"Before he assumed room temperature." Another Bill expression I intend to use in everyday life along with "Hot as balls."

Couldn't stop laughing at your reference to the National Lampoon Ted Kennedy ad. Bill, you really get it!

The acceleration on this beetle is so strong that the glove box won’t stay shut.

I’m still trying to figure out how you don’t have a podcast, Bill.

"If Ted Kennedy had driven a Volkswagen he'd be President today"😄😆😅😂🤣

The rear engine deck lid with double row air vents makes it a 1971 year super beetle. My daily driver is a unrestored all original 1971 super beetle. Lots of fun to drive!

Ted Bundy's preferred set of wheels as well...

As a child in San Francisco in the late 60's, you literally could stand at any point in the city where cars were parked and not see at least one VW.

Damn you where doing 80mph on the highway! Never knew Beetles could go that fast

Under 37 minutes! Reminds me of your vintage Auto Europa videos, Bill.

"The war intervened with their production efforts..." You do know how to turn a phrase -- love the videos!!!

I'm still trying to figure out why my beetle has a "terrible" or "awkward" history...its just history and I mean the reasonings behind its creation are probably about the best I've seen and the design still rivals cars today as my 77 standard gets better gas mileage than just about any new car other than the Prius

Customer: "Get this peace of shit out of my life!" Bill: "Sir, I´m a car salesman, not a divorce lawyer!"

Terrible history? Great history from it’s very beginnings. Way better than what VW is today.

No AC isn't really a loss - my friend's dad had a Super Beetle with air conditioning brand new in the 70's. It still had NO air conditioning, essentially, at least not by south Florida standards.

Wow, Bill you gave a lot of interesting info as to why the Beetle was created (1/50 car ownership) and designed (anti-freeze was expensive).

My dad had a beige '73 Super Beetle when I was a kid, I remember it well. In the '80s when I was a teenager there were tons and tons of old VW bugs still running around in my area, and then at some point in the '90s it's like they disappeared en masse. Now I hardly ever see old Type 1's on the road.

I had a '73 Super Beetle in baby blue. Loved it. Great on gas. This was a trip back, thanks Bill.

Another fabulous Bill review - WOOO HOOO!!

Remember playing spot the slugbug on family road trips. Good times and bruises aplenty.

Hipsters, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsburg and William Burrows. Those dudes were Beatniks, Bill.

Love the channel,the weather report and Bill. I binge watch this channel. Bill reviews cars I have owned and cars I grew up with. This and Vice grip garage and Jay Leno are channels I enjoy over 30 minutes.Keep up the good work and don't ever change Bill.Love the commentary and your curmudgeonly attitude.

Oh, Bill......43 seconds to your first huuuuuuuuuuhh. Almost a new record! Hang in there bud, fall will be here before you know it. Interesting little Beetle, thanks for the video, as always.

I'll have to say that I learned something really new from this video. I didn't know that the real ideas behind the Beetle didn't come from Ferdinand Porsche. But then, Small Wonder, which is the one book I have about the Beetle tells a somewhat sanitized version of the Volkswagen story. The only new car that my dad ever bought was a Beetle. He had a dark blue '68. My parents didn't strike me as being particularly counterculture, even if he bought my mom Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida for Christmas one year. Apparently they couldn't get a Valiant, Nova or even a Rambler American at a price that worked for them. I learned to drive a manual transmission on it. During my first attempt at college, I had my first car accident in it. I backed out of the throttle mid corner, and couldn't handle what the swing axles did next. It fishtailed three or four times, went sideways into a small ditch, and fell on its side. After some people helped me get it back on all fours, I drove it home before the cops could appear, by which point I was probably already home. It had a small dent in the rear fender, and some oil leaked out. That was all. Before that, we experienced a couple of trips to Rhode Island in it, which prompted my parents to finally buy something bigger, in the form of a Dodge van, for family use. My knees were probably digging into his back the entire trip, so I'm sure your Canadians would not be amused. My dad's Beetle ownership is a large part of the reason for my keen interest as a teenager in...Imperials.

The last time I heard the phrase, "Ass-engined Nazi slotcar" was in an old Car & Driver (I think? maybe it was Road & Track) article comparing the Porsche 911 to the Ferrari 308.

"Make love not money" - the 1st words my dream girl would say to me...

Good Morning Bill, great to hear from you again!

There is an aftermarket company that makes heating and cooling units for the VW Beetle, Karmingia and van. They are 12"inch long cylinders that are 5" in diameter. You mount one on the passenger door window and then roll it up. So it looks like a small section of pipe with a black gasket like sleeve from the back covering the remaining opening at the top of the window. The unit plugs into your cigarette lighter port to drive a fan pulling air in both while you are sitting at stop lights as well as boosting the air coming in while driving. It also drives a circulating pump on the cool unit. Air passing into the front as you drive goes over a series of hot electric coils or hollow coils with water ciculating. In the cold unit an endothermic reaction will happen in the coils the air passed over. You have to fill a port with water and a second with 1 Lbs of ammonium chloride (purchased online for about $7). The cold unit needs refilled about every 10 to 20 hours of use.

Thanks Bill for the review. From an engineering perspective the car was quite dismissive of the important laws of physics such as polar moment of inertia and angular momentum resulting in quite alarming handling characteristics but still managed to be the most produced car in automotive history.

Bills reviews=Priceless

This is a really nice example! I love the headlights with the integrated turn signals! Really smooths out the look!👍

You could not hurt the bug engine. They were indestructible. They ran out out of breath so you couldn't over rev them. Had a 64 without the gas gauge. Top speed was 60 something. It was the anti sports car, anti muscle car. Loved it, but slow, oh so slow. Sundial slow....My sister had a Datsun B210 with the 2 speed toyoglide. We raced the 1/4 mile. We raced at sunup so we could finish by sundown....

Bill’s car videos are like an event, I can only image what his political discussions would be like. I would definitely tune in! My second car was a 71 Super Beetle that I paid 400 dollar for. The car was no where near the condition of the one in this video, but I wish I had the car today because I’d take the whole thing apart and restore it. Man I froze my ass off in that car in the Pennsylvania winters I drove it in!

Good evening Bill from Ron in Manchester England, our weather is damp and cool. Sorry your weather is muggy. What a fantastic car to review

I had two of these. A 1967 and a 71 or 72. Fun car but constant breakdowns... the good thing was there was lots of old hippies who liked to work on them in the 80s and early 90s and they were reasonably priced. Mileage was never that great either.

I own a 2020 Jetta. It is my 3rd Jetta. My parents owned VW Beetles. I remember going to get groceries in our blue Beetle and filling the car up with 5 of us in the car!! Yes, 5! Although two of us were kids. Love VW!

The Love Bug was my favorite childhood movie, and according to Dean Jones, was the last movie with any of Walt Disney's personal touch. However, I have read the Germans associate the Beetle with the austerity of the 50's and aren't that crazy about it.

Bill, you are rocking the reviews. Keep up with the Coronavirus Whiskey. It’s obviously doing you a power of good! Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

Strength through Joy 😆

Hi Bill. Hope your doing well. That was a pretty cool video. I loved it. Stay safe & take care.

man, (perceived) politics aside, I love watching these videos. Your knowledge (or dutiful research) of all these different vehicles across eras is astounding! My sister was a cheerleader and she had a bug with BBS wheels.. and just when i thought "heʻs not gonna mention Mexico...?"

1974 my Dad bought a VW grasshopper, for $2000. Engine in the back, plus a trunk in the back & front. It was fun and I learned how to drive a manual, with it. It was so fun. The window washers were powered of the spare tire, in the front. hilarious

That Wilt Chamberlain ad was a slow pitch across the plate ... and you struck out. :)

I’ve owned a ‘66, and ‘69, and a ‘71 Beetle. Easily my favorite car. And they get so much attention. Every trip to the gas station is a 20 minute ordeal because everyone wants to talk about how they had one or knew someone that did.

Very nice review..

That washer bottle is hilarious! My spare tire is flat, but damn it was worth the spray function...

A nice change of pace. One of your best reviews since the Teutonic Toaster! Thanks!

I had a convertible bug in college. I loved that car until the bottom rusted out. Just ran forever

The Ted Kennedy ad was the best. There advertising dept. had balls. Love it. I also admire Bill's love of nature and animals.

80+ MPH in a Beetle? Didn't think those went that fast! Obviously the engine in this is much better than stock. Neat car. My dad had two Beetles, 67 and 71. I have picture of me by the 71 but don't remember actually riding in it, was too young.

I absolutely love Bill- doing gods work 😂

These damn things float too!

Nice walk down memory lane. My Dad had three Beetles during the 70s, one being a Super Beetle that had a stinger exhaust. I always loved how they sounded. It's difficult to discuss modern German industrial history without mentioning Hitler and the Nazis. There are a surprising number of well-known German companies that were involved with the Nazis and the use of slave labor. The People's Car indeed.

amazing how those mid 1920 drawings were in fact the essence of early Porsches

I'd put up w the summer weather to live in a free state w/the best governor in the country :) just sayin.

My dad has a taxi yellow 69’ convertible that he built and it has been in the same 4th of July parade every year of my life. Irony at its finest!

Previous owner also shaved the front turn signals from the fenders, cool mod!

THANKS BILL...FYI... I HAVE OWNED A 61' "TRANSPORTER"...A 56',63' AND (2) 67' "BUGS"... AWESOME 👍

Dad had two of these Bugs, a '71 and a '73--both rust buckets, but the one '73 had a soft sunroof (Dad was not a sunroof guy). Early '80s, I remember the five of us, parents and three pre-teen kids, cramming into the '73, Dad pops open the sunroof, and we all went on a picnic at our local scenic metro park. That was a great day ripped right out of the 'perfect' storybook. Could have been a Beetle advertisement. Man, what an enjoyable little deathtrap, that four wheeled shitbox.

As a transplanted Floridian I say any summer day is a good day, as long as there isn't a hurricane. I went through 2 weeks without power once and I don't really want to repeat the experience. This video was fascinating. I was especially interested to hear about various countries' attitudes toward the Beetle. It explains James May's attitude toward the car in his recent video on the (Meyers Manx) dune buggy, which kind of shocked me - how can anyone not love this car? Now I know.

Nice ride. Wow 50 million beetles!

Gosh darn it the honesty in these reviews, we love you uncle bill I hope you sell this amazing car for top dollar

My father had a 67 and he drove that car all over the place. Had the roof rack on it and as a family the 4 of us drove to New England and climbed Mt Washington in it. He also had a 76 Gold Bug and my sister had a 69 which she totaled and then replaced it with a 73 Sport Bug in Yellow. Great memories with those cars!!

I thought Bill would completely loose it when they glove box came open. I was waiting for him to pull out his 357 out the back seat.

They had their place in history.Been turned into campers & dune buggys if u were around in the 60-70s.Promise us you'll never do a Prius Bill!

Bill: That nun would still be upset . . . How WELL it drives! BTW, there's room for the toddlers in the roof rack.

I like the 50’s excess. I walking by a 59 Caddy everyday going to and from school. A black one with the rear poking out of the garage in

My Dad was something of a greaser in the 50's, not the gang type but the stoplight drag version. Modified engines, blew them up, scrambled transmissions, but apparently a good driver. Spent all his limited money on cars and fines. Eventually he pretty much couldn't afford to drive - or soon wouldn't be allowed to - and in a measure of self-discipline (or his future wife's strong encouragement) he turned to Beetles. Used at first. There 4 maybe 5, starting with I think a 52 up through 62 - after which they moved to FL and needed a car with AC - which became a 64 Rambler. Always said the Beetles were incredibly solid, well built, 'engineered' better than any subsequent American car. Thereafter, except for a 69 Torino with the hot 351, everything was sedate - until success and midlife brought a whole slew of German sedans - all of them performance models capable of and driven at speeds that one doesn't cop to in front of Mother. Both kids, now adults, have continued that tradition. In a way the German antidote to speed became in some small measure, its cause.

After 2 weeks of ownership, the electronic fuel injectors / fuel pump assembly stuck open and filled the cylinders with fuel. Hence, the engine would not turn over. It was flat bedded to the selling dealership and repaired. I never had another issue with the car.

The Beetle, while making only several short appearances in the film, figures prominently as a symbol of character type to Richard Dreyfus’ character in one of my favorite movies, Tin Men.

My first car in high school, 72 Beetle bought it for $250 in 1989. Lost my virginity in the back seat so I was pretty chipper back there 😊

Owned one when I lived in Mexico. They called them Volchos. In Brazil, they were called Fuscas.

Wonderful video. I had a 1961 bug back in the late 80's when I lived in California. Simple dependable transportation and fun to drive.

Didn’t even say he was gonna make it a short one, and it ended up being very short 😂 well done

Great video Bill...what a history lesson too....thanks for the laughs!

I don't think the Beetle engine was powerful enough to motivate the car and an A/C compressor at the same time.

I remember riding home after T Ball practice in the back of a neighbor's Beetle in the humid Chicago summer circa 1972. No AC, no breeze. Sheer torture. Maybe only the back of a Ford Pinto would beat the agony. It was cute though.

I owned a 1962 Ghia,,,1200cc 40hp,,,as a first-wave Boomer, I can assure you that many of my generation owned at least one VW, usually an older bug...the thing about those cars--they were easy to work on, and kind of indestructible...Case in point, a buddy of mind rolled his bug down a hillside...he had used a lapbelt, fortunately...after the tow truck winched the car back onto the road, my friend jumped back in, fired that sucker up, and it drove just fine!...a few little dents here and there...no mechanical damage...of course, no other cars offered 25-30mpg, and that in itself was a major draw for aspiring, money-strapped students, hippies, etc.,,,but it is now strange to realize now, just how unsafe in general those cars were!...I mean, you were cruising around with a gas tank tank almost in your lap...and the earlier models were referred to as being "leg-cutters" by the State Patrol--as they would see, in serious collisions, that the entire dashboard section of the bug would break off, and move downward, causing serious/fatal injury to the front passengers...such things as safety were simply not thought of, back then. I would never own one nowadays!

Today the 25th Aug is warm and wonderful but no new videos from Bill????

Another highly entertaining video Bill , your knowledge of cars is just remarkable and thoroughly interesting to listen to , I love to watch your channel from over here in Thailand were we have the same awful humidity problem

There were a couple of improvements to the Beetle in 1972. As Bill noted, one was the use of dual port cylinder heads that improved air flow and therefore power. The hot setup was dual 2-barrel carbs, one for each head. Holley made a model called the "Bug Spray" for this application. The second , equally if not more important, was the use of double jointed rear axles, instead of swing axles with a single joint that the differential. This reduced rear wheel camber change as the car leaned in a turn, resulting in much more forgiving handling. Even so, all of the Beetles had trailing throttle oversteer; you did not want to brake hard while doing a turn. BTW, I don't believe that speedo at all.I suspect the aftermarket wheels on Bill's car are smaller in diameter than the stock wheels, inflating the speed readings. A stock Beetle would be hard-pressed to exceed 70 mph.

I came across your auto review and I'm totally impressed at the excellent presentation you make for each vehicle. I know you spend a lot of time researching each vehicle which when added to your ability to add some fun with your comments about Florida weather or the history of the vehicle makes for time well spent in viewing your reviews... all of them. Great work on your part, and may may Auto Haus be successful. I've already checked your inventory. Look forward to your future work. Thanks!

My cousin used to be a VW dealer back in the 70’s to mid 80’s. I was just a kid but got to ride in one of these and many other models at the time. Most fondly I remember the yellow Scirocco he had. I think if you can get hold of a nice Scirccco, that would be a great review which should attract a lot of views. There seems to be collector interest in fine examples.

Air pressure from the spare tire to power the windshield washer?? I had no idea.

'bout time a Beetle - cheers

The turn signal lights on the top of both front fenders have also been shaved off.

The 1302 (Superbeetle 1 in America, I believe) should have the modern rear axle (semi-trailing axle). instead of the swing axle of the older models. Together with the ugly 1303 (curved front screen, Superbeetle 2) it had the most advanced chassis - not of the beetles alone but (at that time) of almost all cars. Of course, of works it had never the power to use this formidable undercarriage. Sigh. I love the EMPI wheels, btw. And the front lights with enclosed blinkers - which you did not mention, they are custom.

saving the video for my evenings entertainment.

Just checked - I looks like that is a Super Beetle! Should have watched the entire video before I put my foot in my mouth!

My memory of the Beetle is Ruth Gordon ripping around in it in, " Harold and Maud ".

Bill, I correct my previous comment. The VW Super Beetle I bought was a 1974 model year car.

Holy crap -- Bill says 'hipsters,' and shows photo of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsburg & William S. Burroughs! Beatnik Bill!? Maybe you even knew Maynard G. Krebs?!

Great job Bill

in reference to the VW ads: I can't tell you the number of times my wife has returned home announcing her car was in a little accident!!!

The one thing about those cars is that they were fun to drive. It shifted like the end of a paddle in a barrel of horse manure with no feel at all. The noise was almost guaranteed to give passengers a headache. The rough ride was nauseating on top of the clausetraphobic interior. Reliability and economy not particularly good. Under powered until the later models. Ugly as all hell. Terribly unsafe. Aside from that, it was a decent car, I guess.

Tbh. I watch Bills videos. The first 1:42 minutes always make me laugh. His honesty. I would say the exact same thing. I flipping HATE HUMIDITY !

I think you were correct last week and this week as well bill… meaning that one the peak of this horrifyingly abysmally hot stink itchy red & stingy humid LT moist hideously hot oppressive weather was reached it seems to exist on a plateau that may linger for many more weeks. It’s absolutely unacceptable but it’s here and there is almost nothing to be done about it except watch as you bravely confront this beast and deliver an absolutely incomprehensibly poignant review of the car we all love.. the vw beetle. Proceed good sir

I couldn’t find the front turn signals on this custom Beetle….I had a 74 Super Beetle through early 80’s as my high school and college car…I remember the JC Whitney car parts catalog had a whole section on beetle custom parts.

My very first car was a 72 Beetle in the UK, cost 65 quid 😂.. needed some work to get it thru the Mot tho..

I think you could get air-conditioning as an option or after market accessories.