This 1980 Rabbit Pickup sat for 25 years. So I tried to drive it 2,300 miles home…
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- čas přidán 24. 09. 2021
- TikTok sent me on a wild adventure across the country for a 1980 Volkswagen Pickup. We dug the truck out of a field after a 24 year slumber. Here's what happened.
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Ripley's Machine Shop: / ripleysmachineshop
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You're doing excellent work, James. Tiktok will respond to the drama. CZcams will respond to the detail. Everyone responds to your passion and enthusiasm. Keep going!
I heard somewhere “Bad decisions make for great stories” and that’s what I say out loud every time I get in a VW. The story is always great
Thank you for saving this truck. I can't be the only one who shed a tear or two... I can't wait to get my '71 1302 back on the road. 😭😭
This story is amazing and was so close to both my homes, my childhood home in Ohio and so close to Tricities WA. It was definitely a win. The VW community is pretty awesome.
@@fastinradfordable my wife would highly agree with you 😁
You are a bold& determined guy.....I built this truck@ VW Westmoreland and bought one of the first ones we made..It was Lago blue/Diesel 4sp and i have some stories to tell also...We made 15,000 in 1980 mit only 5000 of them being diesels making this fairly rare
The best part about this is this happened not very far from where I live and I absolutely love rabbit pickups. I've had 3 and all of them have been diesel. This honestly just made me really want to start looking for another one.
Been following on CZcams and TikTok and I would say the trip was a success! You can always make up the meet and greets after it is mechanically reliable and do another trip. Hagerty should hire you as a video host! You have the voice and expression for it. Great video!! Thank you for posting this wrap up video. I am a Ford guy but now I am watching videos on VW's??? With quality like this.....you bet!!
Very talented with the documentary style videos, James. You should cover other peoples builds at shows and get togethers. Every car has a story, and I think we all like listening to you tell it. Cheers
I really appreciate this, thank you so much! I’d love to cover other builds and talk to people on the channel - I think that’d be a great element to add to my existing content.
Congrats on the adventure! Great to see the revitalization of the VW rabbit truck! Great story of a lifetime!
Awesome video im also from Ohio an just inherited a 82 vw rabbit pickup from my grandpas passing and have started bringing it back to life love this little truck first manual vehicle I ever drove on the road!
Fantastic story, I totally loved watching it, those types of stories keep the spirit going. I am looking for a VW Pickup but there are not very many around in New Mexico. I hope you make more material here on CZcams, I am also going to watch your TikTok Videos. Keep on keeping on...Hope to see much more
You got it home, that was the mission.
Solid Content James! I've been watching you on several platforms and I hope you keep it up. There's not much for early VW stuff with your level of production quality. I'm not even a VW guy and I'm hooked haha!
Followed on Facebook and have been waiting on this video. Thanks for documenting the video on multiple platforms.
This is so well made
Thats quite a trip.
I loved this story. Here is some irony. I have the identical truck except LX. It is 1980, sunshine yellow, original 1.5 diesel
I purchased mine south of Portland and attempted to drive it to Valdez. Alaska. Made it to Watson Lake- the engine/head/gasket gave up. I hitchhiked home, grabbed my Excursion and trailer went back and retrieved it.
Long story short. Its been sitting for at least 15 years with a fully rebuilt original engine ~4k miles since. I was getting 58 mpg at sea-level.
This is awesome..
And I’m in yakima! We definitely have some farm trucks out here
Awesome story,
Crazy story , I can’t imagine how you made through mountains
Remind me of my story when I got diesel Mercedes’ from auction and drove from North Carolina to Seattle during winter
I like the VIN wiki style interview setup!
Came here after seeing you on Tik-Tok
I want a yellow Caddy too.
What a great adventure! Can’t wait to watch more of your channel. Much love from the UK
James, hope you have bought the cover top that was in first the photo, it looked so well in the truck;)))))))))))))
You did a great job. I just picked up an 80 sunbrite yellow myself from the pnw and it was great to watch this all unfold. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it in the future ✌🏼
Wow sounds like you had awful few days there, I hope your trucks in much better shape now
Amazing job dude, your going places. Keep it up!
what a good trip love from albania🇦🇱
Keep it up! Watching you from Russia
What a great watch, you are a fabulous storyteller James!
Love the content 👌
Moses lake, yeah buddy!!
Absolutely fantastic project, certainly wishing you the best. Seeing as how you mentioned you were from Ohio do you happen to know of any MK1 resources in central Ohio?
Great watch! Nice job James.
Amazing qualty video keep it up
Hello from Finland! I have a 1990 with 1.8i and automatic transmission :) I used to have a 1986 with turbo'd 1.6d and 5-speed, there's a short video of it on my yt channel.
@@fastinradfordable That's how it came from the factory... And I've got 3 other cars :)
Youre buddy has a white Pickup like mine, I have an 1981 Pickup, GAS 1.7 Liter CIS Injection
I live in Moses Lake! 🤪
Great job my friend!! Can’t wait to see what you do with it if you need any help or just someone to buy you a couple of beers, let me know!! I already sent you a message on instagram.
All about the people.
You where In Ritsville
So here from tictok… idea for you buy old Jeep yjs…. 1986-1995 Jeep Wranglers and swap tdi engines I. Them… keep stock look and wheels unless customs pay more… it’s VW content and you can’t sell the product
Whelp. Subbed. ❤️ Maybe I should start TikTok lol
TIK TOK Sent me Here 🤔
I’m I. Central Ohio would love to have a Jeep swapped with a tdi…
Drink every time he says tik tok
Too much talking, and not enough working on the truck.