Burned but not broken: Viral VW bus unveiled after full restoration

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00:00Now a quick update to a story we told you about here yesterday that got a lot of you talking.

00:07Remember Azul, the blue 77 Volkswagen van that somehow survived the Palisades wildfire in California?

00:14We showed you this AP photo from January, the one that went viral worldwide.

00:20There it is right there. You can't miss it. Pretty incredible backstory, right?

00:24As promised, Azul had her big debut, and now that every news outlet on the planet has picked up the story,

00:31we're getting our first look at the famous refurbished van.

00:35This is Azul today, completely restored, repainted, rewired, rebuilt,

00:40and now sitting under the bright lights at the L.A. Auto Show. How neat is that?

00:45Volkswagen says its team in Oxnard spent more than 2,000 hours bringing her back,

00:50replacing melted wiring, fixing scorched metal, and saving every bit of the 1970s soul of that vehicle that they could.

00:58Azul is not just a showpiece. She's become a symbol, if you will.

01:01Her owner, Megan Weinraub, told the L.A. Times she first felt guilty because so many people lost everything in the wildfires.

01:09But people kept telling her this van, this little splash of blue right there, refused to burn.

01:15That gave them hope. Brighter, shinier, and maybe exactly the story people needed this week,

01:22an incredible story of survival. Boy, what I wouldn't give for a ride in that van.

01:28We love that story.