this 1961 vw samba 23 window bus was left on a farm for over 50 years, the farm then sold to become conservation land but any none natural things needed to be removed. they contacted the local vw club and then contacted me. so myself and Jason {5150mxvw on youtube} set out to recover what we could.
Jay has some better footage of this bus here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUNKoH3fInU
@53:12–53:23. 😂😂😂😂 the SOUND of the tugging
I had a 23 window VW bus as my first car. Same color too. I bought while in the Army. I bought it on base. It had no gas gauge. I had a lever under the drivers seat to pull when it started to run out of gas. Sadly the gas line leaked onto the engine and it burned up on the highway. Fun bus, I used to fish out of the slideable roof while straddling the seat.
But only USA made not overseas
What a horrible shame.
@mustie1 – That is what might be called carchaeology. Loved this one.
The ending 😂
HAHAH Yea Right, You with that would of taken 4-5 years to do that and a lot of missing Parts…
Wow I bet a 3-4 your Restore/Rebuild..
Low rider 🎉🎉🎉
Couldmt wait til spring?
Blair witch meets Chrisfix = Mustie1 😄
I was very disappointed that the video didn’t end with the bus running, is Mustie losing his touch?
dammit guys you scratched the paint.
Next week…. on "The Curse of VW Island"…….. "We found a radio that was used by the Knights Templar"….. 🤣😂😂
Is there a body tag?
Mustie, 5 hours later,
" Yeahhh, she's a runner"!
Why you doing this its way too far gone
That’s the first kit VW bus ever… it’s not even an autopsy, it’s archaeology
That tailgate is saveable.
Probably not a Canadian bus. We didn’t use Kilometers on our speedos until 1977.
I miss the man who put that van there. I found out about this video today from the land conservation meeting. He was a hard working man and the fact he couldn’t got it working tells me it was a lost cause 50 years ago!! Thanks for documenting this removal with love – A neighbor to this farm
Automotive Archaeology !
I love the outcome shot: Miraculous!
They are saving themselves a fortune having you carry away that old broken wreck for free!
Mustie, I have to admit it sounds reall funny when you sound like PINKY & PERKY when you speed everything up haha.
Love the chuckles and .."that's not so bad" thanks!
Carchiologists!
Why does it have to take so long ?
Stop talking shit and get on with it
I’m always on the lookout for one of those little teramites. Still haven’t found one I can get a hold of though.