What It's Like Driving a 50-Year-Old VW Bus Every Day | The Layman

Ever wondered what it's like to drive a 50-year-old VW Bus around the country and use it as your everyday driver? Air-Schooled's Robbie McCarthy breaks down exactly what to expect when taking to the road in a vintage bus.
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[@jamie-r2034]

I have a 79' bus. I noticed that no matter where I go, someone will come up and talk to me, take pics and tell a story about a VW their family or fiends owned. I love the whole VW culture and helping to make people happy when i drive it!

[@MG-qo5ge]

I've had my bus for the last 50 years (yes I bought it New) a great vehicle used as a daily driver and holidays off to Croatia in a couple of weeks what a way to go and looked after very little trouble at all and going up in value!

[@johngrabowski5259]

I think until you’ve owned one you will never truly understand the joy.

[@brianchisnell1548]

Just drove my '64 sunroof 25 mi. to get the mail. ( the mailbox is down the street.) Hehe

[@rainrabbit9209]

Rob is great! Such a great teacher. Miss you her in the PacNW.

[@benko]

love the colors all around, nice bus dude.

[@kevinrichards3288]

I bet those little Volkswagen buses were common & popular back n the '60s. Nowadays I don't see them around.

[@jonathanbeyer7852]

I like the Portland Oregon black lab brewery sticker.

[@robbiemccarthy]

Thank you! It was stuck on behind my back by the local Monday night meetup, back in regular times!

[@SkaterStimm]

Robbie!

[@kodiakbear3519]

Why does he keep calling it a car?? Its not a car, its a volkwagon bus !! Atleast give it the respect it deserves for gods sake ! Its a bus !

[@robbiemccarthy]

Because it's my car! That's why ;)

[@pyronitro]

yey Robbie!

[@yoshinoyajones8924]

Your dome light dosnt work, my lights come on with the opening door, That's stock. (since the 50's) the other things u mention are non issues. Because most of them were factory or dealer options (since at least before u were born), Or only really important when NOT driving. My 50 year old daily driver (1600 with 34 pict 3 with header) will do 75 nicely. (70 Bay window) I dig ur bus.

[@robbiemccarthy]

The base model bay buses did not get dome light switches. Since my '69 was originally a tin-top Westy built from a kombi chassis, it doesn't have the door switches, or even anywhere in the body to mount them.

[@michaelconverse5127]

Exactly. A/c has been an option on VWs since the 1960s.

[@nnddrrww]

incredible vehicle... if VW ever makes a hybrid or electric version, I'm first in line

[@adeelm9028]

...still wouldn't trust their figures lol the new bus concept is a bit strange for me

[@natalie8711]

HappyFamilyPlan did.. did you just predict the future?

[@blaineaf]

They did though

[@platinumvulture1122]

It's ugly. Not something you would want to be first in line but it is cool to see something like a bus

[@brianchisnell1548]

Gas is better.

[@gentibici]

Very cool video. I must do the same reproduction video for my channel in Albanian language 😍 so far if the best articulated video that my brain can understand with my English issues

[@TheLayman]

Send me that video when it's done! I'd love to see it!

[@Thomas63r2]

"Air Schooled" is a great name - maybe Robbie should enroll himself? I might be wrong since its been a few decades - but I seem to remember that even my '62 and '65 Busses had a dome light, and you could select whether you wanted it to be on or off when you open the driver's door.

[@sietse9920]

Ik like the bus and i like the guy 😂 🌈

[@TheLayman]

I second this.

[@lazyd3450]

Always loved them......but they r now out of my pay grade🙁

[@DopaSix]

german cars are the best