A few months ago photos of radically styled, bare metal, ‘Volkswagen Bus’ appeared online causing quite a stir.
At that time I wasn’t really able to find much about it, so I put a few photos of it up on Facebook and waited for more information to surface.
It took awhile but as of today I know that this vehicle is Ron Berry Creation and will soon be appearing in Hot VW magazine.
While how much Volkswagen exists under the metal is still yet to be determined, it is cool to see that –at the very least– an air cooled motor pushes the van down the road.
From front bumper, to awesome skateboard wheelie bars, this build is full of custom touches which makes sense because this isn’t Ron’s first custom rodeo.
He also built this wild woody wagon known as Shorebreak in 2007.
As well as a more traditionally proportioned F-100 you can see lurking in the Surf Seeker videos.
High five to Just A Car Guy for following this story so closely!
Holy mother of god! What amazing builds. He is a Kustom genious! I’d love to see him give that VW some gas. It sounds amazing.
i totally thought it was a golf cart didnt relize the scale till i watched the video . did it actually start out as a full bus or was it just a frame with a custom body. anyway wierd/cool project, it kindof looks like a hotwheels car like 1 of the impossibly scaled wierd looking ones hahaha
Looks like custom frame and body, never a full bus. But I can’t say for certain!
I love Freaks!!!
Awwww, high five returned with enthusiasm! Ron is one of the few builder genius among the car crafters, and for me to have been extremely fortunate to meet him a get a gallery of the Shorebrake woody, and now the Surfseeker van? I’m stoked! So glad to share the galleries of photos with all of you! For the full coverage of both, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Ron%20Berry
I forgot to mention, Ron brought the van to the Grand National Roadster Show a couple weeks ago, and I was able top talk with him and get a big gallery of photos, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/01/surf-seeker-ron-berry-creation-brother.html