The Baja Bug Movie (Feature Film)

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  • Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
  • The Baja Bug Movie is the story of the humble little car that conquered the desert. This is a love letter to the Baja Bug told through the stories that make it the legendary car it is.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 286

  • @bwinter2625
    @bwinter2625 9 місяців тому +29

    I have owned a bug since I was 20. I am 70 now and in the garage is my street Baja Bug. It was my daily driver for many years.

    • @fernandomartinez5812
      @fernandomartinez5812 8 місяців тому +3

      My hero

    • @duaneaguilera7963
      @duaneaguilera7963 8 місяців тому +3

      I built the 1st Street Baia Bug that were on the cover of Hot VW Mag Red one and white one. Those were the Days With the white bug I won the Bug inn. ,, Duane

  • @tonyholliday6492
    @tonyholliday6492 9 місяців тому +15

    This was great. I'm not dead yet so there's still time.

  • @Hodad3000
    @Hodad3000 8 місяців тому +43

    The fact that it starts off with a Clutch song makes this a great documentary already.

    • @zoopy23able
      @zoopy23able 7 місяців тому +1

      My first thought exactly!

  • @ChrisGageTX
    @ChrisGageTX 8 місяців тому +13

    HAHA, "They have helicopters telling them what to do......I had a bottle of scotch in the car"

  • @gregwooldridge8864
    @gregwooldridge8864 2 місяці тому +1

    Best time of my life. 1 beetle I raced and another I drove to school.

  • @valdiviajr1
    @valdiviajr1 9 місяців тому +7

    Love the movie

  • @xiola138
    @xiola138 8 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for sharing this documentary.

  • @hunter1961100
    @hunter1961100 8 місяців тому +101

    This wasn’t a millionaires race. This was a upper middle-class race when America was dominated by the middle class. this is when the gap between the haves, and the have Nots was workable. Unlike the gap we have today between the haves, and the have Nots that isn’t sustainable.

    • @jimgoose9146
      @jimgoose9146 8 місяців тому +6

      The good ol dqys

    • @todddonaldson2822
      @todddonaldson2822 8 місяців тому +5

      You can still do this and you don’t need a half million dollar trophy truck.

    • @rustyshackle917
      @rustyshackle917 8 місяців тому +14

      ​@todddonaldson2822 look at the net worth of any driver in the Baja today. Look at the net worth of anyone at a local track for that matter. A hobby for the 1%

    • @watcherofthingsthatrkekano5930
      @watcherofthingsthatrkekano5930 8 місяців тому +3

      Be more humble about how you refer to people slick. I hope you don't walk around thinking people are just so simply defined.

    • @todddonaldson2822
      @todddonaldson2822 8 місяців тому

      @@rustyshackle917 Simply not true.

  • @wood66
    @wood66 9 місяців тому +6

    Waiting patiently....kinda from Pakistan!!

    • @ZedNinetySix_
      @ZedNinetySix_ 7 місяців тому +1

      Yeah man I remember these rally bugs were also a big scene back in the day in Pakistan too. Races were held and meets would spring up almost anywhere. My wife also has family who used to restore these bugs are race them in Islamabad, Quetta, Lahore ect, perfe t place for all sorts if different terrain and challenges❤

  • @MattLundquistVW
    @MattLundquistVW 9 місяців тому +42

    Great movie guys and MAD props for starting with Bruce Meyers and ending it with Dust buggy and Spencer. ❤

    • @gunyoda2356
      @gunyoda2356 8 місяців тому

      I hope you are doing well, Merry Christmas to you and your family.

  • @h-j.k.8971
    @h-j.k.8971 8 місяців тому +16

    I remember visiting Wolfsburg while they were making the Bug. I bet the guys in those dark, stinking, deafening sheds never dreamt the cars they were making would achieve this, but I also bet it would have brought a smile to their eyes if they knew.

  • @rolgonz6568
    @rolgonz6568 8 місяців тому +9

    One of the best Baja movies I've seen in awhile! Go Bocho go!!

  • @thedirtheadshed
    @thedirtheadshed 9 місяців тому +5

    What a great movie!! It’s all about the stories

  • @tuneuptony3679
    @tuneuptony3679 9 місяців тому +5

    I drag raced VWs in the 90s thru early 2000s. Still have my 1965 Beetle I bought in 1986 at the age of 16. Anyone know who sells a class 11 car? Project would be fine. The baja area is awesome. Great video on the history of off road racing and how the VW played an important role and still is alive today!

  • @COARSE15
    @COARSE15 9 місяців тому +7

    I‘ve been waiting so long. Thx for this Movie. 🎥 I wish i could watch it in cinema in Germany. 😊❤

  • @user-bb6ry4hf7i
    @user-bb6ry4hf7i 9 місяців тому +6

    Great movie!

  • @sgt.bunbun1369
    @sgt.bunbun1369 8 місяців тому +2

    66 super beetle with a So Cal 6011 body kit and 280° roll bar set by Murphys Kustom! My High school car. 1600 duel port with porches jugs.

  • @fuzzbuzz2000
    @fuzzbuzz2000 9 місяців тому +7

    54 seconds into it and im already hooked ,great soundtrack!(Love Clutch!)

  • @SyndicateRC
    @SyndicateRC 9 місяців тому +13

    Great to see some Tamiyas at 1:42:40 because the Sand Scorcher RC Buggy was one of the first RC Buggys ever. The Baja Cars had and still have so much influence on the hobby. Awesome movie, loved to see the oldschool buggys race.

  • @BlackJacket705
    @BlackJacket705 9 місяців тому +5

    Cinematic Gold!

  • @markdeane1903
    @markdeane1903 9 місяців тому +5

    All charged up ready to watch !

  • @erniemosteller
    @erniemosteller 9 місяців тому +8

    Just finished it. This movie will live for years. It’s an instant classic - in the same class as Endless Summer or On Any Sunday. Spectacular work.

  • @buckwheat3058
    @buckwheat3058 9 місяців тому +3

    Great Job... I will be watching it again.

  • @scottfisher7254
    @scottfisher7254 9 місяців тому +7

    Best thing I've watched all year!!! Super rad

  • @geremysexton7051
    @geremysexton7051 9 місяців тому +6

    That was awesome! Love the Dust buggy and Spencer tribute. Great movie.

  • @JayDubber
    @JayDubber 8 місяців тому +2

    Killer film! Love my 68 baja bus with a lift, big tires and 1915cc by Full Monty racing..🤙🏽

  • @vwdarrin
    @vwdarrin 9 місяців тому +12

    Just an incredible piece of work. You don’t find VWs They find you.

  • @BajaJo
    @BajaJo 9 місяців тому +8

    Finally everyone can enjoy this masterpiece🤩❤️🧡💛

  • @vincentcordero7599
    @vincentcordero7599 8 місяців тому +27

    From the sound track, to the quality interviews, to the dedication to the history. Amazing Movie, amazing stories, amazing woke cudos my man 🤙🏼

    • @TheBajaBugMovie
      @TheBajaBugMovie  8 місяців тому +4

      Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed it. I put a lot of work into this.

  • @TheRealGemmell
    @TheRealGemmell 9 місяців тому +5

    What a film! Incredible! Shared with the Fife Volkswagen Club in Scotland!

  • @leegorgerat4017
    @leegorgerat4017 9 місяців тому +5

    Some Clutch and Wilkes, what a banger brah 🤙💣

  • @backyardbuggies939
    @backyardbuggies939 9 місяців тому +4

    So good thanks for sharing, nothing beats VW adventures!!!

  • @peterhehn9511
    @peterhehn9511 9 місяців тому +11

    Unquestionably, the single greatest automobile ever designed, the Beetle!

    • @vzhojh3845
      @vzhojh3845 3 місяці тому

      I owned a 92 and love it!

  • @yotarocket
    @yotarocket 8 місяців тому +4

    Never owned a VW Bug but have always been fascinated with them and desert racing. This movie was simply awesome!

  • @4wheeltrips
    @4wheeltrips 9 місяців тому +4

    So great. Glad I got to see it.

  • @45calwheelers
    @45calwheelers 9 місяців тому +3

    Great documentary and wow what an adventure!!

  • @roywilson9120
    @roywilson9120 9 місяців тому +4

    Awesome Movie!!!
    Thank You for this.

  • @hieroglyph321
    @hieroglyph321 9 місяців тому +4

    Looking forward to watching this 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @markdeane1903
    @markdeane1903 9 місяців тому +3

    That was great, Thank you for posting movie!
    Excellent

  • @AdidaFPV
    @AdidaFPV 9 місяців тому +5

    Awesome job Mike!

  • @adamadams6740
    @adamadams6740 8 місяців тому +1

    I love Baja and Baja bugs I’ve had 4-5 and one really nice one,the original guys and the class 11 guys today have backs and balls of steel!!! Also there’s nothing like the sound of an off road exhaust on a souped up VW engine ripping through the desert!!

  • @local433gumby
    @local433gumby 9 місяців тому +3

    Thank you, great movie!

  • @1234meridian
    @1234meridian 9 місяців тому +7

    HECK YEA!!!!!!! Start any vehicle film off with CLUTCH and its gonna do it for me . Stoked to see this out and the crew at NORRA 1000 in April

    • @Kenny_K2323
      @Kenny_K2323 9 місяців тому +3

      RIGHT!!??!!

    • @stanseel8900
      @stanseel8900 8 місяців тому

      hooked me as soon as i heard tims guitar!

  • @philliphinkle2812
    @philliphinkle2812 8 місяців тому +1

    Lotta memories. This was fun. I never raced, I had a Baja bug for fun but racing inspired our bugs.

  • @Hoffmankustoms
    @Hoffmankustoms 9 місяців тому +5

    What a great watch! Tons of history and amazing footage, Surviving the game of chance

  • @jamienicol9964
    @jamienicol9964 9 місяців тому +6

    I couldn't love this more. You guys really captured the essence of the beetle and what it is to love them. I've been beetle free for a the last few years and I didn't realise what was missing until I rolled another one into my garage for a resto. Walking into the workshop every day to see its smiling "face" looking at me brings a joy thats unexplainable. The essence of motoring that you find when behind the wheel of a beetle is so sadly missing in todays cars its actually sad. The irony of the evil that created the VW beetle that is now the source of universal love and freedom just adds so much more to its story. Congratulations and thank you to everyone involved in making this film.

  • @eliasmora715
    @eliasmora715 9 місяців тому +3

    so cool.... cheers Andy 1111

  • @valdiviajr1
    @valdiviajr1 9 місяців тому +4

    Love this

  • @garthinflorida5124
    @garthinflorida5124 8 місяців тому +3

    Opening with Clutch? Don't need to see the movie to know IT WILL BE AWESOME

  • @backyardbuggies939
    @backyardbuggies939 9 місяців тому +3

    Just watched for the second time, great job 👍

  • @reddawg1980
    @reddawg1980 9 місяців тому +4

    That was badass 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙

  • @extec101
    @extec101 8 місяців тому +1

    enjoyed every mile of the video. 😀👍🐞

  • @klaus-peterklug3271
    @klaus-peterklug3271 9 місяців тому +3

    Just a great film! Thanks for sharing!

  • @rickstine7107
    @rickstine7107 9 місяців тому +5

    Been working on my newest Baja project lately and this is exactly what I needed to get me motivated 💪👍😊

  • @chriswaalen6956
    @chriswaalen6956 9 місяців тому +4

    Edit- (got to watch after all and wow well done! Love it!!!)Sitting down for Turkey wishing it would be available later😐

  • @Carchaeology
    @Carchaeology 9 місяців тому +9

    Fantastic film! Such great soul and passion here. Well done indeed, and thanks for including me in the interviews. Gotta love this wild VW family we have going on here. Thanks for capturing it to share with the world!

  • @Train411
    @Train411 8 місяців тому +2

    Awesome movie

  • @johnbadal7319
    @johnbadal7319 8 місяців тому +1

    Excellent! I would've been ok without Jesse James in it but still a great film about the sport and class

  • @valdiviajr1
    @valdiviajr1 9 місяців тому +6

    Make me want to build one ❤

  • @MrStacy1974
    @MrStacy1974 8 місяців тому +1

    Starting the movie with a Clutch song?
    Now I gotta watch this thing, thanks a lot .... lol

  • @WickedGravityVideo
    @WickedGravityVideo 9 місяців тому +3

    Thanks for the fun new Baja movie to watch in Thanksgiving

  • @commonsense6050
    @commonsense6050 9 місяців тому +2

    This is awesome! Thank you! This brings back so many memories. I owned a Baja Bug and a fiberglass buggy and enjoyed many off-road trips with them in the Mojave Desert and in Baja. We met Gary Emory at the West Coast Metric 30 year anniversary of the Baja Bug celebration in 1997 and drove to Cabo with Bruce Meyers during the Baja 2000 event. Those VW's are great fun.

  • @wirebrush
    @wirebrush 8 місяців тому +1

    Passed my driving test to get my license in a Baja Bug 33 years ago. My father had a Baja Bug built as a Forest Service vehicle in northern Arizona back then too. There was a blurb about it in Hot VW magazine. I wonder what ever happened to that car.

  • @ytidb
    @ytidb 9 місяців тому +2

    Sooooooo good..... Something tells me prices of Baja Bugs are about to go up :) Very well done. Love it.

  • @lovecraft88
    @lovecraft88 8 місяців тому +6

    Loved it. The end interviews just melted my heart away. And all got an open invite to come see the Baja 1000. What a story. May it never die. Thankyou for making this tribute.

  • @scotfirehamer4247
    @scotfirehamer4247 9 місяців тому +2

    Clutch and Volkswagens!!

  • @jareddenison3994
    @jareddenison3994 8 місяців тому +1

    Always loved the Baja bugs.

  • @WSBach
    @WSBach 9 місяців тому +4

    Amazing!! This is truly the 'video bible' for Baja Bug, Manx Dune Buggy and Mexican/Baja 1000 enthusiasts. Very, very well done 👍👍👍👍👍 Thank you for sharing this masterpiece.

  • @jkeleig
    @jkeleig 9 місяців тому +4

    Soooo Dope Brutha!!! What a fun time!! 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻. Thanks for making it available! 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

  • @humech
    @humech 9 місяців тому +3

    I've been in tears the entire time watching this movie, thank you so much, this encapsulated so much about my formative years and racing in general. I've had two off road vws, a Baja and a Class 9 race car, it may be time to start thinking of another, been a lifetime

  • @pickuptrucker17
    @pickuptrucker17 9 місяців тому +2

    loving this

  • @bajamcguide
    @bajamcguide 5 місяців тому

    Que Chingon!! Thanks to everyone involved in making this happen.
    Great to see so many of the first heroes of the sport

  • @dmc2087
    @dmc2087 8 місяців тому +2

    Please don't yell at me back in the mid eighties I had a 67 Baja bug street legal in Canada it became a bush bug very quickly , after destroying that one I traded a guy for a 52 split window 6 Volt bug but it couldn't be registered so I went to a local bug shop and tried to buy a Baja kit for a 52 split window and the owner of the shop threw me out and said never come back , so I ended cutting up that mint 52 and it became a bush buggy too , lasted couple of months the rolled it and it was totalled , looking back I sure do miss my Bugs

  • @tigersteamer
    @tigersteamer 5 місяців тому

    This movoie totally touches the soul. I want my bugs back.

  • @jonathanwambeck7800
    @jonathanwambeck7800 8 місяців тому +1

    A must watch!!!! Great sound track

  • @KITTYKRUSHER
    @KITTYKRUSHER 9 місяців тому +5

    I’ve been hoping to see this in a movie theater and it finally got UPLoaded to UA-cam! Best Thanksgiving Ever! Baja bugs Rule and proud to be part of the Baja Bug community!
    Viva Baja!

  • @jaecult
    @jaecult 9 місяців тому +2

    Great video. Would've loved to see the Iribe family

  • @jps1145
    @jps1145 9 місяців тому +2

    We’ll done! Worth the wait!

  • @L1302H
    @L1302H 9 місяців тому +3

    Amazing ❤

  • @keonikaig9247
    @keonikaig9247 8 місяців тому +1

    EXCELLENT...THX...👍😎

  • @djkelly2551
    @djkelly2551 8 місяців тому +1

    What an iconic vehicle, it does not get any better. I have owned 2 VW Beetles and a Westphalia and absolutely loved them all. Excellent production, thank you.

  • @shakie72
    @shakie72 9 місяців тому +3

    Great movie, so interesting to see the history through the modern day! Thank you far sharing it with the world through the UA-cam platform!

  • @mybackhurts7020
    @mybackhurts7020 9 місяців тому +4

    I miss my bug but it’s the reason I have the metal rods in my back

  • @brentfrank7012
    @brentfrank7012 8 місяців тому +1

    Great movie, brought back memories. 😎👍

  • @MrSociallyDistrted
    @MrSociallyDistrted 9 місяців тому +3

    Well done! Great to see so much love for the Beetle.

  • @earlt_vw
    @earlt_vw 8 місяців тому +1

    Great movie! I’ve followed these cars and races since the ‘70s, you captured the special car and the people. Thank you!!!

    • @TheBajaBugMovie
      @TheBajaBugMovie  8 місяців тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching

  • @donniehunter309
    @donniehunter309 9 місяців тому +3

    Loved it!!!😎

  • @bajalarry8738
    @bajalarry8738 9 місяців тому +3

    Negrete Boys in the House ✌🏽

  • @juniorwest5706
    @juniorwest5706 8 місяців тому

    You can get into a bug an get out , but once the bug gets in you ,its in you for life ! ❤ the bug✌️😎

  • @XenonJohnD
    @XenonJohnD 9 місяців тому +1

    British Vulcan bomber in the sky there over LA at 15:08 by the look of it !

  • @MitchellEdwards-hf4fh
    @MitchellEdwards-hf4fh 8 місяців тому +1

    beautiful.

  • @SmartMass
    @SmartMass 8 місяців тому

    I wish the algorithm worked this well all the time. Thanks for sharing such wonderful stories!

  • @shannalove1837
    @shannalove1837 9 місяців тому +4

    What a journey!!!! I truly enjoyed the making of these times to the Main picture!! So incredible to see it piece by piece. So awesome, so much love ❤️‍🔥

  • @Cycomofo
    @Cycomofo 9 місяців тому +2

    Awesome movie!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @josteincarlsen2905
    @josteincarlsen2905 12 днів тому

    My first love was a Baja bug!!! Still time to

  • @stepchildpolaris
    @stepchildpolaris 8 місяців тому

    Thank you, for making a movie of my love of the Volkswagen. Of course now I must build and compete with a class 11, screw retirement

  • @REDBEARDBLACKTEETH
    @REDBEARDBLACKTEETH 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for making a Clutch song the first of the show. That made me want to watch even more.

  • @nostalgiccarlife5419
    @nostalgiccarlife5419 8 місяців тому +2

    Wonderful documentary. However, I'm surprised that it starts with dune buggies, and totally skips over the history of "Class 1" (stock two wheel drive vehicles) of the original Mexican 1000, and Lee's exploits in a very nearly stock VW in that class. The story of Class 1 is probably the wildest chapter in the entire history of the Baja 1000. Class 1 later became Class 6, the demise of which is much lamented by the old timers in the sport. I would love a documentary about say, just the first five years of the race. I've been fortunate enough to talk to some of the early guys before they passed. Also missing some of the wild stories of the early years, like Bob Sinclair crossing the finish line on three wheels in a Volvo powered Burro... I wonder if it influenced the scene in The Love Bug (released the next year).

  • @dannybroom9947
    @dannybroom9947 9 місяців тому +2

    i wish this site would allow more than one like. incredible film, you can feel the love and all the hard work definitely comes through. props to everyone involved

  • @timswitzer792
    @timswitzer792 Місяць тому

    FANTASTIC!!!!