Sure to draw plenty of attention and the perfect vehicle for a road trip to Burning Man is this 1977 Volkswagen Vanagon Hippie Bus. I saw a similar van at a rest stop several years ago and the attention the car was getting was unlike anything I’ve ever seen before.
Found on Ebay and naturally from California, the VW van was painted last year by “Art Kids of San Diego” a group that develops and markets young artists. Over 100 man hours were spent painting the over 100 sixties icons. Since then it has appeared on KUSI TV twice, been to several car shows and has been written up in San Diego Better Homes and Garden. The past four moths the van has resided at the San Diego Automotive Museum.
All the amenities for a comfortable camping trip are included and there is enough room to sleep 8 if the side tent is used.
Mechanically the 2.0 liter engine has been rebuilt and the front brakes, battery fuel injection air/fuel mixture box have recently been replaced.
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A 2010 barn find having only 36,000 miles, this super fuel efficient Volkswagen Dasher was made roadworthy by changing all the fluids, the head casket and the timing belt. A good cleaning revealed that the Onyx green paint still shined like new with no clearcoat peeling or blemishes. All the trim pieces are attached and unmolested. Since then, 25,000 miles have been put on the car including a recent cross country road trip that averaged 44 MPG.
Who knew in 1963 that these Transporters in just a few years would be the ubiquitous choice of transportation for flower children everywhere. Here we have pristine restoration of a 15 window Transporter decked out with a two-tone green and white exterior and a mint green interior. Everything has been either replaced or restored. Found over at Hemmings, it is being offered at $35,000
Here at SWF we love original wagons especially black plate California cars with loads of documentation. Found on Ebay this 1969 VW Sqaureback Wagon has a very reasonable buy it now price of $4,900. A 3 owner car with just over 100,000 miles, it comes with a binder full of documentation begining with the original bill of sale from “Dave Rasmussen Volkswagen”. The car did have a repaint in the 80’s after a front end accident, but the paint still looks great and the car drives very straight. At $4,900 it seems like a perfect weekend cruiser to us.