The Volkswagen bus…the vehicle of a generation, the shape that reminds many of good times, good music, and if you don’t have rose-colored glasses on, acceleration that can be measured in glacier movement rather than seconds. The Volkswagen bus is many things to many people, but the iconic people-mover is the antithesis of the word “fast”. There are plenty of methods out there that can make a love bus fast: a wicked-up Volkswagen mill, a Subaru boxer engine, or, if you are so inclined, a Porsche engine works just as well. And that’s what is powering this “Race-Taxi”: the running gear from a 993-era (1993-98) Porsche 911. Using the 3.6L engine, owner Fred Bernhard started by boosting the 3.6L to 530 horsepower, then worked over the chassis and suspension to handle the additional power level that VW never anticipated the bus having. 19Bozzy92 captured this monster running at 6 Ruote di Speranza, an event at Monza that was raising money for disabled persons by giving passengers rides around the track. There’s nothing quite like several screaming passengers riding along as you’re having fun, is there?