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In high school (1983) my dad helped me take apart a 1953 VW engine and clean it and reassemble it, I put in a 1963 VW that he had and I drove for the last year in school, then my best friend and I after graduation drove it from South Carolina to Key West after graduation, 3 days after we gat back the motor blew going to the store. It was fun times.

Are you rebuilding it?

Absolutely totally beautiful!

Wow…I mean, WOW!! That thing sounds really good. What a car…..what a car!!!! 👏👏👏😍

Plastic corner windows??

Nice bus. Been years since I've seen that deluxe

Where did you find this? Can you do a video about the history of your '49?

May I ask what brand rubber you use and recommend? I have a 1951 and I have gaps around my seals on the bottom corners of the windshield and both rear quarters on the bottom front corner. Seals appear to small.

Y'all can leave that beauty in my garage, since we were both born in '49....❤❤❤

It amazes me that the workers in the factory did this in a matter of seconds. It would take me all day if I was lucky

An absolutely honest presentation of a rare, very old VW Beetle in its original condition. My father had one a few years older in the early years of my childhood. I literally have the smell of the car in my nose when I watch this video. Thank you!

Funny how so many people were suckered into buying this cheap little turd on wheels. LOL!

Love every minute of this thanks

this is Elder Abuse. The car is in really poor shape. Sell it or restore it.

I'm just very impressed! It was easier than starting a lawn mower. Just hope his generator is still charging his battery? 😅

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Ich hatte einen 51er , ich glaube die Stossstange mit den Hörnern ist nicht original !?

1949 same as 1939 the first BUGs ?.

A daily driver no doubt. Just like my young 1974 Superbug L.

La bisnonna della Volkswagen è sempre molto bella

I looked carefully and the only moden upgrade I see are the LED tail lights - makes sense because if you're going slow in the right lane of the freeway you want to be seen!

This car appears to be a true survivor, original in every sense of the word. And original is a term that is grossly misused in the collector car hobby. I have a 1957 VW, a Polar Silver Type 113 Sedan. I purchased it from the estate of the original owner in 1978, when it had 10,693 miles on her. 46 years later, she only has 13,650 miles on the odometer. It is completely original since the day she left Wolfsburg on May 28th of 1978, except for the battery, the tires, and the hydraulic components to the brake system. My car has always been a true garage queen, and she will stay that way until the day the Good Lord takes me away.

Of course, you’re from Oregon😂

Absolutely beautiful.

Lovely patina! What a beautiful car!

Original!!!!!! nice......not that many 49s in the US that are original. all correct parts.

Noce antique. But I wouldn't try to use it as a daily driver. Car is 75 years old. Design concept nearly 90. Been too much progress since this car and it just too far behind the times to be useful.

Back in the early 70's i worked for a shop called European motor parts on Bumby avenue in Orlando florida. We serviced VW's and Corvairs, and sold accessories for the new dune buggy craze down there. We had a pile of old stripped out engine blocks in the back against the wall piled 5 feet high. All were blown motors, usually the front cylinder on the left on the drivers side. I was told it was because of bad cooling. Many had thrown rods too.... Used to strip the heads and sell to a recycle place. They came back overhauled, all welded up in the chambers. Looked crummy but they ran just great. Remember "TeePee headers"?

Wow! This thing is very original and unrestored; extremely rare!

Thanks for the memories. My first car back in '73 was a '64 Beetle, also black. After joyfully driving it for a couple of years, I traded it for a '70 Opel GT. Big mistake. More Beetles followed after that. Loved those cars! Subscribed. Cheers!

Original color and paint?

We had many rusted through cars in Columbus Ohio in the 60's. I remember watching the road going by through the 2x4 supported floorboards on the way to our grandmother's house for Christmas. Our first new family of 5 car was a 1963 Volkswagen. Always started, and always got us home through the lovely Ohio winters of ice crested roads. Fond memories of fighting for the cubby hole with my sisters. Had a wind-up sunroof and optional rubberized paint, lol. My Dad traded it in on a new 1967 Impala as we were moving west. Now it's a classic car.

Absolutely brilliant.

Parabéns pelo carro, uma relíquia 👏👏👏

Oh, great car and great godfather worldwide of all the vehicles in duration and resistance, old but "good wood" 😉👍🏻

Esp for first time and end time drivers...🤓....and any in between wanting to live the better life....😝

Werld needs more of these.....😏

In the late 60's early 70's I worked at a VW only repair shop. My boss and I would roam all the back alleys and buy these splits and ovals for $35. Those were the days my friends.

BASIC! I cringe at thinking the origins of this car, however these cars survived and we're so popular for very long. They were once as ubiquitous as cigarette machines, or phone books. Often imitated, never duplicated. Anyone remember the Yugo? A little cardboard car that lasted a couple of times past the red light.

I can’t think of anywhere else you would want to be !