RESCUE of a VW 1955 panel van Australian bush find

Today we head out into the aussie bush to rescue a 1955 split screen panel van bus.
#splitscreenbus
#rustoration
#vwbus
#vwpanelvan
#volkswagen

[@oliverw3646]

Great save and nice landscape.

[@tasnikas746]

That seems like a good candidate to keep you busy guys for at least a year. Good luck with it and looking forward for updates. Well done Nick.

[@haskyb9184]

I need that batwing steering wheel on the beetle chassis!! You need to ship this over to Mike Fn, he will have in on the road by Christmas. Great video, hope there’s more updates soon Ben 🇬🇧

[@DemopVWgarage]

Yeh I was going to take it too but it was way to far gone for a resto. Dont worry the van will be driving quicker than Mike can do ;)

[@vanepinstriping]

Wow! That’s awesome. I love hearing a little of the backstory too. Too funny they used it for hunting. 😆 Can’t wait to see progress!

[@DemopVWgarage]

Glad you liked it 😘 a progress vid soon🙏

[@Mikefngarage]

lots of work there but still worth pulling out. I would have done it. especially how much they cost there in AU

[@DemopVWgarage]

Thats it Mike, it’s actually not that bad once we cleaned it a little

[@sashas8168]

Wow.... did think any of these gems were out there anymore....great find.

[@DemopVWgarage]

Same here, but already 2 this year 😉

[@garymallard4699]

Glad to see you blow the crap out..before taking it home!! So many bring it back ...lol...

[@DemopVWgarage]

Yes smart move on my mates part😋

[@Doubleodude]

I had to go back to the beginning and have a watch. I finally found a 67 Kombi here in Texas. Videos will be coming soon. Your videos at my inspiration. If you get chance make a playlist of them. A much easier watch.

[@DemopVWgarage]

Oh nice, yes videos would be great to watch. I’ll do that😉🤙🏽

[@Mike-cv7hv]

Awesome! please keep us posted.

[@DemopVWgarage]

will do a update very soon on the plans for it :)

[@bullibill8277]

Whoa! You guys ROCK! Great extraction video, now I'm gonna have to watch all the other episodes for the restoration fun! SNAKES? Yikes! You guys have BIG testicles! Way to go! Bill Bowman

[@DemopVWgarage]

Cheers Bill, yeh was a great rescue and we definitely were worried about snakes as we have have bad ones down here ;)

[@stephenhenion8304]

V Dubs Rule!! It could always be worse!! Good luck guys!

[@DemopVWgarage]

cheers mate :)

[@davekrumrey5426]

Wow! Safaris still with it😮

[@DemopVWgarage]

Great score hay😉

[@JourneymanRandy]

Very good.

[@josh-bluemarlinpools180]

That is insane

[@yoshinoyajones8924]

Had 55 single cab and sold it to buy an Australian 67 morris mini love the 67 still but sure miss havin that truck. Any way cheers and hope 2 see more videos of the bus.

[@DemopVWgarage]

Wow 55 single is a rare one👏👍🏻 some new progress soon 🙏

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏

[@veewee111]

Use a long punch or bar of steel that will fit thru the lug bolt holes. Use that and a hammer against the spine of the brake shoes to pop them loose from the drums. Real easy to get those wheel rolling.

[@DemopVWgarage]

Cheers Eric will remember this for next time🙏

[@dyer2cycle]

...find any Eastern Browns, Coastal Taipans, Tiger Snakes, Death Adders residing in the bus or debris around it?...looks like prime habitat...bus looks pretty rusty, but compared to that '51 some guy in Germany is re-creating from debris he found buried in a bank, this one is in prime shape!....

[@DemopVWgarage]

lucky we didnt see any, we were making a heap of noise :) Yeh shes a rusty one but totally saveable

[@garymallard4699]

I live in Central Canada ( Manitoba province in prairies )...no poisonous snakes here..garter snakes...no nasty spiders too...lol... Wasps and Bees would be the worst to find...

[@DemopVWgarage]

Love Canada we traveled though on our honeymoon 😉 your right no snakes but you have bears and Avalanches😋

[@garymallard4699]

@@DemopVWgarage bears here Black ones where we live..Polar bear Capital north of here ( been there 3 times ) Churchill... avalanches are West of us..2 Provinces and alot of miles...

[@cryptobeezy]

How much for bus in that shape and how much for full restore?

[@DemopVWgarage]

That was around $3400 aud and cost $80k to restore

[@Userrhek]

If you restore it, so every thing can be restored on this planet

[@DemopVWgarage]

keep watching she's all done :)

[@garymallard4699]

14:14 looks like some kangaroo's fired back at those hunters??? i see bullet holes in front of van...

[@DemopVWgarage]

hahaha yes and they are there to stay ;)

[@aussiebeatle4049]

Semaphores and indicators on the nose? Assume someone put them on the nose afterwards?

[@DemopVWgarage]

yeh aftermarket for sure.

[@anthonysinclair5721]

How much do they charge for a beauty like that nowadays?!?! 🥴

[@DemopVWgarage]

Over here in oz around 4 to 5 grand 😬 1955 very early bus so prices go up.

[@ChrisRubeo]

Howp you avoided the snikes.

[@DemopVWgarage]

We were lucky we didn’t see any 🤷🏽‍♂️🤙🏽

[@erickrocket]

Snakes? They don, t likes vw bus . Haha