VW Info, Parts and Restoration

looking for a holiday gift for the VW guy tht has everything.  Here is a great red mug that has a Vintage VW bus on it.  This vw mug hold approximately 16oz and is dishwasher and microwave safe.  You can find this vw mug here

63 VW Double cab restoration from junkyard to the final product. It would be nice to find a VW junkyard like the one in this Video. it looks like there are a few god find in there. Nice job Parkers on the Double Cab restoration it looks fantastic.

Want to see a video of a school bus jumping 9 cars and a camper?

Yes?

That’s what I said.

love the music

Looks like VolksWorld just released a new subpage for their sister magazine Camper & Bus. Go check it out, you can Sign up to the newsletter and receive updates on the latest events, promotions, and news. You can also see what is coming up in the next issues of the mag and view videos pictures and commentary about what is going on in the VW bus Scene. Looks like they are making some changes and it should be a great little site that I will defiantly be visiting more of in the future.

Looking to restore your VW bus?  Need a book to learn how?  Looks like someone wrote one.  I don’t know if it’s any good but if you don’t have the knowledge and aren’t the type to just try and restore a VW bus on your own it give it a look you might like it.  VW Bus Resto book

I came across this watercolor of a 23 window VW bus surfing the web today. The artist is Michael David Sorensen and you can see his art here. He gives a great description of what a lot of bus owner do to some of the vintage VW rides that they own. A funny thing about Volkswagens is that they are everywhere you see them on the road in shops getting worked on but more often than not you see a classic VW sitting in a field behind someone barn with rust and weeds as their backdrop. This is a great depiction of that.

Every time I drive my VW bus around people will stop me and start telling me their Volkswagen stories. “I remember the first VW bus I ever owned” or “one summer me and some friends took a bus to the grand canyon man was that a fun trip”. Some of the VW stories I’ve heard were funny and some are just not ready for the general masses ears. I ran across article “VW memories” and I thought it had some fun stories to tell. When most people look back in to their lives just about everyone has a story or a memory about VW buses or bugs its one of those things that make the Volkswagen one of the world most popular vehicles.

Here are a few picks form the vw show last weekend. It was great. there were some awesome VW buses

there and a few great bugs.

Early 60’s 23 window vw bus

1955 oval VW bug.

longboards ice cream panal bus, good ice cream great bus.

The Volkswagen show also had some cool VW double cabs and single cabs. here are a few of my faves.

Volkswagen Single Cabs

A great rat look on this vw single cab.

This single cab is in great shape and looks outstanding in black. I like the lowered look and the BMI rims that you can’t see in this pic.

McNeil’s shop Dove blue VW single cab. I love this color it just so classic. I will paint my 61 double cab this color.

Volkswagen Double Cabs

Light blue and white vw. You like ratted out and slammed double cabs then you’ll like this gem. Its has everything you are looking for and a motor bicycle in the back to boot.

Here is a sweet pic of a original paint Dove Blue Volkswagen Double Cab.  Dove blue is one of my favorite double cab colors and is more then likely what I am going to go with on my 61 double cab. 

I have had a few questions as of late about the latches on the VW double cab and single cab. What most of you want to know is. Are the double cab latches interchangeable? The answer is yes and no. Innately the latches for the Double Cab and Single Cab are different. The forward latches bolt through the cab with the bolt going from the inside of the cab and screwing into the latch on the outside.

The rear latches have a Phillips screw that is counter sunk in to the latch that screws in to the gate.

If you put the forward gate latches on the opposite corners in the back, they will work. There are no counter sinks for the screws on the forward latches so they don’t look perfect but they will function. The problem is, the arms will stick out on the side of the Double Cab, instead of curving around the back like they should. This could cause a problem when you walk buy, dinging your arm or catching your clothes. Once you have the forward gate latches mounted on opposite corners you can take the leaver part of the latch off of the mount shaft and swap them so that they bend around the back, like they should, instead of outwards. This is not as easy as it sound, usually the latches are on there really good and it takes some doing to get them off. My suggestion to you would be to get the right latches for you double cab. You can usually find latches for sale on The Samba for around $50 a pair (some go for more). There are also 2 different kinds of latches. Pre-1967 latches have a sharp curve on the handle. The post 1967 latches have a rounded curve. If you don’t care about being original they both fit the same.