Just a thought. Since the speedo is kilometers the mileage may be in kilometers as well. That would put it around 23500 miles.

Look for "041" in the last places on the serial stamped in the heads. that may just be a 912 engine...

Years ago I had a 914 and I installed duel webers just like his. Really gave the engine a little more pep for a 4 banger. This is really a cool car.

Sorry Tyler - but that is a PROPER Beck Spyder. That air-cooled exhaust note at 12:07 is reason enough!

A Beck is probably number one on my wishlist

Morning from SoCal. Thanks for all the great knowledge.

Thank you Wizard and Mrs. Sharp-looking Beck Spyder, looks like a cross between a 356 and a Cobra. Thank heaven, not a long-term project can

Cool replicar! Thanks for everything Wizard! Keep ‘em on the road brother!

I would open the frunk to put gas in as I know I would spill at least a few drops!

Most of the exotic cars shown on the Wizards videos aren’t particularly appealing to me, but these little replicas are awesome.

Great styling! Love the tire size and wheels. Jeeezz...If only modern sports cars looked so good.

Odometer 38,527 KM (not miles) = 23,940 MILES

Beck Spyders that were sold new 20 years ago are bringing over double their original price now.

Nice to see this little gem. Very classy classic car!

Legend has it: The Car Wizard has a diary and it's called The Guinness Book of World Records.

What a simple easy car to work on and so simple simplicity equals reliablity and it looks good also

Another great video from the wizard. Thanks

The rocker covers are twin/quad cam replicas (type 547) for the type 1 VW

Awesome little Car.....Thanks Mr Wizard.....Shoe🇺🇸

We tested one years and years ago when I worked for Motor Trend magazine. Cool car.

Sweet car I love reps u can actually drive them without crying about it loosing value

Had friend dealer who sold these. A few times I drove models to car shows in Scottsdale. They were crowd pleasurers for sure! But they rode like a hard tail Harley.

Look how busy that shop is.

Engine Case looked like a typical Type I, (beetle, Ghia). not 356, not Type IV (porsche 914, 912))

Why do things half assed? If you're going to change the odometer, set it to the proper reading.

If the speedo is in KM, the Odometer would be in KM as well, not miles (I think?)

38k kilometers, not miles. Odometers measure in the primary unit of the speedometer.

Watching Wizard's videos is more relaxing than listening to a Morgan Freeman audio book.

Super cool! I'm with Danielson--I want it!

Sounds cool :) nice tiny revs 👍

I like these. I've always wanted a kit car. Once I finish my garage and get my bendpak lift in next year, I may look into a beck and add my own motor in the form of an LNF or LSJ.

Mrs & Mr. Wizard , a really tight couple that are truly tied together everyday.

I know a lot about air cooled VWs, at least I think I do. I’m surprised the transaxle is a swingaxle and not IRS.

When I was around 15 or 16 and not knowing much about cars, or anything else, I had heard stories of guys winding back the odometer with a drill. We had a few dead cars on the farm, so I gave it a try. If you try spinning them backwards (old analog meters) the numbers get out of alignment making it real easy to tell if it's been tampered with. They were designed to do that. So being a brilliant teenager the next step was to spin it forward until it zeros out and then run it out to whatever mileage you want. Keep in mind this is more than 35 years ago. I had an old drill plugged in the run the cable and I just left it going over night clamped in the vice. I remember checking it the next morning and it didn't even put a thousand miles on it and killed my old drill. That answered my curiosity about odometer fraud. There was no way in hell I would invest the time it would take to turn back the clock. But there are lots of people that will. Probably different methods. With lots of years experience as a mechanic there are always tell tale signs. If you feel the mileage is to good to be true, it probably is. Have a mechanic inspect a used car before you buy it. We can normally tell if your getting shafted.

Beck lives around the corner from me and the owner of my company has one of his GT cars.

The myth has started a lot earliear with the Lohne Porscher but also with the big tanks from Tiger and King Tiger competition Porsche participated and the bigger ones. But this is a really nice and small one.

Nice to see several of the projects are out of the garage.

I like this customer's collection! He has very good taste

I appreciate the dig at Tyler lol.

Cool little ride

Great video. If the speedometer is in kilometers per hour, then the odometer might be in kilometers also. Making that 38,000 kilometers, not miles. Which would put the car at less than 25,000 miles. Either way, great little car! Thanks for the video, Car Wizard and Mrs. Wizard! Always look forward to your videos.

That based in a VW Bug the front torsion bars, transmission and wheels and brakes you can see it's from a big the engine seems to be too but with different valve covers. Nice car

Very cool car. It definitely has a VW Type one engine with some add-on’s. To run it as a mid-engine, all you have to do is change the ring gear in the transaxle’s differential to the opposite side. Very easy modification.

The Car Wizards has the coolest walk on KZfaq! I'd love to see a continuous loop video of him just waddling around on his stubby little legs with Pantera's WALK as the background music!

The Ultimate Road Go Kart . No radio because the engine sound is your entertainment.

It's just like a beetle, the rims also. Cool.

Great cars. One of Beck’s guys drove me around the Bay Area in one when I was contemplating buying a kit in the late 1980s. If I recall, the price then was around $6,000.

Not throwing shade on hoovies, but that's the set up I would want (especially with what can be done to VW's now)

I bet you it sounds amazing!

The speedometer appears to be from a 1966-1967 Porsche 911. Hollywood Speedometer in California can repair it.

This looks so incredibly fun to drive

I was waiting for the Wizard to talk about the configuration of the trans behind the engine. As others have mentioned a VW would have the trans in front of the engine.

The most common beetle engines are 1.2, 1.3 or 1.6. You can probably fix those engines with some shoelaces and a pencil sharpener.

Wow.She's a beauty.. I'd put a 'Catch can' on the oil breathing tube just to keep the vapors from staining anymore than it has.I'm sure Daniel-San will clean that off anyway.You looked like a kid playing in Dad's car,from the floor cam at the lift.LoL.

What a lovely car !

Throw the cheap oil filler away and install a NICE breather system. That will eliminate the oil blowing all over the place.

Seriously nice car, sounds a little more like a hotrod compared to Hoovies.

Any updates on the big red Dodge V10 for the shop? Thanks WIzard!

The Beck sounds like a V Twin

Love it❤️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Cool little car

Wanted one for many years. ❤

'Wizard, give it a yank.' 'Don't mind if I do!'

Its not a Porsche engine, but a VW 1600 based motor, looks like at least a big bore kit on it. Nice touch with the Porsche valve covers. I hope you did the valve adjustment which is key to VW reliability. This Beck is more authentic? than Hoovies, with the air cooled engine and swing axle rear .

I don't think that is a Beck. I had a 550 Spyder built by Vintage Syders that was nearly identical. They are now called Vintage Motorcars inc.

Tyler should do a photoshoot of this beck with his one. Wouldn’t be many others around for the opportunity

06:20 That is technically called the Jesus Bar. As in, when you’re going around a corner sideways, the passenger can grab it while screaming “JESUS!”

That fuel tank is remarkably similar to a pre-67 VW Beetle's.

It must be nice to pick and choose what car you work on I suspect most garages can't afford to turn down what rolles in

Cool kit car I thought you weren't going to work on Old vehicles anymore... But yeah I get it this one's easy... 😁

This is the kind of replica I wouldn't mind. VW and Porsche are very connected since the begging, share a lot of DNA, and so a air-cooled VW engine is the engine to have when you can't have a Porsche engine. It is as close as you get without getting the real thing. I would rather have a 356 Pre A Roadster though, I'm a fan of those things.

Hi David. Just to let to know how popular Mr. Wizard is, we are riding-out Hurricane Ian watching your shows.

I'm curious if this is a VW engine and trans turned backwards as it appears or a Porsche that was designed to run in the opposite orientation originally. Either way I love the simplicity and accessibility of this layout. Not sure if I'd choose this or the Subaru set up but I'd love to have either. Noice show and tell Wizard! Thanks

Beautiful, fun car.

I work on these daily. I make a large portion of the parts they sell for these, if you have questions, hit me up, I see a lot that is "custom" but the proper 550 stock parts which are available are alot better.

Those sensor problems sound like the problems every plastic bodies car has.... bonding straps required (if not a dedicated earth line to each sensor location) as the earthing cannot be done through the body..... If the sensors are mounted in a section of pipe betweeen two rubber hoses....? the pipe needs an earth strap or earth line...connected to the metal pipe itself. Each of these becomes a corrosion point over time.....

I like the simplicity of this car! The carburators and air intake filters look very dirty. The filters need to be replaced and the carburator needs a cleanup and checkup :)

When you're faced with one of a pair that has failed, like the valve cover gasket, is it standard of care to do both?

Let’s go ahead and comment. 😊 Love this channel!

What do see about the repair history/ reliability of the 2010-2017 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain?

The front axle might need to be greased. It looked very dry. Like your style of video😅

Lovely little car …….! 😊

Cool go kart!

The engine could as well be a Porsche, either from 912 or a 914/4. A 914 gearbox would be ideal here with the engine the wrong way round for a Beatle.

I think your apprentice was very silly to quit. The chances of him getting a job in a place in which he will one day be working on the wide range of cars some ultra-expensive just seems nuts. He also had three highly skilled mechanics to learn from . Perhaps he got some rather terrible jobs while working there like cleaning up that old truck with the AMC 360 in it . Sure that job sucks but I know some mechanics that got their foot in the door working at a auto wrecking yard in the winter . They would go out and get parts from cars in the dead of winter . No safety there really just use whatever was around to lift the car while the person got under it . Oh well I suppose we have all made terrible choices when it comes to quitting a job or accepting a job. I did twice both fantastic places to work and to learn . Still I quit. Mostly because of my lack of self-confidence but still it was my fault .

Also, Beck is the guy that built the Shoguns

i just commented on this in the background yesterday, i forget the name but europe/france has a company that does these replicas that are incredibly stunning and reliable (but expensive)

Looks just like a VW Type 1 engine to me, with Porsche valve covers that have been modified to fit the VW head. I believe the Porsche engines only had exhaust ports that exited from the bottom of the head, and since this has exhaust ports that point forward and back, it's a VW Type 1 engine.

Which do you prefer wizard? The Subaru powered beck or the air cooled vw powered beck?

Such a stunning little car, would love to have a beck spyder…

It’s not a Beck. The rear fender vents tell the easy story but there are many other differences, including frame, front valance. It is a Vintage.

Leakage might be the standard push rod tubes. The aftermarket spring loaded ones are way better.

38,000 kilometers. 23,600 approx miles.

We want more Mrs. Wizzard in the videos! :-) Nice little car anyways.

@4:28 Yeah, but what if the weather suddenly changes and you need to make it home unscathed?

It is easy to see what inspired the CGT.

Here is a thought. What does it use for cockpit heat since the VW engine usually has a heat exchange type unit to provide heat in the Bugs.

Such cool little cars. Unfortunately I live in CA so probably next to impossible to pass smog mandates with a classic VW engine without 45 Smog devices, 23 Catalytic Converters and 4000 ft of piping which would double the weight and defeat the purpose. 🤣

I hear a cam... Betting a 1776 with a 110 cam and dual IDF 40's.

Looks nice