A few years, I bought a 1972 VW Type 2 Weekender. A Weekender is basically a van with a Z-bed (fold out) and some storage space and a table and ice box. There is no hanging locker, pop-top, or other accouterments found in the full blown camper, but this is all I sought. I wanted the jalousie windows, I wanted a walk through (versus a bench seat), and I also wanted it as stock as possible.
I saw one sitting in front of a house and I gradually got to know the owners. It had been sitting there for years and I offered to take it off their hands. When I asked how much they wanted for it, they said I could have it for free as long as they could take the transaxle.
So I offered the a hundred bucks, towed it home (for another fifty for the trailer rental) and pushed it into my garage where it sat for a few years with some gradual work being done to it. This web log will keep me hopefully forging ahead to finally get the vee-dub on the road this summer. As some of the pictures will tell, it will require some effort and I will describe the mechanical and aesthetic upgrades as I do them.
Right now it does not run. It does not start, and the idiot lights do not even come on when I turn the key. A loose connection? It's on jack stands and tomorrow I will climb underneath and check the connections to the solenoid. Start there.
The picture above is when I purchased it back in September of 2009.
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