It’s funny to hear you singing about Amarillo. Some of my trips take me through there. While I’m not a Country music fan, I ALWAYS replay “Amarilla by mornin’” in my head and out loud 😂
Please consider saving this Beetle. Yes, it looks bad, but this is a high-value Beetle that could be pristine again. A new life for that car can begin in your Farm Shed. Many out there would easily tackle this job of restoration. I restored a Scrap Yard Beetle in 2004. I had little experience of Car renovation. It was heading for the Crusher as an engine fire destroyed all of it! Today, it is my pride & joy, but glad that I did not quit - or give-up.
that will buff out! good on ya, I see your doing this with your son? teach him and he will pick up where you leave off, can't ask for anything better to leave behind, cheers!
Thats awesome you were able to save this car! All are worth saving with some time, money and energy! I pulled my Squareback out of a farmers field and let it see the road again after about 30 years!
This could likely be revived, if you can find a craftsman with the skill level of say, fn Mike. It looks like someone put a later engine in it, complete with 12 volt alternator, which may have as much as 20 extra horsepower. This car was someone's pride & joy. Paint looks relatively fresh, complete with red rims and port-a-walls. Rear decklid has good parts like tag light, t-handle latch, good taillights. What happened may have been too much "go" with too little braking, or poor little swing axle couldn't hold the road. I would look for a sliding sunroof section to start.
Lots of good parts there. you could probably even save the heater channels if they are good find another rusted out shell (bottom rust) use the lower panels to save the rusted shell. RHD semaphore car pretty expensive in the US.... Left door is pretty tweaked but it could be saved too. door glass wind wings. Front fenders (wings) totally savable. trans case and motor case probably shot wont know till you get the wrinkled sheet metal off of there. I have used cars like that to save a totally jacked up shell before. Maybe one that was hit in the front really hard that nobody wants.
Good advice from one of the most knowledgeable VW gurus extant! Every classic VW is worth saving and I too see LOTS of valuable parts on this car. Congrats VW Farm for coming to the rescue. great to see some VW vids from the UK. Subbed!
I saved my rag top bug with an unsavable shell like that cut out from the bottom of the package tray all the way to the lower quarters. sectioned it and saved a normally unsavable car. Rag top was too rusted for most people to save. But due to the donor car I am driving it today.
@@neildavies2276 If it included a link the channel may disallow live links or possibly the YT Police Bots deleted it. Has happened to me several times.
Looks like someone went round a corner too fast in the wet, lost the back end, and flipped it. A classic design fault in the Beetle. I made the same mistake once in my '65, but thankfully after spinning 180 degrees came to a halt neatly parked facing in the opposite direction. Don't make the same mistake or else this is what might happen, take it easy around the corners!
From across the pond. Yeah you can save it. I returned to my '69 bug after finishing a 2nd shift (1530-0000) to find my vehicle surrounded by members of the local constabulary. In pursuit of a stolen vehicle the police suspect exited his car, on a ramp to a major road, jumped over the rail, and landed on the head of my car, creating a large salad bowl. The suspect then slid down the bonnet and sliced open his ankle on my front reg. plate. One of the officers had me push both seats forward. He entered my vehicle, placed his feet on the heater duct tubes and pushed his large frame against the roof. I then drove home with a few dents. Narragansett Bay.
If you're going to be making a series out of this, please address your video quality. I am imagining that most of your work will be in that shed, but the video is somehow reacting to the frequency of the lights, and is pulsing, like a soft strobe effect. There's no way most of us will sit through that kind of punishment.
If you can,t fix it then make it either a beach buggy be fun round the farm or as a donor for another beetle. Hope you didn't scratch the paint with that tractor ha,ha
@@michaeldesilvio221 ... 69 bug was my first car. My father bought it new, and I bought it from him 3 years later, in a strange turn of events. The twist is I bought a cherry 67 GTO and the insurance was out in left field, so we traded cars. That car got me into the repair business and by 1976 I was running a VW specialty shop.
sir am an old swiss, 7 years older then these bug. i always thought i know a little English. but for me your dialect is very hard to understand. could you not speak real English? you may will get more foreigner followers. take care and stay healthy
Maybe, but there are a lot of good parts on it. A pre-60 front clip is several hundreds of pounds, and other than the dent in the drivers side, it doesn't look bad at all. I've just bought a 71 front end for a current project which was £400, and I had a 58 front end 15 years ago which cost £500 that I was going to use as donor sheetmetal for my 51 split.
It’s funny to hear you singing about Amarillo. Some of my trips take me through there. While I’m not a Country music fan, I ALWAYS replay “Amarilla by mornin’” in my head and out loud 😂
Haha
Thank you so much. Thank you for saving this 1959 Beetle from the crusher. She is very beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing.
It’s amazing how much that car looks like a Hebmüller. Might be worth making a replica. Even the two colour paint job is correct and no roof.
It looks like the black and white was about the tenth paint job that car has had.
Yhj
Nothing hurts my ears more than a forklift running on a couple of cylinders. Sounds like an imprezza.
Seeing that early on in the video, I almost wanted to cry for that poor car. No Beetle deserves whatever caused that damage.
Please consider saving this Beetle. Yes, it looks bad, but this is a high-value Beetle that could be pristine again. A new life for that car can begin in your Farm Shed. Many out there would easily tackle this job of restoration. I restored a Scrap Yard Beetle in 2004. I had little experience of Car renovation. It was heading for the Crusher as an engine fire destroyed all of it! Today, it is my pride & joy, but glad that I did not quit - or give-up.
that will buff out! good on ya, I see your doing this with your son? teach him and he will pick up where you leave off, can't ask for anything better to leave behind, cheers!
Thats awesome you were able to save this car! All are worth saving with some time, money and energy! I pulled my Squareback out of a farmers field and let it see the road again after about 30 years!
Nice to hear
From building my racecar vw I'm still working on that one tail light that's left is $150 alone
>>Lots of good parts there
great save lads well done
Thank you
Oh hell yeah! I’m all in on this project 👍🏻
That interior looks really nice.
Could prob pop it all out with a porta power nice save mate .
This could likely be revived, if you can find a craftsman with the skill level of say, fn Mike. It looks like someone put a later engine in it, complete with 12 volt alternator, which may have as much as 20 extra horsepower. This car was someone's pride & joy. Paint looks relatively fresh, complete with red rims and port-a-walls. Rear decklid has good parts like tag light, t-handle latch, good taillights. What happened may have been too much "go" with too little braking, or poor little swing axle couldn't hold the road. I would look for a sliding sunroof section to start.
If the floorpan and axles are straight you could always do a re shell
The lamp shades gives a perfect cut of the leg when hitting a pedestrian! 😬
Lots of good parts there. you could probably even save the heater channels if they are good find another rusted out shell (bottom rust) use the lower panels to save the rusted shell. RHD semaphore car pretty expensive in the US.... Left door is pretty tweaked but it could be saved too. door glass wind wings. Front fenders (wings) totally savable. trans case and motor case probably shot wont know till you get the wrinkled sheet metal off of there. I have used cars like that to save a totally jacked up shell before. Maybe one that was hit in the front really hard that nobody wants.
Good advice from one of the most knowledgeable VW gurus extant! Every classic VW is worth saving and I too see LOTS of valuable parts on this car.
Congrats VW Farm for coming to the rescue. great to see some VW vids from the UK. Subbed!
i wud save it mike
I saved my rag top bug with an unsavable shell like that cut out from the bottom of the package tray all the way to the lower quarters. sectioned it and saved a normally unsavable car. Rag top was too rusted for most people to save. But due to the donor car I am driving it today.
I'm sure I posted a comment about there being a complete 58/59 rear end on Ebay at the moment but can't find it at all!
@@neildavies2276 If it included a link the channel may disallow live links or possibly the YT Police Bots deleted it. Has happened to me several times.
Yes definitely fixable , I would love to bring it back to life .
Great save. The floor pan might be ok ? Whats the plan? Got to save it. Someone must have a body for sale ?
Be careful with that tractor you'll scratch the Beatle lol find a vert that's wrecked in the front and use the back of the vert
We see the original color.
Nice t3 at the back
The t3 had been in a fire
Campeon quiero ver esos carris restaurados...tengo uno amarillo hermoso en colombia ver el traslado del suyo me dio nostalgia....
Get a Porta power and start pushing her back in to shape
That forklift sounds like a beetle
These videos are brilliant 👏
what a day that was, the video looks great keep it up 👍🏽
Creo que haciendo los arreglos correspondientes va a quedar super , un abrazo desde Puebla, México donde está la planta automotriz VW
I see a nice pick up or roadster!
Just a minor fender bender, is all.
That'll buff right out.
Wow
Looks like someone went round a corner too fast in the wet, lost the back end, and flipped it. A classic design fault in the Beetle. I made the same mistake once in my '65, but thankfully after spinning 180 degrees came to a halt neatly parked facing in the opposite direction. Don't make the same mistake or else this is what might happen, take it easy around the corners!
You can do the same in a 356 on an icy mountain road.
Don't ask me how I know.
How much did you get it for?
man what a sad little bug. lts like a brick wall fell on it or something. was pretty nice before the big bang
Who was the coach builder, hebmuller?
Owch! Poor Beetle. Surely this one is too good to break for parts?
Indeed we are going to try fix it up
@@VWFarm good
Looks great 🤣
some great parts there bud 😎
Most of that should just buff right out.
How did you find out this 1959 Beetle was in that place? Good luck wishing you well with this project.
From across the pond. Yeah you can save it. I returned to my '69 bug after finishing a 2nd shift (1530-0000) to find my vehicle surrounded by members of the local constabulary. In pursuit of a stolen vehicle the police suspect exited his car, on a ramp to a major road, jumped over the rail, and landed on the head of my car, creating a large salad bowl. The suspect then slid down the bonnet and sliced open his ankle on my front reg. plate. One of the officers had me push both seats forward. He entered my vehicle, placed his feet on the heater duct tubes and pushed his large frame against the roof. I then drove home with a few dents. Narragansett Bay.
that should just buff out in an afternoon
I wish I had this one
Great save.
You can buff that out
,,,,yes..............SAVE ALL BUGS.............no matter what..............this is parts city.........😯😯😐😐
Lovely car
Very nice you gonna fix it? Is this Australia?
UK we are going to fix it up
@@VWFarm Porta power is your friend. Definitely post videos looks like it was a sweet ride before the accident.
Wheres that scrapper located
When restored if possible this car will be value around 60 grand
if it was a type 2 it would be worth twice that.
That a right car 🚗
Poor vw ... would love to have that gas tank and gas gauge for sale ?? 🤔
Hopefully we are going to get the car back on the road 😆
It buff out!! ;-)
🤣
Looks like it was crushed
its an early 59 i guess, because of the doorhandles
If you're going to be making a series out of this, please address your video quality. I am imagining that most of your work will be in that shed, but the video is somehow reacting to the frequency of the lights, and is pulsing, like a soft strobe effect. There's no way most of us will sit through that kind of punishment.
The lighting is only bad when the lights are facing the cameras go check out some of my other videos the lightning is fine it’s only this one 😅
Cheers buddy. Something to keep in mind for your upcoming vids though. I'll stay tuned. Thanks for replying.
Such a shame, as I’m sure it was a very nice car.
If you can,t fix it then make it either a beach buggy be fun round the farm or as a donor for another beetle. Hope you didn't scratch the paint with that tractor ha,ha
A buggy for round the farm is a great idea
Easy fix😅
How did it get smashed up looks like a tree fell on it
We don’t know we collected it from a scrap yard
wizard or hummiller convertion got alot odf car there the save
Really I want to make it original again but if not I will do a hummiller conversion
Salvage and save others.
No harm it letting some go.
We have just saved a another bug go check out the video 😅
Wherec is part 2 in this restoration we are waiting now.
This one is in the que, were working on a 1965 at the moment. Although I have just purchased a front axle for it yesterday. :)
Push it all out get it running and drive it as a rat ,add few panels
This is what I want to do😅
@@VWFarm most of the work is the rear end ,you’ll be surprised what will bang out
75 quid worth of seats.
The seats are in great condition
Can you not salvage the floor pan out of it ?.
Bumper car 🚗
Seems to me it already met the crusher..
Haha it would be fully gone by now if we didn’t get it
What country?
UK
@@VWFarm Scotland?
if there is a VW Farm
there is a Porsche Farm
Put some insurance on it park it outside and drop a tree on it.
🤣
I would of saved her her my self too !!!
It's definitely fixable.
Hopefully we will get the bug back on the road 😄
anything is fixable. It's just a matter of time and effort. (and some cash)
@@rupe53 I just brought a 69 beetle. It's going to be my new project.
@@michaeldesilvio221 ... 69 bug was my first car. My father bought it new, and I bought it from him 3 years later, in a strange turn of events. The twist is I bought a cherry 67 GTO and the insurance was out in left field, so we traded cars. That car got me into the repair business and by 1976 I was running a VW specialty shop.
lol Im not liking or subscribing unless you fix that car and put it back on the road lol
Don’t worry I will get the car back on the road
awefull color combination, black white red does not fit together
was just how the car came :)
@@VWFarm not your fault :)
sir am an old swiss, 7 years older then these bug. i always thought i know a little English. but for me your dialect is very hard to understand. could you not speak real English? you may will get more foreigner followers. take care and stay healthy
Ok I will
fix it
We will do
That is scrap
Maybe, but there are a lot of good parts on it. A pre-60 front clip is several hundreds of pounds, and other than the dent in the drivers side, it doesn't look bad at all. I've just bought a 71 front end for a current project which was £400, and I had a 58 front end 15 years ago which cost £500 that I was going to use as donor sheetmetal for my 51 split.
a 1959 thats an old car
Thanks 🤙🏼 it’s a bit quashed tho lol 😂