It was in May of last year we first stumbled upon something extremely weird: a Volkswagen Bus so heavily modified it’s probably unique in the world. Back then, it was sitting inside a garage somewhere, waiting to be bought, looking all flashy and cute. Now, several months later, we get a chance of seeing it out in the open.
Soon after we wrote our piece on the VW truck, it got sold for very close to $50,000. Because the current owner seems to have gotten tired of it, it’s up for grabs again, and thanks to this, we now get to enjoy it once more, this time out in the open (check the gallery for more).
The truck-erized Volkswagen bus took about six years to complete and comes as a much shorter version of what the Germans used to roll out their factory doors. So short, in fact, it needs a wheelie bar out back to keep it upright once the massively powerful powerplant kicks in.
The engine is still of Volkswagen make, a 2.2-liter flat-four gifted by its makers with twin carburetors, an MSD ignition system, and ceramic coated headers. It develops around 330 hp, sent to the wheels by means of a 4-speed manual transmission.
The very short bed of this very short truck is a wonder to look at, thanks to all the exposed metal out there. There’s a huge spoiler rising high above it, apparently fixed right on the metal bed, and a red wind key on one side, one of the coolest touches of cool we’ve ever seen on a custom build.
Just a few months after it was last sold, the VW truck is out in the open once again, in the hands of Gateway Classic Cars, and it is going for a slightly lower price than before: $46,000.
Daniel loves writing (or so he claims), and he uses this skill to offer readers a "behind the scenes" look at the automotive industry. He also enjoys talking about space exploration and robots, because in his view the only way forward for humanity is away from this planet, in metal bodies. Full profile
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