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[@straightaxledubs]

Wow, She's a Real Beaut Clark!

[@VochoTalacha]

Wow I love how these old VWs just need a good dizzy &carb, fresh battery and a nice squirt of gas and that's it... they'll run like a champ.

[@VwRosstorations]

👍

[@IrishRooster86]

That was awesome when she kicked over, made me grin from ear to ear!! Busses and beetles make me so happy. Peace and love lads. VW for life!!

[@VwRosstorations]

👍

[@pattysmith4991]

“More projects than Carter’s has pills”.....I’m old enough to know what that means! 😂 Great save guys!! 💕

[@zimms-world]

My mom used to say that all the time. I was waiting for Jake to give the confused look when he said that

[@VwRosstorations]

😂👍

[@beefsoda1]

I'm so jealous 😫 I've been looking for one of those for years and they seem to find you! Enjoy it I'm happy they're preserved most of all!

[@tracyanderson3518]

I think we're going to need a bigger dumpster.... - Roy Scheider

[@kevinwatson2351]

😂

[@ANGELDIAZ-pc4pm]

Feliz Navidad from Puerto Rico

[@ANGELDIAZ-pc4pm]

And Feliz Año nuevo

[@FranciscoMartinez-jv9yz]

Awesome VW lifers #combi is ready for rock and roll 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@crackpotts5347]

South Park Banker: "Annnnd it's gone" Thanks fellas! Always the best to give us smiles!

[@christianwernher9559]

Thanks for saving another one.

[@VWLifeVW]

You bet!

[@carlmoll3345]

Gold Guys. you remind me why I have so many spares. Hello From the VW fans in Australia, Cheers, Carl

[@VWLifeVW]

Thanks Carl!

[@scottg3076]

I just love to see the father son relationship. So valuable and irreplaceable.

[@hunterluxton5976]

Great work. I have a deluxe 71 with clock . This bus looks fab. 👌

[@pigsydney]

A very good job guys.

[@mayinnlin1879]

Awesome great job 👏 thanks for sharing love VW life. Cool. 👍❤️

[@VwRosstorations]

Good fix..👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@robertlambert5299]

👍

[@VWJawbreaker]

I’d call that a win. Good work guys.

[@SeasideVanlife]

Not much beats that feeling when they start for the first time!

[@bradolmsted7127]

New subscriber here and enjoying binging while I lay on the couch with sinus and ear infections so 👍🏻for helping me thru. Like chicken soup but oily. I always have a remote start button on my air cooled VWs, usually next to the engine. I haven't seen one on your vehicles. I'm guessing I've probably missed it somehow. One of the best things to have IMHO. Keep up the good work and hope to see y'all out there somewhere.

[@VWLifeVW]

That's a good tip thanks! Get well soon

[@raymondmumford6255]

Awesome find 😃

[@carolinehannah3283]

Awesome work

[@silkvw9452]

I'm glad you got it going! Good job.

[@VWLifeVW]

Thanks Greg!

[@slimpickins3425]

Nice to see another one on the road! Happy New Year To the entire VWLife community !!

[@VWLifeVW]

Happy new year!

[@davidryan573]

Cool Bus, great find, I’m sure you made someone very happy.

[@johnflynn9463]

View #146 at 12:42 PM on 12/30/21 - NJ...... looks good Boys...Happy New Years

[@rundoetx]

1971, the year I graduated high school and had my last summer of working and fun before I left for college in my 70 Beetle. The good ol days. Loved the vid. Have a Happy New Year Ya'll.

[@VWLifeVW]

Very cool!

[@TheJorgSacul]

More smoke than a Cheech & Chong movie... but IT RUNS!! WOOHOO!!

[@VWLifeVW]

lol

[@johnkempf1808]

Rings are in the near future with all that smoke.

[@jimmywilkinson9190]

Now you got more room in your driveway Gary . Happy New Year to all VW Owners !

[@eduardorodriguez3262]

Sweeet she's a runner

[@argotamauricio]

Happy New Year guys, you bring happiness to every VW THURSDAYS BABYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@riverbluevert7814]

Love that old Ramones shirt.

[@jeffhoward5332]

Great save guys! Thanks for all the incentive to work on my '71 Kombi. Love the videos.

[@VWLifeVW]

Our pleasure!

[@johnnewcomb1128]

Wow that reminds me of my first bus, with all the stuff left behind. Two college girls followed the dead before I got it. Its amazing how you can get one running even after 25 years. Happy New Year guys

[@JustBugginVW]

Love the bus! Glad to see it back out on the road running and not rotting away in a cr*ackhead homeless camp 😂. Great video guys! and can I just say.....DAMN you guys got alot of buses!! -Dalton

[@swmoboy]

Thanks guys. I always enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@hanknipper3921]

Great job Little Dude!

[@troythompson1038]

You guys are awesome! Greetings from cold Canada.

[@robertlambert5299]

Nice work Gary and Jake! Another bus on the road!

[@jenny80myles]

Thanks for saving this bus. :)

[@dirkjansen4309]

This is INCREDIBLE! You guys are able to give back live to everything on this planet, don't you? So funny! So awesome! Happy New Year to you all!!!

[@antoniorivera6187]

Very nice job guys Injoy watching your videos and watching you guys bring back to life those old antique VW buses and bugs 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 stay safe and bless you guys 🙏

[@VWLifeVW]

Glad you like them!

[@ryanh4889]

Great episode! Love the 71's. I just bought a clean 78 Westy Deluxe that is very dry even though it is in the pacific northwest. Looking forward to bringing it back to life.

[@VWLifeVW]

Post a picture of it on our Facebook page! facebook.com/VWLifeVW/

[@andrigtmiller]

Besides the smoke, it sounds like it needs a valve adjustment.

[@TheParvTubeShow]

AMAZING!!! Parv

[@sargedutch1085]

Happy New Year,,,, May next bring you more kool VW finds.

[@VWLifeVW]

Happy new year!

[@handyhopey1404]

what are the odds you guys want to do a trip to Newfoundland, be able to film some awesome footage, and take a look at my 1972 VW westfalia that hasn't been started in 15 years? was parked to paint, ran perfect, but it never ended up getting painted and it stayed in the garage all those years. Accommodations at my 5 star air&b can be discussed, as well as kayak and canoe access and some other fun experience options? That is; if you don't have a spring/ summer trip figured out yet. Think on it!-Hope

[@VWLifeVW]

Are you covering air fare? 😎

[@FernandoDiaz-ep7xk]

Nice jobs happy new years good friends

[@VWLifeVW]

Same to you

[@zimms-world]

Great video guys…it’s awesome to see another one saved and back on the road

[@seanrandolph627]

Really hoping to see y'all work on the sunroof! I have one on my 72' bus that I've been working on a bit now and still can't get it to work great. Stoked to see it run!

[@VWPrince53]

Nice that is back up and running again! Keep up the great work! 👍 Happy New Year! 🎆

[@walterbutscher8438]

Happy New Year guys. Looking forward to more fun in 2022

[@prestocoop]

Happy New Year you Crazies!!!

[@VWLifeVW]

Happy new year!!

[@michaelganshirt8795]

Pretty smoky little bay window! I've got to find me one of those!

[@flypawels]

Happy New Year!!!

[@VWLifeVW]

Happy new year!!

[@jasonswearingen4675]

That was a great episode! Congrats on getting it up and running. 😀👍🏻🤙🏻

[@VWLifeVW]

Thanks! 👍

[@bubot17]

Cool bus

[@r.a.mancillas812]

nice

[@carlbarton772]

Happy New Year

[@VWLifeVW]

Happy new year

[@charleslawrence7194]

Nice job guys. I wish mine was in as good shape as this one. Just new floor pans for the 69 this week. Rear corners and a couple body panels should arrive in a couple weeks. Hope yours finds a good home. It would be fun to finish it. But then, are they ever finished??

[@VWLifeVW]

Post a picture of it on our Facebook page! facebook.com/VWLifeVW/

[@haskyb9184]

Great video. Nice to see the old man an boy working together. Oh and on another note - Jake, the lack of face fungus is an improvement 🧔‍♂️ 😂

[@VWLifeVW]

Noted!

[@pachacuchis7495]

Amazing

[@austntexan]

LOL, is that the powerwash by Sonic?

[@jajageo1]

Great video! Will you be posting the link to the Samba listing on this video?

[@VWLifeVW]

Done thanks

[@bbrut3332]

Did you check your valve clearance after you got it running and change the oil soon after?

[@vitron01]

May I ask what what ya guys got for this 71 deluxe? I've got a 72 tin top that I picked up in 96 and put minimal $$ into her to be a decent bus for work, and it's became one of our daily drivers. I paid $160 and traded a $40 sack of something to a guy. Parked her in 2005 and I'm getting ready to move from Vegas to Pennsylvania and planned on having her trucked back. Is it worth the cost in your opinions? The sentimental value far exceeds the actual price, I'm sure. But it has no rust, all original windows (except windshield) original chrome strips, some bondo in the nose and slider. I just wish she were 1 year older at the very least. Dang type IV engine and ugliness taillights. But like one of your kids, not perfect or possibly expected, but she's mine and I love her.

[@jamiewalton23]

Outstanding video guys, have a great New Years from Cumbria, England. Ps: managed to get my VW life Sticker. Please sent a email address and I’ll add a photo of Betty flying the flag. All the best from our auntie’s and uncles

[@VWLifeVW]

Post a picture of it on our Facebook page! facebook.com/VWLifeVW/

[@GT.Bugger]

Nice bay, what was wrong with the distributor?

[@michaelpaulichen9177]

Fly you out to Hawaii, to work on my bus!

[@RRmeanmachine]

Soon as I can drive a Bus to hawaii, I'm there!

[@mikebaroni5349]

Y’all got any automatic transmissions for sale by chance?

[@dalewyatt1321]

Happy new year. Now, your resolution is: Learn how to service fuel injection.

[@RRmeanmachine]

The Slammed 78 has fuel injector seals and intake boots on order!

[@DentFreeImagePeterVega]

Nice 71 guys! I’m looking for a sliding door in good shape for an early bay. Any chance you guys got one or know of someone selling one?

[@VWLifeVW]

Not that I know of

[@DentFreeImagePeterVega]

@@VWLifeVW no worries. I’m here in Texas as well if something comes across. Thank you!

[@richardblakeley8816]

How did you still have the key from this bus? Wouldn’t that have been lost ages ago?

[@VWLifeVW]

Crazy huh?!

[@mainstt]

Jake we love to always see your pretty face. Great jod.

[@VWLifeVW]

😊 thank you

[@stevedaniels1558]

Did Jake get a new headlamp from Santa?? 😅

[@VWLifeVW]

Yes

[@knowone6214]

back from the dead

[@VWLifeVW]

That's right!

[@jamesquintana9137]

Jake, I don't know which is nicer to see...a rescued & running VW bus, or your pretty face?!

[@philippianjlr]

Hello, do you have a 71 Bay pedal splash pan for sale?

[@VWLifeVW]

No

[@amandajolee7715]

How much for the bus?

[@kirb943]

Are you really “homeless” if you live in a vw bus? VW life!

[@VWLifeVW]

Technically, no

[@MartinSage]

Rip that horrible Type 1 motor out! Put a Type 2 2000cc with the beefy bottom end and dual carbs. If you want Zero oil leaks than do the “5th stud treatment “.

[@VWLifeVW]

It's sold and gone