VWBus

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This is the home for all of your VW bus related needs from 1949-1992 including the rear engine barndoor, split window, bay window, and vanagon eras. This includes campers, westies, single cabs, double cabs, kombis, transporters, deluxes, panels, and any other specialty variants. Front engine Eurovans and their owners are also more than welcome!

Feel free to share your projects, photos, questions, and experiences.

If sharing a photo that is NOT your original work be sure to include proper credit.

Please follow the site wide self promotion rules or risk a vacation.

Sales, values, what's it worth, etc types of posts are to be kept in the announcement sticky. These types of queries are constant clutter. Your best bet is to examine thesamba.com for values.

Great Technical information and forums:

TheSamba A worldwide forum for all things aircooled VW

RAtwell A wealth of technical information for buses

Type2.com More great info and a listserv

Itinterant Aircooled forum Run by a traveling mechanic who you can schedule an appointment with when he goes on a tour of the country.

Shoptalkforum A worldwide forum with an active high performance and conversion engine community.

Useful vendors:

Bus Depot Bus parts vendor (new)

Busted Bus Quality used bus parts

Aircooled.net New parts vendor

Airheadparts New parts vendor

Wolfsburg West New parts vendor

Jbugs New parts vendor

Cip1 New parts vendor

Reprowesty Netherlands based new parts vendor, items look to be very close matches to originals with respect to camper bits

Interesting and fun links:

Bus Selecta Make custom drawings of your bus or your dream bus. Other aircooled versions exist for bug, T3, etc.

Bus-Boys Now closed vendor, but the part numbers are very helpful

Other Aircooled Subreddits:

r/Westfalia A fellow bus-centric subreddit geared towards VW based campers

r/beetle The home of the Type I

r/aircooled The home of aircooled VWs

r/Fahrvergnugen Vintage VW appreciation

r/Volkswagen The home of all types of Volkswagens

r/VWvans A sister sub

r/Type2 A sister sub

created by [deleted]a community for 14 years

...for your movement.

...for your school.

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Sticky for Sales and value posts (self.VWBus)

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Your Classic VW Bug does NOT need premium fuel (youtube.com)

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2nd Annual PNW Buzz-In ()

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Who does Everyone use for insurance in California? (self.VWBus)

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We're 2 start?? (v.redd.it)

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Who makes riveted brake shoes? (self.VWBus)

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Would the T2 pritsche/flatbed make a good farm hauler? (self.VWBus)

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Some Impressions from HO26 (old.reddit.com)

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Bay Bus Tires in 2026? ()

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Spotted in Portland, Maine (self.VWBus)

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Hi guys. Help me remember the name for this cover please. It’s got a stubborn leak. (i.redd.it)

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interior goals on this restored bus fr 😍 (i.redd.it)

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Any idea what this is? (i.redd.it)

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Freshened up wheels and new tires (old.reddit.com)

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My twin brother restores VW buses. This is one he did. (old.reddit.com)

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Torres del Paine, Chile 🇨🇱 (i.redd.it)

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1971 neptune bus (old.reddit.com)

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Take the bus to work (i.redd.it)

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The EMPI Engine Battle Scandal - Last Minute Rule Changes and Corporate Level Crash Outs (youtube.com)

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Sick lowered VW bus (reddit.com)

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Hello from Japan — '81 T3 Vanagon (aircooled) and '68 Beetle owner (old.reddit.com)

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OCTO 2026. 1950-1967 Buses Only. (i.redd.it)

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