Thank you for all your nice comments about this video and "Leichtbau", the name of the T1 Panel you`re watching. I´ve built this car over a longer period of time. Fourth year we´re driving it on the Nürburgring now and it´s been a constant evolution. This year it felt better and faster than ever. The Porsche brakes work very balanced and the engine works like a gem. You´re right about the steering,it´s a little heavy due to an altered VW 1303 rack and pinion. It lost 1,5 turn lock-to-lock last winter which made it much easier on the track but of course makes it heavier at the same time. The gearbox is a stock 1989 G50 Porschebox but with the shifts the wrong way due to the shifter. We reach almost 220 km/h over Schwedenkreutz and the Fuchsröhre at 185 km/h so it´s not exactly slow..;)Much better to drive on the track with just the driver though. Go and watch more videos on youtube "vw leichtbau"

That light weight air freshener is the perfect G meter.

This is BY FAR the greatest vehicle I’ve seen. The sound, man, pure music. Love it!!

Thank you all for your encouraging comments and likings. And thank you Misha for making this clip. The suspension was fixed that same Friday night and early next morning we headed back to Finland via Denmark and Sweden. Best trip so far and we got 12 laps around the Nürburgring which is about 240 kms! That lap with Misha abord was far from the fastest but a decent lap considering two persons. The main thing about this whole build is to keep it as light as possible,and that is also the secret behind it´s performance. And that´s where the car got its name "Leichtbau" which means Lightweight in english. Still improving the car and ourselves every year and next year it has to make sub 9 second times from where we are measuring which is about 20-25 seconds shorter than BtG. We were very close this year already but yellow flags and traffic disturbes a lot.

Thats me in the Mustang at 3:42 and i wondered how this Vw Bus could be so quick...now i know :D

That's what a sleeper van should look and sound like, I wouldn't want to go around that track any faster. Epic ! I love these old cars that surprise people.

He is manhandling that wheel 💪🏻 No ps here

the ultimate track weapon, and grocery getter, and also you can sleep in it, the perfect ring tool hahahah keep up the good work misha❤

Doing pretty well considering it has the aero dynamics of a brick.

I've had this idea for many years, put a Porsche engine into vw bus. I'm glad this man has done it.

GOD! I love that flat 6 911 engine symphony, and to hear it in a 60’s VW Bus is just so radical man.

OMG So much yes!! Lets make it official: a GT2 T1 Endurance Cup!!!

Waiting for special vlog about this T1, love it :D

That Christmas Tree in the middle is the G-force indicator showing to which side the bus is being pulled.

I spot an old style Finnish licence plate...it fits the theme because only a Finn would build something like that :-)

FUN with a capitol F ! ! ! That's why the chap does workout, to handle the steering, lol Love the interior . Very well presented indeed. Superb VW

Saw the engine (smiled), saw the roll cage (surprised), heard the sound exiting the cones (bigger smile). Still the thought in the back of my head was "If this guy passes anyone I'll be impressed". Well that was epic. I loved it immensely. The best part was that this guy at some point said to himself "I should do that", so flippin' cool!!!!!

Crazy build T1, thanks misha for providing us this great content

It's not about going fast, it's about having fun. That's what the Nürburgring (TF) is about, and this T1 is the embodiment of it !

That had to be the most Grooviest lap you have ever taken us on Misha ! Thank you as always my friend and much love to you !

That dude is so buff from driving this thing all the time with no power steering @_@

This why ilove your chanel Misha! Mix match and interesting content. car enthusiast will always follow you. Love the new school car & ols school car!!! Not boring at all. Keep it up from NYC

Wow another wild ride!!! That VW bus is just about the ultimate sleeper and I love that steering wheel !!!!

That's the most fun I've ever had in VW Bus! ...Love the lightweight scented tree/Lateral G Meter, very useful.

I saw this beast when I did my first trackday in a Golf GTI rental car. Awesome to find a video about it a year later.

I love this content!! This is the stuff you don't find on other channels...

another amaaaazing lap video :) Mr Charudin, you are killin it! And thx to the owner of this wonderful T1.

Love it🤩 great to see some technical artwork mixed with oldschool beauty 💪

Best sounding VW bus ever! This is what I love about the car community. It must be a weird sensation when you are not used to it, sitting so high up and over the front wheels. What a great project!!!

The ultimate definition of a sleeper! Insane! Here and there you can hear it moan and creek like an old fighter plane taking a lot of G’s in a tight bank.

An awesome example of a visceral experience from a old school vehicle. Thanks for the work put in on that VW , sharing it with us.

the most beautiful vehicle to find on this channel. 🤩

That interior was spot on in the T1. love it

I saw that car at the ring and i wondered why anyone would use a bus as a ringtool, now I know! This is an epic build! BTW, nice to meet you IRL Misha, wery humble and polite person! (I drove a blue Focus RS with big white stickers)

I had a 1959 VW Delivery Van ((no side panel windows)) identical to this one cept I went with a 'hotrodded' 2180cc - it had a factory bench seat, same dash & I added a roof vent plus a sunroof as well as some nice 15" MT's on custom chromed steel rims - hella Vdub!! today they fetch 7 figures @ sale

I was going to ignore this - but I love VWs and Porsches, so I spent 12 mins. of my life on this video. And I was not disappointed: rollcage, helmets, racing seats w/harnesses...this is a serious vehicle. Even when it broke near the end, I was still impressed, and I wouldn't mind at all going around the 'Ring in it. Nice!

A man and his machine doing his thing. I absolutely loved the concept and the sound of that engine. Wonderful..

Absolutamente hipnotizante! Parabéns ao projetista, ao piloto, ao proprietário e ao youtuber!

love the resonance of the motor inside that breadbox!

Love the sound of those old Porsche 6 ‘s & the straight cut gear whine in those transaxles !! Cool rig & thanks for the track footage 😊👍

I'd love to have this vw camper. Classic n performance!!

You promised and delivered, as usual. Amazing. Ty Misha.

Very nice to see another one of these. Back in 1971 or 1972, a fellow near Portland Oregon put a 911 under his son's VW van, It was a multi-passenger with 2 rows of seats behind the front 2. No roll cage. The donor 911 had been totaled in a roll-over, about a 1968 model with the 3 barrel Webers. It was great fun to ride in, but yours is at a far higher state of tuning and chassis development. Bravo!! Well done!!!!

That is amazing. What a sound. Beautiful. I'm imagining it done up as a docile camper van, sitting at the lights, waiting for green.

Amazing !!! What a fantastic build, the driver knows his way around the ring !

I saw this bus on the local gas station when "Nic " filled up, probably on his way home north from the Ring up the west coast of Finland. I was so puzzled seeing this bus that I didn´t bring myself to ask about it before it was gone. Then I heard the engine and understood what I saw. By coincidence I found this vid; fantastic build!

Awesome ride.great vid, thank you for 12.02 minutes of fun... 😁

wow, what a crazy build and what a driver!

As someone who has driven a split window bus daily for the past 20 years, I can't tell you how much I enjoyed that! What a beast! With the aerodynamics of a toaster, that was impressive. Would just love to get behind the wheel of that and see the looks on people's faces as it just rips by them! Apart from getting the T1 wrong in the title as it is a T2, great upload. Cheers

Love this! Maybe not the fastest, but damn you just want this! A bad-ass built and a great job!

Thanks Misha, all my questions about this anomaly of a track bus was answers in this video. That thing is not slow at all. Needs lots of work and tuning in the suspension department though. And that steering.... lots of brute strength to keep in in place. Steering definitely needs redesign and engineering. Really one one of the more interesting vehicles to grace the ring. 👍👍👍

I'm not easily impressed but that is Fricken awesome!!! 🤣👏👌👍

Love this T1 Porsche van sounds awesome looks sinister a great work in progress... can't wait to see it evolve

Enjoyed that. At some point the music for Cheech and Chong came into my head as well lol. Hats off to the man for building that and taking it on there, looks hard work driving it. Looks like you enjoyed that Misha. Thanks for posting👍 Boris has been quiet lately..

Haha that's awesome Misha! 🤙 I own a 1970 Beetle myself (my first car), which I daily drive... It doesn't come anything close to this t1 van. But I still love it very much anyways. What a crazy build! And cool vid. Wish you the best, Philip Denmark 🇩🇰

This is my absolute dream vehicle! Fantastic. Thanks for Sharing

That sound is amazing!

that has to b one of the coolest things i've ever seen! And I loved the G-meter hanging in the middle of the windscreen! lol

wow, that is amazing! Misha, you're getting us spoiled with this contet

My face hurt after watching this video i have a permanent smile on my face!😂Thanks.

Damn a racing suit wouldn't fit with those arms! Nice driving! Love how happy you are in the car 🤪

The ring with no power steering, perfect daily morning workout. What a dream to be living.

All the while, Mum's in the back trying to make a cuppa. 😁

the dude driving that bus is a legend! Ahh man that thing would be so much fun to own...

Way more interesting than another BMW M5 lap round the ‘ring.

Massive driving skills, especially through brünnchen

Nice sleeper, like the look. No Showroom Finish. Perfect Match with the black Fuchs rims. Pepita style Seats and G Series Instruments.nice Sound. Awesome little van.

What a crazy box! 😂 Not that boring,like all the other racers got right from the shop! Great job,I love it! 👍😎

Love it - a Vanagon that CAN do 0 to 60 (and more!). Great video.

Keep up the solid content Misha, one of very few channel's that I happily watch video's from start to finish! Epic bus - hows that forearm pump by the end of the lap LOL!

love Mini buses so much! That thing is a beast! Thanks for sharing this with us!

whats more upsetting than being raced by a sub7up? - a sub7bus!

Nice vlog Misha. I loved every moment of this!

Wow. I love it. A Porsche 6 cyl drivetrain with a VW van body. Amazing how fast it was. Thanks for sharing

A helmet, a full roll cage, and wearing a vest... brilliant

I just saw this and that was just great fun and well done to the guy that did this! I think that handled well frankly! Just magical! a great vlog! Well done to you both! It takes me back to a race I had in a 2CV for a 24 hour race in Ireland once!

I would die for this, ultimate dream car right there!

Thank you thankfully and thanks for putting together. Love this VW i did extensive traveling in one of these buses. It was a 91 Westifalia with a canopy top nothing like this. I followed a band for 3 1/2 yrs in that van. I remember a few times being behind schedule i would of loved to have this set up then!! Thx for the memories guys😁👍👍

Nice ride....laid back dude. Love chippin in on your adventures..keep it real mate.

That gearshift looks FANTASTIC !

Thank you Misha, I've been waiting for this ever since I saw it lapping in one of the other channels. Here in New Zealand we call that power steering by ARMstrong, his arms were pumped!

Do a lap while smoking a bong in the T1

For the love of the T1...that was awesome! Very nice drive line!!!

Insane and wonderful! Thank you!!! :-)

Yeah, that was fantastic, thanks to you both for such a great video.

最高にシビれる走り…かっけー。いつまでも聴いていたいエンジンサウンド、興奮冷めやまぬって感じです。めちゃくちゃCOOLです！

Awesome build! I've never really wanted one of those buses, until just now.

That was much faster and a lot less scary than i thought it would be. Very stable. I was sure there would be a bunch of near misses but it was great.

Way to go guys!👏👏👏👍😎 I was lmao. The guys coming up behind you probably couldn't believe what they were seeing.. Great build.. a true sleeper!!

Absolutely great, I was at the ring when Moss crashed and broke his back. Love that sound.

Absolutely Vunderful! Love the roar!

I had a T3 with a Ford V6 2.8i Engine in the 80's. Nice and cheap tuning 😁. With original brakes 😬 0vertaking a Golf II TD on motorway the driver was knocking his speedometer 😄 God, i love these underdogs... .

I had a '66 Bus with all the windows and transplanted the engine from a 356. It had about 95hp. ...almost double the factory output. I wish it went like this one !!! I'm a fan !! :)

Very cool.....yep didn't think it was his first time on the ring ..great drive .thanks for sharing.

Wow what a work of art

I like your VW bus. Dad had many of these, pop up campers, sleepers and all. He liked beer by the case and closing the pubs, so he crashed most of them, but always healed up quick. Wish he had one with the mods you got here. Drive sober and enjoy it.

Looked like alot of fun lapping in the VW

applauding this...... what a work. fantastic.

That was one wild ride but man he can drive that van!!

Ol skool! She cuts through the air like a block of flats but sounds awesome 😁