1959 VW Beetle Revival - HIDDEN Semaphores?!

Rachel buys her first project and it turns out to be cooler than anything the rest of us idiots have.

[@VWJawbreaker]

Cool story on a cool bug… it’ll be a sweet project. Love the friendly banter back and forth, sounds like my wife and I 😂

[@wickedwerks]

“Friendly banter” 😂 Thanks for watching!

[@jeffbannon1345]

58-59 beetles are amazing cars-36hp motor, oval era steering wheel, unique paint options (metallic and non-metallic), 2-year bespoke interiors. It’s worth the effort to restore. As for front signals they were not stock from the factory on euro cars-front fenders were bare. Very cool car. FYI CIP1 / BBT Silverweld front fenders match the originals in every way. Sit down though when you look at the price! 😂

[@bugnut82]

I know right? I wanted a 59 the most, but I ended up with a 62 which I am committed to. I just finished it after 3 years, and it's a driver!

[@gerolds.1551]

Guten Tag from Germany. Love to see you working on this nice car! Keep up the good work. I had a 59 bug myself, restored it from 1991 to 1994 and drove it for almost 5 years. If you need some translation work, I offer you to do so. Gerold

[@58euro]

I’d assume the car wasn’t grey market and was brought in by a service member, given the 64 lights it probably didn’t come over until after that. Also the bondo over the semaphores would have been done by a previous owner before a paint job not when coming into the port. Color could be Kalahari beige instead of mignonette but tough to tell over this video. Cool car though definitely worth ordering a birth certificate for it.

[@urielsys]

Contribution: The history of Volkswagen Brazil began on March 23, 1953, in a warehouse on Rua do Manifesto, in the Ipiranga neighborhood of São Paulo. From there, the first Beetle units came out, assembled with parts imported from Germany and only 12 employees. Production with national (Brazilian parts) began on September 2, 1957, when the first model of the brand manufactured in the country left the assembly line at the factory (The company's largest factory outside of Wolfsburg DE) in São Bernardo do Campo (SP): it was the Kombi, which had 50% of its parts and components made in the country . In general numbers, Volkswagen do Brasil has already had 33 different product lines, more than 24 million units produced and over 12.5 million engines built in national soil.

[@jayzee3143]

My first car was a 59 bug ragtop! I cry when I think about when I sold it ! Love your video good luck on your 59 👍

[@wickedwerks]

Thanks for watching!

[@glendebruyn6041]

Beauty beetle! Love the story! Keep up the content! Love watching people restore this old German metal!

[@wickedwerks]

Thanks for watching!

[@mikehammer4546]

Looking forward to the restoration adventure. Btw, it’s nice that you’ve added a bit of class to your channel 🤪

[@jackiekendrick8637]

Looking forward to seeing more of this... and Rachel sounds like Rickie Lee jones... half expecting to hear her break into "little fluffy clouds" x

[@bugnamedVelma]

Just seeing this now and it's one of the best yet! I want to become a Volkswagen Archeologist. And what a labor of love. You guys are great together. Thanks for this. I learned a lot and as a history geek, well, I bow to your collective knowledge base. Astounding!!

[@wickedwerks]

Rachel says she’ll wear her Archaeologist get-up for the next video 😂

[@bugnamedVelma]

@@wickedwerks Perfect!! Buried in bondo, I never would have imagined. And the Swiss connection. It's as if the little car had to disguise itself like a Cold War spy to get into the United States. Rachel has a great style for unfolding the story. Long live semaphores!!

[@reddmann2216]

I'm working on a 59 Deluxe myself same year as I was born...no semaphore turn signals are on my car however and was surprised to find transmission was not the early style with all the bolts down the middle of the non syncro style... building a off road toy with quick release everything possible as well as access panels for maintenance purpose.. many people think that's a crime..but I don't follow rules anyway and it's mine.. will be liquidating many stock items... when I'm done... keeping snowflakes but will LED Them..

[@mtozzy11]

Very cool car, the history on that one would be very interesting.

[@dbradford24]

Love your channel. Rachel's bug looks like a fun project.

[@wickedwerks]

Thanks for watching!

[@vintage76vipergreenBeetle]

I wonder if the birth certificate would show more information on this bug. Too bad the certificates are expensive, and take a long time to get.

[@pascalz9992]

looking forward to the next update on this project. Good luck with it

[@wickedwerks]

Thanks for watching! More to come soon

[@davemurton736]

Great episode, really want to see where Rachel goes with this 😊

[@wickedwerks]

Me too 😂 thanks for watching! -Taylor

[@GT.Bugger]

First time viewer here, you guys are hilarious! Although I had to cringe at the hammer work on the engine lol. Look forward to more videos.

[@wickedwerks]

Thanks for watching! Though I will warn, I use hammers incorrectly a lot 😂

[@GT.Bugger]

@@wickedwerks you gotta do what you gotta do👍

[@vintage76vipergreenBeetle]

Rachel, has a big expensive project. Good luck 👍

[@besenzon1]

Great find. AG is like Limited company. It will hopefully have more information. Good luck

[@besenzon1]

Sorry, meant to say that you should get a Birth certificate from Classic Volkswagen parts. Only takes a few weeks

[@FixinBugsNStuff]

Very cool car!

[@calvinkwaak6866]

good year, good color. git er done

[@Emperorprime]

Reeeeeeeealy difficult not to fall in love with Rachel..... haha, be sure to check in on this project! :D

[@biviozlebi3551]

Cool car ..i have a 58 and drive it Daly...if it is a euro car no front signals for sure original ..post upgrade folks

[@jedschleisner8960]

Awesome car! Love the patina. She’s beautiful, not the car.

[@DanTheManIOM]

get Free ALL from O' Reily's and disperse it like holy water., it will help you unbolt/unscrew, take it apart wtih minimal fastener damage..... I have a 59 same owner 59, the front fenders still have the conduit tubes...and BTW, I am just down the turnpike, same state...hope to meet you in 2023.

[@jonpeters2700]

What site did you use to find out what year the engine and transmission was?

[@wickedwerks]

Thesamba!

[@louishanley9627]

😮nice

[@joergcrux]

ein tipp in voraus alle teile von ein vw gibt es von vw deutschland und denn anderen vw vertretung in denn ländan und in internet

[@losebjughashvili8465]

Ok, pardon me. Sorry….. I think I was dehydrated….I drank a bunch of water. And now I’m better.

[@besenzon1]

Order a birth certificate from Classic Volkswagen parts. Only takes a few weeks

[@wickedwerks]

Rachel is brushing up on her German so she can attempt to write the letter in German, hoping it doubles her chances of accurate information 😂

[@ddrummond1976]

Whereabouts in VA was this?

[@wickedwerks]

It was in Somerset, Pennsylvania.

[@johnflynn9463]

View # 104 at 2:27PM on 10/31/22 - NJ ... Good luck

[@DubWerks]

Cool project, what did the distributor do to you? lol

[@toastno6]

Should she paint it? 😂

[@DubWerks]

@@toastno6 yes lol

[@wickedwerks]

@toastno6 do not encourage him 😂

[@richvw1974]

it moves it doesnt mean it works lol

[@dj33036]

I'm no Puritan but you could lighten up a bit on the F bombs.

[@type2ryder417]

Dude needs to waych his language. This would be a cool project to follow but the language kills it.

[@wickedwerks]

You really don’t want to hear the bits I cut out then 😂