Glad to see that 55 landed in the right hands to bring it back to life! Hope you can feature it in the future as the restoration progresses! The 65 is beautiful!
Nice video 5150, your friend is a class act for VW restorations. Old school. Great to see you two exploring wrecking yards to see what might come home. Love your work man
I agree I don’t understand in my opinion why collectors like to take original sheet metal from other cars to make one car when you could easily make the panels yourself and yes they’re not going to be original panels but at least it saves another car from being crushed I think it actually takes away from the collector hobby when you’re robbing good sheet metal off another car because you’re making that car a candidate for the crusher and it’s a shame because that’s one less left
I can't believe how many VW's you are finding!!! I lived in CT in the 90's and scored a '68 bus hidden away in an old business (a business find vs a barn find) in New London and thought was a rarity, and you seem to just keep doing it!!
Man oh man would I like to pick Larry’s brains, I myself am taking delivery of a 65 Convertible this Saturday and although I’m new to air cooled I can’t wait to start bringing it back to life.
Jason, glad to see a new video was up!!! Was getting a bit worried. And then you made it all better when you pushed the bug around. And then you reached even greater heights when your buddy actually climbed Mt. Ever...😁er, uh, I mean the VW bus. Yup, I see more bus parts being rescued in your near future. Take care!! John here, from the back-roads of Northeastern Tennessee.
I had a ‘69 VW , light blue . It stopped running in ‘75. I left it on a farm property Grange Hall Rd., Beavercreek , Ohio . What a dope I am for leaving it , young and stupid ! 15:14
Interesting stuff from Larry. That is how to do it if you want the car to drive straight! Looking at the convertible I think he will do a great job on this one. We had a spell where winter returned but that was a few weeks before you, maybe we sent it over the Atlantic with love from the UK. 😁 Thanks for sharing this update Jason, hope you and the family are well. Please keep them coming.👍👍
Dear 5150mxVW "J". 👍👌👏 Simply fantastic! It definitely looks as if the scrapyard rescue bug is in the right hands now. Well done. Your friend seems to be an extraordinary good restorer. As always: Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards, luck and health to all of you.
I remember when you guys got this car but i didn't see the second video i can't believe you guys got the car out of their wow great job dude love your videos love vw keep on keeping on
Nice ! 🙂👍 I remember there was a little import car garage in Canaan Connecticut across the street of a Chrysler Plymouth dealer the owners name was Bill what a character he was but he always had parts I needed for the old bugs I restored his basement was full of VW parts . I went down from Vermont one time and stopped to visit and he said check out the car I just picked up out back it was an all original 40k 1955 oval window Volkswagen beetle original cloth seats mouse hair headliner three fold ragtop paint wasn't perfect was alittle sun beaten like you see in texas but it was for sale for $5500.00 which was to much money for me at the time now it would be over $20.000.00 probably it was really a nice original car one other time I stopped he had out front a 1953 Corvette that was in a barn somewhere for years it still had the dust all over it it had sat for many years he said it ran but would need rebuilding. that car he was asking $5.000.00 This was back in the early 80s Bill passed a long time ago now I don't know if the garage is still there or not .Those were the days.
May she rust in peace/pieces ... Someone with a vision, the know how & the re$ource$ can work magic on the remnants of these air-cooled Volkswagen classics ... I, however, am not one of them - have to purchase road ready & drive on ... As always Jason, entertaining ... Going to get Josh involved in some of your VW projects ... Like father like son with the humor/subtle jabs ... Slainte' ! Cheers !
Hi CC , thank you , you as well....been busy moving cars off the property and getting thee mice out of all my trucks that sat all winter , unreal. Jen just had 6 days off and is leaving for Italy next week, I'd say she is good 🤣. Josh has been keeping me busy spring fishing , winter flag football wrapped up and spring baseball started ...J is tired lol. Good to be back , I'm looking to bring some new content this summer .
I can’t tell you how many brake drums I pulled the last 3 weeks moving all these cars , priceless tool . Another one is the winch , one year Jen asked if I wanted a winch for Father’s Day . I laughed and said honey , it’s not I’m going to be dragging these things home all the time ....we still laugh about that one 😁
I have the talent to pull off the metal fab work on something like this 55 but no longer have access to a shop since I retired. Have also rebuilt near 400 VW engines over the years but only a couple of 36 and 25 hp engines.
TOOK 007 OUT FOR ITS FIRST DRIVE OF THE YEAR TODAY! The brakes locked up a little bit. I think it was the emergency brake? Having my mechanic drop by tomorrow to check the brakes for me. I could smell the brakes after I got home after my drive around the dam. Will let you know what’s wrong with the brakes. Roger in Pierre South Dakota
I’m sure many people will think you guys are nuts tackleing this Project but i personally do not I completely get it my Dad bought a Brand New 58,63, and 68 Beetle tha started him on a lifelong VW guy that passed th torch to me
