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You all remember the old VW microbus... (Original Post) TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 OP
My buddy had one. We were amateur mechanics back then. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2020 #1
link!? ya TreasonousBastard! dweller Jul 2020 #2
Oops! TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 #5
Westies! Mopar151 Jul 2020 #11
Will it have a heater? htuttle Jul 2020 #3
It better! Froze our asses off in one doing Christmas carols one year. TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 #6
Good times captain queeg Jul 2020 #4
Pretty badass! Glamrock Jul 2020 #7
I had secs in those old vw busses jpak Jul 2020 #8
'taint nuthin. I saw action in a Ghia. 3Hotdogs Jul 2020 #9
Ha me 3 jpak Jul 2020 #10
I still have my 69 Ghia..auto-stick shift Lotus white..on blocks (i wish) in the garage samnsara Jul 2020 #12
The new bus appears to have no crumple zone up front. JohnnyRingo Jul 2020 #13
Watch the video-- plenty of room in front of front seats for crumpling. They couldn't... TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 #14

OAITW r.2.0

(28,361 posts)
1. My buddy had one. We were amateur mechanics back then.
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 09:16 PM
Jul 2020

One cool thing. it was pretty easy to disconnect the engine and push the bus away to work on the engine...

dweller

(25,037 posts)
2. link!? ya TreasonousBastard!
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 09:16 PM
Jul 2020

got a 77 Westaphalia camper that i'm holding on to for retirement or
possible home in the after apocalypse days ..

✌🏼

Mopar151

(10,177 posts)
11. Westies!
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 06:26 PM
Jul 2020

Have their own cult following! High level of function, with a very "clean" design. Borrowed my friend's a couple times to camp at the races - went to work on Monday with it, before cleaning it out and returning it.
My derelict co-workers drank up the contents of the icebox at lunchtime "overtime" (all afternoon), and they were profoundly sad when I returned it.

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
4. Good times
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 09:18 PM
Jul 2020

I remember going on a trip with a friend. Broke the throttle cable at night in Twisp WA and he jammed the throttle so we could putt along about 20 mph all the way back to Bellingham. Arrived the next morning in VW bus.

JohnnyRingo

(19,309 posts)
13. The new bus appears to have no crumple zone up front.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 09:44 AM
Jul 2020

It's inability to protect front seat passengers in a head on collision was one of the reasons for the original type 2's end of production here. I'm not sure how this is addressed in this new model, but it certainly has all the styling cues of a microbus.

Also appears to have solar panels in the roof under the surf boards.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
14. Watch the video-- plenty of room in front of front seats for crumpling. They couldn't...
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 09:58 AM
Jul 2020

sell it here or Europe if it didn't.

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