People who seek out and restore these weird old cars are my heroes. May you live to be a hundred and never grow up.

When I first saw this in a VW Kit Car magazine, I was enthralled! I wanted to build one a bit longer so that I could sleep in it, but unfortunately I never did. But now I think that it was the coolest thing I've ever seen. Unfortunately I'm now crippled and am not able to work on such things anymore 🙃 but I still love it.

WOW!! Awesome story.

Definitely the ultimate party wagon. A friend owned one, many blurry adventures were had. The enormous dash was a great place for all your fast food to sit while feasting on the way from Vegas to LA and back. Another friend, his dad was Mike Hansen, who bought the company from Curtis Brubaker and renamed it Automecca. I also had the pleasure of driving Mike out to the desert where the Baja Box was found, and he got to see it again after many years, shortly before his passing.

Excelente auto. Una lástima que no se construyeran más.

Kudos to Mr. Brubaker! Magnificent vehicle way ahead of its time 👍

Come on start making the kits already!

Remember seeing one in Gallup NM on RT 66(1975). Love those Keystone mags.

Dude lives in that van.

If VW had any sense, they’d take the design, add modern innovations, then market it for the current era. I’m not holding my breath on that one.

Love this van, however, getting in and out, as the driver, would suck.

I almost fell out of my chair laughing when he said that VW worried about the sales of the Beetle if they sold Brubaker the chassis.

@kaisersoymilk6912

2 жыл бұрын

It would surely have become an iconic car.

@jpvill4th

2 жыл бұрын

In 1971 Volkswagen brought out the Super Beetle because sales in it's largest market were slumping. VW was loosing sales to the Japanese. The Beetle was simply too small for many Americans. So instead of seeing an opportunity they squashed it. Instead, they could have purchased the rights to build the Box and the Beetle story could have been quite different. By 1980 there were no more air cooled Beetles coming into the US. The Box could have reversed that trend. The other interesting thing about the Brubaker Box is it could have been made a bit taller and longer. Taller gives it more interior space and a longer wheel base improves handling and ride comfort as well as adding to the interior space. When Brubaker came up with this design there were some expired patents for a true sliding door that could have been used and would have been similar to the sliding side doors of most of the minivans that came along later. Instead of the sliding door it could have been a clam shell style door.

My neighbor has one of these Brubakers, bought it brand new he tells me. Cool ride.

Dude this thing is so cool. Just found out about them today on Facebook

@JPER-cv2lq

Жыл бұрын

nothing new to me being a VW lover and owner of many since I was 15 .

Finaly I found a Vehicle that look like a Crab's face from the front....Nice

I want 1!!

@JPER-cv2lq

Жыл бұрын

I never did . Stayed true to my Baja , stock and off road and the bus includes the square back.

Cool Car 🔥👍.

Dale, Tomo, we are waiting. Give us a progress update.

The single door must have been a real turn off for buyers. Cool concept

It's somehow smaller than I expected.

In the 80s you featured a bigfoot - like beetle called Ashkicker. Whatever became of it?

I want one!

I never saw one in Texas

If only it had a driver's door and possibly a back boot door... Interesting though

Gostei. Diferente.

How to you see out the windscreen ? Other than that it's a treasure

Make a mold 🎉

Yum!

Just wish the slider door was on the drivers side.

Needs to be an RHD version.

Ce qui interpelle, c'est sa dimension, vraiment petit gabarit et ses particularités avant-gardistes comme les monospaces....Dommage, parce qu'il est joli à regarder.....Mais je pense qu'il aurait eu un réel succès, un meilleur potentiel s'il avait été plus réhaussé et plus confortable en matière d'équipement.....

Alot of kitten stew in that one from Sunland California.

No windcleaners? No way it is shorter than a Beetle, it looks huge !

I want an electric one!!

Eu achava que só no Brazil tinha essas obras de fundo de quintal

This is for sale on their website. Question is: how much???

Where do we get the body kits

The Brubaker was the shape of the future, a cavernous interior on a small wheelbase predating the mini van. Perhaps Elon Musk will take notice and produce a similar EV for today's market.

@vzmol

Жыл бұрын

Funny I saw a similarity in the interior with Tesla. The clean, minimalist (they called it "spartan" ;)) dash shaped as a shelf, the large window stretching into the roof

baisodrome 4wheelslovetrap !

byebye ID Buzz, welcome eBrubaker (BruBuzz?)

I wonder who the genius is that actually thought one door on the whole vehicle is safer than more doors. Insanely odd to believe that would be safer.

@thorezra1378

6 ай бұрын

if you look up all the things that curtis Baker is responsible for inventing you might not be talking ... The man had many original ideas how many of your ideas have made it into history ....

Love it But that 1 door "safety" thing is baloney

The door is on the wrong side... that's it's only flaw.

@P00katube

11 ай бұрын

Doug DeMuro will love that quirk🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣