The tires are on the original steel wheels. As in all air cooled engines, there is still a few drops of oil, but nothing like it was before. The clutch was replaced because of leaking at the rear seal. Brakes are fine. The brakes are part of the government safety check and they passed without any work required.
Shocks are also fine.
The ride is quite smooth. It has no special features or options, It has a stereo cassette deck, other than that, it is equipped as it was built a VW Vanagon L Westfalia. No AC, wind down windows, no power options. It has a gas heater, which he disconnected as he only uses the van summer vacation. Another prospective buyer pushed the reset button on the speedo and the distance recorder stopped working.