Ct....I'm happy for you..You're not pretentious. You're a regular guy learning as you go and at the same time teaching all of us. I'm 72 would love a neighbor like you doing his thing. Happy New Year, I'm I'm sorry I don't know your name.
Thank you very much for share this awsome moment and let us feel the same emotion .It's Nice to see you smile .So much time you wait but it worth .Congratulations and happy hollydays.
Congratulations man. It is an example of perseverance and effort, but above all of the passion for mechanics, it is not a job, it is a pleasure. This series of videos has made me bring to my mind and senses the time when my grandfather drove a vw panel just like yours. It is a mixture of nostalgia, joy, tears and sighs. Greetings from Guatemala.
Acompanho essa maluquice desde o inicio... poucos entendem a alegria que um carro "velho" pode proporcionar. Good Luck and congratulations from Brazil.
Bravo ! Good to see old rusty running ! My family had the seven window variant in 1976 , travelled up and down the Australian East coast , and it was our family transportation. Seeing rusty coming together brings back memories
Ah, the high-quality workmanship and simplicity of early Volkswagens is sorely missed! As I personally remember, the world was *a lot different* the last time this Volkswagen bus was on the road (and I was a lot younger). In those days, there were *two* Germanys.
Nice to see your face! So many guys with restoration channels never show their face. You just see their hands and hear their voices. I've been watching this one tv restoration guy on RU-vid for almost a decade and I still don't know what he looks like. Rode in a lot of VW vans in the 60s and 70s.
Wow! I am a German VW enthusiast. I own a 1974 VW 1303 Convertible. You made a great job. I hope, you let as much as possible of the original parts in the truck? He have such an amazing patina, please conserve it for preventing further rust but don't make a "new" car out of it. The rust is part of its history and makes him to an special, unique time-capsula, I think! Good luck for the further steps! Konrad
I remember there were quite a fiew commenters on this channel a while ago who said that you just keep buying a lot of parts but don´t get anything done. I´d say, this video is some major progress!
Well I gotta say nice Christmas gift ,to get your VW running. I know the feeling cause I felt the same way when I got my Volvo 240 wagon after 4 years working on it . Congratulations !!!!
Looking awsom,p!ease don't alter the paint. keep the patina maybe clear coat it.you've earned every moment of that big smile .what a journey let's hope there's many miles to come.
ROCK &ROLL , YAY!!! Had the same moment with my '58 bus 3 weeks ago, except it was -17C and I just couldn't wait till spring. Remember to clamp all the fuel line connections from the pump to the carb! Keep on Dubbin' !
I don't own my own property I rent so I had a landlord wait several years ago till I went to work and he towed all my vehicles crushing my dream's with it. I haven't had a hobby since than.
The first car I bought for myself was Dove Blue 1962 Standard Bus. I paid $475 and traded my 10 speed bike to a hippie who thought the bus meant he owned too much! Many an adventure would follow as I learned how to keep it fixed and running thanks to John Muir. I rolled it a couple of years later and I still got $425 for it even with the crumpled roof and body damage. It was not yet rusty, but I can’t imagine that it still survives
Wish I could show you my son's rusty 66 so42 conversion. It's running on Porsche 944 rims, brakes and IRS with an lowered narrowed front beam and full booster powered dual circuit brakes. Rusty and crusty but looks awesome. Good job you saved another.
Very,well,eres como un niño,con juguete nuevo, felicidades, x hacer andar, el Vw, hay qe hacer chapa ,pintura y colocar todos los accesorios y va qedar Expectacular!!!Congratulation brother
What fun to share that with you today. A sign of good things to come. Thank you and congratulations. When you change to windscreens give that boy some safaris.
I'll give some advice - which feel free to ignore 100% Recheck the torque of your nuts and bolts, and readjust the brakes now that things have moved and started to settle in. Once you've got her properly together, recheck after say 500 miles as you are in effect, running it in like a new motor again Nice to see someone so happy :)
Muito obrigado por mandar o site de compras de peças e acessórios de kombi . Adquirí uma por aqui ano de 1974 que no Brasil ainda fabricou até 1975 o modelo T1 . Você é show amigo que Deus lhe ajude a sempre fazer vídeos cada vez mais perfeitos do que já são.
Che emozione risentire quel suono del motore dopo tanti anni , complimenti sei un grande ! vorrei essere li con te a goderti questo momento ! Grazieeeee!!!!!!!
So great to see rusty drive so well,,,the speedometer works great too. Glad u didn't get caught by the cops,,,as I know the fine would b pretty heavy. I guess the next job once u have put the seats in, and the rest of the repairs done,,,it would b the outside next,,,removing that rust all over and re-paint it soon.
SUCCESS of phase 1! Now to get it out to the farm for the next phase! Remarkable what you have done in your home garage! One suggestion: make sure you have a good, heavy ground to your engine. Especially important on a 6 volt system, as your amp draw will be twice what it would be on a 12 volt system. I would suggest conversion to 12 volts when practical. 6 volt stuff is getting pretty expensive and hard to find. Your 6 volt starter should be fine, and a later generator or alternator conversion will be the main expenses, and a 12 volt gas gauge, and sender maybe.
Bonjour. Je suis heureux comme vous d entendre ce moteur enfin tourner ! J ai plein de souvenirs de vacances avec mes parents France Espagne Portugal Allemagne suisse Italie yougoslavie. Ne lâchez rien bonne continuation. Merci
Love it when things come together and you see your hard work paid off. I’ve been there with a model a that was just a cab and it ran and I drove the thing all over the place. Thankful it’s never stopped by police officer. I sold it for some windows in my house all 17 of them. I really regret doing this. Now I have a 1963 Volkswagen bug. Had it running and restoring it and ran out of money. The divorce would go to this too. I want to see your Porsche come together as well as that be going
Normal, carro antigo, principalmente um que passou tanto tempo parado, acontece mesmo. Já passei por isso em uma Brasilia e em um Corcel, no Corcel é pior porque a porta é bem maior e mais pesada.😅
Génial! Bravo pour avoir réaliser un rêve d’enfant créateur et ingénieux qui vous enchante ! Plaisir de vous avoir vu de la France ..à très bientôt ! Le ronronnement du moteur VW ,quel bonheur!
