The Oldest VW Bus in the USA: 1950 Radium Bus (Hot VWs Magazine April 2022 Cover Car)

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Proud to feature one of the oldest surviving Type 2s in the World - a 1950 Panel Van in the hands of Ed Hughes.
Hardcore VW Type 2 Bus enthusiast, Ed Hughes showed us the oldest VW Bus in the USA! A true piece of art, it is the outcome of 20 years of research, craftsmanship and love, resulting in a perfect restoration.
1950 Radium Bus, he will show us so many unique details of the oldest Bus privately own in the world. You will see so much trivia and knowledge about Buses. For more detail about this 1950 Radium Bus, check out hotVWs Magazine April 2022 issue that you can purchase from below link.
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[@Mikefngarage]

For whoever did the restoration work that was a LOT of work to make correct. AMAZING

[@jimihendrix1575]

That is gorgeous! I have a 1960 double door panel bus l purchased in Albuquerque from its original owner. He ran a television repair shop in town way back when. This bus is very original, having its original engine and transmission (numbers matching). It even still sits on the same set of tubed Continental tires it left the factory on! Being a southwest vehicle, it has no rust on it at all, and was running when l parked it in a metal pole barn in 1998. I might just have to bring her back out after seeing this story!

[@toddvanwinkle7777]

Whoever block sanded that gorgeous bus…great job!! Love the sound of that crashbox!!!

[@mysterymonkey]

I’ve driven a barn door and it’s a totally different experience to driving a regular split bus. Awesome bus , bravo!

[@peteredge7798]

Watching from the UK, love it ! So good to see such an early bus saved.

[@mehmetcanipek5673]

Watching from Istanbul, Turkey. Big fan of Ed Hughes's buses. Great to listen all that little details and precious know how. Thanks for sharing.

[@californiahandball]

Saw this bad boy at the OCTO, its awesome.

[@Mikefngarage]

No rear window and tiny little mirrors, crash box trans and 25hp engine.....Gotta be a pleasure to drive.

[@brettbanta2100]

I believe they topped out at around 40 mph. Wooohoooo

[@futurewarrior1]

OMG...what a beautiful Bus!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@staffcarpenborg]

Damn that thing's a work of art..

[@stephenhenion8304]

I could watch this all day!! Such a clean job, top to bottom! Ahhhhhh!

[@muley180]

I think it's awesome you put a Pete Jackson gear drive in it.

[@javierzepeda4464]

This is just Beautiful. I don’t know weather to cry smile be jealous lol. But man this is amazing. Thanks for showing us this. History

[@uliwehner]

great video. color of the logos i perfect.

[@robertjohnstone2869]

Taking cool to a new level.

[@edfox6921]

Nice video. Great bus

[@scottpella7419]

Sure was cool seeing this bus on the cover of Hot Vw's this month! But a video of it with the owner is the cherry on top! Thanks!!!

[@corey6393]

Fun to see this one, then compare it to the Sudfunk panel. I love the sound of those straight-cut RGB's and non-synchro gears!

[@scottpella7419]

@@corey6393 Definitely! When I saw this in the magazine, I thought those logo's were stickers. They are handpainted!!! That is a true artist that replicated those! I love the straight cut gear sound too...but I think after 2 blocks, I'd be over it. LOL

[@stacycollier7134]

Listings to the split case trans German engineering at it finest nice barn door

[@vayabroder729]

This is a thing of beauty!

[@peterdonaldson6786]

WOW! She is beautiful! Totally mint.

[@jameshutchins3396]

What a beauty. Wonderful save

[@umbertospilotros3986]

Furgão maravilhoso. Parabéns! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@jasonmarshall7983]

Holy sheep s*** I got to get my 53 single cab on the road oh my effing God old Eddie Hughes I knew that guy back in '87

[@tecate9408]

Just Incredible restoration!! Well done sir!!

[@jimmywilkinson9190]

Thanks Eddy

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

Absolutely stunning bus!

[@treyjohnson4035]

Imagine how big the emblem would be

[@MarkAnderson-vg5vq]

Great video " excellent job on restoration and history of this work of art VW Bus . When I was a kid my dad had a 1966 VW Bus at the same time he had a 67 Chevy Corvair convertible . Keep the video's coming .

[@TwoGloveBoxes]

ED!!! 5🔥 💪

[@bigears4014]

Friends came to tasmania with a 50-51 model crammed with possessions from Germany, it didn't last that long , it was cut up vw wasn't imported till 54 in Australia

[@thomi8002]

Amazing Car! 👍✌️

[@IAm1InTheIAm]

My June of '58 bus is the oldest farthest North splitty in the world. Drive her year-round down to -10F. Buses are great!

[@jamie-r2034]

So cool! It's nice to see this guy actually driving it too, rather than just letting it sit in a garage. Nice video! Edit: Does he know his rear tail lights aren't working? around the :20 mark

[@uliwehner]

how do you know? these are just taillights, not brakelights or blinkers. brakelight is in the middle.

[@jamie-r2034]

@@uliwehner True - I don't know if they serve as brake lights or not. I made the assumption but I could very well be wrong. If I am, then I learned something new today with these really old buses. I knew about the brake light in the middle but assumed the rear taillights also served as brake lights, but again, I could be wrong. I'm always open to learning about the really old ones like this, so if you're correct then, my apologies. I just love these old buses & love to learn about them. I have a bay window but will someday own a split! Have a great day!

[@hasse7487]

Schön Auto!

[@jimmywilkinson9190]

It has a total crash box trans . It must be worth a lot of bucks .

[@vicentemarcos9489]

Opa blz komb muita linda bacana tenho uma 1967 também valeu

[@umbertospilotros3986]

Furgão VW 😁😁😁

[@Chappomusic]

Great job on the car. I really enjoyed all the details .. Too bad that ( due to new standards ) the paintjob became too “ fat” it’s should have been a bit more rough and matte.

[@sashas8168]

Crashbox is singing alone....

[@nielsjunker1487]

VW❤🇩🇰😉

[@SkaterStimm]

August of 1950, wouldn't that be a 1951? I have a 1968 which has an August 1967 manufacture date.

[@hotvwsmagazine]

VW started the Year model (aug-july period) from 1955 model.

[@tomrobards7753]

The vw bus had more horsepower

[@c.s.6195]

This blue-gray suits any VW kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4XGaYCVitt3q7s

[@jasonmarshall7983]

Radium was part of the whole free energy trip they had stoves that were called radium stoves and somehow they were like a self perpetuating free energy out of The Ether something that we've hardly fallen from and now we got to pay the power companies what an effing joke

[@hotvwsmagazine]

Amazingly this Radium light bulb company in Germany still in business.

[@johnw3996]

WOW GOOD ONE ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

[@ollie1464]

Where's the back bumper? The last thing you would wantna happen is to have somebody real in you...

[@hotvwsmagazine]

Early Bus didn't have a rear bumper.