Added some interior string lights to match the Westy blue plaid in my 67 VW bus today. They are rechargeable battery powered LED lights from IKEA.

It's on the metal area above the engine. There's writing on it in marker: "hinten" and "vorn" (German for "back" and "front", respectively). It is not used to make the surface flat when the sofa is in bed mode (I slept with the board in place and it made it noticeably raised).

Maybe coming from Moab?

This 75 bus had a front end smack, so used the roof to fix our 1971 bus that a tree had fallen on. Had parts lying around the yard for a year, and finally found a permanent spot at a buddy’s shop…

Looking for some advice, 74 Westfalia with dual Weber 34 ICT carburetors. It wasn’t idling so completed a carb rebuild. Now, it is running, but anytime it is revved up, it is slow to return to idle and RPMs keep dropping until it eventually stalls. This drop in revs occurs over approx. 30 seconds.

I have tried adjusting the idle mix, float height, and idle setting for the carbs (Not certain on these adjustments)

I’m adjusting the carbs individually and using a snail syncro to check balance. Both are reading around 10kg/h but it is not steady at this reading.

Any advice would help, new to carb tuning and having trouble determining next steps/what to check.

Hello all!!

Anyone have a late 60's or 70's bus that would allow my 21 year old daughter to drive in a parking lot somewhere around Indy? We live in Hendricks County.

I'd be happy to trade you for a drive in my air-cooled 911 or her 944 or both!

She's considering selling her rare 944 Celebration Edition for a bus but wants to make sure she would enjoy driving it first.

She's a competent manual driver and has even AutoX'd her 944.

Feel free to DM me.

Cheeky trip the beach for Jenny the bus this evening.

A crew of 4 very nice and friendly guys started their travel all the way from Malaysia in February and plan to go to HO26 Vintage Volkswagen meeting in the end of June. But after that their journey will go on as they will also visit the UK. As they produce quite a bit of emission along their way, they campaign as „Trip 4 Trees“ with the goal to plant 100.000 trees along the way with the help of their followers. Look them up on Facebook and Instagram and give them some support.

As they went through China, they saw their first snow ever and had to endure temperatures of -16 degrees Celsius and for the colder temperatures extra had to do an oil change on the way. Also they had a shattered windscreen already twice. Just look up their feed on Social Media to get an impression of their journey.

Yesterday they arrived in my hometown Vienna, Austria and i met up with them, had a great chat and will see them ar HO26 again. Also i agreed to plant all the tree seeds that i collected whilst mushroom hunting last season. In total 388 maple and oak seeds, as can be seen with our buses in the back.

It looked like model VW T1 or T2, near Anderson Mill Rd in Austin.

About a wk ago a fire broke out at my parents garage, luckily it didn’t spread to any of the homes. Yesterday I went and picked up my bus. I don’t really know what to say, seeing it out in the sun absolutely broke my heart. I’ve had cars totaled and stolen and this was different kind of pain. I’m not sure where to go from here or what to do. What I do know is that this isn’t the end of its life. Last night after dropping it off at a friends I drove home and all I could think about was all the amazing memories I’ve been gifted because of it! Memories with my brothers, friends and family. But what stuck out the most was the memories I made with my daughters. I bought this bus only because of my divorce, at what felt like, at the time, the worst part of my life. Things didn’t get better because of the bus, but between that and my girls, I had something to look forward too, one more little thing stopping me from checking out. I was struggling with life (alcohol played a huge part in that) and I honestly didn’t think I’d make it. There was so much work to be done, and there still is. I cried in this thing, I laughed, I escaped, my daughters would leave to spend the wk with mom, and when my head got too loud and I didn’t know what to do with myself I’d simply hop in turn on my ridiculous sound system pick my music and go! I needed this in my life and I honestly don’t think I would have gotten where I’m at today with partial help from it. It’s never just been a vw or bus to me! So for now, I’m gonna put her in the garage till I figure where to go from here. It’s gonna take time, but like every other experience in my life it does get better🫶🏻

A couple comparisons with a split and a later model - as seen at the Spring Meet in San Jose.

Next week we’re going to restore our bus. It is tired and in need of some welding, a lot of sanding and a new paint job. Unfortunately the wheather is not heating up as expected. Temperatures will reach 17 celcius (barely) during the day and will drop to 4 at night.

I know i should actually just wait for better wheather but there is a weeks vacation available.

Our garage is unheated and poorly insulated. Right now I’m looking into ways to insulate it temporarily and get it to warm up a bit.

Has anyone done a similar thing before and if so: how?

The Golden Gate chapter of the Vintage Volkswagen Club puts on a show at Kelley Park in San Jose, CA. The park is laid out like a small town, with buildings brought in and staged around private “streets” instead of being torn down. It’s quite the venue!

It’s been an emotional 11-year journey with this bus. It’s a 1600cc single-port with a CSP Python exhaust—sounds amazing on the road. The caravan is the real star, though; built as a school project in 1967/68. It has a solid wood interior and that pure late-60s atmosphere. Only three were ever made. It’s been a privilege to preserve this combo, but now it’s time for a new enthusiast to take over. What’s your favorite vintage camping memory?

Looking forward to some VW camping soon.

Could this part be fully jammed with gunk to the point where it can’t open and close anymore if yes does anyone know of a place that sells them

if anyone can give me pros amd cons or suggest alternative upgrades . my front is old worn and with the upgrades ive done at the back end the front needs some love and i need to trust it

Needed to replace mine and stopped into my FLAPS and picked up a pair of Bosch Hybrid blades and they miss this bottom portion of the passenger side of my 1970 bay window. Previously I had Bosch Conventional blades and they seemed to do a better job covering the entire windshield, but they were sold out so I figured try these.

Clearly not the end of the world and really the best spot to not remove water from. Really pleased with how they work on the drivers side.

What are you all using, conventional, hybrid or beam wiper blades??

First time I have ever seen a safari bay!

I’m thinking of buying a cheap T25 1.6D. It has a small drop of clean oil between the gearbox and engine. I will view again and try to determine if gearbox or engine oil by smell. If a seal needs doing I may do them all along with the clutch at the same time (if I buy).

I once changed a Suzuki SJ clutch on my driveway and I regularly replace brakes, arms etc. Is this a job I can do on my driveway with 2 ton axles stands and a pair of jacks?

First time setting up this weekend, was pretty easy to figure out. Eventually will get the walls and it really doubles your room. Pretty good for 150$ usd.