1962 chassis
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- I had the opportunity to purchase a 1962 chassis so I jumped on it. I always wanted an early beetle so I settled for half a dream. Not sure if I'll keep it for a future project or flip it to make a couple bucks. Time will tell.
Nice maiden voyage!
@@lukestanton17 I loved it. It was nerve racking.
Great video! It's so much fun starting a motor for the first time! The ending was hilarious!
My girlfriend was cracking up also. Ha! It was fun.
Definitely awesome ,,💯,, 👍
@@stormcloud3027 ty storm cloud , I’ve been having fun with the bug scene. It’s good therapy.
I wish you were closer to Wyoming. I'd make you one heck of a deal on my spare '61
@@CowboyGarage I wish also, ty.
Also, the small line up front is indeed the gas line. The tube beside the shifter is where your heater control goes.
@@CowboyGarage thanks bud, great hearing from you. 👍🤓
Now you need an early shell!
Yep, I got my eye out for one. Preferably the 1961 Hope you guys are doing well. Thanks for comment.
Wow👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hello Jesse , have a great day. Thanks for the comment.
Awesome video Sir! Probably not much footage of a bodyless bug being driven. It reminds me of the electric racetrack sets from the 1970's. I am 58 and those were my favorite toy. Non-VW folk probably don't get the thrill I get seeing this. I love it. I have 2 vans and 7 bugs on my acreage. I had a beautiful '71 pop up stolen 30 years ago. I recently purchased a convertible '72 super beetle without the chassis for 300$. It is solid and worth the save. I have a '72 sedan in my back yard with a solid chassis. Combining the two is the goal. But first I need to get my '69 van engine rebuilt. I no longer live and breathe VWs, but not getting rid of them was a good idea because my own parts store is coming in handy as my interest is reigniting. I drove my 1969 Yukon Yellow bug in the parade for the Iowa State Fair 2024. Volkswagens certainly bring a smile to people.
Bug garden, thank you so much for a great comment. I’m 70 years and when we were like 16 you could buy bugs for a dime a dozen. We’d rip the bodies off weld angles on the tie rods, and pans and hit the woods. Way before quads. We had a ball. Driving the chassis took me right back to that time. I didn’t drive much just wanted to get it in the back yard.
Good luck with all your projects. The main thing is have fun. I too have been bitten by the bug!!!
Thanks for watching and please don’t ever hesitate to comment. Have a great night.
The other tube is the reserve fuel cable linkage. Next to the main fuel line in the tunnel in the frame head.
@@vintage76vipergreenBeetle oh cool, didn’t realize there was a reserve value. I’ll have to do some research. Ty Romeo 👍
@@busterstravels1534 Sorry, I was wrong. I did some investigation. I'm not sure what it is.
@@vintage76vipergreenBeetle Romeo, you are one of the most knowledgeable people I know. Ty for your information, we will figure it out. Thanks my good friend.
Dave you look like a Wacky Racer driving on the road 😂 As said that’s a heater control, it’s a knob rather than the later levers next to the emergency brake handle. The rear spring thingy is a camber compensator. It’s reduce rear wheel hop at speed when cornering, but more importantly reduces the chance of the rear wheel tucking in at speed when hard cornering, which can be fatal. VW got around this with later bugs by using irs. At a guess I would say you have two fuel lines, a good one and a corroded one. I’d wager the one by the bulkhead is the original corroded one. If you rigged some air on it and put a gauge the other end i don’t think you’d get a reading, but would on the line that’s towards the front beam. It’s common for fuel lines to corrode and also for someone to be heavy handed when swapping out rubber fuel lines at service at the rear. That along with any corrosion and the line snaps literally as it comes out of the frame horn. The fix is to run a new line. Some people cut the tunnel to access the tabs that hold the line stable in the tunnel to remove the old line, and install a new one , keeping a stock look. Others don’t bother and run a new line front to rear and just make or utilise an existing hole. For some people it’s just a car that has to serve a purpose and they need it on the road asap. 60 or so years this car would have had all sorts of owners and some people and garages that don’t know VW’s, if cars could talk 🤔. One way to tell is to just pull one end and I bet the other end moves, plus no need to use the air method if that’s the case. Hope that makes some sort of sense, Phil
Thank you Philip, I appreciate very much your comment. Yourself and vintage 76 are a wealth of great information. I’m fairly new with the VW scene. So I enjoy learning.
It was comical driving the chassis. Fun. Thanks again my friend.