The sound, vibration, smell and driving joy of an old Volkswagen Beetle just can't be beat!

@MiniOne82

2 жыл бұрын

Amen!!!

@RealNameNeverUsed

2 жыл бұрын

What does it smell like?

@vwestlife

2 жыл бұрын

But the later Bugs just aren't the same without the distinctive chirpy exhaust note.

@Gniggaaa

2 жыл бұрын

@@RealNameNeverUsed gasoline

@JYKDutchYT

2 жыл бұрын

Yea or an old sirocco or passat or golf

He's finally reviewing a proper Porsche :D

@johnsergei

Жыл бұрын

It would likely beat & out handle the early road Porsches? No, I don't mean a 550 tuned and ready to race.

I bought my first car, a '65 beetle, in high school three years ago and drive it almost every day. Everything I know about cars now came from wrenching on my bug and I wouldn't trade it for anything. Gets me where I need to go and always puts a smile on peoples faces as you drive by. Wish mine could be as nice as this one but you do what you can with a college budget. As always love your videos and glad to finally see a beetle on here!

@TedwardDrives

2 жыл бұрын

That is incredibly cool

@roberthuffer6591

2 жыл бұрын

Their is a wonderful video you need to check out. Look up “Annie the Beetle”.

@steviebboy69

2 жыл бұрын

I remember a friend's Mother having a VW Bug in the 80's I cant remember the year, they used to call it a Puddle Jumper. I remember going from Wangaratta down to Phillip Island in it way back then it would have been around 400 Km each way.

@cookiecutter1245

2 жыл бұрын

i also bought a '65 bug in highschool about 4 years ago and i drive it everywhere still, its funny how reliable a car can be for its age.

@toshineon

2 жыл бұрын

In high school? Aren't these like really expensive, or is it just the car prices here in Sweden that are a little whack?

Probably the only car in the world that can pull off a vanity plate that just reads its model name. Love it so much!

@standingfortruth4043

2 жыл бұрын

I'd also say AC Cobra

@soundofeighthooves

2 жыл бұрын

model name is actually Kraft durch Freude Wagen

@tuckersbaby

2 жыл бұрын

T-Bird

@isaacsrandomvideos667

Жыл бұрын

Mustang Quattro Countach.

@shoknifeman2mikado135

Жыл бұрын

@@soundofeighthooves That was Hitler's name for it, owners never called it anything but Volkswagen (Which was Porsche's name for the car)

As the owner of a '62 Beetle with a 1600 single port, I do NOT recommend exceeding 65 mph. Above 65, the steering becomes like submitting your computer for an IT service ticket. You may get a response, but it's more likely you won't. Great video Tedward!

@TedwardDrives

2 жыл бұрын

Hahhahah

@fratermus5502

2 жыл бұрын

IIRC they were designed to cruise at 100kph (62mph). I drove my beetle and bus at that speed so things didn't get weird. :-)

@andrewgross8125

2 жыл бұрын

@@fratermus5502 I think I've heard that before. I guess that was Autobahn speed in the 1930s/1940s. What year were your VWs?

@nbvolks

2 жыл бұрын

@Andrew Gross yeah, worm and roller steering box is not so direct! hahaha...

@fratermus5502

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewgross8125 72 standard beetle, and an ex-Bundewehr bus (73)

LOVE YOUR CAR . I AM AN EIGHTY YEARS YOUNG MAN FROM BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND.. BOUGHT MY FIRST BEETLE IN 1965 AND LOVED IT SO MUCH I ENDED UP WITH FOUR MORE OVER MANY YEARS OF MY YOUTH.. MY LAST ONE IN 1973 WAS AN EXACT REPLICA OF YOUR ORANGE LITTLE GEM... CHERISED MEMORIES OF DAYS LONG AGO.. Eugene Martin.

Yes! The amount of work the owner put into this in the restoration is INSANE! Every little bolt and hose are period correct.

@brentboswell1294

2 жыл бұрын

He missed the barefoot accelerator pedal that was period correct for the 1970's 😋

@magnustoner4402

8 ай бұрын

Hello from Sweden! Whatever you mean by barefoot? This is my original setup (with absolutely original rubber) for my 1303 -75 drive.google.com/file/d/12WTiRlW4rdmjvwS1l7iuBBcQH6A3kdIK/view?usp=sharing@@brentboswell1294

@ollie1464

7 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly. Even the sticker on the stereo wheel regarding the seatbelt is there.

I owned a brand new 1973 orange Super Beetle. Most dependable car, never broke down on me leaving me stranded. They came with a tool kit and spare drive belt. They need basic maintenance that is very easy for anyone to do themselves. I dove a total of 90 miles a day to and from work for 8 years in that car. It truly was a people’s car.

I know a guy who jammed a Cummins turbo diesel into one of those things. He calls it the drag beetle, the thing's crazy.

@bossykxngtahzai16

2 жыл бұрын

I bet you he was drunk when he thought of that idea 😂

@thetigertard

2 жыл бұрын

Is the motor still in the back?

@white_mage

2 жыл бұрын

@@thetigertard most likely not. that thing must be half the size of the car

@marvinracer88

2 жыл бұрын

got a video or something? sounds really special!

@isaacsrandomvideos667

Жыл бұрын

Who’s crazier, him or the car? Hahahaha

I have a 74 super beetle, there’s nothing like driving a car you can get every bit out of.. amazing little machines and insanely easy to fix

40 years ago, I learned to drive with a Beetle. I would guess now people learn to drive stick with a Civic. VW's were great to learn on because you had to make the car do anything. I remember when ours was replace with 1977 Rabbit 4 speed. It would go, steer and stop with heat available in the winter! I remember the days of wear gloves and a parka inside the car in winter keeping it in neutral until the gearbox warmed up and having a scraper handy to clean the inside of the windshield. But it always started and never got stuck in the snow. I went on a trip once from Ontario to Pennsylvania up and down the hills to State College. We would be going flat out down the hills the watch the speedo dropping up the climbs 50-45-40-35...Some how we made it in one piece.

@taffa4900

2 жыл бұрын

can confirm, learned to drive stick in a 80s fiat uno and a 03 civic sedan

@calbob750

2 жыл бұрын

Dave. Your a real Beetle owner. That ice scraper for the inside windshield was a necessity if you lived anywhere where temperatures got below freezing. I discovered this after a move from Texas to Ohio in the late sixties.

@Cville2347

Жыл бұрын

I learned to drive a manual transmission on a VW but it was a Rabbit. That car is long gone but I still miss it.

@shoknifeman2mikado135

Жыл бұрын

@@Cville2347 Same here, an '80 GERMAN Rabbit, with 4 speed, buttery leather seats, sports suspension and a sunroof... best car I ever owned

What a great palate cleanse, great visibility.

In 1972 . My 1st NEW CAR was a 1972 "Orange" Super Beetle. 2 weeks into ownership, I rolled it over. State Patrol sates " 4 to 6 rolls". Yes, I was doing 80 mph down hill and ran up on a blind curve known locally as "Blind Mans Curve". It was repaired, but it drove like a matchbox after that. However, I drove that thing for another 6 years. Junked it and bought a Porsche 914-6. That's when the fun really started~~!I'm 70 years young now and I still drive Porsches .. But, it all started with a VW Beetle.

Brings found memories of my old Jeans, Drove it on a daily bases for 3 years as my first car, it was awesome. Sadly was stolen on my 23rd Birthday in 2003 while we were out having a meal and she was later found 10 miles up the road burned to the ground, R.I.P Jeanie

@Kuran1986

2 жыл бұрын

Poor Jeanie :( I'm sorry

@snugbug5067

Жыл бұрын

I hope someday you are able to have another bug !

Wow, did this ever get my attention. I bought an exact duplicate to this ‘74 Super Beetle in 1978 from the original owners, my parents’ next door neighbors. It was my second car and I can’t put into words how much enjoyment I got out of that car. My girlfriend and I drove the wheels off of it, but we pampered it. I’ve always missed that little car, and seeing this one restored makes me miss it all the more. Truly one of my favorite cars I’ve ever owned, and I’ve owned a bunch of them.

I've never even driven a Beetle, but I've seen so much deep maintenance stuff (Even how to completely rebuild the engine) that I could take the whole thing apart and put it back together.

1974 super beetle was my first car I bought in 2016 for $700. I still have drive it to this day.

Out of all the older compact cars you have showcase so far, this one is the most beautiful. The owner did a fantastic job restoring this relic.

I love the Beetle. Such a nice classic!

@bossykxngtahzai16

2 жыл бұрын

It's a shame they don't make cars like these any more

@Cladcreeper

2 жыл бұрын

@@bossykxngtahzai16 Ikr

This video made me feel nostalgic almost teary eyes. My collage war was 1303s blue. It is still with me but already eating grass. How I was someday to restore my original baby.

These used to be everywhere! Memories of my childhood and my father driving us in one of these to the aquarium and Museum of Science in Boston.

It wasn't the miles per gallon; it was the smiles per gallon. And ... they were fantastic in the snow.

My first new car was a 1975 Le Grande Bug, the blue one. It came with a rosewood dash, rack and pinion steering, sunroof, corduroy/leatherette upholstery, and it was the first year it included fuel injection. The differences between this 74 and my 75, was the rack and pinion steering and the fuel injection which gave it a couple more horsepower. The top speed AND cruising speed was actually 81mph. On a straight flat road. But you could drive them flat out all day, which was maybe barely 4000 rpm. And I took that thing from Vancouver to Mexico, Vancouver to the east coast and back through the Midwest. It was great on the highway, it would just settle down and go for hours. Plus the seats were very comfortable, and you sat quite high. The best car ever.

I bought an orange 1971 Super Beetle in 1989. I love it! I cannot part with it. It is such a great car to drive.

I've been waiting for this video! I own a 1973 beetle that I got after my grandfather and I love it to death. I daily drive it, take it on many long road trips and even occasionally track it. This video made my day and made me feel very proud to own one of these. Thank you Tedward! Love from Thailand.

My first car at 16 yrs old in 1990 was a triple black 1979 Super Beetle Convertible with the fuel injected 1600 in Ft Lauderdale. Odometer was broken when I got her at 18k, so I assume at least 118k miles. I learned how to drive stick on that car. Fuel injection gave CONSTANT trouble, so I had it converted to carburetor just before I sold her. Brake pedal had long travel unless I pumped it once, even though I bled & adjusted the shoes. And she was always faster when cold. Throttle cable broke often for unknown reason, so I kept pliers to grab a piece of the cable at the driveshaft hump. Topped out 65 on highway, car would smoke lightly. And when I changed the oil, there would be little pieces of metal in the oil screen, like half a washer or something. But the car kept going. Rode fairly smoothly and peppy and was top-down fun. Got rid of her when the rust got too bad around fender seams. And I liked it when other "original" Beetle drivers would honk and wave when you drove past, but there were much more of the originals on the road then. Thanks for sharing this video!

I have a '71 VW Super Beetle, and I love driving it. It gets so much attention every time I drive it.

6:50 "The brand coined by their leader" was the Kraft durch Freude, the power through joy. Look how well the RAD, the labor union did its job. We should be so lucky.

I’ve always had a passion for cars that exist for the sole purpose of getting somewhere else. This, the Fiat 500, the 2CV etc. Very little else besides a motor and some seats.

I used to drive my parents 1953 vw beetle when i was a college, ( High school for you Americans) Loved that car so much❤ Im 62 now and still think of the times driving it.

There is a great book called "Thinking Small" By Andrea Hiott. It's a history of The Beetle from the start until "The New Beetle" of The late 90's that saved VW America. The book gives a lot of context about The Beetle's origins and its rise.

In my early driver years, I had a ’73 Super Beetle and a ’70 VW Bus, but I learned to drive a stick in a late 70’s Toyota Corolla. Then perfected my manual driving in the VW Bus. :)

My family had one of these as well, I can almost smell the vinyl :)

A 1973 Super Beetle was the first car I bought. I don't how many trips I made between Fort Meade and my home in Kentucky and back, but I bet it was close to 100. Once I put on radial tires it really could handle and brake better. The cool thing about the car was that I could take out the rear seat bottom and I made a wooded bike rack that could hold two bicycles. I had to let the car go at about 110,000 miles as the engine was on its last legs. It would have cost more to replace or rebuild the engine. Those air-cooled engines could not last forever due high engine heat. My mechanic said it was better to sell it and get something new, unfortunately I bought a 1978 Civic. I should have kept the Beetle, as I had more trouble with the Honda than the VW. I wish I had kept the VW.

I've been putting off fixing a dented fender on my squareback for months because it takes hours and a sledge hammer. Classic VW's are second to classic Volvos when it comes to strength and thats it.

I love my '73 Super Beetle. Nothing else like it. As long as they make parts for it, I'll keep driving it.

I tried a Beetle years ago. Surprising how many old cars have MUCH better shifters than modern manuals!

I only got to drive one of the 70's beetles once, but it was so much fun.

A friend of mine had one of these, it felt modern and more spacious with the bubble windshield. It had rock hard Konis, we crossed railways and saw something flew off from the front of the car. Looked like one of the headlamp chrome ring but it was lost anyway. When we arrived we checked the car, and the headlamp was off the bowl, just holding from the wires ready to fall on the road 😂👍. I'll always remember that one

What a wonderful drive in an iconic little car! The owner did a beautiful job on this true and detailed restoration. The sound we hear in this video is exactly the way it was back in the day of the ever willing air cooled engine. I believe the color is “clementine”. Enjoy this Wonderful VW!

@nbvolks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks William! I'm the owner. Clementine orange (L20D) was used up through the '71 model, and then they switched to "Brilliant Orange" (L20B). It's a subtle difference, but side by side, Clementine is just a little redder and a darker tint.

@williamscheuer5933

2 жыл бұрын

@@nbvolks I commend you for doing justice to this car. I do the same with my restorations, my ‘67 pearl white westfalia and almost done with my mom’s ‘73 412 wagon in maya gold metallic. Yep, you are correct on your paint. I was guessing when I posted…but the colors are close.

Every previous owner talks about the car even decades later and enthusiastically talks about it. I'll probably never rave about my first car 30 years from now, the Peugeot 106, which didn't even officially exist in America. 🙈😂 My mother's first car was also a VW Beetle here in Germany and she still talks about the car. She drove it from 1973-1981 and only gave it up when there were more holes than sheet metal left, thanks to rust. One quirk of the car was that the heating didn't work reliably in the winter, but did in the summer and how much she simply loved the car in contrast to the Ford Escort that my father drove at the time. My uncle had a very serious accident at work in the depths of winter and was brought to a specialized hospital 160 miles away and he stayed there for months, fighting to survive (btw he survived paraplegic). My mother was the oldest of the siblings and was the only one with a driver's license in her family and every Friday she took off work at noon and drove to Hamburg with her mother and two sisters and a trunk full of luggage, the car had never let her down despite temperatures below -5F and high snowpacks.

I had a 1969 Beetle (in 1984). I drove it from Boston to Denver, 2000 miles. A couple issues; blew a tire in Iowa, fuel pump broke in Nebraska, rusted floopans, heat couldn't be shut off (hot in the Midwest!), running board fell off in Denver but I fixed everything and the car made it!!

I own a '73 Super Beetle, my grandfather gave it to me, and I absolutely love it. I really enjoyed you driving it and making a video of it, you nailed it when it comes to describing the Super Beetle. Nowadays I can't drive it anymore since there are Emissions Restrictions in Barcelona, for now I'm only able to drive it on the weekends, (and from 8pm to 7am everyday) but in 3 years, I won't be able to drive it at all, which makes me sad.

@ToyKingWonder

2 жыл бұрын

Then start voting in people who think like you. Enjoy your power grid failures when they are overloaded trying to charge up all the idiotic electric cars.

@jacobfleming565

2 жыл бұрын

Why is that? That sounds like a stupid law. Where I am I can drive any car without issues. Cops don't care about registration as long as they know it's yours

@Btbtbt-db6dg

Жыл бұрын

Move out in the sticks. Cities are crap.

@lukasg4807

Жыл бұрын

They don't have exceptions for classic car???

@Addison0526

Жыл бұрын

It can't be grandfathered in so to speak? It was built 50 years ago...

I had a 68'. Still miss it. All happiness until the old hoses left me stranded with no gas🤣. Some duct tape, maybe some wire, oil and imagination was all you needed to make it anywhere you wanted, and all the buddies you make with a "Vocho"❤

had a 72 super beetle (flat screen) orange ...loved it !

I can smell that interior through the internet.

@nbvolks

2 жыл бұрын

😄😄😄😄 It's so true! Vinyl + coconut fiber-horse hair seat padding = THE Beetle smell!

I have an orange 74 standard Beetle(and I'm also from Massachusetts). They are fun to drive. They're especially fun on back roads.

Im 63 years old. My first car was a 70 bug. I need another one.

this second dream car wow such iconic car 🌋

One of the greatest Volkswagen cars We must Respect this car

Dude the sound the doors make when closing its soul filling

This is my dream car. I will own and drive a VW Beetle one day. 🥰

Compared to my Dad's old 1959 and 1965 Beetles that are long gone now, this 1974 Super Beetle seems to be very high end. Cool.

I think most americans are not aware, how predominant this car was in germany. My grandpas first car was a Käfer in 1958, both of my parents had one as a first car in the late 80s, and my grandparents used to have a tuned convertible Käfer to drive besides my grandpas golden 500 SEL lol.

I had a 72 and 74 Super Beetle. Loved both and wish I still had them around.

My favorite car was my first car, the family's 1956 VW Convertible that my father bought in Germany. I drove it for 12 years until I no longer could get parts or any intelligent mechanic to service the car... it was a very sad day when I had to sell the car in 1986. Yes, the car was grossly underpowered, it had the notorious suspension tuck if you took a corner too fast, the wipers wiped at a glacial slow speed, and the heater only put out heat on a hot day. But on the other-hand with the thick rubber on the polyester tires it rode actually better than my two Prius's, the visibility was actually pretty good, I could carry five in a pinch (the convertible had lots more head room than the sedan), the tube-type radio had a warm mellow sound from a large center speaker (not available on new VWs including the Super Beetles), and the car had a secret fuel reserve tank. Because the engine was rebuilt in the 1970s, I had the heavy rubber firewall insulation made for the Super Beetle so the engine noise was muted more like a modern Subaru. I miss old cars from the 50s and 60s for each model had a distinct identity - one could say that Joe Blow had a Plymouth, or a Ford, or a Datsun, or an Edsel --- the styling doesn't look like that it came from the same mold that all SUVs seem to be made from.

My mom bought a Beetle brand new back in the day. She said she loved that car and it had excellent traction in the snow. She said she'd pass much bigger cars with V8's that were stuck in the snow. Unfortunately a pickup truck hit her and climbed on top of it and totalled it. My mom was completely fine though. She was coming back from the grocery store and had a jar of tomato sauce fly up and bust all over her. She said when the paramedics arrived they were shocked because they thought she was covered in blood until they got a closer look lol.

You can tell by the sound that that car is running great.

I have a VW Beetle from México which my dad drove from Pue, MX to IN, US and it's still here in our house it's been chilling in our garage an sinc we started building a bathroom in our garage the VW beetle has been taking in more sun

Nice vid. Can I just add that my 1973 1303s is never happier than when out on the highway....Don't be scared 😁

Thanks for this. I had a 73 super beetle when I was 16 and I beat that car to 💩 and couldn’t kill it. Other than freezing to death in winter I couldn’t get that little thing stuck. It was like a tank. I ran it out of oil at least 10 times. Dump a couple quarts of the old used looking dollar general oil in it and fired right back up. Truly a car I regret ever getting rid of

I purchased pretty much the same car, same colour in 1971. In 1972 VW issued the limited edition Weltmeister Beetle in silver blue metallic with sculptured wheels, so I part-exchanged the orange Beetle and bought a Weltmeister. Fabulous car. Later, I had it souped up by Oettinger.

My biological father had several VWs when I was small. Squarebacks and Beetles. My father told me that back in the 60's, The Beetle was pretty much it for cheap, reliable transportation. Eventually, my father sold his Beetle at a Lemon Lot near his job as federal employee and got a Nissan Sentra. Nice car, but no soul and otherwise forgettable. The sputter of the engine and all of the rattles give character to a Beetles. Mechanically, they could go for almost forever with regular maintenance. The problem is that many Beetles rusted out because they were made before rustproofing was widespread in cars. I still miss my father's Bug.

I am glad you mentioned the differences between the regular Beetle and the Super Beetle. Majority of people don’t have a clue.

I had a dark blue 1966 1300 beetle which was 6 volt. I loved it. The fuel gauge didn't work, so I had to use a stick to dip the tank which was under the hood at the front. In all the cold winters it never failed to start. I loved the skeletonized ignition key.

Got my first car last year for my 16th birthday and it's everything I could have ever wanted. An adorable, white, '92 Volkswagen Beetle from Puebla, Mexico with most of its original parts. It's been heavily modified as it has a new stereo system and a new steering wheel (kinda funny to look at cuz it's a Mercedes steering wheel) but aside from that, it's all there. I absolutely love to drive it and you are 100% correct when you say that it's 1. Inspiring to drive and oozes confidence and 2. Where most people learn to drive manual. I love my Beetle and it will definitely be my firstborn's first car!

@Beautifuldifferencemaker

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh I’m so happy for you! This is so lovely

I drove a 1972 Super Beetle from Binghamton to Syracuse 44 years ago when attending orientation at Syracuse University, and it drove like a champ both in the city and on I-81!!! Truly a fine car!!!

That is the NICEST original Beetle I have EVER seen! An easy $50,000 Beetle..

I had a '67 Bug and had so much fun working on it and driving it. This "74 Super Beetle s a far cry from the early ones.

Love my 74 super slowly restoring it. In between adding parts at least I have got enjoy driving it.

What a beauty and thanks for taking us for a ride in this beautiful Autumns time of last year.

Beautiful car! Thank for ensuring that the revs of the engine and the whine of the transmission could be heard clearly. t takes me back to my high school years, driving a 1979 triple white cabriolet. That is the one to have, if you can afford about $100K nowadays! The sound was music to my ears. Thank you so much!!!

The first car in my family that I remember was a 1200 "normal" Beetle. As a little child and sitting on the baby seat, due to the curve of the roof I could easily see the world from the rear window. I mostly saw trees and large and high advertising signs. I perfectly remember that I could recognize the last turn before arriving home from a certain advertising sign (couldn't read it but could obviously recognise it). I was three years old, I went to the new house when I was 3 years and 3 months, so all those recollections are before that. I could also see outside from the sides but not well, basically I could see tall buildings and I could see well on steep downhills (the new house is on a steep downhill, I write from there) the road in front of the car, but not really well on the sides. I remember awful trips on mountain roads on the rear baby seat of the Beetle, made you feel you wanted to throw off. Thinking about it now, magic car, I dreamt about being grown up and able to drive a Maggiolino (the "Beetle" in Italian). A few years later, after an inconsequential road accident at low speed (I "flew" on the front seats near the gear lever) dad bought a second-hand Ford Taunus 15m TS 2-doors, which could more easily accommodate three adults (we had a "nanny") and three children. Beetles remained decently successful in Italy considering they were foreign cars, but the "super Beetle" was known to be very thirsty, which spelled its end during the oil crisis in 1974. As a side note, my father told me much later that it was out of question that my Granddad's FIAT 1100 was a better car than his 1200 Beetle. The Beetle was seen as a relatively cheap reliable car, but the 1100 was much sportier and much more fun to drive, and much better when you had to overcome one of those slow trucks.

Pretty sure Adolf’s beetle was called a KDF Wagen. Same argument was heard against Japanese vehicles was heard loud and often when they went on sale in the US. Thanks for the video. Cheers.

@thearousedeunuch

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was. The company changed its name after the war, as did the city where the cars were built (if memory serves me right).

I bought a slightly used 74 Super Beetle when I got out of the Army in early 1977. It was so clean and ran great and believe it or not it never leaked a drop of oil. The only VW I've owned that I can say that about. Wonderful memories from that car and those years. I sold it about 4 years later and still want to kick my own butt for doing it!

Brings back lots of memories. I had a '74 Superbeetle exactly like that back in the early 2000's except mine was Marina Blue (light blue). Mine wasn't nearly in as good condition. Fun little car, I miss it sometimes. I'm surprised they left the EGR valve on. That was the last year before VW put in fuel injection and catalytic converters, you can tell 1975 and later at a distance by the single tailpipe.

My mother had one in off white. I remembered it when I was 4 years old climbing all the way back of the car. When I was 10 years old a neighbor had one in blue. I remembered riding in the back seat of the car. I liked the newer Beetles from the late 90’s to 2019.

I bought the exact same car in Bright Yellow to replace my Ford van when gas hit $0.45/gal! fyi, pretty easy to get rid of the steering play. It had an adjustable steering gear.

we spend a decade in this car as 3 friend, travelled long long distances visited different cities. used it on daily basis. had no issue with the car, never broke. my firend was the first owner of this car. his father i mean, 1974 his father bought brand new, son used it untill UNI finished, now my friends sister has it car keeps going with no issue, FYI; the car is used in a very hot climate, air cooled engine had no issue what so ever. legend car!

I have one 1300 from 1969. 100% Original Parts.

Love my Beetles.....My first car was a red ‘65 Convertible, then a white ‘67 (that was a bomb!), then my first new car was a 1975 Le Grande Bug in metallic Blue. They stopped making or importing regular production Superbeetles after 1974, so this beautifully restored orange Bug was the last year for the SuperBeetle. The Le Grande Bug was a special edition and came with fuel injection, rack and pinion steering, rosewood dash, sunroof, corduroy upholstery, and a Blauplunkt am/fm stereo 8-track player. Deeeee-luxe! Drove it from Vancouver down to Mexico, then all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. Not one problem, it was great on the highway, would cruise all day at 81mph. The owner’s manual even said, top AND cruising speed - 81mph! I had a bunch of VW Bugs and others after that, a 64, an orange ‘74 just like this one, but with the automatic stickshift. Would love to get my hands on an original in good shape or a restored bug like this one. Thanks ! Great video.

This is the car I learned to drive stick on, you simply can't kill the car. Nice video!

My brand new 1974 Super Beetle went through 2 carberators in 2 years. I got rid of it and got an unmarked VA. state pollce Grand Fury. Never had a problem. Right now I have a 1984 diesel 5 speed Jetta with A/C. No problem.

Ahhh, make it a white beetle and I'm back in my younger years with my daddy at the wheel. It was a great car!! Took us through the Alps, no problem at all on steep climbs. No overheating 😊

I had a 1974 Beetle, just not the super beetle. Ran great in snow with the engine over the rear wheels and as I recall a limited slip differential. The only time I got stuck in the snow was when the snow was higher than the bumpers. Winter driving the heater was not very good. The heat vent was on the floor about where the drivers left foot was. The shoe leather heated up and you felt like your foot was on fire. In really cold weather keeping the windshield deiced was not always successful. In the summer there was no air circulation below the side windows so air be across your upper body and from the waist down you were in a sauna. This design did not lend itself well to having air conditioning. You sit pretty much upright in the seat and was comfortable on a long drive. Made a number of 900 mile trips to and 900 miles back in it. Was built for the owner to do much of their own maintenance. You could easily lube the front suspension. There were some fittings that gave no access from the front of the car. Just pull out the spare tire and there were access panels that you released with a screwdriver to reach the fittings. The spare tire had a fitting on it's valve to provide air pressure to drive the windshield washer fluid. Being a horizontally opposed cylinders engine valve adjustment was critical. Due to it's design they would come out of adjustment letting the valve to be open too long. Aside from losing horsepower this could burn the valves. Every so many miles you changed the oil and adjusted the valves. Easy to do, took me 20 minutes to adjust the valves. An extremely practical and simply designed car.

This was fun! And yes, I learned stick on one with very same color.

Beetles were famous for being nearly indestructible, and they could float (at least for a lot longer than most cars). They were simple and fun, and easy to fix and maintain. They were cheap to buy, but had that famous German build quality so you knew it wasn’t a piece of crap. They were so famous for being reliable that there were jokes about it. In the famous 1973 comedy movie “Sleeper” the main character is cryogenically frozen in 1973 and wakes up 200 years later. He finds his Beetle parked where he left it, so he gets in and turns the key. Even after sitting for 200 years the car instantly started right up and he quickly drove away with no problem.

I had a 1973 Super Beetle in that exact color. Went through snow better than anything I’ve driven since. Lifted 4x4 included.

Tedward, I subscribed because I respect you for saying "Oh YES, I want more GT2 RS in my life" AND yet you appreciate the very real charms of '74 Beetle.

I had a 1973 Superbug "L". (1303) his name was Oscar and his colour was Dulon "Flipper Blue". Biggest mistake was selling him.

I drove a Super Beetle from Orange Beach, AL to Nivarre, FL. It drove smoother than my (new at the time), ‘91 Toyota pickup!

The 1600cc Beetle could easily go up to 80mph, so a long trip down the freeway is not out of question. My family used to drive it all the way fromn Germany to Spain - that´s a trip of 1,200 miles! Btw, the Volkswagen was originally named KdF-Wagen, Kdf standing for "Kraft durch Freude" or strength through joy.

I have one 74 made in Brazil, is quite different of this model. Yours,is modern… All original, belonged to a cousin of my mother. Its my sunday shinning car. I love it.

My first brand new car ..74 Super Beetle.. .. I put Swedish radials on it, Kadron Header, Hurst Click Shifter., Bosch 009 Ignition, Western Aluminum wheels, lightened flywheel, Hrads fly cut .028, Holley 2 Barrel, Craig Power Play 8 track w/4 Bose 901 speakers… couldn’t get any better times for me..

As a fellow Beetle owner (one that admittedly isn't reallly in the best condition).. this video has been very inspirational! I love that 1600!

I drove one of these coast to coast. No problem!

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Yeah, I drove mine all over the eastern half of the US and was perfectly comfortable. You just keep to the right lane and no worries.

I owned a 1969 Beetle and a 1973 Super Beetle. The 1969 Beetle had a swing arm rear suspension that would try to kill you when you drove it like you were a LeMans pro...lol. Trying to get the rear end suspension to not dig in and flip the back of the car over was the magic of young man's reflexes and stomping brakes and smashing on gas pedals. Not to mention the very bizarre front suspension trying to fold under the front of the car as you dug it into turns. Hey, no hate for the car, it was never designed to be driven like that. I actually rebuilt the engine in that car with new cylinder sleeves , pistons and rings and new cylinder heads.. What simple wonderful engine design. With exhaust heater boxes that treated you like you were in Aushwitz in the gas chamber. You have never been colder in the winter then in a VW Beetle going down the interstate at 70 with less then zero heat becuase the exhaust air boxes had to disconnected or the exhaust fumes would kill you. Still, I had a friend that had quality genuine VW new exhaust boxes that worked like a charm and he always had quality heat. The Brazilian aftermarket exhaust boxes were trash. The 1973 Super Beetle was different as it had a full independent rear suspension. But as it wore out the rear end of it ,it started doing all kinds of weird things. One day, I was only going 35 miles per hour in third gear, on a wet road, had great tires and everything . I was going around a rising left turn on ramp to a local road, the road was just slightly damp and the rear end of the car just let go, nice and easy and nothing I did would stop it from going around. I tried to accelerate through it but the car was not having that. I just gently eased off the gas in the slick , a no no in a Beetle or an old Porsche and let the back of the car come around and once in the grass, since it had slowed alot , I just applied the brakes and stopped the car safely. All of that said, I still love the true old school VW Beetles. They truly are cars for the people. Cheap to own ,operate and maintain and just great little cars. We will never see their like again. And to every person smart enough and driven enough to keep one of these legendary VW Beetles on the road and let me time travel with you as you sputter by ,with that perfectly running air cooled flat four happily singing it's perfect song , I thank you.

First generation Beetle ❤️ I'd buy one of those to poke around with in garage 🙂

It IS an easy car to drive. I was never a Beetle lover, I'm more about 2cv's, mini's and Renault 4's. But the first time I drove one it blew me away. It feels like something from the 80's, not from the 30's. Honestly impressive.

Watching this legend in my 65 old rusty ass bettle 🥲