. Again, going for a laugh, if a cynical one.

@@uliwehner but they’re close enough to the ocean in San Diego that cars there do get rust. I lived there for a year and my sister attended university there. Closer to the ocean, the more the cars in the driveways look like they’re from Michigan.

@@bryandbaker yep I am 0.8 miles from the ocean in San Diego (Encinitas) and it gets pretty wet and salty every night/morning. It is scary on classics. My 79 VW westy and my 68 double cab are covered or garaged and they need to be well protected.

Jajajajaja the petrodollars are gonna make it way too long... It's like storing diamonds so it seems there's too little of them and they can sell them for stupid high prices! So yeah... There are batteries the size of a trash can that can power up entire towns... But they are locked up... The fckn petrodollars, carbon...etc... Don't want the general public to have them.... They have been fcking with us for more than 100 years... So keep waiting! And hey! be greateful! At least you're in the northern hemisphere!!! Cheers from Argentina! (we superfckd down here mate)

2030 IMO. California already said no one will be able to register new ICE cars in 2040. Only older ICE models from 2039 and back. From 2030-2040, that will probably be enough time for them to change almost all their ICE cars completely because California is a big state and they will lose a lot but not only that, more states in the US will follow California's lead before then as well. (p.s. ford is $134 billion in debt and Chevy ks $90 billion, they might be done for.)

@@jayemeljay2117 jajaja move up north then man. The world is yours. Anything is possible.

Who would convert a Ferrari? This is cool, but the engine is half of what makes it a Ferrari

@@Aikaramba12 me!

@@kdz666 well good luck with your project :-) but try to make it possible to convert it back, because i am sure your Ferrari (in original condition) will rise in value over the next 10 years

@@Aikaramba12 Me too!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qYIcTnaIib4.html

I'm keen to know too!

According to their website it’s $7600 minus batteries

checkout the new and improved build of #RustBus on insta or FB now dubbed the #OGBUZZ

porsche boxster, the battery and motor fit on the same space as the engine and you get to keep both the trunk and the fronk

@@nicoparra1990 Brilliant, thanks very much !

@@tomsdaddy Zero ev has videos from a conversion ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4_SOP86n-PM.html

Correct me if I'm wrong, but as long as it is structurally sound, it should be OK. Those rusts on this vehicle looked, and probably are, cosmetic.

@@ahlapski yes structural there can’t be rust within 30cm of a structural mounting point, engine mount, suspension mount etc. But also the exterior body work can’t have sharp or jagged edges like you see in the doors on this bus. Just interesting to see what other countries allow. Cool conversion however!!

OK, so this is actually a pretty hilarious, and good advice.

@@EVWest glad you liked it! Keep up the good work, guys! Just wish you were in my neck of the woods instead of a continent away :)

In all honesty the frame is rust free. It looks way worse than it is because the doors rusted out from dirt that was inside of them, but the frame and chassis are rust free with original paint on most surfaces.