Restoring cheap, old G-Wagen is a NIGHTMARE you don't want! 

Welcome to the quintessential European trucker. I have yet to meet one who wasn't from Eastern Europe 😂

That’s all I see delivering cars at my shop in Pennsylvania. I’m ready to start a car delivery trucking business where quality and standards actually matter for high-end clients who want great service

Auto transport is a MISERABLE job @ car auction level....There are lots of good hard working people doing this work. The Slavic guy who brought my Pinzagauer from Tennesee to Oregon was a great guy. I had it listed as a 74 Volkswagon Van because no one wanted to touch and Army vehicle EVEN with a street registration on it. Pinzagauer is about 4000lbs and same size as a VW van....Told the guy there was $200 extra cash waiting for him on delivery...He was VERY HAPPY!

@@ejgrant5191 lol the 6 wheeled one or the 4? If it’s the 6 wheels that might be why

Not always, I had two black guys from the Carolinas deliver my car and despite terrifying me driving it off the ramp (he almost missed one of the ramps, this was their first run as car haulers) they got it to me quick, and without argument. I did have to escort them to my house, but numbered country roads with bad signage are like that. All I ask is that in the future they are more careful with ramp placement. The idea of my classic dropping three feet on one side absolutely terrified me watching it.

I wanted to buy a parts car to repair the one I already have and figured it would be best to buy a driving car, in my state. But thankfully, I fixed it myself. $2k transmission? No.

yep....this is why i only bid local or within distance that i can pick it up on the weekend

You can actually buy (relatively) cheap Gs to date .... they regularly turn out as the most costly option of all You saw once they are ready to run, drive and MOT/TÜV.

@@manfredschmalbach9023 still, then you sit with fuel bill and maintenance. This car is not a money pit, its a money black hole.

@@PrinceAlhorian shut it Scotty

@@PrinceAlhorian I might be biased as an si--systems and metric-guy actually coming from the same area the G Wagon originally comes from, but I had way worse cars in terms of maintenance or fuel consumption than my 290 GD, with "way worse" as in "intergalactically worse". Ever tried to get a gearbox out of a LandRover? I change every single gear, bearing and synchronizer of a G 5 speed box _on the bench_ and be at the coffeshop before evening _in that same G_ before the Landy-box even lays on the bench still seize-closed .... and don't get me started with Jeeps from that era. One and a half G wagons MOT inspected and back on the road running before one Jeep (or Land Cruizer for that matter) has all needed parts payed for, no screw turned yet. With Americans paying downright madly for Gs though, donors and partscars become more and more of a problem recently over here, too.

Same with Ferrari; there is no such thing.

My MODERN VW has a quirk I've never encountered in a manual. All the others I've driven, I could just shift into reverse. The dealer told me to get reverse in my Golf, I had to push straight down on the shift knob and it would slip under the lockout notch by the R gate. Is there a reason for this? I've only once in the last 10 years accidentally shifted into reverse when I wanted to get first gear.

There are 2 vins on a G Wagon, one stamped on the frame behind the right front wheel and one one on the plate on the firewall (can be seen in the video). If there are two different vins then they probably used a cab from one car and frame from another one…

@@lukasvass681 Problem with old heavy duty "cab on frame" cars all the time.

@@manfredschmalbach9023 Not just heavy duty. VWs are notorious for the body not matching the pan.

@@SovietDictator Had a LandRover once with two different VIN numbers on the same frame. Had the paperwork for both ....

Great job!

They came with a om606 from factory somewere in the 90's-00's, which is an inline 6 with a turbo.

?? I own an original '79 300GD turbo. Not sure what you're talking about.

@@dinogravessi1789 Turbo Petrol engine* good catch, I didn't specify the engine type and that's fair to be confused. It's also written with a bit of smugness I'll admit.

@@commandohazelnuts, it's all good. I've never understood why anyone would want that much power in a G anyway since they're kind of a handful to drive. Granted, they are tanks.

To be fair, even an old NP205 transfer case looks like a part off a tractor.

G wagons are definitely not seen as luxury vehicles in Europe except maybe by a small group pf morons, I would turn that POS down even if they tried to pay me to take it.

They drive like bricks too.

I bet none of these us G wagon guys even know about Puch haha. You could be correct

No... this thing needs an LS motor and transmission.

I do have a picture of the note with the shift pattern

Do you have Link? because for that price i would import one to Portugal

I have seen some very poor condition Gs in Poland (they were building them from semi knocked-down kits for their military/firefighters/forrest rangers) for some 3k but that was like 12 years ago. Nowdays everything is expensive even in Poland and there are several companies exporting them worldwide.

Thank you! Anyone who thinks "farm machinery" is a downgrade from automotive parts, well they should just stick to paying someone else to build their stuff. Pretty sure those fancy high class G wagons have roots as a tractor.

@@boduke9428 yeah big mistake he made there. We probably a super rare fairly over drive. Breaks my fucking heart to hear him talk about it.this two vin numbers bullshit. There's a story or a reason for it as in jeeps with the vin attached to the windshield and English triumphs and mgs rusting out and having tub and frame swaps done over the years. It's just a travisty all around. Sure he likes g wagens, get a 2000 for 25k like everyone else and leave the puch rigs to the guys like me. This is what has ruined the market for us all.

Certainly not a G500. If it was a German Police vehicle it would have been the bare to the bone military version, probably with a 2.3l 4-cylinder and a 4 speed.

two VINs alone is enough to get me to walk away from a purchase. I made the guy who sold me my classic show me every chassis number it had. I do not need title headaches.

It's people like that who give it the name the death wheel :)

same lmao

That's how videographers create the imagery of : "worker guy generates sparks"..........

Why, when Mercedes makes better diesel engines? Lighter, more refined, more powerful, more efficient, etc? OM602 or OM605 with a turbo and it's good.

The 4bt is old school. The R2.8 crate engine is the new hotness from Cummins. Smaller, lighter, and more powerful.

@@monunyabidness5949 'Murica

Yeah, because it needs an 800-pound industrial powerplant found most often in FedEx step vans .

Oh and I forgot to mention, it's a fraction of the price of a G Wagon.

An honest to God differential?? Just like every other vehicle on earth that isn't chain drive?

Old G-Wagons of this era are not luxurious, they're utilitarian. I suspect this guy is going to ruin it by trying to make it a blingy luxury vehicle.

That's what I was thinking lol

Yes it did, do the second VIN is also fraudulent.

@@AlfaGiuliaQV no it doesn’t. I pooped

Yes, some pre-production 1978 examples are the oldest ones in existence but AFAIK they don’t have normal VINs and only a few experts would recognize it when looking on one.

I don't buy it either, however a load balancer won't do anything without multiple servers which for most people don't.

@@thomasandrews9355 no, most people setup autoscaling

@@arrayoutofbounds that greatly assumes they are using a good tech stack. Unless you expect a ton of traffic, generally no reason to spend money on it. Unless they use like aws or something

With this collage? Who knows.

I always poop on time 👍

Two divorces and a bankruptcy

AFAIK they were using Unimog parts in their tractors, don’t think that they were ever using something like a 5 speed gearbox which could fit into a G. If there was a tractor gearbox I’am pretty sure it wasn’t from a MBtrac.

Maybe was from lamborghini traktor

Don't you hate it when the free content made by people who don't get paid but still share their car stories isn't always as exciting as a literal Netflix show? It's almost like... in real life! 😱

@@yinyangsaladgang8789 I've bought a few pieces of crap cars in my life. Difference is I realize 99% of people don't care. We're a niche group here but lately there's been some stinkers to a lot of us. That's on Ed for spoiling us with himself, Rabbit, Mr. Randy P. and all the other OG greats.

Really? I got one for £400 ten years ago and it was great. Unbelievably slow and the most basic trim but it was great fun off road.

🤨 Seriously? The only original parts were the frame and the body. The engine isn't original, the trans was _certainly_ not original. Whatever it is you're smoking, stop. Get some help.

I don't think purchasing a g wagon, not receiving a g wagon, and deciding to return it to being a g wagon because you want a g wagon is in any way elitist. Dude didn't want unique, he wanted a g wagon.

Why? It didn't want to start and the transfer case was a basketcase AND it was a two VIN vehicle which is it's own special problem. Sometimes it's better to return something to stock than it is to try and figure out how to make a frankenstein monstrosity run again.

@@danielseelye6005 What does he need help with?

@@bwofficial1776 His obvious substance abuse problem because him being out of his mind on something is the best explanation for his weird take.