The man is an ARTIST great job lucky mate

Keep us updated on the little bug! it's a cool car that needed rescuing!! bravo!!!

Engine, suspension, electrical, body, fabrication & welding, you, my good man, are the epitome of a Renaissance Man. I would say that I want to be like you when I grow up, but we're about the same age, and I fear it's too late for me, lol.

@luckysgarageshow

7 жыл бұрын

Its never to late ......lol

@mrolskul

7 жыл бұрын

MobileTechLucky Costa So true. Are you taking internship applications? I'm pretty handy, LOL.

Wow! Outstanding work Lucky. Love to see someone like you work. Trying to keep mouth shut and ears open and learn. Thanks for sharing!

Good job Lucky. I also appreciate the more frequent updates.

@luckysgarageshow

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watchin

@EDWARDTREVEY

7 жыл бұрын

Lucky thanks for starting your channel its so cool to see the guy behind the progress show us all the stuff that happens. Like the bug this is just plane old cool stuff!!! Thanks

Loving the channel. Videos getting with each new one. I just bought a replacement rear panel for my 1972 bmw 2002. Wish it was as easy as you make it dude! Awesome stuff.

Awesome job lucky love watching you work on the old timers keep em coming!

I love the attention to detail and the craftsmanship. Longer videos please.

Loving this channel! Great work!

You're awesome Lucky! One of the best Hot Rod Garage has! Love you! I so wish I had someone like you to help me.

Very nostalgic. Great vid

Nice to see the Hammer and Dolly in use!

you are the man lucky, keep up the good work

I use those panel clamps to hold things together for but welding, great for positioning everything prior.

Cool seeing you working on a Bug. I owned and wrenched on a bunch of them.

Have those same readers lol...Awesome work as always!

Lucky, I'm a BIG, literally big, lol 6'6, 350 lbs. fan of pretty much anything you work on, even though you're a Chevy guy, and I'm a Ford junky! Keep it comin, brother, and God Bless!

Subscribed. I like your no bullshit to showing the voodoo that you do so well.

awesome content, thanks for the hard work lucky

A fellow of many talents. Probably plays piano as well.

lucky you're the man keep up the vids. glad they are getting longer!

WOW that's amazing and really cool. I really like to watch your handiwork Lucky thanks!

Lucky, I am so glad I found your channel. Subscribed now! Go Go Lucky Skills!

It's great to see you have your own channel Lucky ! After many years working in the background, your own show/channel is perfect :)

Cheers Lucky, will have to find a copper bar. Seen the idea before, but I had forgotten about it.

Good job on bringing an old VW back from the dead.

This is a great video, thank you

Good job! Thinking about getting a VW 1303 for next winter :)

Nicely done Lucky.

It will be a beauty when you are done with it. Thats a neat air file.

hahaha, im in the process of doing this to my 67.. as usual awesome work lucky

Old asbestos hands lucky! Lol, buy some weld gloves!in Australia we call the scotchbrite wheels, seaweed wheels (for the super coarse ones!)if only welding was as simple as you make it look. Thanks for the vid.

I"m just happy to see someone else welding like me. Everyone laughs because I use two hands.

@rustyjeep2469

7 жыл бұрын

Jason Elser They laugh because you do it properly?

@JasonElser

7 жыл бұрын

It's all in fun. Us just giving each other a hard time. I have a lot of nerve damage in my arms from an accident. I have to use two hands just to hold things steady. I've almost had to give up using a stick welder.

@rustyjeep2469

7 жыл бұрын

Well, I have no nerve damage and still need to use two hands to make good MIG welds... I don't think I'd want to see the result of me trying to weld one handed, haha.

@mwilliamshs

6 жыл бұрын

I'm laughing because you used two apostrophes in I"m

Nice work man.

probably welded better than when it left the factory nice work Lucky

Watching this makes me miss my project car I sold off, to make room for my Mustang..but I still have another project in the back of my garage.

Nice work Lucky.

That's awesome Lucky.

Man that grinder sounds like a pissed off bee in fast forward mode. lol

Looking Good!

Just found you Lucky! Didn't know you had a channel! Keep the video's coming

I hate body work but, Lucky makes it look easy and fun.

Looks great Lucky

Nice work!

love the work! Hate it when people dont butweld panels. Ive got a 62 lovely cars

Lucky you are the man !

better than new. This works on really stressed out unibodies.. like old subarus with ten gears of AWD. Keeps it looking like origin..the weld seam is actually a beam. Changes suspension, steering feel.

The old dealers had a template that fit in the gas tank area. Made swapping a front clip a breeze.

Would sooo like to see that Bug w/ motorcycle fenders that move w/ the steering, or done up baha style. Keep up the good work Lucky!

Old school welder with no gloves. Bringing it back to life.

when you hammer on the dolly it looks and sounds just like benny hill slapping the small bald man on the head. great video thank you.

good work. this is your first video with a beginning, a middle and an end... unless I'm mistaken of course. keep it up!

I could use a guy like Lucky to help me out with the projects I'm over my head on.

Excellent man...thx!

I have to do this very same repair on my '70 Bug. Best video I've seen on this job. Thanks for the tips!

Looks good. Good to you saving a old Bug, their not as common as they use to be.

Love the vids. Please do a volks rod start to finish. Something that won't be done on HRG.

nice work

Lucky, love your work on HRG (you're part of the reason I pay for a MT subscription) and I'm doing this exact job on my Beetle project. Did you happen to get video of how you marked everything out before cutting? You skimmed over it but I'd love to see how you did it.

Something I need to do to one of my Bugs!

Using copper is good for welding as it soaks up heat & helps fill gaps, doesn't stick either.

Nice...subbed...

We like to see how to make the perfect line to cut !

Thanks Lucky.

very nice

I wished we could still find original examples on this end of the country not rusted to pieces. Is there a restoration planned, or just daily driver car after the repair? It would be cool to see a big bore kit and classic California street bug transformation.

Would of loved to see a video of cutting off the old front end.

Hay lucky good to see you working your magic we miss you guys on hot rod magazine are you coming back

Awesome work as always you make a young man like me look lazy!

Hey Lucky - love watching you and Tony - just found your youtube channel - Neat Have you ever put a magnet on each end of a chunk of angle iron and used it as a 3rd hand when working by yourself?

Sweet!

Love your work Lucky, even though I think beetles should be crushed.

@luckysgarageshow

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watchin

hey lucky great job teaching us! does choking up on your body hammer give you better control and less impact? thanx again.

Way 2 go Lucky !

when you are welding. i hear the fan slow down on the welder. is there any chance of you plugging in closer to the circuit breaker box an or using a much thicker extension cord to reduce voltage drop to the welder. nice work so far on the bug. one shop i worked in. they had a thick 220 extension cord for the stick welder. i got a plug for that and made a 120 outlet box just for the wire feed. not legal so i had to hide it in my tool box, but man did i get nice welds out of the 120 V wire feed.

HI lucky like the video my mate here in England has renegade beach buggy on a shortened 59 floorpan so it's tax and mot exempt needs a new floor pan think he is selling though. I like them but they are not really my bag . great for someone though.cheers.steve

Great work, I love aircooled and I love Lucky... well I don't love you like with harts and stuff but like... you know.

@luckysgarageshow

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watchin

Is this car going to get the full paint treatment?

The Trooper as ringtone? :D

Is the audio time-stretched on sped up parts? Funny sounding but much better than the Mickey Mouse on helium -style sound that normally is present on sped up video.

Lucky! Doing great work ... you need to update your video! Go 720p at least :o) Great looking Bug.

Thanks Lucky

Hey lucky i have a 93 f250xl 5.8lwindsor and I've been trying to figure out what to do to the exhaust. where I live there is no "air care" or smog check so.... what I've been trying to figure out is a good true dual exhaust with a cross over no cats with mufflers and exits on the passenger side in front of the tire(there's a fuel tank on the driver side so it all has to fit on passenger side). any suggestions would be very much appreciated. I've asked a few muffler shops around here and didn't seem to have a solution or just simply didn't want to do it.

Hot Rod Garage is better than Roadkill. Lucky is a Boss.

which came first the vw or the Pontiac on hrg? looks like the same technics.anyway love your work man!

@wyattrowe8396

7 жыл бұрын

chopfather 2 The lemans was way earlier.

Those first couple tacks always make me nervous.

Are you going to have a beer with the Hooligan guys?

happy this cute bug is in capable hands like yours. is it yours, mister Costa?

@colindraper1624

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your knowledge

Where did you get the front clip from? I need to get one and am looking for a good quality reproduction.

Hi, where do yuo got the apron ?

Why did you turn off the Iron Maiden?

Hey Lucky, if you ever want to make a demo video on how to weld in a new trunk pan on a 65 Tempest, I know where you can find one:-)

bring it to Hot Rod Garage! :)

You seem to do pretty good work. You might want to consider making a career of it. Well if you are into it enough.

What's your thoughts on the black coating that comes on the panels? Is it a true primer coat or just a paint coat to protect in shipping? I have never got a satisfactory answer about it. Obviously if it is not a true primer then no point painting on it as paint not properly bonded to panel? Some body guys say to remove it completely? Thank mate for great video by the way.

@luckysgarageshow

7 жыл бұрын

Andrew Wilson it's just to protect the part and will only last about a month in the sun and weather......

@andrewwilson8317

7 жыл бұрын

MobileTechLucky Costa Thanks for your advice,was told a long time ago that if you ask for advice then make sure it's good advice! So basically it's get the welding and shaping done and then back to clean bare metal and surface finish from there. Thanks mate.

@8172008

7 жыл бұрын

I worked 7 years in auto body repair and we never took the black 'paint' off--insurance didn't care to pay the extra labor hours :--((. And I hated getting it ready to prime. It never sanded easily at all. This was 1980 to '87. I don't even know if it was the same stuff or not back In those days. The best way to do it then was to take it off and spray it with DuPont's DP-40. That stuff was about the best out there, similar to what was on that MoPar drifter that Lucky and Tony did, for, was it Sema? BTW, I also worked 10 years at Tollycraft Yachts and we used DP-40 extensively in the paint shop :--))))))))))))))

@TheBrokenLife

7 жыл бұрын

What do you do with stuff like replacement doors where that stuff as been sprayed inside of all of the nooks and crannies? Won't solvents end up in the pinch welds and ruin the paint later? I've heard of that happening with cars that have been dipped with chemical stripper.

@wrdjr10gmail

7 жыл бұрын

The black coating is is called e coat and is electricity bonded to the metal . Almost all new panels are coated with e coat ...not for painting directly over talk with your paint supplier

Hey, I'm Lucky Costa and I'm here in my garage with the VW Beetle. But you know what better than VW Bettle? Knowledge.

Bug hoods are like a healthy pair of labia. The latch is where it's at, Kids.

What's the "3M Tool"? It doesn't look like a die grinder or an air drill. Is it something special just for rol-loc discs?

@davidwelsh829

7 жыл бұрын

the 3M tool appears to be a fancy die grinder, I want that other bad ass little guy. The belt sander thingy that looks like a mini chain saw. That fucking rocks. Great video Lucky, I hate bugs but I have to admit the ancient ones are kinda cool.

@TheBrokenLife

7 жыл бұрын

See, I know what the "belt sander thingy" is... It's called a Dynafile and they're unfortunately expensive (~$600). I think Harbor Freight has a cheap electric version and I think I've seen a Black and Decker version too. I will tell you the real ones are the shit. They're perfect for removing casting flash on odd shapes and smoothing welds on inside corners and such. Anyhow... If that's just a fancy die grinder then I guess I'm good without one. Like you, I do also want a Dynafile...

@rustyjeep2469

7 жыл бұрын

Maxwelhse Other companies make similar mini air belt sanders for a lot less, is there something special or different about the Dynafile to make it cost 4x more, other than build quality?

@TheBrokenLife

7 жыл бұрын

I don't really know. All I can tell you is that Dynafiles are insanely high quality. I used to work at a place that had them hanging next to the sandblast booths (which is an obviously horrible environment for air tools) and as far as I know they had been there for decades and in very heavy use every day of their lives. What you couldn't quickly blast off you'd open the cabinet and hit with the 'file. They were covered in blasting media dust. For me, I'd probably just get the real deal because I know that would be the last time I'd have to worry about buying one and I've been wanting one for about 20 years now... Before I start another restoration project I'll probably own one.

Do you own the bug now? I didn't catch it if you bought it.

will a cheap wire feed work or do you need a nice one?

@luckysgarageshow

7 жыл бұрын

Cheap works night is better. Thanks for watchin