For sale
For sale - VW Transporter T2B (1978) restomod - Subaru EJ25 129kW NA
T2b bus with a Subaru Impreza (2006) EJ25 engine and gearbox. Drives under its own power, unfinished project. Comes with a large set of new and used spare parts.
Price
€10,000
The price is not negotiable.
Specifications
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Transporter T2b
- Year
- 1978
- VIN
- 2382066793
- Engine
- Subaru EJ25, 2.5L boxer, 129 kW, naturally aspirated, approx. 110,000 km
- Gearbox
- Subaru Impreza (2006), with Subarugears conversion
- Drive
- Rear-wheel drive, rear engine
- Body
- Most bodywork done, glass bead blasted, primed
- Electrics
- New wiring, comfort features unfinished
- Comfort features
- 2 captain's seats that swivel 360 degrees. Viper central locking + alarm with remote start. Rock'n'roll seat/bed in the back, opening rear side windows.
- Condition
- Drives under its own power, unfinished project
Details
Done
- Subaru EJ25 129kW engine and gearbox installed. The bus drives under its own power. The engine has done ~110 thousand km
- Most bodywork done, body glass bead blasted and primed
- New CV joints and wheel bearings, restored steering knuckles
- Restored brake calipers, new brake booster, new brake lines and hoses
- Restored front axle beam with a lowering kit
- New stiffer anti-roll bar on PU bushings
- Full set of new adjustable Koni gas shock absorbers.
- Custom cooling system - 2 x pull-through radiators in parallel with Spal fans in the engine bay
- New engine wiring harness, everything labelled according to the official Subaru wiring diagram.
- Viper central locking + alarm with remote start
- 2 new captain's seats in the front that swivel 360 degrees
- Rock'n'roll seat/bed in the back
- New seat belts - for 5 seats
- Opening rear side windows
- Cabin heating with a custom heat exchanger built from VW T5 components
- Electric windscreen washer
- Gas struts instead of torsion springs on the tailgate
- Dashboard built from 2 VW T2B dashboards so it looks period-correct, even though a check-engine light and a coolant temperature gauge were added
Needs attention
- Minor bodywork - a couple of extra holes in the nose panel, replace the roof rain gutters (included), a few repair spots in the side panels, repair of the engine lid seal channel (parts included)
- Overall, the body panels were left wavy by the blasting
- Body paint
- Comfort feature wiring unfinished - works on a test bench, needs to be routed through the bus. Central locking actuators not installed.
- Muffler - missing, too loud at high revs
- Interior - door and side panels need replacing, the existing ones are not usable.
- Interior - rear seat upholstery missing.
- The new brake booster has a vacuum leak somewhere, causing a nasty high-pitched noise.
Videos
Photos
Open Google Photos album
Spare parts included
The bus comes with a lot of new body panels, several sets of doors and hatches, windows, seals etc. Several sorted and labelled boxes of new and used spare parts. Photos of the parts and lists of what is in each box are in the photo album.
See the spare parts in the Google Photos albumContact
- Price
- €10,000
- Negotiation
- The price is not negotiable
- Viewing
- By appointment, Kose, Harju County, Estonia