Mine was a 1952 model. I bought it in Germany in 1958. It was a super red color. I was 21 and it was my First Love. Now I'm 85 and this RUclips Find has taken me back more than sixty years. Many thanks to Niche Motors.
A lot of people have told me I should slam my ‘73 VW squareback & I get a little ticked These cars are beautiful at their normal height & don’t need to be altered, I’m not trying to get my exhaust caught on a pebble & break off
In the 1980s, I used to read Hot VWs magazine every month. The original 1949 model was never featured, but there were rumours about where (in the United States) one might be located. Thank-you first profiling such a very rare vehicle.
In 1949, only 2 Beetles were imported into the USA. Maybe this wasn't one of those (it's probably originally from Europe, I'd guess), but it's a remarkable find & in incredible condition given its age. Bravo for keeping it running & featuring it here.
The first car I had was an English Standard and it had semaphores. Only had like 8 hp and a two bladed fan if I recall. We drove it on farm roads since we weren’t old enough to drive.
I love how they went on for like 70+-80 years, and everyone still loved them, now and still today, Same design since the late 30s. I love cars that are accessible, and have been produced the same way for years, I love the pre 2001 mini, pre 2018 Land Rover. Same designs from the late 50s, all the way to design from the late 70s. Classic cars that aren’t so classic. This one 72 years later, looks great. I love when old cars are still made, as then they will go for many many more years.
Sadly not many old survivors left in production that's been made basically the same for decades... Lada Niva, UAZ Hunter, UAZ Buhanka, and maybe the classic Morgan. Even 3rd world countries don't really make those old classics anymore, like the Mk 2 Golf, or the T2/T3 Transporter, or Peugeot 504. Even the Hindustan Ambassador and Maruti 800 is finished...
I love these things. Somehow I see a parallel between early bugs and early Jeeps. The beginning of both were humble, and started production within a few years of each other. Both were government initiatives as well.
I had 5 Beetles back in the early 80s. I really liked them more than Mustang's and Camaros. Glad to see the VW Community is alive and well! I'm a new subscriber!!🎩🇺🇸🎩🇺🇸🎩
@@auggie803 Back then it wasn't that uncommon especially in rural areas, but he also never said it was on a public road(remember in the 1950s some states didn't even have drivers licenses). Even today there's nothing wrong with that off public roads for the most part though.
Really looks good for a '49! Rare to see one so solid. These early ones should be preserved or restored - this looks way better than my '60 bug did when I got it. Thank you for the video 👍
What a fantastic old car! You are so fortunate to have found it! With a little elbow grease and time, it will be like new! I have one that is ten years older than yours being 1959! Mine has a few more extras but I do LOVE the simplicity of all the older ones! Take good care of it as it would be almost impossible to replace! !
Yes I think this vehicle may be a good candidate for restoring to "like new" condition, however it is going to take a lot of work - more than just "a little elbow grease." While I see only a few spots where the rust goes all the way through the steel panels, including a door panel, and where it affects the 2 ducts that brings hot air from the engine to the windshield vents, nevertheless the large amount of interior rust is going to need a lot of work. It may be best to remove the drive train and the front suspension from the frame-oid pan (a phrase I invented), remove the fenders, detach the body from the frame-oid pan, and sand blast everything before repainting everything and putting everything back together. A number of slapdash attempts at doing interior spot repairs or paint touch-ups suggests that there may be some unwelcome surprises. The interior rust makes me wonder if perhaps the vehicle was rescued from being submerged, or left abandoned outdoors with open or broken windows. Seeing that the battery is not clamped down, and may be 12 volts instead of the original 6, makes me worry about that somene may have done slapdash work to the electrical system.
Hey My friend. I have a beige 59 bug that my grandpa bought brand new in February of 1959. It is not my daily driver but my wife and I drive it a lot when the weather is nice. I really hope this car is still on the road and has had some work done on it. I love driving my 59 so much. I love that transmission wine so much I floor it just about everywhere I go, sometimes my wife fusses at me, she's afraid I might blow it up. Honestly though I think that mighty 36 hp engine is indestructible, I can get on the highway and drive it at top speed which on a good day is maybe 65 mph or so, with my foot to the floor for hours and it just purrs down the road for hundreds of miles. I would've never in my wildest dreams when I was a little boy riding with my grandpa that I would be lucky enough to be driving the little Ole bug 50 years later.
I had a 1963 Bug when I was in college. It had a Grand Total of 40 Horsepower. It was really good in the snow. It looks like a previous owner had modern turn signals mounted on the front fenders to make it road legal. Spare tire was carried under the front hood. 5.60-15"
I had a 69 model I used to take it in off road areas sometimes....once I came upon a stuck 4x4 pickup a d just went around him and just kept on going! The Type 1 (Beetle) was known to be a bit of a mountain goat!...
Turn signals aren't required to be street legal if the date of manufacture is prior to them being mandated(In the US at least). Same with most other stuff like that usually if it didn't have it when it was new it's not required. I think one of the few exceptions is cars without electronic lights(mostly stuff made before the 1920s), I've heard of them having to be retrofitted to be legal. I wouldn't blame someone for adding turn signals though because if you don't have them you're supposed to use hand signals, which isn't fun in really cold weather or rainstorms, even if it's just the manual ones lol
What a lovely find, thanks so much for sharing, it brings back memories, in 1957-59 my family had such a blue 1951 VW Beatle in Ireland, the right-hand drive model was assembled in Dublin. it was traded after it's rear torsion-bar broke upon hitting a road bump. In spite of it's uncommon 6 volt system it was popular in Ireland, I remember it so well.
Wow ! This car is about a year younger than me . I love these bugs . They have great comfortable seats , nice light steering (theres hardly any weight in the front) and the shift has a very nice feel to it, with that little flat knob fitting perfectly in the fingers . This one is perfect .Great sounding engine too . Sounds like nothing else , with that little whine as it revs up . Love the bugs .
Very nice looks partly modified but you could never tell. Thank you for sharing also incredible looks like a everyday street driven Beetle! Enjoy your 1949 VW Beetle.
This is the car that saved West Germany’s industrial economy following WWII. In 1946, Volkswagen revenues accounted for 48% of total GDP for that year!
And it was British soldiers who saved VW. The occupation army had little to do, the people of Wolfsberg needed little pacification, so to overcome boredom British soldiers started building VW Beetles. They even hoodwinked some French officials who came looking for industrial equipment stolen from France because they needed it to build the Beetles.
@@victorkramer2596 , I’d say evil instead of afraid. After all, all true Frenchmen are descendants of Franks (who hail from the region encompassing Cologne, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt). In other words, they-too are technically Germans, as are all Anglo-Saxons. In many respects, WWII in Europe was actually a German civil war caused by Anglo-French unwillingness to grant Germany right-of-way through Poland to a small Germany territory beside the North Sea. Hitler took out many full-page ads in Parisian newspapers pleading with the French for such access before any hostilities, a detail conveniently omitted by most British and French historians.
Super resto object or drive as is! Original seats were in fabric, sun shade was in transprent plastic and on driver's side only, and headlining had quite a different layout. It's worth a fortune now:)
My '56 VW had trafficators 7:53. Unfortunately these were not noticed by a majority of motorists and eventually contributed to the cars demise when it was t-boned while turning right.
Thanks. In Aust , Family had a 64 Bug. Living on dirt main roads, the only things to watch, was to ensure the oil bath air cleaner was always maintained, and King Pins on the rough roads.
I love it. I had a blue 1965 beetle that was in mint condition. That was in 1975 and i was 16 years old and my dad bought it for me for 500 dollars. Then i had a 1969 beetle that was in good condition. I Really wish that i could have saved one for now. I just love Beetles and Karman Gias.I loved the older ones like crazy.
Good to see the gas pedal wheel visible. Most people don't believe me when I say to them that was the accelerator arrangement. Might even be worth and extra vid of this rarely shown feature.
I used to tear these down and rebuild them. But this one is a gem. I would love to restore this to its' original look and condition. Make it new again. No modification. Really cool.
What a wonderful old car, a great candidate for an restoration. But I think, I would leave it as is, just preserve it and don't let it rust any more, it has a charm to it thank you for your video, Just saw it for first time today hope you still have the car what are your plans for it?
When I was a teenager in the 1960s and riding around in cheap, crap cars of my own, and of friends, I would occasionally see one of these archaic VWs. One was, to this day, the slowest car I have ever ridden in. That was a good 55 years ago.
wow i cant believe its an acsual 1949 VW Beetle and the engine sounds sooo beautifull where i am we only got 60s 70s and thats it but 40s my gosh thats amazingly beautifull
Beautiful, oh how wonderful that it is still driving and that it is still being driven! Greetings from Schweinfurt, the city where the clutch was made.
Oh, this is great! It is just like the 1949 VW Bettle I had when I lived in Iceland fifty years ago. I hadn't realized it was a '49 until I went to the local VW Service center in Reykavik. Now I wish I'd kept it!
I bought a 59 with trashed interior. They were not made to last, but the retrofit seat slipcovers seen here and and what I bought were beautiful, cheap and great.
I had a '69 BMW sidecar rig (my avatar) powered by a '66 Type III engine (more torque to drag the car around) and the gas cap shown here fit the top of my tank exactly. Of course I had to deploy that. Hard letting that rig go. Great video. Echo all the comments about a beauty and rare find and loving the simplicity. I wonder if I still have one more Bug in me...
Mine was 1961 and still had the reserve gas in the right side of the gas pedal......what a surprise find one of those in that condition, regards from Monterrey, México.
Love those turn "signals". My late father told me about them. Left for left turns, right for right turns. I asked him what happens if they both go up? He said, "Watch out."
The original owners manual for a 49 Beetle specifically states not to use "down shifting" to slow the vehicle. Depress the clutch and apply the brake. Do not shift into a lower gear until you are ready to accelerate or pull away from a stop. I owned a 1970 Beetle back in the 90s. My intuition told me to drive it that way and everyone kept telling me that down shifting is easier on the brakes. Somehow I felt brake wear would not be that big an issue on a small lightweight car. It felt like a greater strain on the clutch than wear on the brakes.
These early VWs are the best piece of engineering the world has ever seen in my opinion. VW sadly spent the following decades undoing all the wisdom and cheapening their brand.
@@bartvermeulen6515 its a shame I have never owned or driven a 2cv they undoubtedly have the same socio/political appeal its just a shame they look so tinny.
My Father brought his $600.00 54 convertible into the US from France. I was 4 and remember the car's top as he had to have it covered in a special coating so it would not leak. He shipped the car to Hawaii in 1959 and sold it for $1200. We had several VW's over the years the last one being a fastback. Great cars for the time. I loved the reserve fuel lever on our '67.
Love the 'clignoteurs', like riding your bicycle and sticking your arm out when turning left or right.. With many modern cars these simple seem to fail working?? About the colour, please bring it back to it's original olive green. Lovely rare car.
Hey I had a 1972 VW Super Beetle ! I had it for almost 10 years !! I had to get rid of it because parts for a Super Beetle were beginning to get harder to find for the front of the Super Beetle. !!
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Mine was a 1952 model. I bought it in Germany in 1958. It was a super red color. I was 21 and it was my First Love. Now I'm 85 and this RUclips Find has taken me back more than sixty years. Many thanks to Niche Motors.
Absolutely love to hear it! Thank you!
Sim
Lucky you...Best of luck
Oh, you Seany-Meany!!
Long life for you
So nice to see one that hasn't been slammed to the ground
A lot of people have told me I should slam my ‘73 VW squareback & I get a little ticked
These cars are beautiful at their normal height & don’t need to be altered, I’m not trying to get my exhaust caught on a pebble & break off
Or raised sky high. Either is bad.
They look great ether way. I don’t agree with modifications to the really really old ones though.
@@zaya7330 ..yeah..I really don't get the "slamming" thing on ANY vehicle, especially old ones..it's not practical, and IMHO, it looks ridiculous...
It's also good to see this still having the original semaphore turn signals.
That car is in absolutely remarkable condition! VERY RARE!
When cars were made to deify time. Love it a bit and it will for ever.
Or defy, even...🤔
very interesting. look up deify. you’ll get a big chuckle
There is nothing wrong with a prayer to a VW Deity. It makes cars start in freezing temperatures.
@@robkunkel8833 bwahahaha😀😀😀
I love the engine sound. Its like music to me. I grew up around these.
❤️
VW Whistle.purr.
In the 1980s, I used to read Hot VWs magazine every month. The original 1949 model was never featured, but there were rumours about where (in the United States) one might be located.
Thank-you first profiling such a very rare vehicle.
In 1949, only 2 Beetles were imported into the USA. Maybe this wasn't one of those (it's probably originally from Europe, I'd guess), but it's a remarkable find & in incredible condition given its age. Bravo for keeping it running & featuring it here.
Really? Know a guy who has a nice fairly complete original 49 deluxe. Idk if was an original to America car, but exceptionally cool none the less.
Didn't they import some used ones in the 50s and 60s? Not sure but thought they did
What a beautiful, rare car this is. Thank you for sharing. Always been a fan of the tiny rear taillights, the split window and those turn signals.
Glad you enjoyed it
Cam Tabler those are the 'Semaphore' turn signals
@@irongoatrocky2343 or traficators I think 🙃
The first car I had was an English Standard and it had semaphores. Only had like 8 hp and a two bladed fan if I recall. We drove it on farm roads since we weren’t old enough to drive.
I appreciate seeing it unrestored. Truly amazing car.
Yes it was! Thanks!
@@Nichemotors it... was? 😨
@@nadaesperavel sold it a few years ago! Not sure what condition it’s in now
@@Nichemotors ooh, thought something else happened, I hope it's also in good hands as well!
Was this really shot in color??
The number plate light also lights the engine bay up! That's genius!!
I love how they went on for like 70+-80 years, and everyone still loved them, now and still today,
Same design since the late 30s.
I love cars that are accessible, and have been produced the same way for years, I love the pre 2001 mini, pre 2018 Land Rover.
Same designs from the late 50s, all the way to design from the late 70s.
Classic cars that aren’t so classic.
This one 72 years later, looks great.
I love when old cars are still made, as then they will go for many many more years.
They weren't exactly the same throughout that run, there were significant changes made to them that are not apparent from 50 feet away.
Sadly not many old survivors left in production that's been made basically the same for decades... Lada Niva, UAZ Hunter, UAZ Buhanka, and maybe the classic Morgan. Even 3rd world countries don't really make those old classics anymore, like the Mk 2 Golf, or the T2/T3 Transporter, or Peugeot 504. Even the Hindustan Ambassador and Maruti 800 is finished...
I love these things. Somehow I see a parallel between early bugs and early Jeeps. The beginning of both were humble, and started production within a few years of each other. Both were government initiatives as well.
Hey man, maybe I am halfway around the globe 🇵🇭 and you read my thoughts. Same here. Greetings my friend from my humble country.
@@joeysarmiento1925 What country is that?
@@joewoodchuck3824 the great politically inept Philippines. I love my country no matter what they all say and beetles too.
1943 Willys MB, ex-North Africa in profile pic
@@joeysarmiento1925 You should love your country, the polititians don't own it.
What a fantastic wagen ... flower in the vase seems to be original as well.
Watching this made me remember that 50 years ago, there were two ‘50s Beetles that were parked in my street, and one or both had semaphore signals.
I had 5 Beetles back in the early 80s. I really liked them more than Mustang's and Camaros. Glad to see the VW Community is alive and well! I'm a new subscriber!!🎩🇺🇸🎩🇺🇸🎩
I have a 1959 VW and I love it!
Welcome to VW’S!
My dad had -56 Beetle and it had similar roller gas pedal which was quite nice to use. It was my first car to drive when I was 13.
When you were 13?
-So you were driving without a drivers license?
@@auggie803 back in the day, this was more common.
@@auggie803 Back then it wasn't that uncommon especially in rural areas, but he also never said it was on a public road(remember in the 1950s some states didn't even have drivers licenses). Even today there's nothing wrong with that off public roads for the most part though.
This is not a grandpa's car... This is a GREAT grandpa's car. 😊
Really looks good for a '49! Rare to see one so solid. These early ones should be preserved or restored - this looks way better than my '60 bug did when I got it. Thank you for the video 👍
I agree!
That low rpm engine sounds absolutely beautiful
What a fantastic old car!
You are so fortunate to have found it! With a little elbow grease and time, it will be like new! I have one that is ten years older than yours being 1959! Mine has a few more extras but I do LOVE the simplicity of all the older ones!
Take good care of it as it would be almost impossible to replace! !
No not 10 years older but 10 years newer! Sorry!
Yes I think this vehicle may be a good candidate for restoring to "like new" condition, however it is going to take a lot of work - more than just "a little elbow grease." While I see only a few spots where the rust goes all the way through the steel panels, including a door panel, and where it affects the 2 ducts that brings hot air from the engine to the windshield vents, nevertheless the large amount of interior rust is going to need a lot of work. It may be best to remove the drive train and the front suspension from the frame-oid pan (a phrase I invented), remove the fenders, detach the body from the frame-oid pan, and sand blast everything before repainting everything and putting everything back together. A number of slapdash attempts at doing interior spot repairs or paint touch-ups suggests that there may be some unwelcome surprises. The interior rust makes me wonder if perhaps the vehicle was rescued from being submerged, or left abandoned outdoors with open or broken windows. Seeing that the battery is not clamped down, and may be 12 volts instead of the original 6, makes me worry about that somene may have done slapdash work to the electrical system.
Hey My friend. I have a beige 59 bug that my grandpa bought brand new in February of 1959. It is not my daily driver but my wife and I drive it a lot when the weather is nice. I really hope this car is still on the road and has had some work done on it. I love driving my 59 so much. I love that transmission wine so much I floor it just about everywhere I go, sometimes my wife fusses at me, she's afraid I might blow it up. Honestly though I think that mighty 36 hp engine is indestructible, I can get on the highway and drive it at top speed which on a good day is maybe 65 mph or so, with my foot to the floor for hours and it just purrs down the road for hundreds of miles. I would've never in my wildest dreams when I was a little boy riding with my grandpa that I would be lucky enough to be driving the little Ole bug 50 years later.
É, concordo contigo ,viu ?
Surprised at how unbelievably smooth it sounds revving.
The carb is not original
I had a 1963 Bug when I was in college. It had a Grand Total of 40 Horsepower. It was really good in the snow.
It looks like a previous owner had modern turn signals mounted on the front fenders to make it road legal.
Spare tire was carried under the front hood. 5.60-15"
I had a 69 model I used to take it in off road areas sometimes....once I came upon a stuck 4x4 pickup a d just went around him and just kept on going!
The Type 1 (Beetle) was known to be a bit of a mountain goat!...
Turn signals aren't required to be street legal if the date of manufacture is prior to them being mandated(In the US at least). Same with most other stuff like that usually if it didn't have it when it was new it's not required. I think one of the few exceptions is cars without electronic lights(mostly stuff made before the 1920s), I've heard of them having to be retrofitted to be legal. I wouldn't blame someone for adding turn signals though because if you don't have them you're supposed to use hand signals, which isn't fun in really cold weather or rainstorms, even if it's just the manual ones lol
Wow! Beautiful beetle! My guess is that the original color was a moss green!
Yep, thats right
Coooooool😉😊😁😆👍
@@Nichemotors nice 👍
@@Nichemotors What a great Beetle, the engine sounds great.
L11 Pastel Green
What a lovely find, thanks so much for sharing, it brings back memories, in 1957-59 my family had such a blue 1951 VW Beatle in Ireland, the right-hand drive model was assembled in Dublin. it was traded after it's rear torsion-bar broke upon hitting a road bump. In spite of it's uncommon 6 volt system it was popular in Ireland, I remember it so well.
That is amazing! Thank you for sharing!
I got a big whiff of my mom's old beetlebug when you opened the door😁🤙
Wow ! This car is about a year younger than me . I love these bugs . They have great comfortable seats , nice light steering (theres hardly any weight in the front) and the shift has a very nice feel to it, with that little flat knob fitting perfectly in the fingers . This one is perfect .Great sounding engine too . Sounds like nothing else , with that little whine as it revs up . Love the bugs .
Right on!
Very nice looks partly modified but you could never tell. Thank you for sharing also incredible looks like a everyday street driven Beetle! Enjoy your 1949 VW Beetle.
This is the car that saved West Germany’s industrial economy following WWII. In 1946, Volkswagen revenues accounted for 48% of total GDP for that year!
And it was British soldiers who saved VW. The occupation army had little to do, the people of Wolfsberg needed little pacification, so to overcome boredom British soldiers started building VW Beetles. They even hoodwinked some French officials who came looking for industrial equipment stolen from France because they needed it to build the Beetles.
@@thermalreboot , it was indeed the British who saved VW. The French wanted to destroy all remaining German industrial capacity altogether.
@@lrg3834 i find it funny how frogs are so scared of th german bogeyman
@@victorkramer2596 , I’d say evil instead of afraid. After all, all true Frenchmen are descendants of Franks (who hail from the region encompassing Cologne, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt). In other words, they-too are technically Germans, as are all Anglo-Saxons. In many respects, WWII in Europe was actually a German civil war caused by Anglo-French unwillingness to grant Germany right-of-way through Poland to a small Germany territory beside the North Sea. Hitler took out many full-page ads in Parisian newspapers pleading with the French for such access before any hostilities, a detail conveniently omitted by most British and French historians.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I LOVE VINTAGE VOLKSWAGENS!!!! GREAT VIDEO & THANKS FOR SHARING!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
What an amazing find in almost all original condition! Love it!
Super resto object or drive as is! Original seats were in fabric, sun shade was in transprent plastic and on driver's side only, and headlining had quite a different layout. It's worth a fortune now:)
Absolutely Beautiful. Wonderful Engine Noise
Thank you! I've always wanted to see a 1940s Beetle in detail, especially the instrument panel. Very much appreciated.
Glad you enjoyed it
I remember that funky turn signal. Saw one when I was a kid once. I never forgot it, at night too. Glad I finally saw it again.
They’re a rare sight these days!
My '56 VW had trafficators 7:53. Unfortunately these were not noticed by a majority of motorists and eventually contributed to the cars demise when it was t-boned while turning right.
What activates them?
About as close to perfect as you can get! I think an “old car” should reveal its character and history not just like it rolled off the assembly line!
Yes! I agree! Too many people modify their oldies these days...
Thanks. In Aust , Family had a 64 Bug. Living on dirt main roads, the only things to watch, was to ensure the oil bath air cleaner was always maintained, and King Pins on the rough roads.
Thank you for showing more of the semaphore signals at the end!
This is amazing a true surviver from the past its a beauty .
Beautiful Beetle! Great condition! Love the sound of that air cooled engine.
,,,,dude,,,,,,,,,absolute fire,,,,,,!......one of the first.!!!......it's sooo cool, even the birds agree....wow,,,tnx,pat.......dream on.
Absolutely love the type 1 .. got a 59 og rag top. . And a 65 type 2 13 window. Great vid
Pure history! Thank you for the upload
I love it. I had a blue 1965 beetle that was in mint condition. That was in 1975 and i was 16 years old and my dad bought it for me for 500 dollars. Then i had a 1969 beetle that was in good condition. I Really wish that i could have saved one for now. I just love Beetles and Karman Gias.I loved the older ones like crazy.
Good to see the gas pedal wheel visible.
Most people don't believe me when I say to them that was the accelerator arrangement.
Might even be worth and extra vid of this rarely shown feature.
I used to tear these down and rebuild them. But this one is a gem. I would love to restore this to its' original look and condition. Make it new again. No modification. Really cool.
What a wonderful old car, a great candidate for an restoration. But I think, I would leave it as is, just preserve it and don't let it rust any more, it has a charm to it thank you for your video, Just saw it for first time today hope you still have the car what are your plans for it?
true...it's authentic with patina
@@mikemuller4376 been repainted, originally moss green
I'd agree if it was original paint, but it isn't. Resto this before it degrades further.
@نشاط ف can't clear coat rust
@@ChannelNotFound I hate how clear coat looks over rust.
Oh what a Gem!!!! You should be proud. A piece of history
really.
When I was a teenager in the 1960s and riding around in cheap, crap cars of my own, and of friends, I would occasionally see one of these archaic VWs. One was, to this day, the slowest car I have ever ridden in. That was a good 55 years ago.
Beautiful car and great engine sound.
Carro está lindo, eu gostaria muito ter um exatamente desse ano 1949, mas aqui no Brasil é bem caro, parabéns !!!!!
wow i cant believe its an acsual 1949 VW Beetle and the engine sounds sooo beautifull where i am we only got 60s 70s and thats it but 40s my gosh thats amazingly beautifull
What a lovely little car. 4 years older than me and it runs like a dream. I want it :-)
Beautiful, oh how wonderful that it is still driving and that it is still being driven! Greetings from Schweinfurt, the city where the clutch was made.
Cheers!
7:35 I like the way the plate light does double duty at an engine compartment light . Some modern-day cars could use thinking like that.
Engineering at its finest. Cars built by people who actually drove them and built them they way they would like them to be.
Oh, this is great! It is just like the 1949 VW Bettle I had when I lived in Iceland fifty years ago. I hadn't realized it was a '49 until I went to the local VW Service center in Reykavik. Now I wish I'd kept it!
Incredible! Thank you for sharing!
A true survivor and In really good shape for how old it is
I bought a 59 with trashed interior. They were not made to last, but the retrofit seat slipcovers seen here and and what I bought were beautiful, cheap and great.
I had a '69 BMW sidecar rig (my avatar) powered by a '66 Type III engine (more torque to drag the car around) and the gas cap shown here fit the top of my tank exactly. Of course I had to deploy that. Hard letting that rig go. Great video. Echo all the comments about a beauty and rare find and loving the simplicity. I wonder if I still have one more Bug in me...
A great survivor car! The engine sounds like a vintage Swiss watch.
It sure does!
Wonderful narration!
A split window VW….. wow! Truly amazing
I love old beetles. Paul is looking good too for an old beetle this 1949 is great tooo
Absolutely amazingly stunningly beautiful
Mine was 1961 and still had the reserve gas in the right side of the gas pedal......what a surprise find one of those in that condition, regards from Monterrey, México.
Sou apaixonado por fusca parabéns pelo vídeo muito bom que Deus abençoe a vc e todos os seus inscritos 🙏🙌
great video...awesome car...i had to Edit...this car is clean..floor boards are amazing...the Engine damn very good....love to own a beetle.....
It is realy amazing to see the vintage car still running in the road always old is gold even the human being
Wooowwww me encantó ese Vochito, sobre todo por lo natural, nada de restaurado, solo conservación 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
These older Beetles are excellent cars.
My today's dream car would be an electric VW BEETLE!! Maybe in a pickup, if that was possible. Absolutely LOVE the old beetles!!
Love the sound of the engine. Simplicity at its best!!
Love those turn "signals". My late father told me about them. Left for left turns, right for right turns. I asked him what happens if they both go up? He said, "Watch out."
Funny !
Semaphores
Lol
Cade: Probably. I think my late father was trying to be funny (he was also a punster). But in every joke there's usually a kernel of truth.
If they both come out, that's the hazard indicators!
100k views!! Thank you! It was a special car 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Absolutely gorgeous car. Vintage is awesome
We agree!
The history on this is amazing.
The original owners manual for a 49 Beetle specifically states not to use "down shifting" to slow the vehicle. Depress the clutch and apply the brake. Do not shift into a lower gear until you are ready to accelerate or pull away from a stop.
I owned a 1970 Beetle back in the 90s. My intuition told me to drive it that way and everyone kept telling me that down shifting is easier on the brakes. Somehow I felt brake wear would not be that big an issue on a small lightweight car. It felt like a greater strain on the clutch than wear on the brakes.
A stunner..... wonderful vehicle.......
These early VWs are the best piece of engineering the world has ever seen in my opinion. VW sadly spent the following decades undoing all the wisdom and cheapening their brand.
Ever seen a Citroën 2CV Rick?
@@bartvermeulen6515 its a shame I have never owned or driven a 2cv they undoubtedly have the same socio/political appeal its just a shame they look so tinny.
Amazing very rare bug. I love it😍
Amazing car - thanks for sharing!
Glad you liked it!
very well maintained classic beautiful
My Father brought his $600.00 54 convertible into the US from France. I was 4 and remember the car's top as he had to have it covered in a special coating so it would not leak. He shipped the car to Hawaii in 1959 and sold it for $1200. We had several VW's over the years the last one being a fastback. Great cars for the time. I loved the reserve fuel lever on our '67.
Amazing!
Absolutely beautiful!!! Leave AS IS!
Great find. A couple of late model parts on the engine but that can be fixed. Congrats!
Thanks!
Auf jeden fall, nicht kaput restauriert.
Schön
She is so so lovely! What a beautiful thing to see and hear👏💋
Magnificent car
What a beauty. Lucky ol' you!
It's been a while since I've seen a trafficator! Probably over sixty years. Nice one.
Not very common anymore!
Love it. I'm working on my 69 ghia that I saved from the crusher!
The old “ Pretzel Window” , what a classic!
fantastic split model the original color is insane the green ! so jealous 🤣🤙
Beautiful! In Germany we call these Brezelkäfer (Pretzel-Beetle), because the rear window somehow looks like a pretzel.
Very cool! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, Major Ivan Hirst.
I am rarely jealous.....but wow.....amazingly jealous. This car is going to be shooting up in value like crazy!!!
These early cars are true gems!
It's amazing how this car went from a right hand drive to a left hand drive around the 3-minute mark.
That’s such a beautiful car , I am so jealous
What a great car for a complete restoration!
Hermoso me encanta el color y las ventanas divididas en la parte tracera 😍😘
Love the 'clignoteurs', like riding your bicycle and sticking your arm out when turning left or right.. With many modern cars these simple seem to fail working??
About the colour, please bring it back to it's original olive green.
Lovely rare car.
Solid ride. I dig it.
Fantastic!
Hey I had a 1972 VW Super Beetle ! I had it for almost 10 years !! I had to get rid of it because parts for a Super Beetle were beginning to get harder to find for the front of the Super Beetle. !!
Great video, i owned a '54 bug, payed only $50 for it in '79, ran good but was rusty.