Super Rare '68 Volkswagen Single Cab Transporter in the CAR WIZARD's shop. Bug Ninja fell in love! 

Wizard, you missed the holes in the rear drop gate. It allows the brake, tail & turn signals to be visible when the gate is down.

Okay I assumed the "Bug Ninja" was for the VW love, but he's an insect exterminator! That's funny!

One don't see them anymore here in South Africa, but in the 70's and 80's these kombi-bakkies (vw bus-ute/truck) were plentiful. ☺😎👍

Didn't comment the holes in the tailgate are so you can see the brake lights when the gate is folded down. Really cool.

Bug Ninja's got that VW vibe of honest purpose and integrity. Great to see him back!

It's always a treat when the "Bug Ninja" and the "Car Wizard" get together.

Well Mrs. Wizard! You know what he wants for Christmas!! Imagine Wizard, dressed as Santa, Driving this as his sleigh, loaded with presents.

The German term for this configuration is "Pritsche"

These were really commom here in Brazil... both the air cooled gas and one with a diesel engine... until a few years ago, you would see them around, basically trashed, but still working somehow, on the hands of really poor people, who used them to collect cardboard and alluminium to recicle... nowdays its rarer to see, but you can still find them working hard to earn someones living

Adrian has a really soothing voice

One of my earliest memories, is seeing a local supermarket would pickup shopping carts in one. I was about 4 years old in 1969 Hollywood, California. This was very cool seeing this one.

13:03 hmmm, you are looking right at the sway bar, good thing you had the bug ninja along!

My neighbor collects VW and he’s got a similar looking VW “truck”. Super strange looking car but, it’s the only one I’ve ever seen.

There is a sway bar, it's in front of the beam

Rest in peace, simple vehicles. It was nice to have known you.

Love the single cab. Claude's buggies is now called CB performance out of California.

As a car lover, this channel is very therapeutic. Thanks for the great content Mr and Mrs Wizard 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾

Tell the customer to reinstall the original bailing wire valve covers. The won't leak.

Always nice to see the Bug Ninja.

Gotta love the simple, utilitarian and practical nature of that vehicle! Truly a unique and rare gem!

Suspect built back in the days when big collars and flared trousers…were all the fashion 😎😎

They actually put holes in the tail gate so the tail lights can be seen with the gate down . Oh those crazy Germans. lol Awesome attention to details.

Adrian seems like a kind and smart man. I appreciate having him in this video.

Beautiful single cab Bay. Being a 68 that's the very first year of the Bay Window, lots of parts are 1yr only on it (doors, door handles, dash clocks, wipers, and the chassis to name a few bits, I have a 68 Bay Westfalia Camper (there's a few videos of it on my RU-vid channel). Sway bar is attached to the bottom of the Torsion arms, you put your hand on it. The coilovers on the rear is probably to sort a sagging rear end. It's often the Output shaft seals that leak on the gearboxes. Also if they are setup properly, with all their tinware aircooled VW's rarely overheat.

VW was ahead of Rivian with the pass through storage by 55 years. :)

This style of pickup bed is basically the only type of pickup truck we have in Germany. OK, nowadays they are based on a VW T6, MB Sprinter/VW Crafter (those have been the same vehicle until a short time ago) or Ford Transit van chassis. These vehicles get sold as "cab&frame" and then there are companies that build the pickup bed on top of it. With all 3 sides able to fold down, and sometimes you have also (removable) bars on top of it, so that you can put a tarp on there and have an enclosed full vehicle height cargo area (just closed up with a tarp, but still better than nothing). This type of vehicle is pretty standard here, basically every landscaping company uses something like that, you can rent them as a moving van and so on. Really nothing special, except for the age on this one. Also, the newer ones have a lower chassis, so they don't have the enclosed loading box on the bottom any more.

Bug Ninja is such a cool calm person, so nice! Would love to watch him more on RU-vid!

I well recall my father bringing home a fixed roof Westy-like T2 conversion (same colours) in the early '70s that had cost him £1500 plus a trade-in. It had the later bumpers so can't have been 2 years old. He drove it all over Europe for about 25 years with my mother in their retirement, even pulling a small caravan and all with the upright 1600 engine. I was gutted when he told me he had sold it.

The dash is like the '69 Type 3 notchback I had in my youth. The empty opening should be for a clock.

feel like someone was lied too, there is no way the owner uses that to do home depot runs. that is clearly a garage queen

That's a gorgeous single cab...congrats to the owner for keeping it in such beautiful and (mostly) stock condition. So many of these get slammed to the ground and IMHO it takes away from their charm. I agree with Adrian...these cars are beautiful because of their simplicity and honesty and we'll never see their ilk again. :( BTW the storage area underneath the bed is usually called the "treasure chest"

In Germany a lot of these were used in factories for parts/tool haulers.

Welcome back Adrian! Goid to hear your input and insight!

My early memories is driving with my grandpa in his 60’s bus in the 60’s and I loved it I was only a few years old but remember it clearly! He owned a few examples of these for his painting business. 😁wish we still had them

If you like these, check out Mustie1's channel. He rescued a much earlier model from the JUNKYARD. It needed a lot of work, to say the least. Cosmetically it is not as nice, but he chose to keep it's paint original to the lumber yard that owned it prior to him.

Mustie1 has one. He calls it Crusty.

I don't live in the area, but if I did, I would 100% support Omega Auto Clinic and Bug Ninja.

Single answers double cabs were never two tone. Just fyi,

Man, this truck is nice! When I was a kid I wanted one so bad…until driving in my girl friends brothers Super Beetle at 65 mph. That was scary enough to change my mind.

When I was going to college back in the late seventies there was a builder here in New Zealand with one of those in red. My parents had friends that bought an earlier crewcab version back in the sixties new, that still exists.

Back in the day, the '60's, these were really popular, specially in Europe, as race car transporters. Particularly the extended bed which had a 2' longer bed.

"Street & Sand Toys" In Oakland Park, Florida has TWO of these in their parking lot! They aren't in the same shape but they are decent, I think they are for sale. Great video!

I know you recently converted the bug to an electric fuel pump. Weber carburetors don't like more than 3 lbs of pressure - overwhelms the needle and seat. I recommend using a quality fuel pressure regulator. Thank You for the video on a very nice single cab 👍

Mustie1 has a great collection of these and many other's in all different shapes of repair and rehab. With all those aftermarket parts odds are it's probably a 2ltr with those dual Webbers so way more horses from stock.

We see them a bit more here in the UK, they sell for £60k In that condition. In the day they were popular with motorcycle shops, they put ramps in the storage box and ramped the bikes up n tied down, Hang-gliders liked them too as they had good ground clearance n talk for driving the hill-sides.

What a treat to see that VW. I love those 50's-60's type trucks/Buses kind of like the Ford Econoline truck. Though this VW has incredible functionality. Very well though out. I also enjoy when have your guest the "Bug Ninja" ...Funny I thought he was VW bug expert with that name. Not pest control. He seem to know the VW very well to me....Thank you for posting all the the wonderful vids. Love your channel

If I could review the 1968 Volkswagen single cab transporter with The Car Wizards and The Bug Ninjas I would puff on the Cannabis Cigars and get all schmoked up

Except for pictures, I've only seen two of these Single-Cab Transporters during all my years. I've actually seen more Corvair Series 95 Loadside pickups than the VW Transporter. Sure is good to know that there are a few survivors of this VW original idea still around to appreciate.

I have so much respect for the owner. To use it for what it was designed for and still be able to keep it in almost museum condition.

Still relatively common here in Australia. I mean, for a vintage car anyway.

It's funny watching VW people go crazy over cool VW cars! They certainly made some pretty cars.

If the engine had been more powerful and the weight limit for hauling better then that van/ truck would have been a huge hit

I own 3 of these trucks a 67, 68, and a 69, 1 white, 1 green, 1 white and blue. I bought them in a triple package deal 15 years ago for 8k..glad I did..great investment

Claude Buggies, didn't they become CB performance? As for the front swaybar, you're looking at it!

Comedian Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias would probably get a Chubby and drool like he would for Chocolate cake, if he saw this. He has a large collection of Volkswagen Buses.

Super rare! Where? In South America and Europe there are many of them. This car was like the Ford-F150 in Europe.

The sound of the keys rub on the paint of the storage lid made me jump!

I miss these older cars new cars just have too much useless electric crap in them that eventually breaks down and is extremely expensive to repair/replace.

Very cool indeed and rare because of the chicken tax

Theres a lot of people here in Brazil rebuilding them to sell to Europe. Some go to Usa. Ive got a 1983 Diesel Kombi 2 years to Restore it and im not done yet

The seats are not orginal. They didn't have white

Years ago the general rule was use the original VW valve covers with the original spring steel hold downs. It was believed that using the rocker shaft bolts to hold cast covers caused the shaft to loosen changing the valve lash and causing valve problems. We would remove the factory oil cooler ( which bloocked airflow to the drivers front cylinder) and put an aftermarket cooler in front of the air intake on the fan shroud.

No lie, this is the coolest vehicle you've ever had in the shop.

No wonder y'all haven't heard of Claudes Buggies, they suck! All their shit is leaking

So interesting to se You Mr Wizard at my home turf. I have so much appreciation for your knowledge and that makes my fascination with your experience of this so much more intense. I have a couple of buses myself amongst which a 67 single cab which I've been restoring for the last five years. The space beneath the bed is referred to as "treasure chest". During the restoration I've spent quite a few hours inside with the welder and grinder since I wanted to keep the original bed, imagine those working conditions!.The front beam actually has a sway bar, that's the rod parallel to the torsion suspension tied into the lower control arms. It doesn't do much for the simple suspension however. The third "pod" in the dash was for the clock that only came standard on the deluxe models but was optional for the others (never seen one in a truck though). The upholstery is more than likely restored, these commercial vehicles only had vinyl upholstery, even the deluxes as far as I'm concerned. The simplicity (and shortcomings) of these vehicles is exactly why we like them, it makes them easy to work on and inspiring to reminisce about. I guess it's the European counterpart of the F100's and similar. Everyone has a story to tell about them and they're still found behind barns in the countryside today! Cheers from Sweden!/Kee

For a German who grew up in the 80s, it's kinda weird to see a T2 called "super rare". These things were everywhere still when I was a little kid and not even that rare when I started driving myself. In fact, when I served with the Red Cross in the early 90s (instead of our then-mandatory military service), I got to drive a '70-ish T2 van version from time to time. I remember how well preserved it was ... only 20,000 km on the clock and it still had the smell of a new car. And it drove pretty well for a car of its age. Their compact size and the fact that you're sitting on the front axle make these things pretty nimble.

A work utility truck of that period would never have had a white leather interior? It is a work truck? Thats not original its been fully restored not that long ago.

This T2 is really in pristine condition, quite amazing. But also, it's fully restored, and probably not too long ago, either.

I love it when Wizard says, "I didn't say 'a cheap price'." A fair price is almost NEVER a cheap price.

Volkswagen is still making the transporter pickup, its quite popular in Sweden.

Who knew Kansas was home to such a large population of ninjas?

Never make these simple vehicles because there is little profit in them. Companies make tons of $$ from options.

I love these cars…but I prefer vans..if you have one of them I can buy just tell me……

I’m not going to read all the comments before mine, but the sway bar is right there on the front of the front beam.

The US is the only Country that is not doing this! I bet it is a safety regulation! Mustie has one in ruff shape!

THAT VW BUS COSTS MORE THAN A 2017 PETERBILT...TRUST ME I KNOW..

Mustie1’s 1959 truck “crusty” is currently on loan to the Larz Anderson,, I have seen a few of these over the years the strangest one has to be the one with a cherry picker on the back

A friend has a business sign on the side of his truck that says “Nuisance Trapper “ and I asked him if he was a nuisance

VW logo never had that space between the letters. Mandela Effect

Volkswagen still makes busses like that.... not as pretty of course

Warble warble. Thing sounds awesome!

10th like, yay I made it. For me T1 is more prettier than this T2 :)

Amazing. So practical and truly Ahead of it’s time.

Seatbelts keep you from hitting dashboard before the dashboard hits you in a front end collision.

Go to Mexico and pick up one for cheap! We have so many of them.

Anyone notice the cutouts in the tailgate?They are for the tail lights when the gate is open.

Loved seeing this. Lucky enough to remember these as a child

Comedian Gabriel Iglesias is s huge VW enthusiasts. Has a huge collection

This would be right up my uncle’s wheelhouse! (He used to work for VW as a test driver in the early to mid 90s, and restores vintage VWs on the side)

Used to work on these in the Air Force back in the 90s in Germany. The shifter was usually like moving a spoon around in a bowl of oatmeal while you hoped you hit a gear. Nice flashback!

It must have more than 50 HP with those Weber IDFs.

I used to drive one back in Brazil, they were made until the year 2000, same old 1600 air cooled engine with electronic injection... They're still widely used as work trucks there...That's the reason VW aircooled parts are usually imported from there nowadays

very cool, check out the one Mustie1 fixed up on his channel too

They were common back in the days in Europe as a work truck.

The Volkswagen Type 2 was so functional. I once put an entire ton of material inside my 1960 bus and it still drove totally normal. An American pickup would have been dragging its butt down the road.

Says " no sway bars" while standing under the sway bar....

And here was me thinking the bug in bug ninja was referring to the VW beetle all this time.

My buddy works on older euro cars and I've seen like 4 of these over the 30 years he's been there. There's a guy in Winston with a blue one someone offered him 70k like 10 years ago he wouldn't take it.

Mustie1 is jealous. Check his patina one out on RU-vid

That is one of the cleanest engines I've ever seen.