Vintage Surfari Wagons

Let me tell 'yah little story... 

Ever since the VW Westfalia camper was born in 1950 at Wiedenbrück, this unlikely son of a factory tractor has been an intriguing tickler of countless adventurers imaginations. So easy it is to gather up and go, traveling inimitably well and friendly, the “Westy” like a trusted pilot seems to ask us, “Where can we go next? Tomorrow? Next month? Right now?”

Compact, so like a yacht, and exceptionally livable for up to four peeps, your Westy envelops like a custom tailored cocoon, moving over terrain as intrepidly as the snail that traverses over an Englishman’s garden. Everything is here... to cook, eat, sleep, drive, and relax… the going is safe, we are secure, we need little more. A supremely simple form of self-sufficiency is ours in these curvy confines. Oh! Sweet Teutonic nature of our Bus! 

This old Bus moves at a pace of it’s own liking, and we soon become one with this soulful old machine. As vast framed landscapes stream out of the big bay window towards us, we drive, gliding seamlessly past, and they flow under us, spiriting us to many marvelous planet-scapes ahead. And tomorrow, we entertain a fresh new day’s greeting just outside the big sliding side door. Custom pick your view.

Somehow a VW  journey always leads to the odd adventure (or two!), no matter how studiously planned (or not) our expedition may seem to be (surprisingly in spite of our plans, actually). Be ready for something enchanting, wholly unpredictable, when traveling in a VW Bus. Magic carpet rides anyone?

It’s kinda strange, but you’ll find your new old friends… ones you may have never met… waiting along the route, appealing with familiarity, having their own “bus” story, helping out, sharing a campfire, encouraging you at times. You might possibly meet in the most unexpectedly wild, and far-flung junctions. But they never come early, and they never arrive late!

So watch for this! Watch for people grinning and waving at your arrival. They are not thinking about your status (or lack there-of), your apparel, your accent, or your age. This bus, and your present joy, is the only entrée required to engage these lighthearted souls that you WILL meet along the way. Yes, you will.

Doing it right, voyaging like this, we promise you’ll never regret you went. Go… doing and being, in this easygoing VW Westy, yes, like a trusted friend, “Old Paint” if you will, and we know you’ll never be the same… And you’ll never forget your trip; ask anyone who’s done it!

Mahalo, and see you soon on the road!

Vintage Surfari Wagons offers restored VW camper buses from our Los Angeles area location. All our campers come with updated or newly re-vamped interiors, fresh mechanical up-grades, are loaded with handy camping equipment, and all da'kine goodies to get you onna road Brah!

If you need to, we can do you a "one way" rental, Los Angeles to San Francisco, or the other way 'round, under some circumstances. Sorry, but at this time we do not have a San Francisco location for Bay Area only rentals. (See our RATES or POLICIES pages for more info.)