Meet Fred Bernhard and his 1962 Volkswagen T1 Race Taxi, complete with the 530-horsepower flat-six from a Porsche 911 Turbo, the transmission from a GT3 and a 143-mph top speed.

"The firstthing I did was chop the top, then I pulled the motor ... Pierson told Ken after a joyride at the Salt Flats. "This bus is an absolutely marvelous piece. The beauty of the movementtoday ...

A man named Fred has built a modified Volkswagen minivan. Not normally Top Gear-worthy news ... both the T1 bus and Porsche 911 can trace their lineage - albeit loosely - to the VW Beetle ...

It's a Volkswagen T1 Bus that's been turned into a full-on track machine, complete with a roll cage, racing buckets, and an air-cooled Porsche flat-six engine. This bus hauls. YouTuber Misha ...

The original VW bus is undeniably cool in stock form, but it can really shine with a few modifications. A great example is the pictured 1965 VW T1 Samba, featuring a Porsche engine swap ...