Thank you, thank you, thank you!! To RJ & Brent and the rest of the crew who helped restore this beautiful, storied, amazing car for us. The transformation was amazing, we’re so grateful to have a video we’ll be able to watch years from now. We’ll cherish this car for a long time, just as Beth and her dad did. Thank you guys again, once it gets rolling again, I would love for you to take it out for a spin, you deserve it and so much more. You guys were so nice and accommodating on top of doing beautiful work. From me, Liza, Anna, Liam and most importantly Beth & her Dad…. THANK YOU!!!
It was our pleasure, Jason! It was an absolute blast getting to bring her back to life for you and we're so excited for you and your family to enjoy it on your wedding day! Send us pictures!
Yes, they did a beautiful job! You gonna fix the rust/paint? I would, since everything else looks to be in really good condition. Would love to see it if you do the rust/paint repair. What a beautiful family also. 🙏🏽
@@LittleTut I'm having someone take a look at the engine, drivetrain and suspension. 3/4 wheels are locked up, so getting the car to at least roll around would be really helpful. I think we'll get it running and enjoy it for this summer and the wedding. Once summer is over and I've become more familiar with the car, I'll be able to see if the rust is progressive or not I'll be able to determine if it needs mitigated, repaired or replacing the panels. I honestly don't mind the 'patina' I think it will always remind me of where the car came from, and this RU-vid video. The wedding is the first priority so that's where a lot of my time, energy and most importantly money is going to!
@@expl0d hey and also (early?) congrats on being married i hope for you all the hapiness in the world, but by any chance do you have a platforme where we could follow your progress on the car? Much love and god bless!
(We’ll cherish this car for a long time, just as Beth and her dad did.)quote from you.she did not cherish the car at all like her dad did.she didnt take care of it at all.very sad from her neglect of the so called cherish car!!!tarps are cheap to buy!!
Personally if this was my car, I would do what you are doing, clean it up as good as possible. But I would fix any and all of the rust damage and prep it for priming and painting. And I would change the paint to a pearl white, and have at least 4 pearls in the paint. That way when it's done and you walk around looking at it, you'll see the rainbow colors from the pearls.
My thoughts are the same as yours; I was thinking, why not restore those rusts and turn it into a new Beetle completely? However, the team did an excellent job with the cleaning.
You may be right Bro, but if you change the colour it'll probably damage the original face of the car including the emotional reaction from the owners.
As a retired VW guild craftsman (retired shortly after water cooled came out) considering the mileage and heritage this car should definitely have any body work needed and then repaint keeping original. Not a complaint but the detailing makes the small flaws show up more 👍👍
I just found this video. It touches me personally as my dad bought me a 1976 Super Beetle (red hardtop) which was sold when I graduated from college. So sad, wish I still owned it. Thank you for posting this for us "old timers" LOL
The condition while showing its age it’s absolutely beautiful, fresh interior, clean paint for the most part and best of all a motor you know has driven bugger all from factory. It’s like a mechanics dream, I love it.
Great work should like u have great tunes…I would also spray chipped paint with white primer spray to hide glitches just saying would look a lot better…🤟🏽🥇
This single car brought up some cool childhood memories growing up in Nigeria. (Fun fact: Nigeria was a British colony up until 1960) That being said, I had one neighbor whose parents owned a 1970 (or older, we're not sure) right-hand-drive Beetle. Coolest thing we ever saw! Right across the street was an even older Beetle complete with 8-track player!
This brought back memories! My late wife and I were married in 1976. We had a 1970 beetle and drove it on our honeymoon from SOCAL up the coast to Portland over to Yellowstone and Duluth MN and back with all our camping gear inside the cab and the back window unobstructed! Great memories!!
I had a 1969 white beetle. I loved that car. It was so economical and fun to drive a 4 speed. It had red interior and her name was tootsie. I gotbit brand new and drove it probably 10 years. .
I’d restore it to a nice driver. Doesn’t need to be concourse quality, just a very clean example that you wouldn’t be embarrassed to enter in a local car show. Leaving the rust, and corrosion is only guaranteeing that it’s life is only so long, restoring it guarantees it’ll be around for the family to enjoy even longer.
Granted, it will be tough to match 46 year old paint, one could easily unbolt all four fenders, hood and license plate light assembly and repaint them. Then again, if you're willing to take the car apart, ya might as well repaint the whole car. Tough choice to make.
@@kenwoodburn5244 if the family kept it since new and they care enough to get it running for a wedding, I’d say the sentimental value is all that matters in this case. Again, bringing it back to a nice driver with no rust or new paint isn’t restoring it, it’s extending its life.
I hope they take it to a great mechanic they need to go through the motor and the fan shroud Cause little things like to live in those areas and take care of all the rust before it gets any worse even some repainting if necessary it's worth quite a bit of money just as it sits..
Big fan of the channel! Do you use an electric pressure washer and have you made any mods to get such thick foam? My unit has 2400psi max but only 1.1 gpm. I've tried many products and even completely undiluted and it's always still very running.
@@Jasona1976 go drop your car off at your grandmas house and in 17 years and we’ll compare cars. You can’t cheat, pretend you suddenly passed and couldn’t leave any instructions. I’m genuinely interested in how well your nan would do!
Sadly soon all combustion cars and trucks including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Car washs will be forbidden too because they are climate killers, now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.!!! (BABVVEN & TEBBVEN & BEFVO laws)!!!!!
I'm a new subscriber and now a fan of the work you guys do! I'm very impressed! Detailing my car, for me, is relaxing and extremely satisfying because you see a result from the hard work done. I was wondering what glass cleaning product you use? Thanks and keep taking pride in the great job you do!
One thing I would do to give the 110% on any detailing, would be to offer the customer the possibility to remove the rust and repair some dents whenever possible. I know that detailing a truck costs up to $250.00 at the least, so removing these unwelcomed traces of time when you're detailing would be the ultimate must to complete the job to another level. I don't know, but these rust spots destroy the final look when the detailing is done...My opinion, but I suggest that these should be addressed with the client when you're requested to do a job on a vehicle. Most time, rock chips and other nicks can be spot painted and soft compounded with a 1500, leaving a better look than the rusted areas. IMHO...
Some of the older Porsche 911 convertibles also had that rotate into the body windscreen manually but it became electrical and automatic on the electric roofs. It was also very popular in Sweden in older Saab and Volvo cars as I remember my Grandad's old Saab rear windows doing it and his car was definitely not a convertible.
Me personally would fix it up because there father bought it brand new took care of it for 3k miles of the cars life until he passed 2005 so I'd fix it an cherish it forever
awesome vid guys is it safe to clay mitt a car while the iron remover is still on it?....or did you guys rinse the iron remover off and add clay lube and didnt record it?
This is what I was wondering also... looked a lot like picking up the iron that lifted and scratching it across the entire surface. Not how I'd personally do it...
What a beautiful car. Scary part is I graduated high school in 1976! I also had a 1974 VW Bug that I loved. I hope this couple enjoy this car for many years to come. You did a fantastic job.
Why ? If ready to drive did you not start the engine? Or at least show engine outside the car so people could actually see how small this engine is! What a massive feat of german engineering!
My husband works for a full auto restoration company, small family owned business, and it really depends on what your intentions are for the vehicle. I've seen thousands of dollars poured into a restoration for purely sentimental reasons, thousands more than the vehicle will ever be worth. I've also seen thousands poured into a vehicle because the owner wants the new car drive, with the vintage look. Adding A/C, modern breaks, etc. Just because they can. But then I've seen minimal restoration to hold the "history" of the vehicle simply because the owner wants to maintain the look/feel of the vehicle when his father handed it down. We have a farm truck that was purchased by my husband's grandfather, handed down to his father and now to him....one day to our kids. 1950's International. The restoration will be modern engine, drive train, but fully vintage look. Same reason why we live on the homestead land in the old, drafty, squeaky home that my father-in-law was born in and our girls are the 5th generation to live here-sentimental!! Although, we are restoring to a more modern farmhouse. 😃
My most favourite car!!! I love this old, classic VW Beetle. Very emotional story behind it too, thanks for this video. I would definitely try and do something about the rust (rust is like cancer) but probably kept it as much original as it can.
1 dollar says it was the Bosch "D-jetronic elecrtrojector" that need to be fixed or replaced. They were awesome in theory, but the materials failed a lot. Btw, the "D" in D-jetronic stands for "Druchfühlgesteuert" which translates to "pressure fuel controlled" because it used engine speed and air intake pressure to determine how much fuel to send to through the injectors. If it were mine, I'd have it resprayed the same color it left the factory, then sell it or trade it for something I wouldn't be too scared to drive on the interstate. Lol
Yes, those things were trouble prone from the word go; computers, electric system faults including ground circuit issues, vacuum leaks and never mind that they were very slow. Heaven help you if had the aftermarket DPD? A/C installed on it....
as an air cooled fan, i really enjoyed this video. I got a little nervous when it came to pressure washing the interior pieces due to their age and the convertible seals letting moisture in over the years but it held up and came out great. Good job and hope the happy couple enjoys it for many years.
Sou do Brasil; e assisti o video e adorei o trabalho que voçês fazem aí Muito bacana show de bola Gostei; e já ganharam mais um Inscrito pro Canal. Estão de Parabéns!!!👏👏
A couple years back I worked at a VW dealership. On the show floor they had a new (never sold or registered) 1979 super beetle, all black, with only 39 miles on the odometer. People would occasional make offers on it. The owner of the dealership made it clear that it was not for sale under any circumstances. The last offer I heard was well over $100k. A week after that offer the owner had the sales office expanded in a way that made it impossible to get the beetle out of the showroom.
I have no problem with using Dawn dish soap as part of the first stage of a "from the ground up" wash. If it is safe for your dishes, skin, and ducks it should be safe for your car's paint and plastics.
WoW, I'm Hungarian, and I didn't knew about this. I know Béla Barényi, but i tought, he designed only the safety chassis of Mercedes, and other luxury cars
I’d resto mod it , probably slap an FA20 in it with a small turbo , newer suspension, and modern stereo, I like the way vintage looks, not so much the way it feels 😂 but I do get the appeal of a full resto
Adoro Fuscas e nunca tinha visto um com sistema de injeção eletrônica. Que eu tenho conhecimento não vieram para o Brasil! Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho!!
Beautiful time capsule & restoration on the detailing. If it would have been kept in the immediate family, I'd leave it the way it is, but since it's not, I'd have it repainted the same color & maybe try & find new or nicer rims & call it good.
I love Beatles and these triple white on white drop tops were iconic! My mother had a candy green Beatle coupe with white interior that my Daddy bought her in 1971, she kept it until 1973 after she got divorced and married my stepfather in 1973 and we( me, my brother and his 3 sons) all moved to Okinawa and they sold it cause we couldn’t keep it. I was sad to see it go! Great job by all and great to see it stay in the family! And yea, I would spend the money and have the rust stains out and the paint corrected.
From Tacloban City, Leyte Island, Philippines here. I've been a VW enthusiast since the year 2000. My first beetle was a yellow 1974 superbeetle. I drove it daily in my work as a surgeon in the hospitals here. That time our place had plenty of classic beetles. When super typhoon Haiyan hit our place in Nov. 8, 2013 the whole city was submerged by a 16 foot storm surge. My beetle and most beetles did not survive. Now I drive a 1971 superbeetle. The white convertible in your video needs to be maintained and preserved. Nice job guys.
I had a 1964 automatic shift and loved it . I would put it back in perfect order to honor the Grandfather 👴 I always wanted a Super Beatle. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇺🇸
To your Question , that would all matter where you live in the country as im in Vegas i would keep as is, as it would stay in that state for almost ever with care
I would fix it up, first it is a Karmann edition Super Beetle, it is a convertible, cars lije that are not made anymore, it might have some rust but it us a 1976 model
