Your parents are awesome! - Great reviews, fun video; thanks for sharing!
@ConorMcmillen
9 жыл бұрын
Jonzn Thank you so much!! I will pass on the love. Thanks for watching
@hujacaroams3647
6 жыл бұрын
We definitely used this video in deciding between Vanagon and Eurovan! Thanks for the great video!
@ConorMcmillen
6 жыл бұрын
Great to read!
@Streamer687
9 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that table will fit nicely into your other newer Euro Van. Just spin the 90% Bottom mounting plate onto your cupboard outside wall, Drill holes, and Mount with Bolts/Nuts and washers. Make sure the bolts are Only as long as you need to go through the cupboard side and mount plate + Washer thickness too....Been there done this on a 33 ft Winnebago Table, its still working fine too!
@Les_Grossman
7 жыл бұрын
86 Syncro - best thing I EVER bought! In total I spent more then a year living in it travelling - great times ! Also if it sometimes is just a long weekend trip to the lake around the corner! Please give a big 👍 to your parents!
@robertfeight1205
7 жыл бұрын
Dude-Thank. You. Such a great family and lifestyle.
@michellelawrence2574
7 жыл бұрын
Great looking at your old skool dad explaining the difference in the two vehicles. Thanks for sharing.
@aletadelorey3897
9 жыл бұрын
this is amazing I just bought a 82 diesel original motor same interior and same color exterior in excellent shape I thought I was looking at the one I just purchased because I live in nova scotia Canada I struggle with getting parts but its worth it thank you for sharing your story
@ConorMcmillen
9 жыл бұрын
+Aleta Delorey Wow that is awesome! You must have a passion for the vehicle. I hope you continue loving it
@brianallen9810
8 жыл бұрын
There's my Vanagon !!! God I wish I still had that thing, loved it. Traveled from the east coast to the west coast, Mexico to Canada. Mine was an air cooled 82. Rust finally did it in though.
@thehumanchris
7 жыл бұрын
Wow thank you for making this video !!! Seriously Ive been struggling to decide what van to get, I really like the type 3 but I like the eurovan/t4 california. I need something to go offroad , and im not to sure how the type 3 handles that. Maybe the eurovan/t4 california is better for offroad.. ! Cant wait to watch this !!
@kennysboat4432
6 жыл бұрын
just remember the vanagon has 4x4 on some modles unless you live in europe and have access to the 4x4 eurovan.
@thaney423
3 жыл бұрын
We just purchased out 83 out of a field as well. We have done tons of work with tons to go. Great video.
@JG-mp5nb
3 жыл бұрын
Had that exact Vanagon, final year available. She looks terrific, miss mine anytime I think of her!
@blessingsinfinity
7 жыл бұрын
An awesome showing of every aspect of this Westfalia. Just weighing up what to go for myself in the future. Ideally with a shower but if I don't then this would be great for economical travel and the freedom of staying where I like in the summer. Thank-you 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@kevinhornbuckle
8 жыл бұрын
I know you know this, but I am going to say it anyway. You were/are lucky to have hippie parents.
@nitestrike1000
9 жыл бұрын
Greetings to you Mr. and Mrs McMillan from Antigua. I watched and enjoyed your excellent review of the Vanagon. I'm sure many adventures began there. An earlier model VW bus used to function as our school bus when I was a kid. It would be nice to have a bus like yours to tour the beaches here! Thank you again for an excellent review!
@ConorMcmillen
9 жыл бұрын
+nitestrike1000 Greetings! Thank you for watching. Cool to hear about the vw school bus! I would love to see that. Thanks for the comment
@jamie-r2034
6 жыл бұрын
I have a 79' which was the last year for the bay window & love it! I agree that it's fun to be able to sit right above the front wheels. I really enjoyed watching this. thanks
@Theyrun
9 жыл бұрын
What an excellent Review on the Westfalia, informative from both, one of the best reviews yet I've seen on the Westfalia. Thanks for posting.
@ConorMcmillen
9 жыл бұрын
+Theyrun Well thank you so much!
@erickoch4243
9 жыл бұрын
i agree they are great little vans , ...and there are so many benefits of the walk through one correction ,might have been a mis-speak /..no biggie vanagons are T-3's , splittys are T-1, bay windows T-2 , vanagons T-3 , eurovans T-4 , etc
@TheMrBockers
9 жыл бұрын
eric koch He is correct in calling it a type 2. VWs are split by type and generation. All vw vans are type 2 then it goes by generation as you have listed. So its a Type-2 T-3
@neilchapman5145
6 жыл бұрын
eric koch actually t3 is a nickname they were designated t25
@ylstrtv
4 жыл бұрын
This is one just touched my hard love how they tel share their experiences with this van
@Fitforacting
6 жыл бұрын
Seen this video over 100 times
@kelleynadine211
3 жыл бұрын
So funny seeing you here. 😄 I love your Fitness videos. 🙏👌🏽🙏🏼
@troyallen5806
8 жыл бұрын
What a well designed van.
@ConorMcmillen
8 жыл бұрын
+Troy Allen It truly is
@craigmonteforte1478
5 жыл бұрын
Nice video its kind of funny how the Vanagans are now a cool thing when they first came out many VW people hated them with a passion ive always liked them and have owned a few water cooled VW vehicles in my life including driving a Rabbit diesel as a delivery car yep is was a snail and i used to shut the AC off to get on the highway but it was great on fuel i did eventually get a fuel injected Rabbit that was much more powerful for highway driving Thanks for sharing your experiences and thoughts
@Tuberhead1000
9 жыл бұрын
Noticed the dash A/C, is this a Behr unit? Nice Westy, you've done a nice job maintaining the beast.
@ConorMcmillen
9 жыл бұрын
Tuberhead1000 Yes it is a Behr unit. Thanks!
@smeghead760
7 жыл бұрын
I miss my type 3 but love my type 4 , they are both different also brilliant.
@trinifirst6702
9 жыл бұрын
I'd never trade my 1988 Syncro for a Eurovan.
@ConorMcmillen
9 жыл бұрын
+TriniFirst Cool. I can understand that!
@kevinrichards53
7 жыл бұрын
I hear that. Dont have a Sycro but a 1990 Westy. I love that van, and it has been a pure joy to own. Our family vacations all revolve around where we are going in "Stella". Bought her back in 2005 or so from a guy who, for whatever reason, did not want it anymore. She was mint and came with every option you could have had in 1990. It has been from Main to CA, and most states in between. Never left us stranded. Man do I love that van.
@Fitforacting
4 жыл бұрын
@@kevinrichards53 how is your van holding up? I have heard that converting a results Westy to 4wd is better and cheaper than buying a syncro. What do you think?
@ccmogs5757
4 жыл бұрын
I may be old-fashioned but the layout seems timeless :)
@Ahoj4U
8 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thank you for posting this. Did you go with the 15 or the 16 inch wheels on this Vanagon?
@ConorMcmillen
8 жыл бұрын
+Peter 16 :D Thanks for watching the video and taking the time to comment!
@ryanlewis194
7 жыл бұрын
Great info on the vans, Very cool. They Seem like really great people too.
@franciscosierra8397
7 жыл бұрын
i got the same van! make me so happy :)
@ConorMcmillen
7 жыл бұрын
badass
@franciscosierra8397
7 жыл бұрын
still not on the road but come spring just wait
@jennifergordon80
4 жыл бұрын
I need those tires! I get really anxious when the VW starts to sway...yikes! And if you’re ever crossing a bridge and you start swaying....double y-i-k-e-s! Definitely going to invest in that update....hey, how much did that mod cost to change the tires? Oh one more question... any other “mods” to suspension, transmission, etc.... would one, should or could do to a vw like this cutie! Thanks for sharing! My only VW westie story I have to share (if anyone cares...) meh...! We have a 1980 model T2 (I think) in the classis VW tan-gold! We traveled all over the United States. We lost her sadly in 99. But I’ve wanted one since.... Fast-forward to today...I’m on my way to ownership of these beautiful machine of art and engineering! In 11 days! I’m going to go test drive! In in June....maybe ...dare I say....I’ll have another. I’m here to simply remind my mind, what it’s like to own one, but in 2020, I’m nervous... anxious and excited! Love you Samantha ! May be cross roads one day! Again AWESOME VIDEO! LOVE it! Thanks for sharing!
@kpdvw
7 жыл бұрын
Eurovan,,,what a disappointment vs the Vanagon; Installed Fahrvergnuegon into my Vanagon Westfalia by installing a Subaru H6 3.0 L engine.. what a difference, No longer does the bottom of the accelerator pedal meet the floorboard on Hills/ mountain uphill grades!
@amsttregtregamst4765
8 жыл бұрын
Cool van, cool parents!
@Obzrve
7 жыл бұрын
Just bought 1983 VW Vanagon GL need a new engine any suggest?
@pheena_michelle
5 жыл бұрын
Obzrve I just found an 84 GL Vanagon, no engine as well.
@kpdvw
6 жыл бұрын
Made the mistake of buying a Eurovan camper once, not enough room on the top bunk to sleep, Lousy 5 Cylinder engine, lousy 3 speed automatic transmission. Sold it after one month and was smart enough not to sell my 1985 Vanagon Westfalia Camper! Have the 1985 Westy since 2001 and 2 years ago upgraded the transmission to a Rancho Performance Freeway Flyer and the engine to a 2002 Subaru 3.0L H6 240hp ! Running on Go Westy 16" Alloy Rims/Wheels At last the Vanagon Westfalia exhibits true "Fahrvergnuegen"! Able to pass turbocharged semi truck uphill with ahead wind coming across Wyoming for example, better gas mileage than the 2.1 VW Digifant engine as well!
@BigEightiesNewWave
5 жыл бұрын
wow....Johnny Winter showing me a van !
@TOM3684
8 жыл бұрын
What modification was made to your stove stainless steel rack to accommodate a coffee pot on the Vanagon? I have a problem keeping my coffee pot level especially when it gets hot and wants to fall over, not good. It looks like you fixed this issue?
@stephenkane2464
9 жыл бұрын
Thank you this is very useful.
@ConorMcmillen
9 жыл бұрын
+Stephen Kane You are very welcome!
@arunachulashiva
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! Very helpful.
@dmcnamara9859
6 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised your dad did not keep the Original 5 speed Transmission that came with the Slug Vanagon Diesel. My parents bought a Brand-New Westfalia in 1987....it was a money-pit all through-out its operational life;even the original trans-axle self destructed on a trip to Montana. A couple years after buying it; VW replaced the roof under Warranty then as the fiberglass began to de-catalyze. Fridge not working,sounds like a capillary-tube,heat element, or overheat sensor gone kaputt,easily remedied by buying new ones at Lowes,Homo-Depot,Ace Hardware, or Camping world. They are like $5.00 parts(like under 20 for heating element) if you stay away from Camping World,RV repair shop...very easy to replace. Too bad your Parent's 1982 appears not to have AC....that AC could/would turn that whole van into a ice-box even when it was 110 degree outside...best damn thing about that 1987 was its killer AC....when the AC blower-motor resistor wires/relays were not trying to burn-up the whole vehicle...from its shitty Bosch alternators that could never keep-up with high-load demands. That problem was eventually solved by a neighbor recommending installing a (modified to fit VW and without cutting any VW wires etc.) old-school (1960s-1980s) 125 amp GM alternator. Although my parents still have their 87 Westfalia, they stopped driving it in 2003 after it blew a tire and that damn van tried to do a corkscrew-roll. It scared the shit out of them (and me) as they had just picked me up from the hospital. Weird considering the Previous T2 (Mr. Pumpkin) Westfalias we had never tried to cork-screw roll when they got flat tires The following morning, they went to the Toyota Dealer (with check book in-hand)and bought a New Sequoia. VW has never been driven since that blown tire episode. The Westfalia has been raised on wooden blocks since then under a carport.
@chancesareshewears
Жыл бұрын
both spend the same amount of time in the shop or on the side of the road, the eurovan is more expensive to maintain tho
@VeryCoolJeep
6 жыл бұрын
What kind of engine do you have
@rarerides
6 жыл бұрын
Damn. Forget the buses- I wish my dad was half as cool as yours.
@jj629ful
5 жыл бұрын
Are these vans reliable?
@malithsamarasingha9906
6 жыл бұрын
HI, I am from Sri Lanka, in my country we don't have vanagan modal .but we have vw transporter. my plane is I will modify transporter to vw vanagan so please help me to do this. I wont to know how I by the interior bed, top bed section & gas hub lets say interior parts please help to find those . thank you
@charlieboyok
7 жыл бұрын
Hi , sorry l have Questions , hope you don't mind , why don't you get a sporty engine a 2.5 litre or bigger , yes you will use more fuel , but you will get to places etc & not die half way up the hill in & piss weak small engine that blew up ?
@francishagen8508
5 жыл бұрын
😊😎 from Norway
@rat0073
6 жыл бұрын
How much you do it?
@boredtroll2196
8 жыл бұрын
You ca. Buy a Eurovan for 5 grand. You can't find a westy for that low
@lucasechenique39
5 жыл бұрын
T1 split windshield>T2 van>Vanagon>Eurovan
@ConorMcmillen
5 жыл бұрын
Word
@QurVgn
7 жыл бұрын
Please adopt me! Are you in California?
@QurVgn
7 жыл бұрын
You seem so lovely - and
@emf3391
6 жыл бұрын
👍🙄
@LowBlueLightR
5 жыл бұрын
seriously buy the T3 for $100 ? It's become more valuable
@dkmcmillen
6 жыл бұрын
We have to be related, somehow!
@ConorMcmillen
6 жыл бұрын
haha could be ;)
@jackhymas3205
6 жыл бұрын
pulls up to someone at a stoplight* "hey man nice rig, how much you get it for? *old wise man "hundred bucks"
@dorisshanks3404
8 жыл бұрын
We had a new 69 Westalia which had the air cooled gasoline engine and crushing speed of 65mpg and could push a little faster. I hear people say of much later models that the could not get over 25 mpg or that it was just slow and underpowered. Why is that?
@summieone8949
8 жыл бұрын
can you ask your dad what mirrors did he put on his vanagon please?
@ExploreSomethingFilms
6 жыл бұрын
Those are the Vanagon power mirrors with maybe some bedliner sprayed on them for protection. ;) You can probably find some old ones on ebay for $500.
@thetetons744
4 жыл бұрын
Eurovan is for traveling and dailying. Vanagon is for traveling and Sunday drives
@AdventuresIntoHistory
6 жыл бұрын
Love a Vanagon!
@prudhommejc
9 жыл бұрын
Great review! Very helpful and easy to watch. What kind of MPG are you getting with the tdi?
@ConorMcmillen
9 жыл бұрын
+prudhommejc Thank you so much. I will check the mpg for you
@Fitforacting
7 жыл бұрын
Thriving Minimalist .Com what's the mpg?
@Lemon_Drums_USA
10 ай бұрын
God, you can just see the quality.
@craigmonteforte1478
5 жыл бұрын
Just a thought online there are plenty of upgrades and fixes to make the refrigerators colder and more efficient most of them are not expensive options and the claims were the outcomes were pretty good ? I personally have been using the 12 volt iceless coolers for quite some time for long weekends aboard my boat mostly because of its inefficient refrigerator I did drive a 1980s Rabbitt with that Deisel motor you talked about it was in South Florida where everything is pretty flat the biggest”hills” are usually the bridges that power plant was adequate for running around town with the Air Conditioning on although merging onto a highway took some trategic planning and as a rule i shut down the AC temporarily i used the car primarily to deliver and pick up for a local printing company and the fuel mileage was awesome Ironically many of the old VW diesels have had a lot of interest. By all the Veggie oil conversion people apparently they. Require very little or none modifications to run on biofuel i know a old hippie in Pennsylvania thats been hoarding the old diesels on his farm to convert ironically he does own a small restaraunt and a large property with many out buildings he pulls a 5th wheel camping trailer with a Ford Dually he has converted to go back and forth to Florida I’m not sure what he had to do to the Ford exactly but he did tell. Me on most conversions the factory fuel lines need to be upgraded and that isn’t necessary on the Volkswagens and i beleive he told me certain Mercedes years as well Part of his experimenting and learning curve was he had concluded that the fuel needs to be filtered Better than most people say it has to be and often he didn’t Bother with the factory fuel tanks in the vehicles he converted as he told me no matter what system he used to clean the tanks there was still difficulty in using. It fo the biodiesel ? I know he preferred to use some type of a plastic or poly tank and it needed some type of a heater mechanism he figured out ? The guy is a tinkerer And is pretty smart IMO
@arseckler
3 жыл бұрын
Love this video! As Im in the market to buy one in Maui. This is incredibly useful info, the tire info alone, wow. What wonderful parents . Thank you all 🙏🏼😬🌟🌺🤙🏼
@DanTheManIOM
7 жыл бұрын
Did you buy the 15 inch wheels ? Mine have the stock 14's right now...thanks
@skybaby444
9 жыл бұрын
Coolest parents ever Conor.
@ConorMcmillen
9 жыл бұрын
koayogi Thank you Koa! They are great. I will pass on the love
@Fitforacting
6 жыл бұрын
If I were a millionaire, I would get an engine swap for your dad and a functional fridge. I would put heat in the van also. Love watching this. I'm sure some other people feel the same as me, could you maybe make a video of your parents when they were younger and traveling in the Vanagon? Maybe a slideshow of pictures. That would be awesome.
@04dram04
5 жыл бұрын
Wow you seem so young for being 68
@MrStingraybernard
7 жыл бұрын
are those umbrellas on the vanagon front seats ? those little pockets
@nicolec7290
6 жыл бұрын
Good tires. Will have to look in to that. Probably a big difference
@musbenzalger8430
4 жыл бұрын
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@chantaldumaine6420
8 жыл бұрын
Merci, très utile ! Je vais faire mon choix maintenant...
@bayraktarx1386
7 жыл бұрын
$100 for it??? wow it's crazy!
@bekah9470
7 жыл бұрын
Daym your dad is hot too!!:)
@nicolec7290
6 жыл бұрын
Nice. Like the mats
@traciparker5126
6 жыл бұрын
thank you
@andiman45
4 жыл бұрын
when you said it needed a lotta love.......you mean $$, correct
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