1964 Volkswagen Hippie Bus is a Blast from the Past

You may know it by different names such as the Type 2, Transporter, Bulli, Kombi and Hippie bus, but Volkswagen's classic van is one vehicle that you will never confuse with something else.

Found for sale on eBay is a meticulously restored example of the Volkswagen Dormobile Kombi Deluxe Model Micro Split Window Screen Bus (try saying that twice) from 1964.

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Volkswagen Blows the Top off the New Golf GTI Cabriolet in Geneva [Video]

Unless Volkswagen has another production surprise under its sleeves (think Golf R Cabriolet), then the new open-top Golf GTI that made its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show could very well be the last hurray in the Mk6 series before the Germans reveal the seventh generation model at the Paris Motor Show this fall.

The first ever GTI Cabriolet in the history of the Golf features the same 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine as its famous hatchback brethren producing 210PS (207hp) and a peak torque of 280Nm (206 lb-ft).

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How to Remove the Engine from Your Car in 5 Seconds

Who knows why some people do the things that they do, but luckily for us, there's YouTube just in case something does happen.

Discovered by the chaps over at Jalopnik is this video footage of a group of people laughing and rubbernecking at a driver in an older generation Volkswagen Golf with its engine chained to a tree. Fun times indeed.

Do we really need to tell you what happens next? Watch the clip after the jump and if you figure out where it took place, leaves us a comment.

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