Such a sad day. The demise of quality parts as well as cars. Would have loved a tour of an active factory making class cars. Thanks for sharing and have a great week.

@davidgenie-ci5zl

10 ай бұрын

I toured the FMC factory, making Bradley Fighting Vehicles. That was a sight to behold, Bradley's on an overhead conveyor. Giant milling machines, etc...

@mikek4708

10 ай бұрын

@@davidgenie-ci5zl Wow, that must have been amazing.Think I am just a sucker for manufacturing the old way in general. Thanks for reply have a great week.

@louiejonesponation

9 ай бұрын

@@mikek4708is your Beetle a 65 or 66?

@mikek4708

9 ай бұрын

Hi, In the UK, when I was younger ,we have a thing called class of 89. We undertook younger bugs and made them look older. It is actually a 74. But am so thrilled you feel it’s older. I even put older floor pans in. I suppose all VW fans have their own quirks which makes us all great. You take care.@@louiejonesponation

@louiejonesponation

9 ай бұрын

@@mikek4708 that’s actually really misleading (in a good way). Looking at the windows, I’m suggesting it was made to look like a 1965/66 model year Beetle. Where my family lives, there’s a 1971 Beetle made to look like a 1967 model year Beetle. One of my friend sent me a photo of a 1971 or 72 Beetle that was made to look like an Oval Bug. My Dad’s dream car is a 1957 Oval Bug, he could do something like that to his current Beetle (the one in my profile pic), but like me he is a VW Purist and cringes whenever he sees a heavily modified Bug (I’m even worse, I can’t stand None Air Cooled Engine Swaps).

VW beetle, the best car ever¡¡¡¡¡¡

@bngr_bngr

10 ай бұрын

It never evolved to keep up with safety and emissions requirements.

@davidgenie-ci5zl

10 ай бұрын

Actually the Bug evolved a great deal. The last Bugs were injected, catalytic converter equiped, and had many safety features added since it was first made.

@bngr_bngr

10 ай бұрын

@@davidgenie-ci5zl you mean seatbelts? We are not taking about the New Beetle which is not a Beetle.

@dave8599

10 ай бұрын

@@bngr_bngr Dished steering wheel collapsible steering column, brighter lights, more lights, dual circuit brakes, brake warning system, side impact protection, stronger bumpers and mounts, larger brakes, padded dash, high back seats, etc.... Lots of improvements for safety.

How cool would it be to have a few of these assembly line guys for our next restoration 😂!!

Kind of neat to think that the old Beetle was still in production when they brought out the new one

@Jmeon4eva

8 ай бұрын

Now think of this, the Golf was it's replacement.

Can't believe it's been 20 years.

@radeejarrar6521

10 ай бұрын

i couldnt believe they built this old 1930's design even after i was born. very few updates were made but if you saw a 1999 mexican bug on the road you would think it was actually built in 1971.

What a sad day!😢

Thankyou for sharing some awesome history!!

ese fue el día mas triste de toda la historia :,(

Could you imagine how fast you could knock one of these things out. Just Cal-looks and resto customs everywhere.

I would like to see the Air Cooled Beetle put back in production, so I can buy one!

Es cierto ya 20 años lo recuerdo muy bien ese año salí de la universidad y tuve mi último vocho

Beetle is always best car in all over the world i love beetle this is my childhood favourite 🚗 car i really miss you beetle

It has a crest cool I added one to my 63 last year wolvesburg crest 1962

Well I own 2 1970 bugs one July of 70 the other august & was wounding an appropriate day to celebrate there 53rd birthdays, now I know...

Its ashame everyone wants modern cars I'd like then to make the old bugs again unsure if they wud sell but still kool

I wish the classic Bug was completely open to manufacture world wide by any company (open source so to speak) and could be sold to it's core spec in the US. As something to provide a baseline economy car that nearly anyone could afford to own. All the extra stuff added to cars these days raise the costs to the point where new car ownership is out of reach for many.

Takes me hours to install a window...

What happened to the machinery equipment that made the parts and are there extra parts???

They went from the best beetle to the worst beetle in a few moments later

Were these later models still air cooled? Such an iconic car that stuck around for so long!

😢

VW betle

😢🚗😑

No primer dip tank?