This is an original Arizona rust free VW bus that was cut in half with the side slider door removed and stuck together with pop rivets then displayed on the roof of a local Tucson buggy business. The restoration began when the business went under and the seller acquired the bus.

He sourced a wrecked 1968 Eldorado with only 62,000 miles. The 472/500 engine, front drive transmission, hubs and disc brakes all went into the bus. The 500 cubic inch V8 sits in a custom built 2″x3″ frame with 1 1/2″ full tube back-half.

The original VW four-cylinder air cooled 1192 cc engine only produced 36 horsepower so we are looking at a dramatic difference. The Eldorado drive puts 375 hp thru custom built Spicer axles with Eldorado discs to the custom built GM/VW wheels that ride on huge BFG radials.

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