We Built A Giant VW Beetle | RIDICULOUS RIDES

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We Built A Giant VW Beetle | RIDICULOUS RIDES

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A CALIFORNIAN father and son have teamed up to supersize the classic Volkswagen Beetle. The VW enthusiasts upscaled the car by 40%, making it bigger than a Hummer. Scott Tupper, the younger generation of the duo, told Truly how the idea developed. “My dad and I thought it would be nice if we had a Volkswagen that was comfortable and not feel like you're going to get run over in traffic.” Once the idea was hatched, they went about making the dream into a reality. “We had a 59 Volkswagen convertible, we digitized it, scanned it everywhere, took it apart, and made each part 40% bigger on the computer.” Unsurprisingly, the vehicle has caused a lot of buzz on the roads. “People chase you to try to get up next to it, they almost run you off the road because they're not looking where they're going."
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@eom2967 4 жыл бұрын

Now we need a vw van the size of a bus

@jeffjeff4477 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, That would be awesome

@RunAboveIt 4 жыл бұрын

It exists already saw it on here a few months back...just like this but the van.

@eom2967 4 жыл бұрын

@@RunAboveIt the size of a bus?

@eom2967 4 жыл бұрын

@@RunAboveIt let me see a pictuee

@Fitzla 4 жыл бұрын

@@eom2967 Google Giant VW bus

@Agavegaming 4 жыл бұрын

that thing makes the real beetle look like a go-kart lmao

@JustGeorgeGG 4 жыл бұрын

Like a (-golf) go kart

@dankiser3617 4 жыл бұрын

I thought the vw beetle made the vw beetle looked like a golf kart.

@dogboy1610 3 жыл бұрын

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I GOT A 1955 THUNDERBIRD THOS ARE BETTER THAN A FOCKING GOLF CART !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Aidenschommer1 3 жыл бұрын

I thought they made a smaller bug

@pettttson 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, as if the beetle wasn't already the size of a go-kart lol. Jk

@normanmunns4743 3 жыл бұрын

it takes such talent to build a vehicle like this respect

@billramsey2337 4 жыл бұрын

I must say,the father and son are engineering geniuses.To duplicate a manufactured car and completely fabricate it out of scale is phenomenal!

@subgrv27 4 жыл бұрын

Woah, Herbie took steroids.

@shwt121 4 жыл бұрын

GOOD ONE 😄😅😅😆😆 for those who remember Herbie...!!!

@Zenas521 4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@robertscott2210 4 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment!👍

@dogboy1610 3 жыл бұрын

@@shwt121 I remember Herbie everyone does

@dogboy1610 3 жыл бұрын

@@Zenas521 same

@SBuchan 4 жыл бұрын

But does the top go down?? I want to see that mullet blowing in the wind!

@jamesbeez 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@christianfritz6333 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure you call that a skullet, not a mullet.

@christianfritz6333 3 жыл бұрын

@@Brian-jv8iy well I wasn't born in the last 4 decades and in my day we called that a skullet, just because some moron teenagers invented a stupid haircut doesn't change that fact, also thanks for sucking the funny out... I didn't intend to hurt anyone's feelings.. No wait, I don't care if I did! Thanks for the lesson.

@gblan 3 жыл бұрын

The car cost a small fortune I'm sure. Too bad he couldn't budget in a haircut.

@christianfritz6333 3 жыл бұрын

@@Brian-jv8iy thanks for putting the fuuny back.

@Goomer 4 жыл бұрын

I couldn't wrap my head around this. Every time I saw it with the real VW I thought the real one was miniature. Could have shot some better footage for size comparisons.

@franksvatek1873 4 жыл бұрын

That would have given it away. The "real one" is a slight miniature.

@ccllvn 4 жыл бұрын

@@franksvatek1873 I was just wondering that. If you look at the front view pic at 1:58 the hood comes down so narrow it seemed modified to me. But that could also be the perspective and the over-proportioned car next to it. But around the front fenders the "regular" one looked like it was 80% the size of a VW bug.

@franksvatek1873 4 жыл бұрын

@@ccllvn , I'm pretty certain that the "stock" VW has some performance mods and upgrades. A better, lower suspension and maybe a modest front fender flare or reshaping to accommodate the fatter low profile tires will all make the car "less tall" than stock. 20% smaller ? I don't think so but I'm no math surgeon. I'm a photographer that notices things like what angle is your camera in relation to your subject. Notice how the Big Bug is always photoed at or below the height of the top of the tires. Makes everything look bigger. The little one is photoed at the bottom of the windscreen; makes everything look smaller. Try it on your own car. It's fun. And you can tell other camera know-it-all's ( they always know better than you how to do it . . . ) that you're just making adjustments to control the parallax distortion when you will be in fact using that "distortion" to be creative. You can thank me when you win a photo prize !

@thatcopenguy 3 жыл бұрын

I can't tell which one he's driving from the inside shots lmao

@bibasik7 3 жыл бұрын

They need a banana for scale.

@casualobserver620 4 жыл бұрын

The constant panning in and out from the camera guy gets old really quick. And the 1 second snips of the car being shown over and over, really? If you can't provide some decent pictures, then why show it at all?

@justwatchingffs371 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure, but this type of editing might be a British thing...

@unbalancedcrank 4 жыл бұрын

No footage of it being built. Im not convinced it exists.

@christopherdeguzman1137 3 жыл бұрын

Velocipedium it does exist. Jay Leno even had it briefly on his show. I have a cousin in LA that saw the bug also. It does exist.

@maxmoritz5065 3 жыл бұрын

It really sucks. I give a thumb down. They dont show any technic or the bottom of the car.

@Ponyboy_Yeeyee 3 жыл бұрын

Watch jay leno's garage episode on it, way better

@richaricha6989 4 жыл бұрын

Now that’s a Super Beetle. They should get 2 more small bugs, each a little different, and follow the big bug around town. 😂

@pattysherwood7091 3 жыл бұрын

Like ducks

@michaelramsey82 4 жыл бұрын

An average size guy driving this looks like Richard Hammond driving a normal Bug

@vecernicek2 4 жыл бұрын

Europe: Does a thing USA (80 years later): Does the same thing, but yuuuuge

@thorflot 4 жыл бұрын

I believe you meant to say "yuuuuge"?

@vecernicek2 4 жыл бұрын

@@thorflot will make the edit, lol

@Authorthings 4 жыл бұрын

The 9 dislikes are from the VW concept team members that didn't think about it first.

@ClaudeSac 3 жыл бұрын

Nah, it's just James May using all his nine accounts to downvote his petty hate for the bug.

@vermontjeff2535 3 жыл бұрын

It's because he's bald and has long hair only in the back

@vermontjeff2535 3 жыл бұрын

They did a fantastic job building the huge bug .. 👍🏻👍🏻

@noeyedeer4227 3 жыл бұрын

no, one of them is me for not at least once showing it next to a regular vehicle

@BehaveDave1 3 жыл бұрын

Now all we need is for the owner of huge bug to meet up with the guy in Arizona with the dwarf cars.

@bigcheeezzz7135 4 жыл бұрын

It looks so close to a beetle that I would have to see it in highway traffic to really get the size. ✌️

@cl8623 3 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine seeing it on the freeway up ahead, and be like , "Oh it a VW bug". Only to catch up and it doesn't get any smaller! Lol

@dacrd 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing nailed the proportions and scale Perfect

@dezmitchell5329 4 жыл бұрын

Goliath Beetle

@redmr2na 3 жыл бұрын

A Hercules beetle

@Heidegaff 3 жыл бұрын

When you put the wrong scale model in a diorama.

@ronmelys2854 4 жыл бұрын

amazing!! making it 40 percent bigger on a computer is one thing, Id love to see how they fabricated all the parts, bits and pieces that much bigger! just imagine making the hood!

@darrylvanrooy 4 жыл бұрын

Nothing a credit card won't fix. I'm guessing this guy and his dad have a few bucks behind them.

@Brebgon 2 жыл бұрын

@@darrylvanrooy Apparently it cost around $15,000 to make

@puciohenzap891 2 жыл бұрын

@@Brebgon Bargain if true, but probably just 15 grand in parts, not accounting for any labor.

@nomad91910 4 жыл бұрын

I saw that thing once on the freeway, I thought I was going crazy because I saw it in my rear view mirror and it was far behind but it looked closer, then it passed me and then I realized, that's a HUGE BUG 🤣🤣🤣

@Wolfytototito 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my lord Its Criminal they didnt' put another car next to it to compare it.

@jjryan1352 3 жыл бұрын

The Beetle isn't another car?

@tanhelmet 3 жыл бұрын

When they drove off. A Jeep Commander looked tiny.

@ThomasDoubting5 3 жыл бұрын

It's bigger than a hummer

@ThomasDoubting5 3 жыл бұрын

It's 40% let you brain work the size out.

@peterbelanger4094 3 жыл бұрын

@@jjryan1352 Showing another beetle that is so similar tricks the brain into thinking maybe it's a normal size beetle next to a tiny beetle, the shots of the two together showed little scale reference. So, no, the 'nearly' identical beetle does not count. You need a different vehicle that is of commonly known size to use as a scale reference. Since it was stated it's bigger than a Hummer, they should have found an actual Hummer and drove by it. They are in southern California, you're telling me they couldn't find a hummer to compare it to there? Or how about just drive past a bus? those are easy to find and get video of. I don't think it's "criminal" they overlooked that detail, but it is a sign of sloppy video production and direction.

@royferguson3909 4 жыл бұрын

Not only is the idea brilliant , this bloke makes the dream a reality. Thank you for sharing this. You and your crew really have captured my attention. How bloody marvellous, spectacular. Words fail me. I am so very impressed From Canterbury U.K.

@JG40061 4 жыл бұрын

I’m impressed by the desire to create something from nothing, well done.

@codetech5598 4 жыл бұрын

Well, they created it from a Dodge truck and the proportions of a classic VW bug.

@lukesylvester2022 3 жыл бұрын

damn you burnt dodge fans

@thatonecarguy8488 3 жыл бұрын

@Wayne Pantry that joke flew over your head

@MazdaRX7007 3 жыл бұрын

@@thatonecarguy8488 Took me a while to figure out it was a burn, lmao.

@yank-tc8bz 4 жыл бұрын

Has Jay Leno been by yet ?

@Marauder252 3 жыл бұрын

The guy and his dad was on Jay's KZfaq show a few years ago with the car.

@kingjames8283 4 жыл бұрын

This is a car I'd love to see at least 2.5-million copies of, hell yeah I'd want one too.

@04dram04 4 жыл бұрын

This would make me think Im having a stroke

@vanglover6030 3 жыл бұрын

The Museum of Modern Art needs to know about this. The giant Beetle belongs in an exhibition of conceptual art.

@mariamoreira4090 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing, the scale is perfect. Great job

@Shred_The_Weapon 4 жыл бұрын

Okay, so that Beetle’s staying where it is. What about building duplicates?

@eddieschwab864 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah build a hardtop Herbie replica in that size! Since it's already using Hemi power anyway drop a Scat Pack drivetrain in that mofo!

@_BAD_MERC_ 4 жыл бұрын

I love that everything is custom and hand fabricated so well that it doesn't look custom and hand fabricated. The engineering and thought forward process of completing this is just baffling. This Punch Bug packs a REAL punch.

@joannpritchett5076 4 жыл бұрын

That's Awesome! Need to send that puppy to Germany for a tour. Tell everyone this is what happens when you take your vitamins!

@ezghthrt7733 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! I love that they made it as original as possible.

@doranvee5944 3 жыл бұрын

Fabulous!! Zillion thumbs up! 👍🏻👍🏾👍🏿👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏻👍🏾👍🏼👍🏼👍🏿👍🏻👍🏾👍🏽👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏾👍🏻👍🏻👍🏾👍🏼👍🏼👍🏿👍🏻👍🏾

@doug8525 3 жыл бұрын

Custom jobs usually don’t impress me much but you guys really impressed me with this car... I respect your skill in this ...excellent work... I’d love to have it!

@wolffreebird3678 4 жыл бұрын

Good Idea, good craftmanship, good Job and it looks like a fullgrown Volkswagen. Made in USA. Greetings from Lamspringe Germany from DANIEL.

@Mario-xo6lj 3 жыл бұрын

When you're driving a Hummer thinking about crushing a Beetle, but suddenly the Beetle crushes you🙈

@vacuumfireradio253 3 жыл бұрын

This is a tribute to the engineering and fabrication skills of the team that built it. I know how hard it is to do this kind of thing. Well done all.

@patrickperry6945 3 жыл бұрын

That took some serious metal work. Impressive.

@bryantlreed5550 Ай бұрын

That's awesome that you and your son made a Huge Volkswagen Bug.

@christophresmerowski1824 3 жыл бұрын

This German who made his License in a bug (in 1968 in Berlin) sends SUPERKUDOS for your magnificent effort. Pretty fantastic.

@davidtosh7200 3 жыл бұрын

It is hard to tell between 1958 and 1959 VW Beetle, since they are 10 changes for 1958 VW alone. The changes are: 1). Front turn signals moved on top of fenders, 2). Radio grill moved to the left, front of the driver, 3). Rear window and windshield are enlarged, 4). Flat accelerator pedal introduced; formerly roller type, 5). Wider brake drums, 6). Stronger fan belt, 7). Stronger reinforce body frame, and 8). "W" on deck lid is deleted, but I don't know the other 2 changes for 1958 VW Beetle, but it is minor. 1959 VW Beetle has no changes, save for serial numbers.

@1flashlite1 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see you take it by Jay's garage for his take on it.

@HiThere-du4up 4 жыл бұрын

My uncle had a dark green Bug when I was a kid. And that little bug was fun. This big bug, I love it!

@jayski9410 3 жыл бұрын

I'm impressed with all the correct details. I mean door handles, mirrors, frame around glass windows, running board, and even the way the tires look on the rims and in relation to the fender wells. I even think I see the correct jacking point just ahead of the rear tire under the running board! Just a superb reproduction.

@louf7178 4 жыл бұрын

Incredible build. It reminded me of Clifford the dog. Is the engine up front? The videography should have shown much more details - much too weak, like an Entertainment Tonight piece.

@RoodeMenon 3 жыл бұрын

"Bigger is better. An American Tradition."

@bigblockkings1031 4 жыл бұрын

THAT IS TOO COOL!!! I love it! 👍😎😄

@melest5645 4 жыл бұрын

Wow ! What a brilliant idea .. I love it

@andrewrobotbuilder 4 жыл бұрын

Jokes I've thought of while watching this: 1. Please call it a Goliath beetle 2. Herbie: Overloaded 3. Germany: We built a small car. For the people! America: Hold my pickup truck

@Porsche996driver 4 жыл бұрын

And as a cabriolet - that’s some extra work kids! I’ve got a ‘62 Cabrio myself. Wish they could’ve got it rear motor with a Porsche flat 6, but that’s ok! 👌🏼

@dj33036 4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure they could make a decent living building these for sale.

@HidingAllTheWay 3 жыл бұрын

I doubt it, such a complicated and detailed project requires an incredibly amount time and effort, aka. man-hours, to make. They would have to sell them for an absolutely ludicrous amount of money or essentially work for well below living wage.

@Lumberperson 29 күн бұрын

@@HidingAllTheWayI don’t know man, they could get pre orders, and this is a very popular car. I wouldn’t be surprised if they could sell them for $200,000 + to some buyers. I am responding to you 3 years later, I wonder if you will remember the video.

@supersimon126 4 жыл бұрын

The US: A 50% bigger beetle is a little bit too big to drive on the street legally. Also the US: Haha lifted Ford F650 go brrrrr.

@Candisa 3 жыл бұрын

It's probably the width and/or not wanting to be registered as a cargo truck or bus.

@derlisbaraini 4 жыл бұрын

Muito legal, parabéns pelo carro.

@josueabogado3405 4 жыл бұрын

You guys did an awesome job. Wow

@user-xj9du3kx7u 11 ай бұрын

I am knocked out of my tree. Beautiful!

@Pigpen76 2 жыл бұрын

i pulled up next to this car on the 10 freeway today. it blew my mind. it was bigger than my Silverado i was driving. it looks like a giant beetle. the details are spot on and the car looks incredibly well done in person. i was struggling to take pics of it next to normal vehicles in traffic to try to show the scale of it lol. bravo to the creators of this incredible replica

@thevirginmojito 3 жыл бұрын

I thought they built a small version of the big one when i saw the thumbnail. 😂😅

@entropy156 3 жыл бұрын

I saw the car at what I *think* was its debut at the Edelbrock show a few years back. It was one of the most impressive builds I've ever seen. It was just perfect.

@DSRQ1 3 жыл бұрын

Way cooler than any super car. Pure genius and smiles guaranteed!

@tetchuma 4 жыл бұрын

This guy is my hero!

@1cbread 4 жыл бұрын

Love it . Love to see pics of the build. Great job

@pangrac1 4 жыл бұрын

0:39 bald head mullet? What the heck! 🤦‍♂️

@jonathanryan2915 4 жыл бұрын

Skullet

@grymbathym635 4 жыл бұрын

why not

@jeffmonroe2956 3 жыл бұрын

Business in front, party in the back.

@Marauder252 3 жыл бұрын

All the women love it

@pangrac1 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely. 😂🤣

@jonyoung6405 3 жыл бұрын

The skill to do this is made me blowing.

@ToyManFlyer1100 3 жыл бұрын

This just goes to show you...Your mind is a beautiful creative amalgamation of endless thoughts, flowing down a stream of unparalleled rhythmic consortium of destinys not yet researched for the fun and useful resources and intentions....

@sheilacape4794 3 жыл бұрын

COOL!!! I've always liked a Bug! Sensational!

@carlosalbertorodrigues9022 4 жыл бұрын

Y love you Beetle! Eu adoro o Fusca! Parabéns pela invensão

@jsalo4 4 жыл бұрын

Would you sale the template on how to build?

@shokojimhollingsworth3940 3 жыл бұрын

The attention to detail is amazing! I lost my mind when he showed the drop down the gauge cluster!!!!

@the5thmusketeer215 3 жыл бұрын

When I saw the thumbnail - before reading the title - I thought they made a MINIATURE Beetle! 😂

@arkangeldeulofeu6143 4 жыл бұрын

I couldn't see if it has a rear engine which would be more amazing

@johnbastille5483 4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure that it's front-engined as that's what both the engine and chassis are set up for, but my interest was piqued to see how the water cooling and exhaust were handled. You need to have shown more than just the car driving around the streets of a city.

@arkangeldeulofeu6143 3 жыл бұрын

Come on mate, show the engine!!

@paul1242 4 жыл бұрын

This project is insanely cool, but the video was too short. I'd like to know how they made the sheet metal, how long it took to complete and what the cost was.

@StudioDaVeed 4 жыл бұрын

OK, this is cool as hell.....

@certifiedherbielover9208 9 ай бұрын

Now that’s what I call a Super Duper Beetle!!!

@helidianacamargo2625 4 жыл бұрын

Amei!!! Tenho um 75/76 branco

@user-qu1lm3we4f 4 жыл бұрын

Просто бомба а не жук . респект человеку сделавшему это чудо .

@MeadowFarmer 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome job! Totally unique and very cool.

@BiGjavi 3 жыл бұрын

Now that's just Crazy cooL ....

@johnnymichaelangelo9264 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing and wicked!!!

@SonnyGTA 3 жыл бұрын

THAT....IS....AWESOME!!!!!

@b.p.7153 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome job! 😃👍

@djchino774 3 жыл бұрын

That's the coolest thing I've ever seen

@tomvan8117 3 жыл бұрын

That is unreal. U guys have a awesome talent. I want one

@ticnatz 3 жыл бұрын

What a brilliant idea !!

@eom2967 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@Pau_Pau9 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!

@Someone-bx8jo 3 жыл бұрын

Plot twist the Bug is actually normal size and the other cars and buildings are miniatures.

@david-leethompson62 3 жыл бұрын

These guys thought of everything!

@liamcinq 3 жыл бұрын

See, 2020 isn't all bad, great work guys!

@gregorysukroo2197 3 жыл бұрын

When I saw the click bait I thought you had built a smaller replica...please post more on your VW. Fantastic.

@Gee4747 4 жыл бұрын

Now I want one. ✅

@mattkaustickomments 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent job getting the scale right!

@randyearles1634 11 ай бұрын

thats fantastic! well done guys.

@nathanarquiza3857 4 жыл бұрын

Bumblebee transform is getting huge now.

@generally_good_guy 3 жыл бұрын

This is totally awesome! My twin brother and I had this very idea (a 'king' bug) . One day, a little over 35 years ago now, we both stopped what we were doing and knew we had just had the same thought simultaneously. Thank you for showing me the end result of 'our' idea. Lol.