IDRIVEACLASSIC reviews: 60s Classic Volkswagen Beetle

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[jrbs]

Fantastic when an owner learns from the experience of getting a wreck back on the road. Love it!!

[lukerascher]

“But, hey, if the car starts, who cares”: this perfectly encompasses my situation. My ‘71 Super needs to be “hot wired” to start using some wires underneath the rear seat.

[martinnorth]

Always nice to see an owner that's done the work themselves, makes the car more of a personal achievement. Nicely researched video, the history sections are always interesting.

[dr.t.]

I've just bought a 1972 Beetle 1200cc and for me to it was unusual to get used too but now it's my forever car and will my daily driver in the summer, I've been bitten by the bug and adore it, great review as always 😎😎👏👏

[barerust]

Nice to see a beetle being reviewed ! As an owner and daily driver of a 1973 beetle I think there was a lot of interesting facts missed out especially about the air cooled flat four engine. There were a number of different engine sizes ranging from a 1200 to 1600, including a 1300 and 1500. Some engines were single port or duel port and that well know beetle puttering churpy sound is actually created by the design of the tail pipes. The air cooling comes from a fan which is mounted on and powered by the generator. There are also 6v and 12v variants depending on the age of the car.

[jamesbradley]

One of my favourite (if not favourite) cars yet ! Thanks Steph for reviewing it. I couldn’t hit the like button quick enough. Keep up the good work !

[andreaduncan]

Great video. Love your take on classic cars, costs etc. Also, you assume nothing, you educate without condescension! Just loved it as per usual.

[darrenwebster]

Nice to see a sunny day in Carlisle..! Nice driving up Stanwix bank and along the busy Scotland Road.. Lovely to see Ian took the plunge and has been bitten by the classic 'Bug' so to speak..! Big Hugs.

[tomfinney]

Henry Ford also had the offer of VW and knocked it back !!! wasn, t his best decision !! great video Steph !! :-)

[ianbrown]

I've owned many a beetle and I can safely say that one needs a new exhaust, its blowing really badly and its probably sapping quite a bit of horsepower. Gear lever shouldn't be stiff, so it probably just needs a little TLC, some grease under the gear lever and some new gear linkage bushes plus an engine service would perk it up no end.

[WISOTT]

Takes me back to learning to drive in 1966 and passing my test in Barking, East London, in one. The earlier ones in the UK slid around all over the place at the back if you drove them like young people did in those days, and some had no fuel gauge, just a switch on the floor to change to reserve tank - try finding it and moving it with your foot at 60 mph when the engine started to splutter; and the fuel filler was under the bonnet at the front. Once the bonnet jammed on a drive from London to Scotland and only force and a screwdriver got it open. Reliability wasn't legendary either, but they were fun (or maybe life was just more fun generally at 17 years of age in 1967!)

[patriley]

Hi Steph. I love your videos. You are knowledgeable and enthusiastic. You genuinely love cars and that comes across strongly. keep up the good work.

[stephenport]

That is a change year a late 1967/1968 model dual circuit brakes upright headlights as opposed to sloping headlights bigger bumpers shorter decklid at the rear etc...

[michaeltutty]

Well done indeed. The only time I was ever in a Beetle was on vacation in Acapulco, Mexico. Could not get my 6'3" frame into be rear seat at all. The leg room in the front was beyond a joke. After that, I gave up any idea of ever having one. No point to a car I could not drive

[inlinefourtr]

Good to see it's been restored, and not ruined by making it electric.

[xqqqme]

Doesn't seem anyone has noticed that the car itself appears to be a '68 (the external fuel filler being one of the more obvious signs) yet the engine cover is from a '72. That dash has been clearly filled in, no grille around the speedo, no glove box at all! Here's more info than you wanted: yes, Ferdinand Porsche is credited with the design...but he nicked a lot of it from the Tatra T97, an earlier Czech car designed by Hans Ledwinka and, in fact, in 1961 VW settled with Tatra for 3, 000, 000 DM (about $1.3 million USD at that time, close to $11 million today or about £8, 750, 000).

[guy]

You forgot to mention Herbie the love bug as he is a Volkswagen Beetle too

[spletest]

Growing up my dad had a 60s beetle. It was pink and all original. The carpets and headliner were pulled out but everything else was straight and clean

[DJW]

Great vid, very entertaining. Little info nugget for you. Production didn't end as such in 1939, it changed to militarized versions of the beetle for the armed forces. Some were basically 4x4 versions of the car, others were a boxy open top version called the Kubelwagen, and there was a fascinating amphibious version called the Scwimmwagen. I would love an early beetle but they aren't cheap as you say!

[Johnjohnson-syfu]

Awesome bug I've got a 71 in red great car 🚗 👍