15 Year Old Drives To Her First Car Show! Bug-a-Paluza 

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Never apologize for not announcing events you personally attend. Especially when protecting your family from the few creeps that exist. Not only that but you and your family deserve to have an outing without being completely bombarded. Keep up the amazing work we the people love it.

Folks have respect for this family. Don’t go where you’re not invited.

Wawa is a GEM of child Sleeperdude , You have wonderful children, GREAT job raising them

It's so nice to see a family doing things together ! Best partis seeing the kids active and enjoying it ,not being zombies in front of video games and glued to phones . Great job Mom and Dad !!!

Come on people hit the 👍 it doesn't cost anything.

Congratulations wa your beetle looks awesome . You're are hard working an very respectful young woman you deserve everything that comes your way. Also alot of credit goes to mom and dad for raising 3 incredible children.

I don't blame you for not mentioning the VW CAR Show because you've got to seriously keep your family safe brother and that is the number one priority is keeping your family safe brother.

Maybe you can repurpose the ashtrays built into the back-seat side panels into charging ports. You can hard-wire USB plugs into the bottoms of the ashtrays. The panel would hide all the wiring. When you open the ashtray, you can see the plug, and when you close the ashtray, all is hidden and it looks stock.

My son took his Vespa to his first show to park beside me. Proud moment!

Love Wawa's comment about not wearing shoes and going barefoot like the hippies. Classic.

Thanks 4 Taking Me Along Guys ,God bless

Completely understandable as to why you didn't announce. Like Rory Irish said "you think you know us but we don't know you" very good point.

WaWa hangs on every word her Dad say`s when talking about and describing what he is about to do with such earnest in her eye`s. and Ralphie, has become such an Awesome Welder. These 3 kid`s have grown up so fast.

YAY!!! Great to see a Wawa VW build video, I love the car and the series on it ❤

Nice job WA! Josh and Tosh never apologize for putting your families safety first.

Congratulations on getting that bug up and running with Wawa driving! The world needs more wonderful families like yours

Great video guys. I want to thank you for sharing your lives with us. I am facing the worst times of my life, and may potentially be homeless soon. Which means no more internet to watch Sleeperdude. I grew up in an abusive home, with an extremely dysfunctional family. Watching your videos has given me exposure to what a family that loves one another looks like. Josh and Marge, you're awesome parents, and your kids are wonderful. So thank you for allowing me to be a part of your family via the digital world. I will be forever grateful..... ❤️❤️

I know I said this before ,but I love the way you do things as a family

I am a VW expert I used to rebuild VW's in Germany when I was in the Army and I own one that is a 1973 Super Beetle. It has integrated in the rear floor behind the rear seat upper bar just in front of the stamped serial number a 1975 Porsche Turbo Carrera Engine and Transmission running gear and floor. and the car was built by a F-1 former European car racing company. I was sponsored by Aral, VW, Porsche and ESSO. It looks like a normal 73 Super Beetle but runs like a Jet on Steroids. It is a Twin Turbo with A/C. Back seat is almost nil and the car was widened in the rear below the glass to fit it all. When in my early years as a NASCAR Engine inspector before the Races I got to run it 10 laps on Talladega and on the 10th lap 203 mph which matched the Nurnberg Ring in Germany on top speed. It was my daily driver for years. I completed my contract while in the Army with my sponsors. Herbie 2 is still in the Garage and is my shopping cart. Car is one of a kind. Top Rpm based on the spec's is 8900 but you cannot burn rubber or it will crush the clutch and you then have to do a complete disassembly and very expensive. Whole car was modified to the max for safety. It has a growl and sounds like a Formula one when you take off. Best 1/4 mile without burning rubber was 8.9 at 152 and still climbing. I beat the Little Red Wagon and some other famous racers in my day. It was in several magazines in Europe and USA. The car runs on Airplane gas 100LL or 92 or 93 Octane with an additive. I used to drive it to the Track and Home no trailer. I have put about 70,000 miles on it over the years and I use Slick 50 since it came out and Pennzoil 30 HD. Car is in Great shape. One thing I can tell you about your VW is you need to Clean the oil Cooler or replace it since debris fill up the cooling coils over time. That is just for safety. Sorry for the long story but a true one. Serial number if the car is 1332921268. I made it from Fort Hood once with the Wife and 2 Kittys in 3 hours and 10 minutes which included 3 stops for gas to Shreveport. I scared my wife who is German to death. No idea why I did that. I did install a parachute on the rear or safety about 15 years ago. Never used it YET. Not kidding you here. There are faster VWs out there now but I have a Gem. OLD TIMER like Me. Good video, Thank you and by my House there are 2 Dollar Gentrals within 2 miles of each other. Red Neck Country. BTW I paid $3000.00 for those 10 Laps at Talladega. Car does not meet the safety regulations now for any racing but it does have a built in Steel Roll Cage.

I swear, watching Josh and WaWa in the garage is like watching my dad and I 35 years ago! Fast forward to now, my dad is 80 and I’m 50, and we are putting new shocks on my 32’ Class A Motorhome!! Some things never change!! WaWa, you’ll remember this time with your dad forever! I know I do with my daddy!! ❤

WAWA Bug is coming along great. Geterdunson. God bless your Family.

Oh Wawa is getting posh in her VW. All the new parts she collected together will keep the Beetle looking nice for years. Great video 2x👍

Came in from working on a lawn mower and got my Sleeperdude fix for the week. You being a middle TN boy, I'm sure you'll remember this: "Earl Sheib, we'll paint any car for $199.00." Y'all have a great week.

The Vintage VW community is the best there is. Ive been rebuilding cars for 35 years and Vintage VWs have always been the easiest to find information on.

That WAWA is ADORABLE!

Got my pizza and Buffalo Wings and I’m ready to be entertained! Sleeperdude = Saturday morning cartoons for adults! ❤

I just love watching Wawa drive. She’s the perfect student. She’s always looking straight ahead, has her hands firmly on the steering wheel and listens to what Josh tells her to do. She isn’t one of those young drivers who thinks they know everything. I’m sure she’ll be a great and safe driver once she gets her full license. It’s so refreshing to see a young driver learn how to use a stick shift. So few people these days know how to drive with a manual transmission.

Anyone that has spent anytime watching these videos should know your first priority is family first !

I think in the first couple of minutes there was 200 views with 167 likes, goes to show how much your audience loves your content. Ellie was great

Watching Sleeperdude88 at work. It'll make the day go by a lot faster. Keep it up sleeper family

Ellie is such a great supervisor. She has confidence in you and lets you go at it. She doesn't "over-inspect" like Rocky does. I guess each supervisor has their own way of doing things. It was great to hear Squeezie say the bumpers were shiny and she approved of them. :) You did a lot of work in a short amount of time. I am so glad you got to enjoy the event, it looks like a lot of fun!

Wawa is a very intelligent get up and go person. She has a great personality and will do great things in life. I know you are very proud of her as we all are. Can’t wait to see the future of you all.

Awesome! 👌 If families modeled themselves after ya'll, there'd be way less problems in the world.

Good job Wa. The beginning of mastering the lifelong skill and privilege of driving. Your lucky to have a dad like you have that loves driving and is a great teacher. You guys rock

Josh if you where to receive a “world’s best dad” coffee mug on Father’s Day you are definitely a dad that would truly deserve it. Keep up the great work mate.

"We're not stompin' out a fire..." No truer words spoken.

I stopped doing an upgrade on my OBS F-150 just to watch Wawa and her VW. I'm so excited for her and her first car! My first driver vehicle was a 66 VW van and then a 70.

Fond memories of teaching my four kids to drive a stick shift. Including a few panic attacks while having to start out from a dead stop going up hill. What a great time to bond with an awesome young lady.

High idle: the metal tube were your throttle cable runs through the fan shroud, the tube has a stop on it where a spring goes to force the throttle back to idle.

I love how involved the whole family is with the builds. Wawa is my favorite because of her quirkiness.

I will never come to your house but your church popped up and I looked at the website. I can’t imagine how I would react if strangers showed up where I live with my kids. Sorry you’re having to deal with this.

Little Bug is coming along very Nicely ☺️ Thanks again for the Great content 😊

Am so proud of you WA WA. You are a blessed young lady to have a great family. Blessings from Texas.

Hooray! Wawa is hitting the streets and declaring 3rd gear as her happy place! Josh is a very patient teach, no surprise there! My dad instilled in me that its good to flick your eyes to the mirrors frequently so that you are aware of surroundings, especially when mom is driving on your tail! 😊 The bug show is the cutest thing ever! Some folks are incredibly talented and artistic. Seems like a very nice community.

Really cool to see the old VW come back to life and getting improved upon every time we see it! I've only ever had VW cars in my life, but never had a bug.

Good afternoon, I remember Wawa's first car show. She won the big trophy.

😂 I have to admit Sleeperdude looks super on the creepy on that new shirt. They did however capture reverse mullet perfectly.🤪 The Volkswagen show looked like a good time, way to go Wawa!

Ok dad, I think she's ready for a Hurst shifter now‼️ She drove like she was in an Oldsmobile 442 💪🏼🤟🏼😎

Hey saw our camper, bug and even us in your video! It was so good to meet you guys at the show.

The beetle is coming along really good!!! Wawa should get to vote on a finish/paint option, natural patina, OEM color repaint or my favorite, a custom fade!!!

When I had restored a few VWs, we joined a VW club that would do road rallies, swap meets/car shows, and other club activities! Lots of fun for the good weather people.

I can’t believe people actually show up at your home. It’s so disrespectful. You have to protect your family at all cost. We totally understand when you don’t announce where you’re going to be. The world is so crazy and scary. This is an awesome video. Congrats Wawa on your first car show. You’re first place to me. ❤❤❤

Congratulations Wawa.. she's a driver... 🎉

So, Mr. Dentpuller is "Freakin' you out"? That's hilarious!

You're kids are growing up! My youngest is graduating HS in 2 weeks. Don't blink, you'll miss it! Great video..

Nice restoring family! Im loving this VW stuff since my 1st car was a 64 black bug that came with a Hurst shifter, and a heavy duty race clutch. I added 68 high back bucket seats, oversized chrome exhaust tips (which deepened and loudened the tone...cheap too), and rear wheels got deep dish chrome and fat tires. Drove it few years, rebuilt the motor and sold it to a buddy, who sold it to another buddy. We loved that car!

thank you for bug outing, enjoyed the show, love the family vib, peace and god bless you guys.🎉🎉🎉🎉

27:49 probably the most solid floor pans I’ve seen in a bug.

I'm Brazilian and I also have a Vw Beetle, the Beetle was sold for over 40 years (until 1996) here and the VW Bus (Kombi here, until 2013!!!) for 56 years! So we still have many manufacturers of parts for these cars. Not always high quality pieces, but if you look hard enough you can find them. Great video, and congratulations to everyone!

Wawa, I was a hippie back in 70's. I wore beach sandals and lived on beach. Now retired counselor. Had 3 VW,s back then. Blue VW was covered in big vinyl flowers. Later a white VW had rack on top like yours. Watching y'alls video brought back sweet memories. Greeting from NC.( My 1st time watching ''Sleeperdude''.)😎

We can’t wait for Saturday best family show you can watch We have been watching since 2020

Josh readjust the valves on the little bug. Then retime the engine.. also check voltage to distributator while running. Electronic ignition needs constant 12 volts. Hope this helps.

Josh you have to be so proud of her. Way to go WaWa!!😊

The smile on waw waw is priceless you can see how exciting she was to drive the bug awesome

Now that you've been anointed you're going to be all about that air-cooled life. Let me give you a few tips so you don't have to learn the hard way like I did. Get a carbon monoxide detector. Install tail pipes on your stock Muffler they serve a purpose if nothing else car will be quieter. That's not a tow hook it's a tie-down hook for when they bring Beatles to the USA on board ships. If you're feeling a draft on your feet could be your trunk lid gasket. Air gets into the trunk compartment and come through various holes in the dash. A good running 1600 will take you anywhere you want to go but a good running 1776 will actually keep up with traffic. Love what you're doing don't change a thing and keep it between the mustard and the mayonnaise.

I had a 1966 crank out sunroof VW 1300 cc when I was Wawa age. Just watched the first few minutes and I am getting excited to see the add ons on her VW and the video clips of the car show...now back to the video. Looks like Wawa needs the left radio knob. I will try to locate one for you guys

A wonderful drivers ed teacher,Dad! Good job,young lady! Another great example of family togetherness and work ethic. Thank you for reminding folks what patience and caring for each other should look like! Keep up the good work, Sleepercrew!

Seeing all the bugs reminded me of growing up with everyone in the family having one.

It's about time WA's Bug gets tricked out. Woooo!

Yay Beetle video!!! Woo!!

Wawa is a nice young woman,. You did a great job raising her. If more young people were like her, I would worry less about the future.

Props to Josh teaching Wawa how to drive an amazing father, you did so well very polite and patient. Both of yours level of excitement was tremendously wonderful. Maked me happy seeing the two of y'all's enjoying yourselves

The emergency brake will need two cables and that little metal piece goes on that nub and to adjust it you would tighten it there. Look into getting a different carb, try a progressive webber 2 barrel they run like 250 or so but get the kit definitely more reliable that that solex carb. Love the video so far will have to send you guys pics of my 74.

1:43:47 of pure fun and enjoyment thanks sleeperdude family❤

Teaching Wa how to drive is making for her and you some sweet memories way to go Dad.

Proud parent moment you can see on his face and she's just over the moon! Y'all are doing great 💯

Woohoo another family video, I love ut. Good luck working on Wawa's first car! 🙏🙏🙏

С удовольствием смотрю ваш канал и подписан на канал давно. Хорошо, что у старшей дочки (у Wawa) появился собственный авто WV и будем наблюдать за ней! I am happy to watch your channel and have subscribed to the channel for a long time. It's good that the eldest daughter (Wawa) has her own WV car and we will watch her!

Thank you and the family for taking us on your adventures. I hope you all stay blessed.

Good letting her drive even when things aren’t right like the idle and stumbling. When things go wrong later on her own she won’t freak out.

I think the front of the car looked Sooooo..... much better without the fog lamps !

2:26 omg. Wa totally has Tosh’s attitude lol. I’m here for it. Strong women rock! 💪🏻

Oh Josh just about the time I have heard all of your hairbrained comments you surprise me. “That’s the craziest thing I have ever seen, and I’ve been to two county fairs”. LOVE IT!!!

I really appreciate you sharing this special moment. You must be a proud dad. God bless you all. Congrats Wawa.

Wow that jaws of life straightening tool is awesome 👍 and the WAWA Eye 👀 Brow lifts Hilarious 😂

Nice transformation Bug 👍Pennsylvania Hector 👍👍

I love watching your videos even when at the beach! Great job on the bug, Wawa!!!

Am so proud of Wawa. And proud of you Josh, for patience and working with her to get that car sorted out. Now get her to learn body work and some paint on that will be a sweet cream puff. She's doing so well. Be proud of her. That car show will something ya'll will remember forever!

Squeezie has style🎉 ❤️ Great VW meet.

My first 3 used cars were air cooled 1959s: Bug, 356a, Panel Van. Good luck at the show Wawa.

All our son wanted for Christmas on his 15th birthday was his birth certificate and Driver's Ed. (Our school didn't offer drivers education anymore, so he had to be enrolled in a private company.) He got his wish. And we told him that, when he got his permit, we were going to put him behind the wheel and let him drive until he was sick of it! So, the Sat. morning he passed his course, we had him drive us home to our west-central Indiana home, threw some clothes in a suitcase and headed for Pensacola, Florida! He made it almost to Birmingham, Al. before he surrendered the wheel! He still remembers this as will your daughter will always remember when you had her drive to her first car show. Great job. Thanks for sharing it with us.

She's a True trooper, learning the real life as a classic car owner.

Would be amazing to repaint the beetle and get clear corner markets and get window tint just to freshen it up and turn it into a show build it would be amazing for both of them to have beetles so it gives wa and Marge something to look forward to and try to get squeeze a beetle since she approved of Wawa’s 😂😂 also edit , needs a short throw shifter so it’s easier on her

Shopping list : oil temp guage , cyl. temp gauge . Importatant , especially in hot weather 👍

As always we are proud of WaWa and enjoy the family.

Wawa is so cute, pretty funny. You two are truly wonderful parents

Wawa is a gear jammer with that shifter!😆

youre bug is looking very nice job well done wawa keep up the fabulous work

As a huge vw person...wide and I enjoyed this series a bunch we are sooooo happy for wawa...great job on making memories with her that she will never forget