Beetles got fuel injection in 1975. Fastback and Squarebacks had fuel injection in the late 60's

I owned a 78 Super Beetle. Don't remember what the fuel injection looked like but, if I remember correctly, it was throttle body so, it has something resembling a carburetor. The no start issue could be the battery was too weak even though it had power. I'd get it and call Mustie1, he knows damn near EVERYTHING about VW's. He would have it running in like 2 minutes as long as it had fuel pressure. Would love to see the Beetle revived. The convertibles are quite the collector item in the VW community. You could maybe even sell it to Mustie, I'm sure he'd be very interested. JMO. One other thing, the car with the miss, not the Infinity but the other one, could be a coil. My van LOVES to get a miss every 3 years or so, it's old but, NEVER throws a check engine light. I could be wrong but, worth checking out. Good luck Randy!

From the prices I'm looking at, the beetle is worth $4 grand all day as it sits not running. If you can get it for a few grand or less, I'd say it would make a great long term vlog project, or short term depending on how you want to approach it. Every single part for this bug is available after market which makes it easy to refurbish or rebuild. Be interesting for sure! 👍✌

@CupwakeRBLX

2 жыл бұрын

I’m thinking about picking it up and restoring it for my dad. He’s always wanted a convertible beetle and I think he would love a super beetle.

@TOM-C.

2 жыл бұрын

@@CupwakeRBLX If you do, are you going to post the refurb? I'll sign up to your channel if so. It would be a great project to get your channel rolling if that's a goal. Or, for posterity, either way it would be interesting, and I don't recall seeing one rebuilt on KZread.👍✌

@CupwakeRBLX

2 жыл бұрын

TOM C. Idrk, I might.

@lancehigdon8683

2 жыл бұрын

Backseat

WOOOW!! A ratchet strap for a motor mount!! It's "Bubba~fied" That's wild as hell. I've ran a car off the washer fluid bottle to get home, but nothing as ratchet as that! Great content!

@matthewdarrylsutton7235

2 жыл бұрын

Wow

The light flashing on the cr-v is: Brake press You must press the brake pedal before activating the electric parking brake or automatic brake hold. If the indicator blinks, automatic brake hold is canceled during operation. Immediately press the brake pedal.

The Bug is definitely worth getting . It doesn't matter about damage , you can buy so many new and second hand parts for these . Here in the UK you can literally buy all the parts to rebuild a full one . Must be the same over there .

The beetle would be a fun one to transform! Plenty of mechanical parts available for these.

@leebryant5443

2 жыл бұрын

The biggest thing you need to watch on the beetle convertible is to check the floor pans they tend to rust out and that’s the strength of the car

Randy if you are going to mess with Beatle bugs you need to watch more MUSTIE 1 !!! he is the master on them !

Bug is totally worthy of saving

@95617

2 жыл бұрын

Yup can make some money on it

@AverageBud

2 жыл бұрын

@@h.v.g7882 I have a 73 Super beetle I got in 2018 for 4K that was in a little bit better shape it has nearly tripled in value from what I have read. Been a good little fun car.

The Beetle Convertibles are appreciating in value; especially the older ones.If you can get it cheap, it would be something that would appreciate un value over time. This one looks a little rough, but if it’s structurally ok it could be worthwhile.

Buy the beetle randy! They're in demand and very easy to work on.

Good Morning My Good Little Bro Randy Lee Shear Of Auto Auction Rebuilds

I put a 350 Oldsmobile engine in an 84 Buick regal coupe had the motor mount stools on the engine but not bolted or welded to the frame of the car, drove like that for years with no problems

Pull the trunk and check rear body panel and trunk floor pop the hood check ur jambs it will clue u in to mayhem measure wheel base with a tape measure

I can tell you not to mess with that Q50. The funnel, and the smoke coming out the exhaust leads me to believe the turbos are bad, or going bad. And the seals are leaking dumping oil into the engine.

@lukeheffernan

2 жыл бұрын

I could be wrong, but I think that model is naturally aspirated. Definitely could be seals or head gasket though.

@jerryl10000

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukeheffernan You’re right, it is the naturally aspirated model as it has the 3.7L engine.

I believe the battery was too weak to turn the starter, but strong enough to operate the door ajar buzzer. Could have hooked up your jump pack and see what it would do.

Get that beetle running sir I'd love to see you work on an old vw bug

@robertj2

2 жыл бұрын

Love to have that VW.

You should have thrown the booster pack on the Beetle. You can see the wipers slightly move so that battery was probably dead

Definitely that Bug is worth saving. Had a friend who had one and if I remember correctly he would have to put it in gear to start. Not sure if it was just his or not that did that. I say Let's Get The Bug!

O love the Super Beetle!A friend got one as a birthday present our senior year in high school.A/C!

Oh man! If you don't buy this Bettle Bug, I'll buy it. I really love Bettle Bugs, my friend.

Hey Randy, I Bet That ‘77 Beetle Runs Like A Top, The Starter Solenoid’s Under The Other Part Of The Seat.. Get It, It’ll Make Great Content Man!!

i think the VW would be great content for everyone, get it running and drive it around maybe even get it repainted

Yes go for it Randy. Please get that old school herbee.

Auto Auction Rebuilds try and jump it from the the starter with your jumper pack then if it runs buy it

I like the VW never seen you do a beetle Volkswagen like that I think it'd be pretty cool you never had one of those on your Channel truck driver Lonnie out here in California Keep On Truckin

3.3 Nissan - It's a runner. You detail out that Xterra and do the valve cover gaskets, and you're $3k all day long.

My dad had a 78 Volkswagen van with a 2.0 fuel injected engine in the rear.......that thing would run 70 all day long with that engine in it.....have fun out there....😁

I had a 1973 vw and the engine went I put 911 turbo engine in it and was a lot of fun but you have to make some modifications lol

YES to the super beetle!

Randy: I do think that the Nissan Xterra Xe will be an excellent automotive repair lesson; if I were you, I would buy it.

@Rockk12

2 жыл бұрын

If you dont mind blown head gaskets lol. Been there

Randy on deck love how u talk man makes me laugh 😅

and you could’ve tried jumping the beetle, it was obviously low battery by the wipers wiping slowly

If you check the NICB vincheck for those total loss clean titles, I'm willing to bet they'll still come up as a total loss there. Just not reflected on the actual title. That's at least how it will happen in Texas on totaled newer vehicles that are borderline

@arthurkabian9301

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Stephen, do you know if these cars will maintain a clean title regardless the total loss record on Nicb?

The Beetle was cute Randy but finding parts for it might be rough. I always wanted a Beetle and the closest I ever came to one I rented a car and I told them I wanted a car that was easy on gas. I got my wish. A purple Beetle and it was so much fun !

@steve-ph9yg

2 жыл бұрын

The parts are readily available and for information Mustie1 is a big VW guy.

When you were looking for the battery I was talking to my phone screen “ back seat “ lol

The Honda has been parked so close to something and the collision assist is kicking in lol

Like that Beetle. Could be fun to see if you can get it running and cleaned up some.

just because you have a little bit of a buzzer when you turn the key and the ignition doesn't mean the battery is powerful enough to start it sounds that would have hooked the jumper pack to it and try it that way

Hello Randy. The Infinity Q305 is a nice car. The rest of the cars and trucks are awesome.

Thanks for the continued content and consistent uploads! I love watching your videos before bed, it’s fun to see all the different things you find at these yards, and you always find ways to keep it entertaining. It’s a nice break from this crazy world we live in nowadays. Way over here in NH we don’t have anything really like these so this is really cool. Keep up the good work and good luck with all your projects!

I would love the Bug. Super easy to work on

The Super Beetles are worth a lot of money, they are bringing crazy prices right now!

Hi Randy I have always liked Volkswagen beetles it would make a good fixer upper. Hope you are having a great day. Thank you for another great video. 😀❤🇨🇦

I consider Beetle to be the best designed car. The restoration may be expensive but then sometimes it's worth it

The Infiniti Q50S 🔥🔥🔥❤️ you can do so much with those Infiniti’s it’s crazy have one myself and absolutely love it

this beetle is a speciale series. Only 1000 where made for dealers if they did sell a lot of VW's. Yhis serie with both gold lines on the side of the doors is a triple white beetle. This serie was made because of the 1 miljon production of the Golf1. You will ever find a lot of them. The paint is still original and yes it was fuelinjection.

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The A/C on old Nissan do work you have to let them warm up 😂 but you have to turn on A/C and circulate and wait until it hot up because sometimes it takes time lol

Infinity has blown check engine light bulb. Bug battery under back is rust prone spot. If you sold the bug in socal or Arizona, Huge following there.

Yes

Hi Randy Beetle all right look one from Herbie from the movie if seen that movie

Get the beetle! Really super cool vdub.

i had a 76 bug it had fuel injection....

Randy, you are soo funny watching the video with the Super Beetle. all of your comments about it. my wife came into my media room asking me what was so funny? I told her!!

I want to see a Honda 2000 CRV

When you opened the hood with ratchet strap motor the words that came to mind was (WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK) Meanwhile I questioned the previous owners sanity and intelligence!

Did I hear that Beatle singing!" love love me do!

The Beetle will be a good content for the channel!

That 78 be fun to see

Randy that was a Chili seat, good video.

The bug is a cool little car I'd be into that

Always enjoy your walk arounds Randy and I like the fact u show respect when finding a door open u take the time to shut it and u show respect generally when looking at a car a lot don’t bother :) it’s a shame u don’t sell to the general public as I’m in the market for one of those bmw convertibles that u have and I’d rather put the money in the pocket of someone like u than a selfish car dealer or private seller

Yes get the x Tera , love it

I have a 02 SuperCharged Xterra like that one and its been a great solid truck, just very gas hungry.

One thing I do want to buy a used car while running I pull the oil cap and check for back pressure

The rear plastic bumper guard,is more than likely hiding the rear damage!!

IIRC Beetles of that era had a mandatory seat belt. If it is latched you have to unlatch and re-latch before the car would start. I think all convertibles were built of Super Beetles.

THAT 2021 TOYOTA TACOMA IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT PROBABLY IT WILL GO TO 16K OR MAYBE LESS YOU NEVER KNOW SWAP THE FRAME AND ALL THE PROBLEMS WILL BE FIX

I've had a 2004 Xterra, same setup as that one. FYI that Service Engine Soon light in the Xterra is the camshaft position sensor. It sits in the valley of the engine and over time the connection deteriorates, usually around 120k+. It is still driveable for a while but it will run very rich and eventually foul the O2 sensors and catalytic converter. I drove mine with that issue for about 45k miles until the cat went bad and stunk too much to drive.

One thing about those xterras , the trans cooling tank in radiator have been known to fail and end up getting coolant in the atf ( which will kill the trans ) . Had it happen to an xterra at an auction I worked at , nasty mess .

I said oh my god the same time you did on that Nissan Murano 😂😂

The Camry next to the Tacoma looks good. Not sure about the front end. Also, the Corolla on the other side looks good.

Super beetle YES

Hi Randy!

Keep up what your doing i love it god bless you and family

buy that beetle, awesome content!!!

Infinity started beatboxing

The VW Bug reminds me of Huey Hoggs bug in the original Dukes of Hazzard all its missing is the big ole horns like Boss Hoggs Cadillac

Beetle had a front-end collision, hence the damage on the hood, and if you look carefully the right front hood shock is partly collapsed, closer to body on that side. Convertible Supers CAN be worth saving, but this one is awfully rough to try. Will be easy to get running, but if you aren't interested in doing paint and a top, what is the point? $1.5K max, IMHO

@CupwakeRBLX

2 жыл бұрын

I’m thinking about picking it up and saving it. My dad has always wanted a convertible beetle and I think he would love that once I give it a paint job and clean it up and get it running.

@CR7659

2 жыл бұрын

"rough" you don't work on cars much do you? I watched a guy on another channel drag a bug out of a junkyard where it sat so long it just about split in half pulling on it. compared to that this is mint, in need of paint and wiring or not.

@fahrfromrunnin

2 жыл бұрын

@@CR7659, often. Been in VWs and other German cars for 30 years, sold German parts exclusively for 8. There are Better examples for the money they asked, in My opinion. To each his own.

@CR7659

2 жыл бұрын

It's an auction, it gets bid on

@mexicanspec

2 жыл бұрын

This really needs to go to somebody who will take it completely apart and make it new again. They are bringing strong money on Bring A Trailer.

The strap on the nissans engine 😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀

get it running.

Thank you. Enjoy with Your video is beautiful

It probably was a fuel injection and they went to a carb it's probably a pic34 carb with a empi air filter. Ua I had a few bugs lol. The oem efi was trouble some back then. Don't forget to check the antifreeze

The 1979 was the last year that the air cooled Beetle Convertible was imported into US so that little 1978 was near the end of its line in the US - it may have been a triple white Wolfsburg Edition. That little car would make some interesting content.

Randy, I'm interested in the Super Beetle. Please bid on it.

Huge Fan

Valve cover gaskets and tune up on Nissan 6500 here all day long

3.3 by is a timing belt engine.

Yes, Volkswagen bid have an early fuel injection, but it’s easier to have a carburetor. Reliability and parts Availability

That’s a pott county special!!!

I really liked that last Nissan, and I’m no Nissan fan. That started up strong!

The VW had fuel injection in the early 70's. That carb is a conversion.

Randy; stay with what you know! Stay away from the bugs!

Do the beetle!

Yes to the bug

I had a rental Taco with the TRD package for a few months. Good truck, but not meant for a person 6'4".

If a car is misfiring after sitting for awhile and you turn it on, cycle the ignition off and back on. it will clear the misfire 99% of the time.

Yeah I like the little beetle. Cute! Love to see what you could you do it. Let’s face it, you’re way better off so far with this than the Swampvette and look what you did to that. 🙂

That BMW 745 looks so nice in that blue. I know it is a massive pile of junk but looks nice.