1973 Volkswagen Bus/vanagon, Transporter, Kombi, Bay Window, Type 2, Vw on 2040-cars
Union City, Tennessee, United States
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You are bidding on a 1973 Volkswagen Type 2b Bus, also known as a Transporter, Kombi, Bay Window, or Late Bay Van. We purchased this van in 2009 as a project for my daughter, who wanted a “hippie van”. Now she’s about to graduate from college and it’s time to move on to the next project. When we bought it, it had “good bones” but needed some cosmetic help. Over the years we’ve cosmetically and mechanically “refreshed” the van. It’s been driven very little, but runs and drives great, even at highway speeds. It has low miles (68,000), and the body is straight. It also has the interior pieces in place for the rare A/C setup (not hooked up). Body/Cosmetics...We completely repainted the exterior and door jams. We gutted, sanded, and painted the interior floors and put down black and white check vinyl flooring in the middle/back and new carpet up front. We built a custom L-shaped lounge in the back, complete with new seat belts (also have original back bench if you want it). We reupholstered the front seats to match the back lounger and installed new seat belts, door panels, kick panels, and sun visors. We installed a nice Kenwood stereo with new speakers in the doors and under the back lounger. We replaced the front windshield (old one was cracked) and all the rubbers around the windows and doors. Mechanical...The engine (original, as far as I know) has always run well and has needed no work (but does leak a little oil). We have put in a new shifter and replaced the shift tubes and linkages to make it shift better. It has a new alternator. As you may know, factory installed gas tanks were made in such a way that they rust over time and clog the fuel system. We had our fuel tank removed and sent off to be completely cleaned and dipped (galvanized) to permanently eliminate that problem. We also installed a new fuel sending unit while the tank was out. It has new tires (<500 miles) and new exhaust/muffler. Good luck, and please, serious bidders only (someone who can pay for the car, as directed, if you are the winning bidder). Please, no scammers! |
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Auto execs surveyed say VW, BMW most likely to grow
Thu, 17 Jan 2013A new survey of top global automotive executives indicates both Volkswagen and BMW are the most likely to grow their market share over the next five years.
Tax advisory firm KPMG LLP has released its 14th annual Global Automotive Executive Survey, which includes responses from over 200 executives. A total of 81 percent of respondents said they expect to see Volkswagen make gains, compared to 70 percent last year. BMW, meanwhile, saw 70 percent of those surveyed say they believe the company will increase its market share. That's a jump of 7 percentage points over last year. This is the first time in the history of the survey that BMW has claimed the second-place spot.
Meanwhile, Hyundai has seen its perceived market share potential slacken for the third year in a row. Around 61 percent of those surveyed predicted gains for Hyundai, down from 63 in 2012. Toyota also has a surprising year, but for just the opposite reason. While the manufacturer had slipped in ranking since 2011, it enjoyed the largest increase of any company in the 2013 survey, jumping to 68 percent from 44 percent last year.
VW readying new VR6 with forced induction
Fri, 27 Sep 2013Volkswagen built a stonking, narrow-angle V6 in the 1980s and 1990s that was found in three different generations of the Golf (their performance iterations, obviously), three generations of the Passat, the New Beetle, the Corrado and the Touareg, among other VWs, a spate of Audis, Seats, a Skoda, and even the Porsche Cayenne. It was a sad day when it was announced that it'd be put out to pasture.
Rejoice, though, fans of the venerable VR6, because Volkswagen has a new, modern variant in the works that, according to AutoWeek, features direct injection and can easily be fitted with forced induction. In fact, AW mentions Volkswagen insiders that claim this unit will spawn a production version of the twin-turbo V6 shown on the Design Vision GTI from this year's Wörthersee festival. That unit produced an epic 503 horsepower and 413 pound-feet of torque.
Don't expect a production unit with that level of power (although it would make a hardy RS4 powerplant), though. In reality, AutoWeek is suspecting anywhere from 340 to 450 horsepower from the new mill. When it arrives at an undisclosed date in the future, it'll likely be found in the Passat and Passat CC as well as the production version of the CrossBlue.
VW going turbo-only in 3 to 4 years
Wed, 18 Sep 2013This really was a matter of when, rather than if. Volkswagen will apparently be the first manufacturer to phase out naturally aspirated engines in favor of turbocharging its full slate. VW is kind of responsible for ushering in this push towards small-displacement, turbocharged engines that's taken the industry by storm. When it dropped its direct-injection, 2.0-liter turbo in the 2005 GTI it demonstrated that strapping an iron long to an engine can enhance the powertrain as a whole. VW made fuel economy gains, while also giving a linear, non-laggy turbo experience that it has replicated, model-after-model, to this day.
Speaking with The Detroit News, Volkswagen's executive Vice President of Group Quality, Marc Trahan, told the paper that, "We only have one normally aspirated gas engine, and when we go to the next generation vehicle that it's in, it will be replaced. So three, four years maximum."
Really, it's hard to get teary-eyed about either of these engines going away. VW has access to smaller powerplants that could easily match the performance of the 2.5 five-cylinder and the 3.6 V6, while gobbling up less fuel and providing a better driving experience. What we are sad about is that a similar statement about the extinction of NA engines came from the Vice President of Powertrain Engineering at Ford, Joe Bakaj. We'd certainly get teary-eyed over a world without Ford's excellent 5.0-liter V8.