You are the only channel I know that treats the items you are working on as sort of a friendly combat. Occasionally you give out a chuckle when when the item wins a round but are soon back on it solving the problem. Wish more of the people on youtube were as informative and entertaining at the same time. regards -
Love it! lol. I turned 16 in 82 when we lived in Wasilla, Alaska. Before I could get my drivers license, Dad told me I had to drive 100 miles on the frozen lake (Over the whole winter). So in the 65 Dodge PU He would drink whiskey while I got up to 30 or 40 and then yell "Slam on the brakes, and this SOB BETTER not turn sideways!" He used training me to drive in snow and ice as an excuse to drink on sundays away from moms watchful eye, but it was a blast for me! When I went to work for the state at the Fair that next summer, I was the only teen that knew how to drive 3 on the tree, so I drove all summer while the others picked up trash. lol
Lyndel Beckwith Lake Lucile? Or Wasilla lake? I learned the same thing on Knik lake in the early 90s about ten years after you. Wasilla was a great small town back then.
@@b.s.adventures9421 Should have seen it late 70's bro! lol. Lake Lucille,btw,goodcall...it was closer to house and further fromprying cops eyes. High five, brother.
Lyndel Beckwith I was born at Palmer hospital in 78 and raised out on Knik goose bay road through the 80s and 90s. I didn’t realize it at the time but it was quite a wild place where you could do basically anything you wanted. Snowmachines, 3wheelers, 4 wheelers, motorcycles, and guns were our toys. Good times for sure.
Thanks for posting. I think everyone should practice skids and spinouts in their cars. I've done this with every car that I've owned. It has saved me from a crash more than once. Great job on the Ghia!
When my kids were learning to drive, we would find an empty parking lot during or after a snowfall, and I'd have them throw the car into skids and let them get the feel of correcting for it.
Great stuff! My first car was a '68 Bug convertible. You brought back some great memories of doing doughnuts in a snow covered stadium parking lot at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. Thanks for taking me back to the good old days! I had a rough spot in my throttle cable routing and always carried a spare cable with me just in case!
Mustie1 Thanks for all the videos! You have given me tons of useful information for many of my endeavors and projects in the garage and also the added confidence to try. In the fall i cleaned up, made a couple minor repairs and tuned up my newly aquired 15 year old toro 826 snowblower that was a hand me down from family. Then last week it started running poorly and i was able to diagnose it in just a few minutes because of the hours of videos you posted that i watched. More, i was able to quickly strip the carburetor down and find the pesky clog in the jet then clean it up, reassemble and blow out my driveway as well as a few neighbors. We have all been under the strain of a horrible snowy winter here in the NE and your videos are as entertaining as they are informative which gives me something to watch as i can't stand much (if any) of the garbage network television programming. Again THANK YOU! Your videos saved me a lot of time (OUT IN THE COLD) and give me something good to watch through these long winter months!
Yes, Mustie is a must see. Unfortunately for me, for various reasons I am not a mechanic/handy type, although at work I am for the most part a sort of craftsman: a surgeon. Mustie's videos show his intelligence at work. Intelligence and knowledge, and a feeling for materials. And, not least, he is a man you would love to have as your neighbor, a fun to be with. Thanks Mustie (if you see this).
Yup, you need to get the kinks out of the car. I did it on a trip across the States from California desert to Atlanta Georgia,with a stop over in Texas gulf coast area...That was a trip!!!! I am in Texas and I have long hair, California license,plates and a County Sheriff, eyeing me and the head lights go weird,one quit as I am leaving the gas station,he pulls in front of me and started telling what the fines were..So I thumped the fuse block and bam,both lights started working ,scared the crap out of me,as I grew up in the area and knew that I was going to get a ticket or worse!!1986 was a different time.. Another great video!!! God bless you and your family, and keep wrenching
A friend of mine from the south complained to me how rusty his car was. He sent me pictures and the first thing I said was what rust and sent a picture of my truck. The North East is rough on cars. With the wild temp swings, road salts and rain volume, it's amazing how long cars can take it.
Thanks so much for the memories. I love watching you wrench so i dont have to anymore. In the late 80's you could find non running convertibles in back yards for as little as little as $500. Knock now the stuck float, give a jump and you were off and running. You may have to drive home with the e-brake. We had 5 of them at one time or another. Great cheap fun at time. They always ran which is more than I can say for the Triumph TR3.
You are having way too much fun! Congratulations on breathing new life back into this car. Enjoyed your videos. Thanks for taking us along on this adventure. John
Had a fuel delivery man who would mix new oil STP and enough diesel fuel to allow the mixture to be sprayed through the old metal garden / lawn sprayer. When he got a new delivery truck it would get soaked with that mixture through every opening and the inner fenders , where ever he could get it. He would let it drip dry a couple days before putting the unit in service. His trucks were never rusted out like so many others of that 70s era. Great content 👍
We’re about the same age and my 1st car was a 67 Beetle. I can’t even tell you the memories this brings back - even the fabric defroster and the broken throttle cable. Donuts in a flat, silent, snow-covered lot - priceless.
cutting the trim piece a 1/2 " off the car ....that was some grinder precision ! Nice doughnuts , Brian & I should have a 67 Bug answer video clip after tonights storm :) . So much great content in this series of reviving this Ghia , thank you for the work involved in creating it . I am looking forward to seeing the Ghia this summer ! 👍
Really enjoy yout videos. I have spent hours catching up on them. Found myself laughing when you were kicking it into high speed mode going down the boulevard.
A wonderful series Mustie I enjoy these video immensely. Makes me want to drive up to New England and take a few days off just to sit and watch you wrench!
Just amazing the amount of work that went into this car rescue. "Not a restoration...?" Two of my phobias: rusted rocker panels and mouse poop--both things I have no desire to fix--and you took them on like a champ. I'd love a Ghia, but I don't have the time to invest in doing what you did on this one. And it seems they're _all_ like this: full of crumbled-up rust.
I had to get my own body working hammer. It is not meant for framing a house, but it comes in handy for so many projects! If it had not been for Mustie1 using it in these fantastic videos, I would not have thought about having one in my hammer collection. So thank you Mustie1 for showing tools and tricks I did know about! Love the Ghia! Thanxz
I have thoroughly enjoyed this series and will be sad that it is reaching the end. Whilst I may have done some things differently - each to his own - it would never have been as well as you.Great job and looking forward to whatever comes next.
Every time I watch you complete a resurrection on one of these old VW's it make ms want one even more! Other than the metal repair (I have very limited welding experience) I feel confident I could get one going just from what I have learned from watching you. Another great build, another great video.
My Uncle was a rancher in Southern Okla. He got an old FIAT running and used it for the same thing, A beater to run in to town to get mail and pick up small stuff. Real easy on the gas. :) Great job there.
Two thumps up! We used to do donuts with a bay window bus on Sundays in a large department store parking lot. We would tie the steering wheel with a bungee, leave it in gear and sit in back an whip across a big icy parking lot in a snow bank. So much fun!
We broke the throttle cable on my type 3 squareback on Highway 1 in CA years ago. We drove it about 30 miles to a hardware store and replaced the cable. My buddy and I took turns driving while the other guy ran the throttle by reaching over the back seat and twisting the linkage by hand (engine cover removed). We got pretty well coordinated and the shifts were pretty smooth by the time we got there. Made for a great story :)
When i saw your VW up on jacks, it reminded me of my last day of Highschool back in 1969, my shop teacher had a Karmann Ghia about the same year as yours, well seems it was the end of high school for most of us we decided to give our shop teacher a going away present from the class of 69, during the last period of the day a bunch of us lifted his car up and sat it on jack stands, i didn't stick around to see what happend when he came out to get into his car.
Great presentation, NC does not have much of a problem with excessive rust, yet it is good to learn of new ways to protect automobiles. Keep the videos coming, you are way better than some of those crack pot car shows on prime time TV.
Watching him have fun with something that's taken him months to get just right is the highlight of any of his series finale episodes. It's always a blast to watch him have so much fun, after all the hard work and terrible weather he's put up with. Mustie, you're truly a child at heart. You fix just to break again, to fix again. But the best part is, you enjoy the fixing, you enjoy teaching us how to fix, and you enjoy going and breaking it again. From your entire fan base, thank you for hours of fixing, innuendos, learning, and an overall good time. We appreciate and love you Mustie.
Back when I bought a new 1975 Camaro I had it rust proofed by Rusty Jones, similar to Z Bart process. It involved opening up inside channels and spraying a non drying petroleum product to coat all vulnerable surfaces rather than undercoating which would at best last a couple of years in the mid west where they used salt on the roads in winter. When I got rid of the car 8 years later it still wasn't rusting out where as a friend who bought one at the same time had his rusting through the rear wheel wells three years later.
Thanks for all the tips, and letting us watch. I have two toys in similar condition, and due to circumstances, they'll have to wait 'till i retire...if i live that long. With your vids i can at least make believe it is me working on mine. And ha, at 31:25 we saw you reach to the steering column to turn off the ignition😁
Great to see you enjoying the fruits of your own labours. You turned a car most of us subscribers would just walk away from into a cool machine. Love it.
Flarda car, eh? While living in West Virginia I have had to work on my Northern Michigan accent! ;) Beautiful job, man... Thank you so much for sharing your time and skills!
I could watch you work on cars n motors all day. I've really learned a lot in past few years following ur channel. So just wanted to show my appreciation for what you do!
I live in upstate new York where there is more salt then snow. The guys at work laugh at me when I tell them I use bar and chain oil for under coat but the funny thing is all of their cars are rotted so I laugh at them. This really works I learned this from my grandpa who has 4 classic cars with absolutely no rust because he does this and keeps up on it every salt season. Cool vid keep up the good work.
Mustie1, the action that you are trying to describe with the oil seeping into everything over time is call "Capilliary" action. (not sure I spelled that right) In your video, around 18:30 you have a jar of oil sitting on a white cloth, that has been there for a little time. Notice how the oil has seeped through the cloth. Eventually, if you left it long enough, the oil would continue to seep out from the container and cover the whole cloth. You are absolutely correct to say that the oil will find its way into all the crack and crannies over time. My only concern is how often you would have to re-spray everything given the salty environment in your area. Cheers
I have a 1973 Porsche 914 that has exactly the same issue with undercoating: cracked and flaking areas - metal is very poor, areas near engine or transmission oil splash - metal is near perfect. Bar and chain oil is a great tip! Love the channel - you are a natural with explanation and videography.
Mustie nice to see experience at work and have seen the original crack sealant VW used with good intentions act like wick and it would draw water and road salts up into the car!! apsolutley your conclusion are dead on!!! Thanks it's good to have Breakfast with Mustie in the Morning!!!!
Thank you for a enjoyable ride. We like to race the car with the blue and red lights on top, We usually win, But the sleep over is pretty rough.Thanks again for a super build and ride.We Like the slip and slide of the video.VW Drivers know how to steer and scrape the inside of the front window!
Mustie1, Your the only person I ever knew who could do doughnuts in the snow with 2,000 people in the back seat laughing. Thanks for the great adventures you take us on!
mustie you're like a big kid but what you done to that car is awesome so I thank you for sharing it with us thank you and God bless it's snowing here in Winchester Kentucky right now on a Sunday morning at about 9 9:30
Hi a new subscriber I just found you and am enjoy your posts a lot. Grew up in Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada so seeing the snow brought back a lot of memories. am retired to a small rice farm out side Wiang Chai in Northern Thailand keep up the great work I like hanging out in the garage with you. You really made me laugh when you first speeded up the vid and audio kind of caught me off guard with the sound and gave me a big smile all the best Randell
Time to make the "donuts" with Mustie1! Nothing like doing donuts in a snow covered parking lot! I've tried your rustproofing methods Mustie and I have to say it works like a charm! Thank you for all your great tips and teaching keeping old machinery alive. Your a GREAT mechanic, fabricator and diagnostician. Peace brother.
How much fun was that! Can't say she is much of a drifter, but sure is a beauty! Brought back great memories. My uncle had a baby blue one (similar vintage) he'd take me out for fun rides like that in it. Thanks for sharing!
Out here in Las Vegas we have plenty of those dusty roads you were looking for. Your B&C oil undercoating looks like a great solution to those in the rust belt. I think a lot of us were hoping to see that rear quarter fixed before you shut this project down....oh well. Great work, keep the vids coming!
We used to protect inaccessible areas on small aircraft by applying hot linseed oil. Of course this is for aluminum parts but the effect is the same for steel. Linseed oil is thick and sticky also and persists for a long time. It must be hot so it flows easy, it thickens as it cools.
I was looking at you work and you should rig up some, scraper attachment, for your blow gun. You do good work. You are always on with me in my garage and I am always in my garage; just bringing rusty stuff back to life. Thanks for the vids! Cheers!
There is no substitute for experience in life. Whether it be rust, teaching , whatever the topic. Mustie does the best he can with what he has. His experience and personal preferences show through.
Have to try this method, I have used green Lucas high tac axle grease, but causes a lot of dirt to stick. Plus your method looks easier, I’m all about easier.
Have to agree. Its great to see and hear you enjoying yourself after all your persistent hard work. Thanks for the memories when I owned a Beatle in Me. and did a few donuts myself! 😀
I found a kickstarter from a Sachs engine in a old barn. Everything in the barn was rusted out, while the kickstarter was covered in a thick oil. I cleaned it up and it was brand new, the chrome was perfect and not a speck of rust to be found!
PuchMaxi - Just a few years ago I met a guy with a Portuguese built SIS Sachs V5. The machine looked impeccable, quite amazing considering it was more than 45 years old. Remarkably it didn't seem "restored" in the sense we usually refer, like new paint or chromes, etc. It was more like factory new. Upon conversation I discover that it belonged to an old guy. That when put it aside due to his advanced age. Literally covered it with grease and oil, trow a tarp on it. And was left in a barn for decades. His heirs eventually sold it to the guy I met. Who basically washed, tuned and was having a ball with it. Time capsule kind of thing. ;-) Cheers
I was out in the snow several years ago in my truck was out by myself driving around no phone no anything I managed to get home when I got home I went to push the throttle to pull up in the driveway and throttle cable broke I thought to myself how lucky awesome video
Thank you for the great explanation on how bar and chain oil protects our cars up here. I have used it since the late 70's. People always complement me on how nice and rust free my cars are. When I explained what I do with bar and chain oil their eyes glaze over and the standard response is it is too messy and they don't have the time to do it. For the hour it takes me 2 or 3 times a year it's well worth it.
Years ago when cars rusted away faster than you could drive them in the UK, there was a proprietary preventative called WAXOIL, a mixture of oils, wax, and converter. The hand sprayer was great, stacks of pressure. The neat idea was the extension for doing the inside of box sections - a long, reasonably flexible plastic tube that could fit into the drainage holes. The spray end for this tube was a flat headed nail about 1.5 inches long, with flutes on the shank, pushed about 1 and 3/8 ths into the tube, a tight fit. The flutes allowed the passage of the Waxoil which bounced off of the nail head in a 360 degree pattern. Worked very well. Thanks for the videos.
I used to spray Waxoil into GM cars and trucks back in the early 80's. Had to take all the little rubber plugs out of the doors etc, and use a small tube to spray inside the door. Remember to make sure the window is rolled up OK?!!!
I broke the throttle cable on my beetle once. I just happened to have some string in the car and rigged it to pull the throttle and routed it through the pop out rear window. It worked great by pulling the throttle with my left hand whist steering and shifting with my right.
I was going to our cabin in a vw van, I had a dune buggy at the cabin so I rebuilt th he motod,sg hom ed ,eell driving to the buggy I blew the van engine, a hour and a half later I had put the buggy engine in the van on the side of the road and continued on my journey, vw's are the best, wish they were still around for $150 bucks like in the late 70s
I blew one of the heads off mine, and drove the five miles home on two cylinders. It was slow going up the hills. The mechanic helicoiled the bolts, and it was sold shortly thereafter. I had a lot of fun in that car.
Finally had a chance to watch! I’ve used bar n chain + boiled linseed oil in past and works great, you might have just found your new fav mix! Fun riding along...SNOW-NUTS! Spare throttle cable going into the glove box once THAT one gets home!!!! great as always!
Back in 66 I hitched a ride 20 miles west to Frivolas Bar where the "Young Rascals" were playing in Jay's red 65 Bug cabriolet. No stage they played at floor level and first set I wasn't close. I didn't go to the bar but stood for the half hour break next to Dino Dinelli's drum set. I had a wonderful second set being a drummer and back home again in Jays almost brand new red bug cabriolet. Drove a 356B cabriolet at that time the engine was very slightly spunkier than the bug and the seats were thicker and leather and the few chrome accents esp around the seats were very thick. Also had a 64 "Sea Blue" I think that's what they called it Bug. Special color. I think they made a lot of them. I'm sure everyone is enjoying the Ghia resto. Thanks!
I’m not in the snow, but I’m driving my 66 beetle in the rain 🌧 here in Southern California. It sounded like a two stroke when you sped it up...😁😁😁😁👍And yes, having to wipe the window, because it takes forever for the defrosters to work in cold weather......😉
Cold weather in California ?? Come and live a winter here in the Montreal area. Now, that's cold weather man. My older bro had 1963 Bug as his first car. In 1972. He always prepared his car in October. Snow brush, check. Windshield washer liquid, check. Warm gloves and hat, check. Booster cables, check. Mandatory Ice scrapers ? Check. (One for the outside, one for the INSIDE !) Check. The damn thing was HOT in Summer, Damn COLD in winter. But it always started, hot or cold. PS After a couple years of ownership, he told he finally found, with his girlfriend, the actual use for those straps on the B pillars. LOL !
Can I recommend a product? Not in any way connected with it or sponsored, just used it and liked it. It's called "Hammerite Direct to Rust Metal paint". Widely available in UK and can be purchased via Amazon/eBay elsewhere I'm sure. The metal doesn't need to be primed nor is an undercoat needed. Can be painted (or aerosoled) directly onto rusty metal. Not massively flaky rust obviously but superficial rust is fine. However the more rust that is removed before application the better. I saw so many places under the Ghia that would've benefited from it. It dries quickly to a very tough finish indeed. Tough enough to withstand stone chips easily and I believe it has Zinc in it to help with rust prevention. Available in different colours and finsishes. Try it. As for diluting your bar/chain oil try good old fashioned paraffin. No more smellier than linseed I'm sure and will thin the bar/chain enough to spray easily and run into cracks, pores, etc. Hope somebody finds this of interest/help.
Did you listen to the first 15 minutes of this video? He doesn't want a coating that dries and traps water. He has gone over this multiple times. His experience in nasty, rusty, salty, New England has shown him the value of non-drying oil.
I have used hammerite and I found it to break down and had several failures. I now use Adcoat rust reformer from ebay. Also Rustoleum rust reformer in spray cans is super good at stopping the chemical reaction and sticks really well.
Mmm... interesting that Mike. Perhaps it's climate related. It seems to work well here in the UK. But I'm guessing you're in the US? With far more climatic extremes than here. I'll certainly look into those products you mentioned. I guess entropy gets us all in the end! Regards. G
@@garymills6702 hey I also noticed it does not have a rust converter in the paint Hammerite. It only encapsulates it which does work if there is no failures in the finish. BUt like mustie says it separates itself from the metal.The stuff I use is like a water based flexible varnish that also has phosphoric acid in it to treat and stop the rust chemically. Where you are there is much less UV damage like here I work in all climates and this stuff holds up everywhere. But they may have something similar in the UK look up rust converter. waterborne.
I've always loved those Karmann Ghia's and wished my '64 Beetle was one. I once broke my throttle cable and found some bail wire on an old wooden fence. I ran it from the carb, around the rear bumper and up to my drivers window and wrapped it around a small stick at the end. I would pull on the stick out the window for throttle. It was a bit tricky shifting gears because I had no hands on the wheel, but it got me home.
Just a warning about the boiled linseed oil. It can self-combust when drying in rags, so any spilling you clean up with a rag must be stored in a lidded container, preferably a metal one. And be careful not to spill on the interior, mats, seats etc. as those might set them self on fire a couple of hour’s later, especially if the car sits in the sun while drying (or other warm places). Not fun doing all repairs, welding and such and then finishing of with a coat of oil, just to see it burn to the ground, possibly taking the house/garage with it just for not knowing that boiled linseed oil can, and do self-combust (in rags and other fabric at least).
Oh man! That brought back memories! In Nebraska we called doing donuts, "flippin' kitties" (I have no idea why). It was fantastic to watch you flippin' kitties from the back seat. Do it again!
Hahaha - "limp-home mode", forerunner to the many problems we have on today's cars and trucks. I've never had a throttle cable snap or flop off, but a few times I have experienced a return spring failure, and that becomes a lot of fun trying to get a truck either going or stopped... You have to figure out how to get your foot under then damn pedal to lift it back up so you can grab the next gear, or decelerate if you're trying to slow down. You can usually pull off somewhere, and stretch what's left of the spring to make it work, that is if the whole spring didn't snap off and fall on the ground some number of miles behind you. One time I didn't have a spring, so I used a bungee cord wrapped around the pedal and my boot to get me to the nearest hardware store where I could get something to work under the hood.
I had that happen, but to the shifter spring. That was a fun day until I could get to a point where I could get under the car and hook up what was left of the spring.
Lol, great vid, my buddy had a 67 vw bug the was built, it would run 9's and hang the front wheels, he took me out in it and we stopped at a 4 way stop and he said hand on, he revved her up and dumped the clutch and on the back wheels we went. He grabbed 2nd gear while still hanging the the fronts and snap! Went the throttle cable lol! Same deal rollin home at 30mph! I forgot about that till I seen this video. Keep em coming!
Just a Safety Sally note for you: take care to safely dispose of any rags or kitchen towel etc. that have boiled linseed oil on them. They can spontaneously combust. Yes, really! You don't want that s**t happening in your shop while you are asleep... I'm not making this up, it happens. When you're done, take the waste outside and burn it yourself, under controlled conditions.
Having driven many years on Bias Ply tires before radials came along, I prefer them on older vehicles that predate the introduction of the radial tire. The two tires types require different suspension parameters. The Radial is a soft tire with little sidewall rigidity and likes a stiff suspension whereas the Bias Ply is a stiff tire and likes a soft suspension. If you mix a radial tire with a bias ply suspension you end up with a vehicle that rides like a wallowing pig. This is why most people today think that 50's and 60's cars couldn't handle very well. Look at the lap times of the Daytonas and Superbirds for the 1969 Daytona 500 and remember those were big cars on very narrow(by today's standards) bias ply tires. I think the pole sitters top lap speed was somewhere around 206 mph.
Thanks for the video and the Bar lube info. I have really good luck with Klotz spray motorcycle chain lube. Used it for over forty years, it goes on thin, penetrates and really sticks.
I never thought to use bar an chain oil. I do use it to lubricate my winch cable. Fluid film was a huge disappointment. I used it last winter on my new car and it washed off immediately. Put it on the rusty old pickup to keep it from breaking in half and again, washed off just sitting inthe driveway. Krown seems to be doing well. I think next winter I'll try spraying bar and chain oil into the holes from the krown in the doors and body. Have you seen the south main auto video of the 10 year old Chevy truck that had a rotted frame from Ziebart? I've seen more vehicles destroyed by Ziebart than saved.
I remember buying Ziebart cars with rusted out lower doors and rear quarter panels. That crap clearly didnt work as advertised. It was just a dealer add on to raise the price of the vehicle. They did a 78 Chevy Nova and the inside fender wells still rotted away in 6 months. That was a BRAND NEW vehicle too. I remember my mother's 78 Nova rotting out in a year and a half after she bought it new from the dealer. The engine was decent. 350 Small block. My Uncle took the smog control pump off and threw it in the trash.
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You are the only channel I know that treats the items you are working on as sort of a friendly combat. Occasionally you give out a chuckle when when the item wins a round but are soon
back on it solving the problem. Wish more of the people on youtube were as informative and entertaining at the same time. regards -
Love it! lol. I turned 16 in 82 when we lived in Wasilla, Alaska. Before I could get my drivers license, Dad told me I had to drive 100 miles on the frozen lake (Over the whole winter). So in the 65 Dodge PU He would drink whiskey while I got up to 30 or 40 and then yell "Slam on the brakes, and this SOB BETTER not turn sideways!" He used training me to drive in snow and ice as an excuse to drink on sundays away from moms watchful eye, but it was a blast for me! When I went to work for the state at the Fair that next summer, I was the only teen that knew how to drive 3 on the tree, so I drove all summer while the others picked up trash. lol
Lyndel Beckwith
Lake Lucile? Or Wasilla lake? I learned the same thing on Knik lake in the early 90s about ten years after you.
Wasilla was a great small town back then.
@@b.s.adventures9421 Should have seen it late 70's bro! lol. Lake Lucille,btw,goodcall...it was closer to house and further fromprying cops eyes. High five, brother.
Lyndel Beckwith
I was born at Palmer hospital in 78 and raised out on Knik goose bay road through the 80s and 90s.
I didn’t realize it at the time but it was quite a wild place where you could do basically anything you wanted.
Snowmachines, 3wheelers, 4 wheelers, motorcycles, and guns were our toys.
Good times for sure.
Thanks for posting. I think everyone should practice skids and spinouts in their cars. I've done this with every car that I've owned. It has saved me from a crash more than once. Great job on the Ghia!
When my kids were learning to drive, we would find an empty parking lot during or after a snowfall, and I'd have them throw the car into skids and let them get the feel of correcting for it.
Great stuff! My first car was a '68 Bug convertible. You brought back some great memories of doing doughnuts in a snow covered stadium parking lot at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. Thanks for taking me back to the good old days! I had a rough spot in my throttle cable routing and always carried a spare cable with me just in case!
Mustie1 Thanks for all the videos! You have given me tons of useful information for many of my endeavors and projects in the garage and also the added confidence to try. In the fall i cleaned up, made a couple minor repairs and tuned up my newly aquired 15 year old toro 826 snowblower that was a hand me down from family. Then last week it started running poorly and i was able to diagnose it in just a few minutes because of the hours of videos you posted that i watched. More, i was able to quickly strip the carburetor down and find the pesky clog in the jet then clean it up, reassemble and blow out my driveway as well as a few neighbors. We have all been under the strain of a horrible snowy winter here in the NE and your videos are as entertaining as they are informative which gives me something to watch as i can't stand much (if any) of the garbage network television programming. Again THANK YOU! Your videos saved me a lot of time (OUT IN THE COLD) and give me something good to watch through these long winter months!
TheRageBrain you, sir, saved me a lot of typing! T Y!
Yes, Mustie is a must see. Unfortunately for me, for various reasons I am not a mechanic/handy type, although at work I am for the most part a sort of craftsman: a surgeon. Mustie's videos show his intelligence at work. Intelligence and knowledge, and a feeling for materials. And, not least, he is a man you would love to have as your neighbor, a fun to be with. Thanks Mustie (if you see this).
Love that vintage old car wow she's worth pursuing restoration and repairing inside and out thanks for putting this little jewel back on the road.
Yup, you need to get the kinks out of the car.
I did it on a trip across the States from California desert to Atlanta Georgia,with a stop over in Texas gulf coast area...That was a trip!!!!
I am in Texas and I have long hair, California license,plates and a County Sheriff, eyeing me and the head lights go weird,one quit as I am leaving the gas station,he pulls in front of me and started telling what the fines were..So I thumped the fuse block and bam,both lights started working ,scared the crap out of me,as I grew up in the area and knew that I was going to get a ticket or worse!!1986 was a different time..
Another great video!!!
God bless you and your family, and keep wrenching
The joy of rear wheel drive. Some people have never experienced donuts the way they are supposed to be. Great video.
Wonderful explanation of years of experience of our new england winters and years of keeping vehicles alive. TY Mustie1
A friend of mine from the south complained to me how rusty his car was. He sent me pictures and the first thing I said was what rust and sent a picture of my truck. The North East is rough on cars. With the wild temp swings, road salts and rain volume, it's amazing how long cars can take it.
Thanks so much for the memories. I love watching you wrench so i dont have to anymore. In the late 80's you could find non running convertibles in back yards for as little as little as $500. Knock now the stuck float, give a jump and you were off and running. You may have to drive home with the e-brake. We had 5 of them at one time or another. Great cheap fun at time. They always ran which is more than I can say for the Triumph TR3.
You are having way too much fun! Congratulations on breathing new life back into this car. Enjoyed your videos. Thanks for taking us along on this adventure.
John
Your diligence is admirable especially where that undercoating is concerned!
Had a fuel delivery man who would mix new oil STP and enough diesel fuel to allow the mixture to be sprayed through the old metal garden / lawn sprayer. When he got a new delivery truck it would get soaked with that mixture through every opening and the inner fenders , where ever he could get it. He would let it drip dry a couple days before putting the unit in service. His trucks were never rusted out like so many others of that 70s era. Great content 👍
We’re about the same age and my 1st car was a 67 Beetle. I can’t even tell you the memories this brings back - even the fabric defroster and the broken throttle cable. Donuts in a flat, silent, snow-covered lot - priceless.
cutting the trim piece a 1/2 " off the car ....that was some grinder precision ! Nice doughnuts , Brian & I should have a 67 Bug answer video clip after tonights storm :) . So much great content in this series of reviving this Ghia , thank you for the work involved in creating it . I am looking forward to seeing the Ghia this summer ! 👍
Really enjoy yout videos. I have spent hours catching up on them. Found myself laughing when you were kicking it into high speed mode going down the boulevard.
A wonderful series Mustie I enjoy these video immensely. Makes me want to drive up to New England and take a few days off just to sit and watch you wrench!
Just amazing the amount of work that went into this car rescue. "Not a restoration...?" Two of my phobias: rusted rocker panels and mouse poop--both things I have no desire to fix--and you took them on like a champ. I'd love a Ghia, but I don't have the time to invest in doing what you did on this one. And it seems they're _all_ like this: full of crumbled-up rust.
Awesome series on that Ghia driver.. I always enjoy the ride-along segments. 👍🏻 Thumbs-up from this TN shade-tree wrencher 🔧
I had to get my own body working hammer. It is not meant for framing a house, but it comes in handy for so many projects! If it had not been for Mustie1 using it in these fantastic videos, I would not have thought about having one in my hammer collection. So thank you Mustie1 for showing tools and tricks I did know about! Love the Ghia! Thanxz
I have thoroughly enjoyed this series and will be sad that it is reaching the end. Whilst I may have done some things differently - each to his own - it would never have been as well as you.Great job and looking forward to whatever comes next.
Every time I watch you complete a resurrection on one of these old VW's it make ms want one even more! Other than the metal repair (I have very limited welding experience) I feel confident I could get one going just from what I have learned from watching you. Another great build, another great video.
My Uncle was a rancher in Southern Okla. He got an old FIAT running and used it for the same thing, A beater to run in to town to get mail and pick up small stuff. Real easy on the gas. :) Great job there.
Two thumps up! We used to do donuts with a bay window bus on Sundays in a large department store parking lot. We would tie the steering wheel with a bungee, leave it in gear and sit in back an whip across a big icy parking lot in a snow bank. So much fun!
We broke the throttle cable on my type 3 squareback on Highway 1 in CA years ago. We drove it about 30 miles to a hardware store and replaced the cable. My buddy and I took turns driving while the other guy ran the throttle by reaching over the back seat and twisting the linkage by hand (engine cover removed). We got pretty well coordinated and the shifts were pretty smooth by the time we got there. Made for a great story :)
When i saw your VW up on jacks, it reminded me of my last day of Highschool back in 1969, my shop teacher had a Karmann Ghia about the same year as yours, well seems it was the end of high school for most of us we decided to give our shop teacher a going away present from the class of 69, during the last period of the day a bunch of us lifted his car up and sat it on jack stands, i didn't stick around to see what happend when he came out to get into his car.
The childish laugh and smile on mustie1 never gets old and is completely priceless.
I was grinning throughout, and very entertaining indeed! :-)
Yep, it does sound like he enjoys himself.
Great presentation, NC does not have much of a problem with excessive rust, yet it is good to learn of new ways to protect automobiles. Keep the videos coming, you are way better than some of those crack pot car shows on prime time TV.
Hot toast and butter is a great analogy! The oil magically melts into the pores of the metal.
Watching him have fun with something that's taken him months to get just right is the highlight of any of his series finale episodes. It's always a blast to watch him have so much fun, after all the hard work and terrible weather he's put up with. Mustie, you're truly a child at heart. You fix just to break again, to fix again. But the best part is, you enjoy the fixing, you enjoy teaching us how to fix, and you enjoy going and breaking it again. From your entire fan base, thank you for hours of fixing, innuendos, learning, and an overall good time. We appreciate and love you Mustie.
Back when I bought a new 1975 Camaro I had it rust proofed by Rusty Jones, similar to Z Bart process. It involved opening up inside channels and spraying a non drying petroleum product to coat all vulnerable surfaces rather than undercoating which would at best last a couple of years in the mid west where they used salt on the roads in winter. When I got rid of the car 8 years later it still wasn't rusting out where as a friend who bought one at the same time had his rusting through the rear wheel wells three years later.
I been in automotive all my life and what you say about bar and chain oils seems to be brilliant = very impressive
Thanks for all the tips, and letting us watch. I have two toys in similar condition, and due to circumstances, they'll have to wait 'till i retire...if i live that long. With your vids i can at least make believe it is me working on mine. And ha, at 31:25 we saw you reach to the steering column to turn off the ignition😁
Great to see you enjoying the fruits of your own labours. You turned a car most of us subscribers would just walk away from into a cool machine. Love it.
Flarda car, eh? While living in West Virginia I have had to work on my Northern Michigan accent! ;) Beautiful job, man... Thank you so much for sharing your time and skills!
I could watch you work on cars n motors all day. I've really learned a lot in past few years following ur channel. So just wanted to show my appreciation for what you do!
great undercoating, and drive . so disappointed that i missed out on the snowy doughnuts. HUGE THUMBS UP Sir
you presume Mustie1 to have been an OFFICER?
@@granskare I think Mustie1 is a knight.
I live in upstate new York where there is more salt then snow. The guys at work laugh at me when I tell them I use bar and chain oil for under coat but the funny thing is all of their cars are rotted so I laugh at them. This really works I learned this from my grandpa who has 4 classic cars with absolutely no rust because he does this and keeps up on it every salt season. Cool vid keep up the good work.
Mustie1, the action that you are trying to describe with the oil seeping into everything over time is call "Capilliary" action. (not sure I spelled that right) In your video, around 18:30 you have a jar of oil sitting on a white cloth, that has been there for a little time. Notice how the oil has seeped through the cloth. Eventually, if you left it long enough, the oil would continue to seep out from the container and cover the whole cloth. You are absolutely correct to say that the oil will find its way into all the crack and crannies over time. My only concern is how often you would have to re-spray everything given the salty environment in your area. Cheers
This is a very good video illustrating the different principles of undercoating verses oils spray. Been through this many times.
Thanks for including your furry family in the last couple of videos.
I have a 1973 Porsche 914 that has exactly the same issue with undercoating: cracked and flaking areas - metal is very poor, areas near engine or transmission oil splash - metal is near perfect. Bar and chain oil is a great tip! Love the channel - you are a natural with explanation and videography.
Mustie nice to see experience at work and have seen the original crack sealant VW used with good intentions act like wick and it would draw water and road salts up into the car!! apsolutley your conclusion are dead on!!! Thanks it's good to have Breakfast with Mustie in the Morning!!!!
Thank you for a enjoyable ride. We like to race the car with the blue and red lights on top, We usually win, But the sleep over is pretty rough.Thanks again for a super build and ride.We Like the slip and slide of the video.VW Drivers know how to steer and scrape the inside of the front window!
lily dont care about rust and snow. she is just chilling in the warm. keep making them videos
The dog was sleeping the 'sleep of the just' that's for sure!
Mustie1, Your the only person I ever knew who could do doughnuts in the snow with 2,000 people in the back seat laughing. Thanks for the great adventures you take us on!
You make the kid in all of us smile and dream!
mustie you're like a big kid but what you done to that car is awesome so I thank you for sharing it with us thank you and God bless it's snowing here in Winchester Kentucky right now on a Sunday morning at about 9 9:30
Just made my sunday abit better.
Yep
YOU BETCHER LIFESAVERS-!!!
Hi a new subscriber I just found you and am enjoy your posts a lot. Grew up in Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada so seeing the snow brought back a lot of memories. am retired to a small rice farm out side Wiang Chai in Northern Thailand keep up the great work I like hanging out in the garage with you. You really made me laugh when you first speeded up the vid and audio kind of caught me off guard with the sound and gave me a big smile all the best Randell
8000+ viewed but didnt hit the like button. What the hell. I guess only a salt belt warrior can truly appreciate this great info!
Time to make the "donuts" with Mustie1!
Nothing like doing donuts in a snow covered parking lot!
I've tried your rustproofing methods Mustie and I have to say it works like a charm! Thank you for all your great tips and teaching keeping old machinery alive. Your a GREAT mechanic, fabricator and diagnostician. Peace brother.
Great series - thank you so much for sharing
There are few things as much fun as frosted donuts in a VW. Thanks for bringing back some fun memories!
I can hear the youngins now.. "I saw some crazy dude doing donuts in a vintage Ferrari!!"
How much fun was that! Can't say she is much of a drifter, but sure is a beauty! Brought back great memories. My uncle had a baby blue one (similar vintage) he'd take me out for fun rides like that in it. Thanks for sharing!
Doin' *"Snonuts"* in a Karmann Ghia. A kid's dream come true.
I was just gonna say that
Out here in Las Vegas we have plenty of those dusty roads you were looking for. Your B&C oil undercoating looks like a great solution to those in the rust belt. I think a lot of us were hoping to see that rear quarter fixed before you shut this project down....oh well. Great work, keep the vids coming!
We used to protect inaccessible areas on small aircraft by applying hot linseed oil. Of course this is for aluminum parts but the effect is the same for steel. Linseed oil is thick and sticky also and persists for a long time. It must be hot so it flows easy, it thickens as it cools.
My dad loved these cars he had 2 of them in the early 70’s and like all rear engine VW they go good in the snow
That was fun watching you play in the snow! High speed "NASCAR" Mustie was also pretty good!
I was looking at you work and you should rig up some, scraper attachment, for your blow gun. You do good work. You are always on with me in my garage and I am always in my garage; just bringing rusty stuff back to life. Thanks for the vids! Cheers!
Lilly's a watch dog all right. She likes to lay there and WATCH you work...play! 😁
Thank you for another great restoration journey, and the enjoyment of your investment. Keep it coming
Mustie the Rustiest guy. I use his bar and chain oil under mowers and such in late fall, still oily in the spring. Showem teach.
What a pleasure to have an old car in Sydney, Australia - my Pajero is 25 years old and not a spot of rust!
Love how you don’t get nasty about a few negative comments about the big “Y” “Why did you do that? “
Nothing is as easy as it looks.
There is no substitute for experience in life. Whether it be rust, teaching , whatever the topic. Mustie does the best he can with what he has. His experience and personal preferences show through.
Forget the oil..forget the snow,ice and salt..move down South next door to me!!!! Love the sound of manual gears. Great video. Thanks.
Have to try this method, I have used green Lucas high tac axle grease, but causes a lot of dirt to stick. Plus your method looks easier, I’m all about easier.
Have to agree. Its great to see and hear you enjoying yourself after all your persistent hard work. Thanks for the memories when I owned a Beatle in Me. and did a few donuts myself! 😀
I found a kickstarter from a Sachs engine in a old barn. Everything in the barn was rusted out, while the kickstarter was covered in a thick oil. I cleaned it up and it was brand new, the chrome was perfect and not a speck of rust to be found!
PuchMaxi - Just a few years ago I met a guy with a Portuguese built SIS Sachs V5. The machine looked impeccable, quite amazing considering it was more than 45 years old. Remarkably it didn't seem "restored" in the sense we usually refer, like new paint or chromes, etc. It was more like factory new.
Upon conversation I discover that it belonged to an old guy. That when put it aside due to his advanced age. Literally covered it with grease and oil, trow a tarp on it. And was left in a barn for decades. His heirs eventually sold it to the guy I met.
Who basically washed, tuned and was having a ball with it. Time capsule kind of thing. ;-)
Cheers
@@crpth1 What a lucky find, great story too!
Excellent explanation of why your oil system is best. It’s a no brainer when you really think about it.
I was out in the snow several years ago in my truck was out by myself driving around no phone no anything I managed to get home when I got home I went to push the throttle to pull up in the driveway and throttle cable broke I thought to myself how lucky awesome video
Thank you for the great explanation on how bar and chain oil protects our cars up here. I have used it since the late 70's. People always complement me on how nice and rust free my cars are. When I explained what I do with bar and chain oil their eyes glaze over and the standard response is it is too messy and they don't have the time to do it. For the hour it takes me 2 or 3 times a year it's well worth it.
Mustie keep doin' what works,nay sayers will try to influence those that do their own thing.God Bless and keep up the good work!
Years ago when cars rusted away faster than you could drive them in the UK, there was a proprietary preventative called WAXOIL, a mixture of oils, wax, and converter. The hand sprayer was great, stacks of pressure. The neat idea was the extension for doing the inside of box sections - a long, reasonably flexible plastic tube that could fit into the drainage holes. The spray end for this tube was a flat headed nail about 1.5 inches long, with flutes on the shank, pushed about 1 and 3/8 ths into the tube, a tight fit. The flutes allowed the passage of the Waxoil which bounced off of the nail head in a 360 degree pattern. Worked very well.
Thanks for the videos.
I used to spray Waxoil into GM cars and trucks back in the early 80's. Had to take all the little rubber plugs out of the doors etc, and use a small tube to spray inside the door. Remember to make sure the window is rolled up OK?!!!
I broke the throttle cable on my beetle once. I just happened to have some string in the car and rigged it to pull the throttle and routed it through the pop out rear window. It worked great by pulling the throttle with my left hand whist steering and shifting with my right.
Richard Braddock and steering with yer knee
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Kris Wright a long time ago, but sure, maybe so!
Happened to me in an old Citroen 2CV I had as a student. I made a hand throttle using the wire that went to the rear speaker! I miss the old days!
I was going to our cabin in a vw van, I had a dune buggy at the cabin so I rebuilt th he motod,sg hom ed ,eell driving to the buggy I blew the van engine, a hour and a half later I had put the buggy engine in the van on the side of the road and continued on my journey, vw's are the best, wish they were still around for $150 bucks like in the late 70s
I blew one of the heads off mine, and drove the five miles home on two cylinders. It was slow going up the hills. The mechanic helicoiled the bolts, and it was sold shortly thereafter. I had a lot of fun in that car.
Finally had a chance to watch! I’ve used bar n chain + boiled linseed oil in past and works great, you might have just found your new fav mix! Fun riding along...SNOW-NUTS! Spare throttle cable going into the glove box once THAT one gets home!!!! great as always!
yeah l had nothing with me,now it does have a multi tool in the glove box, and a silver soldered throttle cable until the 2 new ones come in,
If someone would just make you a tool roll for all that stuff😂
you can lead a horse to water, but
Love it when a plan comes together 🙃
Back in 66 I hitched a ride 20 miles west to Frivolas Bar where the "Young Rascals" were playing in Jay's red 65 Bug cabriolet. No stage they played at floor level and first set I wasn't close. I didn't go to the bar but stood for the half hour break next to Dino Dinelli's drum set. I had a wonderful second set being a drummer and back home again in Jays almost brand new red bug cabriolet. Drove a 356B cabriolet at that time the engine was very slightly spunkier than the bug and the seats were thicker and leather and the few chrome accents esp around the seats were very thick. Also had a 64 "Sea Blue" I think that's what they called it Bug. Special color. I think they made a lot of them. I'm sure everyone is enjoying the Ghia resto. Thanks!
Nice work Mustie1! Pre- congratulations on 250000 subs!!!!
I live in MA and your experience and insight on undercoating answered all my questions.
I’m not in the snow, but I’m driving my 66 beetle in the rain 🌧 here in Southern California. It sounded like a two stroke when you sped it up...😁😁😁😁👍And yes, having to wipe the window, because it takes forever for the defrosters to work in cold weather......😉
Cold weather in California ?? Come and live a winter here in the Montreal area. Now, that's cold weather man. My older bro had 1963 Bug as his first car. In 1972. He always prepared his car in October. Snow brush, check. Windshield washer liquid, check. Warm gloves and hat, check. Booster cables, check.
Mandatory Ice scrapers ? Check. (One for the outside, one for the INSIDE !) Check.
The damn thing was HOT in Summer, Damn COLD in winter. But it always started, hot or cold.
PS After a couple years of ownership, he told he finally found, with his girlfriend, the actual use for those straps on the B pillars. LOL !
What a great video series on the Ghia, pure enjoyment. !!
Can I recommend a product? Not in any way connected with it or sponsored, just used it and liked it. It's called "Hammerite Direct to Rust Metal paint". Widely available in UK and can be purchased via Amazon/eBay elsewhere I'm sure. The metal doesn't need to be primed nor is an undercoat needed. Can be painted (or aerosoled) directly onto rusty metal. Not massively flaky rust obviously but superficial rust is fine. However the more rust that is removed before application the better. I saw so many places under the Ghia that would've benefited from it. It dries quickly to a very tough finish indeed. Tough enough to withstand stone chips easily and I believe it has Zinc in it to help with rust prevention. Available in different colours and finsishes. Try it.
As for diluting your bar/chain oil try good old fashioned paraffin. No more smellier than linseed I'm sure and will thin the bar/chain enough to spray easily and run into cracks, pores, etc.
Hope somebody finds this of interest/help.
I'll second the Hammerite paint recommendation, good stuff! Linseed oil will make your car smell like a cricket bat!
Did you listen to the first 15 minutes of this video? He doesn't want a coating that dries and traps water. He has gone over this multiple times. His experience in nasty, rusty, salty, New England has shown him the value of non-drying oil.
I have used hammerite and I found it to break down and had several failures. I now use Adcoat rust reformer from ebay. Also Rustoleum rust reformer in spray cans is super good at stopping the chemical reaction and sticks really well.
Mmm... interesting that Mike. Perhaps it's climate related. It seems to work well here in the UK. But I'm guessing you're in the US? With far more climatic extremes than here.
I'll certainly look into those products you mentioned. I guess entropy gets us all in the end!
Regards.
G
@@garymills6702 hey I also noticed it does not have a rust converter in the paint Hammerite. It only encapsulates it which does work if there is no failures in the finish. BUt like mustie says it separates itself from the metal.The stuff I use is like a water based flexible varnish that also has phosphoric acid in it to treat and stop the rust chemically. Where you are there is much less UV damage like here I work in all climates and this stuff holds up everywhere. But they may have something similar in the UK look up rust converter. waterborne.
I've always loved those Karmann Ghia's and wished my '64 Beetle was one. I once broke my throttle cable and found some bail wire on an old wooden fence. I ran it from the carb, around the rear bumper and up to my drivers window and wrapped it around a small stick at the end. I would pull on the stick out the window for throttle. It was a bit tricky shifting gears because I had no hands on the wheel, but it got me home.
You are worthy of the Mustie1 Automotive Improvision Award !
that dog sure knows how to get things done ...
...maybe there was nothing to be concerned about(?)
yup , it looked all caught up...
Great ideas, Donuts remind me of the 70's, 73 Super Bug.
Just a warning about the boiled linseed oil. It can self-combust when drying in rags, so any spilling you clean up with a rag must be stored in a lidded container, preferably a metal one. And be careful not to spill on the interior, mats, seats etc. as those might set them self on fire a couple of hour’s later, especially if the car sits in the sun while drying (or other warm places). Not fun doing all repairs, welding and such and then finishing of with a coat of oil, just to see it burn to the ground, possibly taking the house/garage with it just for not knowing that boiled linseed oil can, and do self-combust (in rags and other fabric at least).
Oh man! That brought back memories! In Nebraska we called doing donuts, "flippin' kitties" (I have no idea why). It was fantastic to watch you flippin' kitties from the back seat. Do it again!
Hahaha - "limp-home mode", forerunner to the many problems we have on today's cars and trucks. I've never had a throttle cable snap or flop off, but a few times I have experienced a return spring failure, and that becomes a lot of fun trying to get a truck either going or stopped... You have to figure out how to get your foot under then damn pedal to lift it back up so you can grab the next gear, or decelerate if you're trying to slow down. You can usually pull off somewhere, and stretch what's left of the spring to make it work, that is if the whole spring didn't snap off and fall on the ground some number of miles behind you. One time I didn't have a spring, so I used a bungee cord wrapped around the pedal and my boot to get me to the nearest hardware store where I could get something to work under the hood.
I had that happen, but to the shifter spring. That was a fun day until I could get to a point where I could get under the car and hook up what was left of the spring.
Lol, great vid, my buddy had a 67 vw bug the was built, it would run 9's and hang the front wheels, he took me out in it and we stopped at a 4 way stop and he said hand on, he revved her up and dumped the clutch and on the back wheels we went. He grabbed 2nd gear while still hanging the the fronts and snap! Went the throttle cable lol! Same deal rollin home at 30mph! I forgot about that till I seen this video. Keep em coming!
Just a Safety Sally note for you: take care to safely dispose of any rags or kitchen towel etc. that have boiled linseed oil on them. They can spontaneously combust. Yes, really! You don't want that s**t happening in your shop while you are asleep... I'm not making this up, it happens. When you're done, take the waste outside and burn it yourself, under controlled conditions.
Thanks for the ride darrin, there's nothing like the sound of a vw engine purring down the road. Thank you sir...
We need to get you a gopro to mount to the outside of the car!
agreed, 100%, start a kickstarter to get mustie1 a gopro...
Took my date to the 1968 Junior-Senior Prom in a '65 Ghia. Those were the days my friend...
Having driven many years on Bias Ply tires before radials came along, I prefer them on older vehicles that predate the introduction of the radial tire. The two tires types require different suspension parameters. The Radial is a soft tire with little sidewall rigidity and likes a stiff suspension whereas the Bias Ply is a stiff tire and likes a soft suspension. If you mix a radial tire with a bias ply suspension you end up with a vehicle that rides like a wallowing pig. This is why most people today think that 50's and 60's cars couldn't handle very well. Look at the lap times of the Daytonas and Superbirds for the 1969 Daytona 500 and remember those were big cars on very narrow(by today's standards) bias ply tires. I think the pole sitters top lap speed was somewhere around 206 mph.
Thanks for the video and the Bar lube info. I have really good luck with Klotz spray motorcycle chain lube. Used it for over forty years, it goes on thin, penetrates and really sticks.
I never thought to use bar an chain oil. I do use it to lubricate my winch cable.
Fluid film was a huge disappointment. I used it last winter on my new car and it washed off immediately. Put it on the rusty old pickup to keep it from breaking in half and again, washed off just sitting inthe driveway. Krown seems to be doing well. I think next winter I'll try spraying bar and chain oil into the holes from the krown in the doors and body.
Have you seen the south main auto video of the 10 year old Chevy truck that had a rotted frame from Ziebart? I've seen more vehicles destroyed by Ziebart than saved.
I remember buying Ziebart cars with rusted out lower doors and rear quarter panels. That crap clearly didnt work as advertised. It was just a dealer add on to raise the price of the vehicle. They did a 78 Chevy Nova and the inside fender wells still rotted away in 6 months. That was a BRAND NEW vehicle too. I remember my mother's 78 Nova rotting out in a year and a half after she bought it new from the dealer. The engine was decent. 350 Small block. My Uncle took the smog control pump off and threw it in the trash.
You are reliving my (our) youth. Oh, the stories.