In 1978, a basic Polo was £2K, a standard Beetle ~ £2600 and the Karmann ~ £4300. I remember as a kid wondering why the Karmann Convertible cost so much. Now I wonder, even with inflation, how they cost so little….. Gorgeous cars.
Good video :) Just got my first Beetle! A very well set up one from 1961. Stroked 1600cc, disc brakes at the front, short shift gearbox, bucket seats. Everything I ever wanted. Good times ahead!
Restored some beetles in the last 30 years and out of this expereance I can say: you get a lot of spareparts, yes. But cheep are only the low quality spare parts. If you ever used better quality spare parts, you´ll see the differents. Fits better and made for long life.
I'm viewing this video posted 6 days old. my 73-super started here in Kansas City a bit better than yours 6 days ago when it was 10 below 0. I took her out for long enough to defrost the engine and get some heat going in it. I'm glad I put new boots on my j boxes last spring.
The Karmann convertible Beetle was specially strengthened to prevent body twist when the roof was taken off but some home brewed conversions may not have the extra strengthening in place The classic original Solex carb and fuel pump is full of brass bits that modern ethanol fuels will eat apart. The Brosol (Brazilian Solex) carb is ethanol tolerant but they are not built to the same quality and can have sloppy spindle bearings that make it impossible to tune correctly. Both the Karmann convertible and the 1302/3 had Macpherson front struts and trailing arm IRS rear with torsion bars and full CV joints on the driveshafts. Very late1303 cars had rack and pinion steering Servo??? I have never seen a beetle with one principally because any vacuum line has to run the full length of the car, which isn't practical and besides, well maintained brakes work well enough
Ah, the Beetle. I've had 4 Type Is, two Type 2s, from '65 to '67. Though never owned one past '67, I would stop at '70 if I was in the market for another one. Great video and spoken details.
My bugbear was changing those wretched exhaust pipes once they started to rust. It was a devil of a job to extract them and much bad language was used in the attempt.
And then there was the fuel gauge or rather the lack of a fuel gauge. With no gauge, I had to estimate how much fuel was left. When that familiar cough from the engine was heard, I had a few seconds to locate the lever with my left boot and kick it through 90 degrees to open the reserve tank. And then there was the appalling lighting from the headlights. My tactic when driving at night was to allow a following car to approach so close to me that I could avail of the illumination from his headlights properly to see the road ahead. Apart from those niggles, it was a great car. Being my first car and, in its way so eccentric, it is the only one of my cars, apart from my current car, whose number plate I can remember.
Design stolen from Nesseldorfer / Tatra in Czech by Hitler and Porsche, see Tatra V570 which was supposed to be the Czech peoples car before WW2, so designed years before the VW beetle
it’s vaguely similar in appearance. Undoubtedly drew inspiration but the Beetle is different in enough ways to be far from a carbon copy or stolen design. Citroen’s 2CV has an outline not dissimilar to the Beetle but nobody would say it was a stolen design. You may as well say every car on sale today has stolen each others designs since their all broadly the same silhouette. Besides all of which both the Tatra and VW appear to resemble a design by the then 18 year old Bela Barenyi from the 1920’s. So much so VW legally recognised this in the 1950’s. What’s Tatra’s excuse?
Oh, no… If the electrics are acting up, it’s not “just” the wiring. I spent a Week fixing the engine but 6 months figuring out all the electronic problems. And new relays often need you to rebuild the electrical system becouse new ones do not get there power in the same way. So check the electrics, like lights, speedo, fuel gauge. Low beam/high beam, indicators etc. :)
In 1978, a basic Polo was £2K, a standard Beetle ~ £2600 and the Karmann ~ £4300. I remember as a kid wondering why the Karmann Convertible cost so much. Now I wonder, even with inflation, how they cost so little….. Gorgeous cars.
(back in the 70s) my neighbor had a white convertible - never drove it - always garaged it - 100% rust free - 100% original
Good video :) Just got my first Beetle! A very well set up one from 1961. Stroked 1600cc, disc brakes at the front, short shift gearbox, bucket seats. Everything I ever wanted. Good times ahead!
Sounds great!
I'm Jealous, at some point in my life I will try and search for my own Beetle to drive around in
Restored some beetles in the last 30 years and out of this expereance I can say: you get a lot of spareparts, yes. But cheep are only the low quality spare parts. If you ever used better quality spare parts, you´ll see the differents. Fits better and made for long life.
Some important areas to check for rot not mentioned are the seams in the guttering, the framehead which holds the front beam on and the beam itself.
I'm viewing this video posted 6 days old. my 73-super started here in Kansas City a bit better than yours 6 days ago when it was 10 below 0. I took her out for long enough to defrost the engine and get some heat going in it. I'm glad I put new boots on my j boxes last spring.
The Karmann convertible Beetle was specially strengthened to prevent body twist when the roof was taken off but some home brewed conversions may not have the extra strengthening in place
The classic original Solex carb and fuel pump is full of brass bits that modern ethanol fuels will eat apart. The Brosol (Brazilian Solex) carb is ethanol tolerant but they are not built to the same quality and can have sloppy spindle bearings that make it impossible to tune correctly.
Both the Karmann convertible and the 1302/3 had Macpherson front struts and trailing arm IRS rear with torsion bars and full CV joints on the driveshafts. Very late1303 cars had rack and pinion steering
Servo??? I have never seen a beetle with one principally because any vacuum line has to run the full length of the car, which isn't practical and besides, well maintained brakes work well enough
Ah, the Beetle. I've had 4 Type Is, two Type 2s, from '65 to '67. Though never owned one past '67, I would stop at '70 if I was in the market for another one. Great video and spoken details.
Stop actually at 68. VW after Nordhoff saw the end of QC
Be honest, we’re watching this to build a Herbie
I want one cuz bumblebee
I want one cuz hippie parents
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Another good video 🚘🚙🚗⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👏👏👏
Thanks 👍
Great video!
Thanks!
My bugbear was changing those wretched exhaust pipes once they started to rust. It was a devil of a job to extract them and much bad language was used in the attempt.
And then there was the fuel gauge or rather the lack of a fuel gauge. With no gauge, I had to estimate how much fuel was left. When that familiar cough from the engine was heard, I had a few seconds to locate the lever with my left boot and kick it through 90 degrees to open the reserve tank.
And then there was the appalling lighting from the headlights. My tactic when driving at night was to allow a following car to approach so close to me that I could avail of the illumination from his headlights properly to see the road ahead.
Apart from those niggles, it was a great car. Being my first car and, in its way so eccentric, it is the only one of my cars, apart from my current car, whose number plate I can remember.
Great video. Your car looks nice and sits in my opinion perfect. What did you do to lower it?
This one is from WB & Sons auctions, sadly we don't know exactly how it was lowered
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Great video!
Thanks!
Please send me the parts link
Thank you
1971 VW Super Beetle - original 👌
He missed THE MOST OBVIOUS place for rust-out: under the spare tire.
Also actually design team was Jewish also designed on Austin English car..
Jewish is a religion, not an ethnicity or nationality.
Followers of Judaism have lived throughout Europe for millennia.
Any road will give a cars suspension a good workout these days. You need a Land Rover I reckon, it's a disgusting state of affairs really.
Design stolen from Nesseldorfer / Tatra in Czech by Hitler and Porsche, see Tatra V570 which was supposed to be the Czech peoples car before WW2, so designed years before the VW beetle
it’s vaguely similar in appearance. Undoubtedly drew inspiration but the Beetle is different in enough ways to be far from a carbon copy or stolen design. Citroen’s 2CV has an outline not dissimilar to the Beetle but nobody would say it was a stolen design. You may as well say every car on sale today has stolen each others designs since their all broadly the same silhouette. Besides all of which both the Tatra and VW appear to resemble a design by the then 18 year old Bela Barenyi from the 1920’s. So much so VW legally recognised this in the 1950’s. What’s Tatra’s excuse?
You can rebuild the engine in your driveway in about 30 minutes.
Oh, no… If the electrics are acting up, it’s not “just” the wiring. I spent a Week fixing the engine but 6 months figuring out all the electronic problems. And new relays often need you to rebuild the electrical system becouse new ones do not get there power in the same way. So check the electrics, like lights, speedo, fuel gauge. Low beam/high beam, indicators etc. :)
Now they spent their lots of brain to tease meso i can burst into anger ...literally they take my words😅
Did you just say, Thermostat?