Awesome and outstanding.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

What a feeling that must be!

Я очень рад за тебя! Это действительно отличное приобретение! Обожаю VW T3 Syncro 👍

This thing is sweet! As a CRV owner I’m sad to see you move on. It would be absolutely INSANE if you had Doug Demero review this car!

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yeah I’m sad to see the CR-V go but super excited for this. I thought about that! But he usually only does stock cars that aren’t modified

Congratulations!!! 🎉 Man so happy for you! Hope verything with the new project turns right 🙌🏻

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!❤

Congrats! So happy for you! That Subaru 2.2 will give you many many miles of trouble free service! Enjoy! 👍🏼😊

Loved the smile you had once you said, this is my van. Amazing.

What a great video! Brings back so many memories of all the times I bought busses. I had four Vanagons...two of which were syncros. All had the original waterboxer. All needed waterboxer rebuilds. I did it once...to my 2nd Syncro. Got rid of it when it needed the 2nd engine rebuild. Vanagon - best ever up right driving position. I cannot tell you how much I loved those busses!!!!!! I hope you love yours and am so glad you got one which has already had so much work done to it. Love that you got a Subie conversion and a triple knob Syncro!!!! Can't wait to see what you do with it. Best Regards from Boston! PEACE And FUN

@RileyMonthule

9 ай бұрын

That’s awesome! Thank you! Yeah I love this thing. The engine swap was a must for me because I know the stories with the waterboxers haha. The seating position is amazing! That’s something a lot of people don’t talk about.

I love it. I love the 4 wheel drive and its height, you can go anywhere. Also very spacious for 1 person. I travelled round Ireland in the 1980s in a VW camper van (Westfalia) with 2 others, it was a tight squeeze but we had fun!

@RileyMonthule

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yeah it’s perfect for one person. Tons of room in a small platform. That sounds awesome haha

Congrats! Can't wait to see it next week!

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Yewwww!!

Congratulations on getting the most bad ass van! Looking forward to future build and adventure videos!

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah thanks man!!!

Nice video Riley, an exiting time for a young man in this world today, Kudos to you! Assuming it's a project van for adventure? Good luck with this van I'll be sure to follow you with this journey 💪

@RileyMonthule

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Can’t wait to see how you do the interior!

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It should be awesome!

Awesome video and amazing van! Cheers man

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!❤️ 🥂

I love her laugh! She knows what fun you’ll have!

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

Congratulations, she is a beauty. Welcome to the life. My 87 Westy Syncro is so much more than a car. Happy adventures, take good care of her.

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I love it so far. It's already been so fun hauling way too many people around and off roading with it. Many more adventures to come!

Congratulations, have fun and travel well!

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Dope! I have a 2wd 86 with an adventurewagen hightop, rear locker, and a ca legal Subaru swap. Not as capable as a 3 knob syncro but for me it’s more than enough for what I do.

Congratulations 🎉

My dreams in one video. Bless you bro. Nice

@RileyMonthule

8 ай бұрын

Thank you man!

Succes with your own Van . Enjoy it , it 's a great spec.

I love it!

Awesome content to see! I'm also might be making a small trip tomorrow to spend by far the most money I've ever spent and purchase myself a 1990 vw t3 syncro very similar to the one you have right here! Also the triple knob bad boy of a van! Exciting times

@RileyMonthule

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Wow thats exciting. Was defiantly a scary and fun experience but man is the Syncro awesome

Wow, what a gem

Awesome!

@RileyMonthule

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Sick dude!

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Cool van buddy , congrats

@RileyMonthule

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Loving it!

No way! I recently looking at this van on market place. I’m stoked on the hightop I went for instead but this thing looks hella fun!

@RileyMonthule

9 ай бұрын

Haha that's awesome! I've had a couple people say they saw it when it was up.

Seen that flat 4 in it, sheeesh

@RileyMonthule

9 ай бұрын

Yeeessirrrr

My dream ride sweet!

nice Van. I have the same Van same year too.

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! That’s awesome!

So cool that engine swap!!! So i guess is an Volksbaru 😅

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Haha yup!!

congratz bro

@RileyMonthule

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

awesome

@RileyMonthule

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Solid Van ...Good for Campervan

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Been awesome so far

Hell yuh, enjoy the build and the green book is your best friend. Hit me up if ya ever got any problems. The van will teach ya more than you thought 😅

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah thanks man!

I spent a lot of time lusting after that Van and daydreaming about driving back up to Alaska to keep my '84 GL company. Looks like it went to a good owner that will really appreciate it, though. If I may offer a tiny bit of advise (which odds are you already know), try not to abuse the transaxle with that extra hp behind it. There are parts in there that are unobtanium and they are mega expensive to rebuild. Anyway, subscribed and look forward to watching your Syncro adventures!

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! You mean you were watching it up for sale? Yeah I've heard that's the weak part of the transmission so I'm being careful with it. Seeing videos of people thrashing these things makes me think it'll hold up to what I put it through haha. Especially because the ej22 is a relatively small powerboost over the stock engine. We'll see though i guess

@ericluebbers4415

Жыл бұрын

As an owner of a 91 syncro the transaxel tends to overheat on long distance and high speed travel. Your best to take backroads and stay off the interstate. After all that’s why you buy an old Volkswagen, to enjoy the ride to wherever your going. Enjoy . Reach out if your ever in Wisconsin.

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

@@ericluebbers4415 interesting. I’ll have to throw a temp sensor on it and see what it gets to because I do hundreds of miles at a time at 70mph. Thanks for the tip!

@charlesmason58

8 ай бұрын

Where are you in Alaska. I live in Fairbanks and have a ‘91 Syncro Westie named Amelia.

As a crv owner it sucks to see the content stop on it, but happy for you congrats I know a lot took to make that investment.

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was sad to see the CRV go but am super excited for this thing. Thank you!

Looks great - what size tyres are you running?

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Actually not sure haha

congrats dude! are you planning on building it out?

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Yes I’ll hopefully be building it out soon!

Syncro is spelled $yncro. It’s not cheap to own especially once you start to modify it. The transmission is costly to rebuild. At least it doesn’t have the water leaker 2.1. The only advantage to that engine is it’s lower power doesn’t beat the trans as bad.

just an fyi unless your syncro was imported from Europe it did not come with the front diff lock. that was added on by someone.

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Yewww it was added by the previous owner

I wonder how many incredibly rare V W are out there ?

👍🏻👍🏻

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

❤❤

bet the previous owner is stoked on where you went with this

Tried looking for a video showing how long u kept the VW and summary of what jobs gone completed and why u chose to sell…. Is there anything on KZread?

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

I Just got this thing haha I didn't sell it. Doing a full interior build on it now!

@TheHUNTERTIGER

Жыл бұрын

@@RileyMonthule yes haha I realised my mistake after my posting but couldn’t delete it 🙄 looking forward to the updates its looking an interesting project. Drove my first one last week over here in the UK but the sloppy gearbox put me off

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

@@TheHUNTERTIGER oooo yeah the gear stick linkage is like ten feet long😂. Mines completely rebuilt and still superrr sloppy. I didn’t like it at first but now I don’t even notice it.

Wooohoooo

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

YEWWW!

@Grom_DonkeyzTv

Жыл бұрын

Now I’m already lookin Hahhaa your gonna get me in trouble

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

@@Grom_DonkeyzTv Hahaha

howd you find it?

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Facebook marketplace like everything else nowadays haha

I will buy this car😊🥰

@RileyMonthule

5 ай бұрын

Heck yeah!

And your not getting above 20mpg with the subaru. Yea i have one in my syncro.

You have "guts" to drive this VW home 8hr's they are unfortunely known for Un Reliability Maybe the subaru motor did it

Can't get better than a 4WD system designed and built by Steyr Puch.

@RileyMonthule

8 ай бұрын

Yuppp and built with g wagons!

@peterfarrer5328

7 ай бұрын

.... and Pinzgauers (my passion 😂)

@RileyMonthule

7 ай бұрын

@@peterfarrer5328 o yeah those things are sick

Oops! Ignore last it looks like u may still have the VW 🙄 my error. Looking forward to the updates 👍🏻

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

O yeah I just got it. Thank you!

HI Riley Monthule Id rather get a 1986 Toyota Van instead and its better than Volkswagen.

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Like an imported one?

🚐🌪Welcome to the club

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Happy to be apart of the community!

Hope you are traveling with tools

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Always! Anyone who does what I do in any car should carry a good set of tools!

@GABRIEL_CRAFT

Жыл бұрын

@@RileyMonthule maybe AAA membership for towing if your insurance doesn't cover it ~ even with the Scooby motor you are in a new realm of reliability in the vdub club ;)

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

@@GABRIEL_CRAFT always have a towing service covered. I live on the road! Everything mechanical is either brand new or recently rebuilt so fingers crossed we’re good!

Not rare at all especially a tintop

@RileyMonthule

5 ай бұрын

Factually incorrect.

@christopherlull7949

5 ай бұрын

If it wasa 16" syncro you would be correct lol. Not dissing your van as I have 3 . There not rare at all and saying only a couple for sale in the US is not factual. I watch the market constantly and can find 50 at least for sale at any given time. You can spin it anyway to hipe your channel but us lifers no better.

@RileyMonthule

5 ай бұрын

@@christopherlull7949 nah there were literally only 7 good Syncros in the us for sale when I bought mine. Also there were only 44,000 Syncros ever made and that was almost 40 years ago making it an objectively rare vehicle.

@princesstrojan740

5 ай бұрын

Very rare in the UK, especially on the road.

@RileyMonthule

5 ай бұрын

@@princesstrojan740 yeah same in the US. I’ve only seen a handful of other Syncros in the wild.

Pushing mongo

@RileyMonthule

8 ай бұрын

I know im sorry 😂

Congrats Riley! I too have an '86 Syncro tin-top (aka Squatch), so I will definitely be checking out your channel. And what name did you give your new Syncro??🚐😎

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome thank you! Don't have a name yet

A 22 year old having 99995 S to spare for a vanagon ? An achievement ? Unworldly spoiled brat more likely.

@RileyMonthule

10 ай бұрын

Was much cheaper than that. I also grew up bordering homelessness my entire childhood :)

whats rare about it / ive sold over 40 to usa

@RileyMonthule

8 ай бұрын

Out of about 300 million cars on the road I’d say 40 is wildly insignificant and rare.

@nicksantosTV

6 ай бұрын

The ones you’ve imported don’t likely end up in states that require emissions equipment. California has some of the toughest emissions regulations. 3 knob syncros are fairly common in Europe and not that uncommon in the US but this particular one is a 3 knob with a Subaru swap (not sure if it’s a smog legal swap).

Congratulations 🎉

@RileyMonthule

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!