Thank you! It has some rust and other issues but it's still pretty cool. Stay tuned for the first wash, first start and first drive fingers crossed! 😎😎😎
We have a ‘64 Beetle that I bought for my wife as an engagement present and a restoration project about the same time that this Beetle went under that carport! Fortunately, our car had a completely body sandblasting back in 1998 and was put under primer and stored inside since that time! The motor was rebuilt right before Covid and the body is (finally) just about ready to paint! My original goal was to finish the car in a year; now, I just hope to get it finished before I am too old to enjoy it! You only really lose if you quit and give up!
I love it. embed it into a giant cube of 2-part epoxy resin.... no, that would weigh one million pounds and coast one million dollars in resin, never mind that.
Some people are afraid of completing a profrct. They suffer from the fear of not having a replacement project. Therefore, they progress so far then start another.
Hello, I would like to congratulate you, very determined and courageous, thank you for posting the videos, always continue like this, may God give you the strength, conditions and health to continue, a big hug!
CT, any chance you’ll finish the other Beetle before working on your new find? I’m getting a little disoriented, what with all the unfinished projects. Thanks
you have officially became my favorite person. two beetle projects. you mad man! I have mine I'm working on. a original 63 ragtop. It may be cliché but I'm going for a herbie build. been my dream car since I was 4. 😎
That laser gun in the workshop can vanish this beetle :) This "Alabama" Beetle is a donor car for "Giorgia" Beetle or another new building project for the eternity? :D
Have you ever finished a project we get so far then out to graze and rot they go what’s the point in buying lazier rust remover then leaving them in a meadow to rust up again
looks like he just drove it and maintained it original up until the late 90s when he stopped driving it. All that rust from the ocean air did a number on it. But what saved it was that awning it was under. otherwise it would be much worse.
I spotted a cast iron skillet 😁 Wow that’s rough below the windshield. Caddy floor mats, pure luxury 😁 That ole license plate would make good wall art! Dang!! Georgia and Alabama! She is pretty crispy Cool Coke Case!
The torsion damper that hooks to the steering under the gas tank is worn out, it is what steadies the front wheels and keeps them from doing what you experienced.
Pretty cool find CT, I'm with you on this one. Too good to pass up. After working on a 65 40hp engine this one you should have Darrin put 92mm piston kit in and turn it into a 2180cc and pop some wheelies😂
Cool, I just hope you have the time to get into this one being you have all the other project still waiting to be restored? Or are you just doing partial flips on them? Understand if you can make a profit to keep getting more projects if that's the case? I'm starting to see off some stuff right now so I have room. What I would like to do is get the 40hp rebuilt and sell it and hopefully buy a vintage Corvair motor and all and if really lucky a Monza 140hp 4 speed two door which are hard to find around here.
So nice of this family helping you CT. "Alabama" looks sad , but is too much work on it. My VW beetle was a 68 one with semi automatic shifting Did you know CT that the beetle with split rear windows is called in Germany "Brezel Käfer" prezel bug . Because the rear Window looks like a little bit like a german prezel 😊
I'm unsure where this is going TBH. You started on a vw then a porche then something else and jumped again to a truck then a vw now this , do you ever finish anything or is this just video chewing gum!
There is not a lot of satisfaction for viewers for seeing finished projects. I think the VW Van is the only one, and even that wasn't totally "finished".
VW bus, 2 Porsche 914’s, 2 1970’s ford F250’s, now 2 bugs, an old dodge truck, and I think a ghia. That’s 9 that I can think of off the top of my head. Feel free to add more if I forgot any…
The number on that engine comes up as a 65 engine, it may well be the original, pretty nice! Now give it a CLR bath, get rid of the damn rust and get that cowl replaced!
Moi j'ai toujours préféré les vielles voitures , parce que c'est de la mécanique simple et la carrosserie en taule , un poc = redressage et j'adore la configuration de cette coccinelle surtout le pare-choc 🤩 cette coccinelle , the Herbie is good movie 👍🤩 thanks for New Beetle 😊
You gotta get these things when they become available…And each one is a source of income, pleasure and likely criticism! Someone is going to want that thing because you rescued it and put it on RU-vid. You might as well be Brad Pitt!
The engine is a D same as my 65 beetle engine and I bet the car is the same. That's the original engine. Stock 40hp 1200. I bet it will fire up but may be pretty worn out and probably why it was parked?
Anybody know what an X code engine is? I thought it might be a factory replacement block but I don't know. I bought a 73 super and it came with a single port head engine with an X code stamped in. I no longer have that block because I swapped in a 1600 but I've always wondered what I had.
