this is a california 1958 beetle that was towed to the east coast in the 80s, then left to rot in the muddy water of a new hampshire back yard, lets see if we can save the rodent infested engine?
one mans junk is another mans treasure…
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Thank you Mustie1 for the wonderful videos you have done over the years you are truly a fixer upper and taking us along on the expedition is a wonderful experience and we both learn at the same time I hope you and your family have a wonderful Holiday season.
love when you work on VW! 58 is my favourite year… and never seen one that looked like a Nutella factory before haha
So as i watch the head removal I want to hook both sparkplug holes to my hydraulic unit to see how much psi it would take to pop that sucker off .
The German culture was 100 years ahead of everyone, hence just one of the reasons they're demonized and kept down.
i remmeber you getting this car. but now i see it as it is, its not as bad as i thought it was. would be a neat one to see rolling again. patina is actually nice on it to. but the engine that came out. wow is all i can say.
Ever thought about making addition to building to store just VW parts cleaned and sorted on shelves?
That desperately needs returning to the road looking as it is with just a coat of lacquer and the underneath rot sorted
Believe it or not those black California plates are worth a lot of money there are collectors out there that might pay up to $1,000 for those or more
It was definitely d.o.a. , but the moment those fins started popping off with the air chisel…. I couldn’t help but get that sinking feeling. Like the second you hear an exhaust bolt snap off in a head. Lmao!! Love the channel man!
The engine wasn't worthless. The autopsy gave important information to thousands of viewers.
I would like to see more of this one… even if you pop a known good engine and trans in it, work out the 6v-12v issues, rear floors and whatever it takes to make it safe to drive and pass it on to the next VW lover 🙂
A friend has a car of this same year with a dealer swapped OEM 1200 cc. It has markings on the engine case and a little aluminum VW tab on the carburetor. We checked it and it still had the original black VW marked rear main seal as well as original clutch plate and disc. Looks like it was swapped in warranty.
You haven’t got to be stevie wonder to see as soon as said it was under water that wasn’t going to turn again then you saw the corrosion and that’s pretty much game over.
why! is it Mustie 1 looks at something and goes wow and the rest of us go..what the !!!! Mr magic hands.
I never realized how far the carburetor is from the cylinders on a VW before, that manifold is huge (long) for a small engine
It's hard to believe that somebody made the effort to drag this car across the country and then abandoned it in a field like that.
Yeah, I get it, no internet… not everybody knows about 6 vs 12 volts… but it wasn't impossible to find this kind of information.
If it was somebody who just picked it up at a yard sale, I would understand it.
But after towing it 2.5 thousands miles, I wonder why they gave up.
Darren, I would love to see you put a VW 1.4L 3 cylinder diesel engine in that car. The hp on them is between 75 and 90, and get about 75 mpg, and fit in the same space as the air cooled gas engine. The ECU and accelerator pedal would be required to complete the conversion, but it would be able to use a more conventional heater and a small radiator.
I'm thinking the title of this video could've been .. " Well, there's your problem "