Is anyone going to this event in September? We would love to meet you there!

One of the biggest changes we’ve made to Lula lately has been updating the dashboard to better support her new Subaru heart. When you swap a 1973 VW Bus over to a Subaru engine, you gain reliability and power… but you also need to know what’s happening under the hood. The original VW warning lights just aren’t enough anymore. So after what felt like miles of wiring (and maybe a few moments of questioning my own sanity 😂), the new dash is finally coming together. We added gauges for: 🛢️ Oil Pressure🌡️ Coolant Temperature⚡ Voltage🚨 Coolant Warning Light🚨 Oil Pressure Warning Light Now instead of wondering what’s happening, I can actually see it. This wasn’t a bolt-it-in-and-go project. There was plenty of cutting, fitting, rewiring, testing, taking it back apart… and then doing it all over again until everything worked the way I wanted. That’s part of building these old Volkswagens. Sometimes progress looks like a beautiful finished dashboard. Sometimes progress looks like 100 wires laying across your steering wheel. Both are part of the same story. I also wanted the dash to still feel like a classic Bay Window. Clean, simple, and like it belonged there instead of looking like a race car. I think we found a nice balance between modern reliability and vintage character. These are the kinds of projects we’ll be sharing here in this community—what works, what doesn’t, the mistakes, the victories, and everything in between. Because the VW lifestyle isn’t just about driving these old buses… It’s about building them, learning from them, helping each other, and enjoying every mile of the journey. I’d love to hear from you… If you’ve added gauges to your VW, what did you install and where did you mount them? Show us your setup in the comments! 🚐✌️

This is our 73 Sportsmobile we purchased a few months ago.