Cake or Clunker: Did We Get Suckered By a Cute Herbie Smile? | Beetle Diaries Ep. 4
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- ( www.TFLcar.com ) Tommy and Mike head down to a VW parts specialist, Painter's Grinding, to get some bits for Felix and do a post-purchase inspection to make sure everything looks OK.
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The basic engineering (example the choke) is ingenious in its simplicity.
I like how the mechanic explains everything clearly but not in a condescending way. Very matter of fact and respectful.
The choke is a neat idea, but it was by far the most troublesome component on my '73 Super Beetle. Tended to get stuck in the open or closed position, causing it to not run cold or run like crap when warm. Granted it was a cheap Chinese carburetor. Later converted it to Microsquirt fuel injection, got rid of that.
The guys at Painter's Grinding are great, very nice to work with, extremely knowledgeable, always eager to help people first getting into it. These guys are lucky they went there instead of NuVintage, the other nearby VW shop, those guys are total assholes.
That 0-60 time, lol! When VW launched the New Beetle in the 90's, I remember a print ad that simply read: "0-60?....Yes"
28 seconds is still faster than the 1976 Chevy Chevette & Pontiac 1000, which did it in 30 seconds.
If it is tthe same as my 1303cc its like 36 horsepower...!!
I can't believe how well put together this vid is. The cinematography is amazing, the guy from Painter's Grinding rocks my world,
How cool to find a shop that is all about a niche rig. As an enthusiast I can appreciate it for sure.
I can't get enough of these VW vids !!!
glenn kennedy I’m glad to hear that I am not the only one suffering from VW video addiction. Have a great day.
glenn kennedy I have had a VW beetle addiction for 40 years. I’m on my ninth one now!
My first car was a '74 Beetle. It was a mess. The clutch slipped, the floor was rusted out, the gas gage didn't work, the seats had lost their stuffing....it was unsafe...period. I drove it for about three months before someone smashed into it on my first day of school. The guy from the insurance company came out and said "oh wow I used to have one just like this" and ended up giving me much more than the car was worth. I then bought a '76 in much better shape when the insurance money came. Drove the hell out of it until I was a sophomore in college before it became unsafe and I didn''t have the means to take care of it. I sold it to a friend for $800. Every time I would see one driving down the road I would miss that car. Once I started making decent money, I saw a lonely looking "78 convertible for sale at the side of the road. Against my better judgment, I bought that car the next week and still have it. I only drive it in nice weather and keep it immaculate. People at stop lights want to take a picture of it. I've had strangers on the street offer me money to ride in it. The car makes everyone happy. I can't think of too many other cars that are as "lifelike" as a classic VW bug.
Car maintenance seems to be not a part of your car history buddy...
Sounds like you did really well - got a great car. Mostly original except the 009 distributor - a lot of people put those on for some reason, think it's "simpler" or something but the vacuum advance unit is no harder to set up or adjust. Definitely should get a vacuum advance distributor in there, makes it run much better, drives much nicer. In fact, on that note, I live in Arvada and have one I've been thinking of selling since I converted my '73 Super to distributorless fuel injection, has a points replacement device in it I bought from Painter's Grinding shortly before taking out the distributor, I was very surprised how much better that made it run. The guys at Painter's Grinding are great, extremely knowledgeable, humble, always glad to help people get into the hobby. They usually have everything you'd ever need, and it can be fun scrounging through the little junkyard they have in back. Just make sure to avoid NuVintage, those guys are sort of assholes, give bad advice with complete confidence, look down on newbies, and more often than not don't have even basic stuff.
Great info from a real VW expert!
My first car was a 73 Standard Beetle that my parents bought before I was born. Grew up with it and became mine when I turned 15. Kept it for another 15 years. Most of my life included that car. Thank you for this series of videos. They have brought back so many fond memories.
Now I feel even better for paying $2,700.00 for mine.
I love this series, I could watch hours of this.
+1.. Three cheers for the good folks at Painter's Grinding. .. Our '79 Super Beetle Convertible has been serviced at Painters.
If you drive a VW from the 60s in the winter be sure to take an ice scraper with you. Because the heater pushes out so little heat you’ll be scraping the inside of the windshield to remove the ice that builds up from the your breath. This is more obvious on a day with low temperatures and heavy snow. I think in Europe they installed gasoline heaters to keep the car interior warm in winter.
Had a 69 bug when I was stationed in Long Beach while my ship was in the yards. Wouldn't start when it rained, no air, no heat, am radio.
I'm loving this series.
Had a 71 bug, 32 years ago and still talk about it. Wish I had it still today, great little card
When I was stationed in Berlin in the Army, I bought that exact vehicle (1971 Super Beetle, Kansas beige, 3 band radio) through the British PX (NAAFI) in town. Because of my job and security clearance, I had to take the train to Helmstedt, take a bus to Wolfsburg, and pick it up at a dealer in that city. I drove it back to Helmstedt, where a duty driver took it back to Berlin. I drove it from Helmstedt to Madrid and back, while I was in Germany. It was a good little car, and I had it shipped back home to Savannah. It was my car for about 3 more years, when I traded it off, since it had no AC, which was a recipe for misery here in the South. Sadly, I replaced it with a Fiat 124 sedan, the very worst car I ever owned. I had two Rabbits, after I ditched in 124, so VWs were a part of my driving life for about 8 years. All in all, I was happy with them.
An addition to the post above. In driving on the autobahn on the way to and from Madrid, I got mine up to 80 mph flat out. It ran that way for several hours without any problems. You had to floor them and stay in the right lane, otherwise a big Mercedes or MAN truck would run right over you doing 90+. Passing was a simple matter; get into the left lane ASAP, pass the target, and get the hell into the right lane ASAP. If you saw someone flashing his /her high beams in you rear view mirror, that the the signal to move over FAST. Ah, the good ole days.
Isn't it nice to hear good thing's about the Beetle you've bought? So your purchase decision was a good one, on this car.
Another interesting video Tommy and Mike!
Excellent review.
We had a local shop that shared its space with motorcycles in our town. It built mostly off-road buggies.
If the car doesn't start by the time the choke heats up , well ...
It's really amazing to see a car that old still in such good shape.
No prairie dogs were hurt in the filming of this episode.
Love this new series, tommy and mike are killin it
keep up the great work
Great tips from the guy and man that shop had like everything for vw bugs wish we had it here in our country... enjoying the videos guys keep it up and original 😉😘
We have a big list...which we left at home. lol. Glad I found this!
My first car was a 71 Super Beetle. I loved it!
As was mine, with the semi-automatic.
Mine was a 72 manual shift VW 1302, lend by my father. Don't use it anymore as a primary car, but still lies in the garage waiting a special occasion to be driven.
Correct on the ATF light. Later year models actually had a park gear as well. In the brief engine shots of the car, I think I see the remnants of the torque converter. It is possible this car started out as an autostick. The other thing to look for would be the servo and the reservoir tank if they didnt remove it. Also possibly the oil pump. Vwar.org is the web authority on automatic air cooled era vws. Love the series, and wish you guys the best of luck with it!
Those long intake runners could make for hard running in cold weather. The intake heater can clog with soot. Nice to have dual carb.'s sitting on the heads.
Speedometer is from an autostick Beetle. Notice the ATF warning light.
Sometimes a manufacturer finds it cheaper to only tool up and use one component for all models. If the car is manual there will be no lead to connect to cluster.
lol, Bevis and Butthead take a ride in a Bug.
Along with the $2,000. of good advice, (for free no less) , keep up with your oil changes. The car has no filter, just a screen . Use synthetic ,& don't let anyone talk you out of it.Dump it every 2000 to 3000 miles ,& you will never have oil related engine trouble!
actually they made the Beetle for US until 1980 & was made in Mexico until 2003 & it still had a air cooled motor!
now the the Vanagon was made with a air cooled motor from 1980 to 1983! & that was made until 2002!
one thing I'd change on that Beetle is the tail lights😉
they do make kits to turn a air cooled 4 speed into a 5 speed
This is a Great Video. Really enjoyed it!!
My dad had a mustard colored one in Australia, believe it was a 75 model.
Slow but smooth ride
Nice videos guys. I was just wondering about that low mpg you got earlier. My ‘68 Auto-Stick Beetle normally averaged 32. Only real mods were 1600 displacement and a header. So what’s up with that?
Love your show. You should look up some vw shows and bring it .
VW Bugs the neatest car ever!
Thats about a full ten seconds of the mark, that motor is definitely not running as well as it should.
The fuel filter is DIRECTLY on top of the distributor ... Goodluck. 🤐🤪
wornoutshoes11 I have always relocated mine underneath the car, alongside the transmission is where I cut into the fuel line and put the fuel filter. That’s when I’m doing on current restoration
It would have been quicker to 60. Going by sound alone you short shifted the first two gear changes. I remember the days of not having a tach in my cars
I said the exact same thing! My first car was a 73 Standard Beetle and I never used the marks on the speedo :)
Darren yup i agree got to wind it out to just before valve float to get maximum acceleration potential use
Agreed. The hash marks on the speedo are where to shift for maximum mpg.
That last 10 mph took a while. I'll bet if you check the footage you'll find that the 0-50 time isn't that far off the factory spec when accounting for altitude.
🚘 ~ That's my car - same color too. All original. Still runs good. Mine needs interior redo. Headliner is falling down `😰´
_{ great video 👍 }_
I'm just glad it made it to 60 mph.
Never thought i'd ever get a chance to say this, but 'It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' after all.
Man I need a shop like this near me that is a b5 specialist
That guy really knows his stuff! Bugs are fun to drive at sea level, on the flats. But up where I live, they struggle big time on every hill.
Mine does pretty well at altitude, live near these guys (Denver area), drive it in the mountains from time to time. I find I'm not usually the slowest vehicle there, as it can take turns fast (very agile, low CG), and I swear some drivers are afraid to use more than 50% throttle, their big powerful engines are useless. I have 56 horsepower, and I'm not afraid to use it!
We have a lot of pretty steep roads where I am with 25-35mph speed limits. And the times I have driven a bug on them you either wind it in 2nd, but are going to slow, or shift to 3rd, but then lose speed. But they are fun cars to drive. And with some mods, they are a blast if you get 100+hp and some wider tires.
Indeed, the four-speed transaxle is a bit of a limiting factor, there are some speeds they aren't really happy in any gear. With the stock carburetor (I converted mine to Microsquirt EFI, which makes driving it much easier) they have basically no torque below about 2000 RPM. Aside from keeping the RPM right, I'd say they'd have no trouble climbing even the steepest of hills at low speeds, but freeway climbs can be a struggle. Also depends a lot on how much weight is in it - one person versus four. 100 horsepower is nothing for modified bugs, I've heard of those in the 200s or even 300s for some of the more wild setups, but 100hp is pretty easy and cheap to get, and can make a reliable car with that much. Hoping to put a turbo in mine for a mild boost, maybe get around 120 or so, then she'll be even more fun than she already is - too much fun in the minds of cops and my mom...
Quill Maurer Yeah, 100hp is nothing major, but is really easy to get and still be a reliable daily driver. Had a friend with one that dyno’ed at 192hp at the wheels. That thing was seriously quick.
You almost smoked a Prius ....good job!!!
I paid about the same for mine, but it's not quite as nice as this one.
Awesome 😃
A tachometer is a fairly easy instrument to add - I'm sure you can find something to clamp one to without drilling any holes. Only a couple of wires to run - one to the coil, one ground, and maybe one to another of the instruments for dimmed lighting. That said, your Beetle accelerates so slowly that you have plenty of time to watch the speedo to hit your shift points. Though, how accurate is the speedo (compared to GPS speed)? :)
Or just learn based on sound (easy to do as loud as these are). I have a tach in mine, and I hardly ever look at it, might be helpful at first but after having it a little while you learn where to shift, don't even think about it.
Having owned a 65 VW in 65 it’s safe to say you don’t need a tachometer. The engine gets to a point in each gear where it runs out of breath,(so to speak) you learn to shift slightly before that.
0 to 60 eventually you can pass me but you can not outlast me!
Di mataku .. VW 1302LS begitu mempesona 😍
if you can get some popout rear windows for some cross flow ventilation relief from heat you will thank me later
Didnt say anything about the ATF light on the speedo.
You guys faces are so red from the heat lol
"Slowest zero-to-sixty time ever." Nope... My 1980 Mercedes Benz 240D automatic is the slowest zero-to-sixty time ever. 32 seconds. Zero to forty was about 12 seconds or so, then it took another 20 seconds to get to sixty. It was insane! If it were a stick-shift, and if it were the turbo 300D it would've been far better.
The last air cooled was off the Mexican assembly line in 2003
I love VW buses 50s 60s and 70s
Hey guys, great video! That Beetle seems to be pretty nice. Tommy, what ever happened to your Scout? I haven't seen it in a while.
Please stay tuned for more Scout videos coming soon.
TFLnow Awesome, thanks! Keep up the great work!
Yeah, I recognize that as the original headliner.
😰 Mine needs to be replaced
11:57 I’m pretty jealous
Are you, good! 😅
I want this car when you're done with it. :)
There keeping it if I am correct. So, I doubt you might get it.
Cool!
I thought a samurai was slow at 17 seconds! This is even slower!
My '76 Chevette was even slower. Twenty five and a half seconds to 60mph.
That was at sea level..
My samurai with 32 inch tires does 0-60 in once in a while
So on the speedo there's an "ATF" light? The only "ATF" I know of in relation to cars is "Automatic Transmission Fluid". But this car is a manual. So clearly ATF *doesn't* stand for Automatic Transmission Fluid on this speedo. What *does* it stand for?
VW did have a version of the automatic transmission. It was called "Autoshift" or "Automatic Stickshift". There was no clutch & you had 3 gears to pick from.
Lol “traffic”
映画 グレムリン、に出て来た主人公のフォルクスワーゲン・タイプ1はメキシコ🇲🇽製ビートルでしょうか？😅😅。 It’s a 1984 movie gremlin Billy’s car forxwagen taip1 it’s a Mexico🇲🇽 taip1?😅😅.
Try not to short shift these cars...you have to Rev the piss out of them for power and keep your fan cooling off the motor!
0-60 should be 17-18 seconds. The altitude and the driver surely didn’t help this ones cause.
Shop owner: "The car lasted up until 1975, when they switched to water-cooled." Does he mean the Beetle became a water-cooled engine, or is he referring to VW's shift to the Rabbit, which was introduced that year?
Anthony C
I think that’s what he means
He also might have meant to say that's when they went fuel injected, which most people regard as loosing the simplicity and purity of the earlier carbureted models. That early fuel injection system I've heard was very troublesome and temperamental. The original Beetle (excluding the new "Impersonators" as I call them) were always aircooled, they stopped selling them in the US but kept making them - still aircooled - until 2003 in Mexico.
@@quillmaurer6563 ,had a 72 square back with fuel injection and first year of the true automatic... Slug- orama...but in low gear, was great in the snow. That was in Boulder Colorado as well. Never had issues with the F.I, was always fine.
Do you have parts for VW 1302?
The car in the video is a 1302 so yes they do.
And i have the same car and swapped the engine on it XD
i like 63 and 71 beetles
Driver looks just like Dan Croll
where do u buy one its my dream car
I just bought one thinking of selling it. 7802653464
28 seconds, this needs NOS!
all phones today should tell ya what the weather is outside... unless you are a sad person and still play with a flip phone... ya BURN!!!!!!
Painters Grinding is too far from me. What a shame !
Wasn't Ted Bundy's Beetle beige? 😱
The Mexican parts don't always line up.
Chris York Yes your right
When running the car from ZERO - SIXTY, you kept it in 3rd for too long in my opinion.
And the guy's comment about "original" keeping their value...that may be so, but I would pay more for a *MODDED* VW, as I can't stand the original :) Hey, to each their own, right? lol
Dude you're what makes it slow ...
Here at 666 views
Shut off the music and I'll watch it. Otherwise, no thanks.