Boonie Bug Walk-around!!

No video

Boonie Bug Walk-around!!

Рет қаралды 37,005

6 ай бұрын

Had a great opportunity to catch Dave for 10 minutes as we took a tour of his Boonie Bug. He has done a lot of work to resurrect this thing and it’s pretty rad seeing it go down the road. So take a quick tour with me and check out this car that seriously stands out. It’s so cool to see it now and it will be fun to see it when he is finished with it. #vw #booniebug #car #tour #pov #socal #fiberglass #rare #buggy #vwbus ‪@busnstuff‬

Пікірлер: 100

@handbuiltbob 5 ай бұрын

That thing was a ton of work! I had to repair the a lot of the frame around the torsion housing. Replaced half of the cargo floors, and finished the cargo floor welding from the original build. Laid down the front floor and did some mods to the existing frame to get the front floor down and tie all the front end in where they removed the lower valence. And like Dave mentioned, replace the spring plates and transmission. All mechanical and wiring was gone through to make it driveable. The wiring was the biggest mess but I did a quick refurb on the fuse panel to clean up the terminals. Kinda cool, the fuse panel is made of some stamped aluminum plaque from WWII. We brought it back to life in like a week so he could make it to OCTO June 2023. Fun car

@EddyCollins-TZN168 5 ай бұрын

Hey Bob! It was really fun watching you and Dave go at it with this thing.

@EddyCollins-TZN168 5 ай бұрын

Oh it definitely looks like it was a ton of work! Both demo and building it.

@elfritts9895 5 ай бұрын

5 spoke cragers would even make a AMC pacer look like a show winner

@EddyCollins-TZN168 5 ай бұрын

Ha!!! A Pacer IS cool?! 😂 I used to say that if you squinted enough at a Pacer, you could try to make it look like a 911 in your mind.

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

I agree with you. They are really heavy but look so good

@ManiacRacing 6 ай бұрын

I remember those plans. I used to go through my dads magazines every month and dream about all the cool stuff I could send away for.

@EddyCollins-TZN168 6 ай бұрын

Those were some good days!

@ManiacRacing 6 ай бұрын

I remember I talked the old man into ordering a giant submarine kit for like $3 from one of those tiny back page ads, and he warned me it would be junk. But naturally I was frothing and he finally gave in.. When it arrived, it was literally cardboard you folded & taped and it was in fact garbage right from the start. But I persisted and managed to have a lot of fun before it gave up. Lol! He never let me forget it either.@@EddyCollins-TZN168

@yesimhuman 6 ай бұрын

I think just making the interior usable and keeping the exterior like this would be cool.

@EddyCollins-TZN168 6 ай бұрын

For sure! Maybe some wall to wall shag? 🤙

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

I'm almost the fiberglass repairs. I'm very excited to plush out the interior

@baldeagle3161 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful!!! Looks like a 70's hot wheels car. Awesome!! 🤙🏻

@EddyCollins-TZN168 6 ай бұрын

It Definitely does!

@dt777dt702 6 ай бұрын

Awesome thanks Eddy

@stevehill4615 6 ай бұрын

I was thinking that or one of the concept/fantasy model car kits from the likes of AMT or ERTL for instance.

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

It's like driving a concept car or giant toy that was never meant to be on the road. Definitely a fantasy come true.

@Praetor_Fenix420 5 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the Brubaker Box. Cool ride man!

@Busnstuffvw 5 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy 👍

@Nitewatch-xc9yz 6 ай бұрын

Always wanted one of these

@grumpygrandpasgarage 5 ай бұрын

I haven't seen one of those in years.... even restoring dubs for 20 years ,, Ive seen 2 in my lifetime -Tell Dave Spook Said hi

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

Hi spook. This is only the 2nd one I've seen in person. In all my years as well

@barrywinslow9798 6 ай бұрын

Wow....I remember these and others of foam and fiberglass method from the 60's.....very cool.

@daveglick5152 6 ай бұрын

i will just take my bus camping. cheers

@dt777dt702 5 ай бұрын

I have westfalia for camp in I love it. some day I might camp in this.

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

I have a walk through 67 so42. I practically daily drive it and camp in it several times a year. The boonie bug is a totally different experience. The boonie from a time. A.time when people built fun things just for fun. Too stand out in the crowd. This thing is so hand built. It shows how much talent, skill and motivation people once had. I will hang on to that lifestyle as long as I can. Open minded forgiving and optimistic

@davejobe6282 5 ай бұрын

Love the fact that people are bringing this old stuff back to life . I'm into different and this thing if definitely that . Thanks for sharing 😎✌️

@EddyCollins-TZN168 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, that’s what I love about this thing. Definitely different!

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

I saw it and had to have it. 😅

@Mikefngarage 5 ай бұрын

Metal flake Blue would look really cool.

@MLFranklin 5 ай бұрын

Love it!

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. Me too. Definitely fun too look at.

@RegularFootisChris 6 ай бұрын

cool

@billydonnelly7378 6 ай бұрын

The dude is so stoned…

@dt777dt702 6 ай бұрын

Nah he's just super chill

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

Been accused of that my entire life.

@campervanbug7658 6 ай бұрын

Rad af

@campervanbug7658 6 ай бұрын

Save a bus just fab a frame

@dt777dt702 5 ай бұрын

@@campervanbug7658this was built when buses where just surplus. The junk yards where full of them.

@campervanbug7658 5 ай бұрын

@@dt777dt702 I'm saying nowadays to fab a frame

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

@campervanbug7658 I agree. It would be fun. Anything goes with these. Make one out of Anything. Maybe a slammed one from a sports car chassis Or a lifted one. Using a Vanagaon

@dubworldvwadventures 4 ай бұрын

You just popped into my feed. Looks like you are getting traction! My buddy Jeffro has a boonie as well.

@EddyCollins-TZN168 4 ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad it got to you. That’s pretty rad that your friend has one of these. I only know of these two in the video.

@jorgelynch1371 5 ай бұрын

If this guy ain't high, then he might be the original spicoli! lol !!

@EddyCollins-TZN168 5 ай бұрын

😂 he’s super chill.

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

I'm just chill bro.

@MLFranklin 5 ай бұрын

Need to modify the plans and fit this on an old minivan or Ford Explorer chassis.

@EddyCollins-TZN168 5 ай бұрын

🤔

@MLFranklin 5 ай бұрын

@@EddyCollins-TZN168 Because it's so cool and we're definitely running out of VW Transporters.

@EddyCollins-TZN168 5 ай бұрын

Well, now they’re making new bodies. Of course it’s cooler when it’s on a REAL bus.

@MLFranklin 5 ай бұрын

@@EddyCollins-TZN168 Good point. I wonder if you an piece together a "new" transporter pan from new stampings like you can with the Beetle.

@EddyCollins-TZN168 5 ай бұрын

@@MLFranklin oh, you definitely can. The biggest challenge that comes along with that is the fact that these do not have VIN stamped on them. So if you have your old car, that is all rotted out, you can transfer it over I suppose. Not sure about the legalities there to be honest. But I know that there are some states that wouldn’t care.

@Mikefngarage 5 ай бұрын

This guy has some of the weirdest kit cars and fiberglass stuff I have ever seen.

@Busnstuffvw 5 ай бұрын

It's true

@TheoriginalSpaceboy 6 ай бұрын

A Boonie was used in the movie Total recall

@EddyCollins-TZN168 6 ай бұрын

Really?! I’ll have to watch it again. Thanks!

@cherylcharlton 5 ай бұрын

True,those were the vehicles used in the tunnels on Mars scenes.

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

Yes, they had a very nice gray one. I wonder where it is now.

@ferencgobor749 4 ай бұрын

Cyberbug 😃

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

I drove it past the tesla charging station. The auto detailers got excited yelled out, "cyber van!" It was rad. The detailers were not driving e cars.

@glennbluemel1497 5 ай бұрын

There is one of those in Charleston SC dude said he and his art teacher in highschool built it and he inherited the bus he said it was extremely Hot with little ventilation only brought it to shows and parades

@EddyCollins-TZN168 5 ай бұрын

That would be cool to get your hands on it!

@Busnstuffvw 5 ай бұрын

Great story.

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

Is it yellow? I've seen pics of a clean yellow one. It was at a car show.

@GlitchSystem-xf7jb 5 ай бұрын

Are there body kits in this style still being made? Be awesome to put this on a golf cart and drive it around my home town

@billlevassiur5891 5 ай бұрын

Cool build

@EddyCollins-TZN168 5 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s pretty cool for sure!

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

Thank you I appreciate that

@RandyZimmerman-pp5wj 5 ай бұрын

Wish I had that bus

@EddyCollins-TZN168 5 ай бұрын

Can you imagine what they must have started with before cutting it up?

@ojsefg 5 ай бұрын

That dude is high AF.

@dt777dt702 5 ай бұрын

Nah he's just chill.

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

Nah, people have been telling me that my entire life.....

@IAm1InTheIAm 5 ай бұрын

Que curioso, verdad. Wasn't there some kinda VW kit van in the 70's called a Burbank, or something?🤔

@Busnstuffvw 5 ай бұрын

Yes. There was a car called the Brubaker box. I think these get confused because the humbug looks like a box. The Brubaker looks more like a Pinto station wagon without a hood

@BFKAnthony817 5 ай бұрын

Immediately on seeing ol' dude sitting in the van it was apparent he was extremely stoned. 🌚

@EddyCollins-TZN168 5 ай бұрын

You think so? 😮

@BFKAnthony817 5 ай бұрын

@@EddyCollins-TZN168 I just get those vibes from him. Seems like a really chill dude. It takes one to know one I always say hehe.

@EddyCollins-TZN168 5 ай бұрын

@@BFKAnthony817Dave is a really cool and down to earth dude. The type that would give you the shirt off of his back.

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

High, on life bud. I hear that a lot.

@raychambers3646 6 ай бұрын

Ian Roussel built a replica a while back .

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

Yes. I had the pleasure to meet the owner of that one. We going to have a boonie meet

@bsea35 5 ай бұрын

I checked the one out the guys at the station I’n Joshua tree own. Fun

@EddyCollins-TZN168 5 ай бұрын

Yes! That’s the first one I ever saw. You should see it now. He restored it!

@bsea35 5 ай бұрын

It was restored when I saw it. They had just got it running again.

@Busnstuffvw 3 ай бұрын

That one is rad. That store and collection are great.

@Janet71990 2 ай бұрын

R.Q. Riley Johnny Cab based on 1979 Volkswagen Van

@Busnstuffvw 21 күн бұрын

This one is built from a 1959 vw bus. Whoever built first was was amazing

@Janet71990 21 күн бұрын

1960s-1970s 🌼

@Busnstuffvw 17 күн бұрын

@Janet71990 this one is built drom a 1959 kombi

@Janet71990 17 күн бұрын

I know

@romandybala 5 ай бұрын

Take a vehicle that has the space for a camper and make it smaller and rougher to go camping.

@EddyCollins-TZN168 5 ай бұрын

😂 exactly! It’s all about going against the grain and making life harder. 😂

@Busnstuffvw 5 ай бұрын

The idea was to build a short wheel base. light weight Manx/dune buggy,Baja bug type vehicle. That you can sleep in. I'm just going to shaggy it out and have a good time with it. I do have a 67 Westfalia. As our main camper.