1966 VW Beetle - Body Removal - One Person - Remove Body Chassis Bug - (2x Speed)

[@rickhiggins6521]

Its good to see you helping the VW community. Keep up the good work.

[@johnwilburn]

Good stuff. I've never seen a cleaner, more spartan shop, though. Mine looks like a warzone for good reason.

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

EXCELLENT idea, I've used 4x4 WOOD BLOCK on same type jack, what HELPED greatly is I used a hole saw same size as the disc on jack to cut OUT a plug from the wood, thus allowing the jack disc to INSERT the wood block, this makes for a more stable block to jack, and the block has less chance to fall off while rolling jack in place.

[@jeepershangouts2043]

Excellent work! Thanks for the video. That song takes me back to better times.

[@BeingWolfy]

Thank you. Very welcome!

[@treyshiznit]

I sure appreciate your effort in creating this video for the rest us vdubbers out there. It's always good to stress how simple it can be with enough preparation, right tools, and enough motivation. Your passion is evident on how your ride is now. Great work, and keep buggin'!

[@lifeisgood12341]

This is what I love about the old bugs you can in an evening take the entire chassis of the frame without alot of complication. you can't hardly tell what your looking at under the hood nowadays . It is crazy how toyota did my dad and his tundra it had an optional extra skidplate that protected the oil filter and other important parts but you needed a special tool to remove it so he couldn't even change the oil he had to pay toyota to fix at the dealership witch is an hour and a half away

[@1980rnw]

I HAVE A 69 BUG AND I HAVE TO REPLACE THE PAN ON THE DRIVERS SIDE.I HEARD BODY OF RESTORATION WAS THE BEST WAY TO GO.ONCE I GET MY FIREBIRD FIXED I'M GOING TO START ON MY BUG.COOL VIDEO.VERY INFORMATIVE.

[@joshcrosson]

2 friends and it's done in 5 minutes. You need some friends.

[@kavanghia6908]

Thanks for the video! My son and I are working on our 69 Ghia that we saved from the car crusher 👍 Hope to see you on the road!✌️

[@BeingWolfy]

Sounds like you have a great garage with lots of spare parts. That's great! Thanks for the comments and watching.

[@BeingWolfy]

Thanks a lot! Appreciate your kind words.

[@BeingWolfy]

Thanks Vincent. I just posted the paint information in the video description. Here it is again: Paint Color: 2006 Toyota Scion TC color. "Hypnotic Teal Mica" Paint Code: 8U3 Paint Brand: Dupont

[@Crazy700hpEvo8]

Sounds awesome!! What makes me laugh is when people say beetles are crap etc. But if you get a minter with a brand new engine...they're even more reliable than modern cars :)

[@gokartbuyer]

who would sell such a beautiful car? im broke btw. (overworked and under payed). hope who ever gets it appreciates it and keeps it looking this good.

[@BeingWolfy]

Hi. I needed to work on the body. Much more stable on the saw horses. Thanks for watching.

[@BeingWolfy]

@jmd4j - Thanks for your inquiry. The car is a '66 which has a front beam suspension. You must have a later model Super Beetle which has struts.

[@BeingWolfy]

@1980rnw - Very cool! Keep me posted on your progress. Thanks!

[@BeingWolfy]

@AZPONG - Thanks AZPONG. I like it too. Took me over a year to find this one. It's a real dealer sign, and still lights up. =)

[@BeingWolfy]

@mikethenascarfan - Hi Mike. Thanks for the comments. Yeah, the car came from California. It was super dry and the body is straight as an arrow. A rare find. Thanks again! -Wolfy

[@axl34rose]

great to watch, will also try this way,i hav a 55 oval and am about to remove pan,this was just what i needed to see, cheers

[@BeingWolfy]

Thanks Sharky. Yeah, you can do a lot of stuff with much more ease when the body is off. Check out my blog (link in video description) for a post where I put the pan gasket on. I'd put the link in this comment, but KZbin won't let me post a link. It's the post from August 5, 2011. Thanks again!

[@jhzero0]

Awesome video. I'm going to pull the body on my '71 standard in a few weeks and this will be very very helpful. Thanks a ton!

[@KenCarsAndGoPros]

I always thought it could be done alone, but I never knew how. This is great, thank you!

[@BeingWolfy]

Yeah, this video is over 1 year old. My car is actually done now, with a new engine too. New VW OEM front beam as well. Pan has been stripped and coated with Master Series. It was quite a project, which has been detailed on my blog.

[@shartne]

I owned my first 69 VW in 78 it was nice we only had to take out the dents,paint it and adjust the valves. It ran so good.

[@scootergeorge9576]

I replaced the stock shifter on my '68 Bug with a Gene Berg unit. Only 2 bolts and about 5 minutes. Of course this was about 40 years ago and my memory could be fuzzy. 7 minutes tops. By the way, the Berg shifter was awesome. T grip handle and thumb button for reverse lockout. 2 or 3 inch throw between gears too.

[@butchrasmussen2819]

This may be the best video ever made. Unfortunately the music was so bad I had to shut the video off. I'll find my information somewhere else....funk soul brother!

[@BeingWolfy]

Hi George. The height of the sawhorses was just high enough to clear the stick shifter actually. I think it cleared it by about an inch or so, and that's with the lowered suspension.

[@northseacowboy]

nice clean work shop! wish mine looked like that! im always tripping over engine tin and dynamos my walls are covered in fenders and deck lids. space is so tight i can hardly work on my bug or bus.. nice vid. thank you.

[@co1088]

very neat looking specimen! Good thinking! Should get a sslab of beer and 3 mates to visit. More drinking time then!

[@igostupidfast3]

Cool these things are so easy to take apart and reassemble.

[@BeingWolfy]

Yeah, good solid bodies are hard to come by. I had this one shipped from California to MIchigan (where I am). Check out my blog, which is posted in the description of the video to see everything I've done to this one. It's a good solid car. I'd probably sell for 9k euro. ;-)

[@mk6matt]

nice work! I may be buying a 68 beetle soon and i will probably be replacing the floor pans. This seems like a easy way to do that haha

[@BeingWolfy]

It's a European Blaupunkt radio. I'm not sure of the model #. I purchased it from a gentleman in the UK who restores them. He did a great job on it!

[@BeingWolfy]

@moofushu - It's actually a Toyota color. Paint Color: 2006 Toyota Scion TC color. "Hypnotic Teal Mica" Paint Code : 8U3 Paint Brand: Dupont

[@03flhtcui]

Great video. The only thing I didn't like was the music. AAARGH!! Sorry, I had to mute it, aside from that...a super vid.

[@Victorsadventures2774]

Great video, but using blocks ontop of your jack is dangerous and quite risky. Put your blocks underneath the jack, it will get the same lift but is totally safe. Of course your jack wont roll but the back of the car can provide the little bit of shift it needs

[@cavemandan]

i used a bedframe to build a box inside the body with handles for 2 ppl to lift up or in your case one person and a floor jack and it helped not kink or contort the body...

[@enfamy]

you can buy the toyota oil filter cup tool at any parts store. or you can use a band wrench. the skid plate comes off with regular hex head bolts 13mm or 14mm cant remember off top of my head.

[@BeingWolfy]

@al1690 - Thanks for the comment. Basically just did the same thing, but in reverse. Unfortunately I didn't shoot video of the process, but I did take some pictures. There's a link in this video's description that will take you to my blog where you'll find a post about putting it back together. I'd post a direct link here, but KZbin won't let me. Thanks again!

[@Erniebus]

May I ask how you got it back together? LOVELY CAR either way :)

[@curandero]

Great vid! Beautiful and clean. Where did you get the vw logo thingy if you don't mind me asking...Would love to get my hands on one !

[@da-madmodler4692]

Lol stacking wood on a floor jack is almost as scary as a ladder on a night stand.

[@waynemicah3786]

i realize it is kinda randomly asking but do anybody know a good place to watch newly released movies online?

[@williehayes8584]

@Wayne Micah lately I have been using flixzone. You can find it on google =)

[@BeingWolfy]

It's a standard 4 speed manual. It's for sale actually. I'll post a link in the description.

[@jwyingst]

Great video. IMy only struggle with this method is the Body is fixed once it's on the horses. If you need to move the Body Shell to have work done- say media blasting or painting off site that is going to be a challenge.

[@BoboEverest]

Video is awesome, music sukcs

[@nathanbaer8246]

GuitarGeek ur grammer sucks

[@macin.mp453]

your*

[@d3w4yn3]

This is a great video! I learned a lot from it! Thanks for not killing us with too many popups! (joking). I will eventually do a full renovation from start to finish, but for now, have a 74 super in great shape and a 69 beetle being fully restored by a friend in a garage in Texas.

[@AZPONG]

Love the VW Signage!

[@BeingWolfy]

I'm not sure if I'm understanding your question exactly as I don't speak Spanish very well. Are you asking what that white thing is near the back fender wheel well? That's part of the wiring loom for the rear left tail light.

[@mepartolacaja]

Amazing!!

[@stevenjohnson3620]

nvm I seen the link to spendy for me I got a 1985 jetta 16v abf coupe been on stanceworks and preformance vw. VW's are nice cars. nice vid.

[@mofoz66]

Scott--Nicely done...and thanks for sharing the video. Very helpful.

[@robv27]

nice Job!!! could you let us know where all the body bolts are located/ how many are there? and do you know if the Ghia is the same way? Thanks in advance!!

[@BeingWolfy]

I just posted the paint information in the video description. Here it is again: Paint Color: 2006 Toyota Scion TC color. "Hypnotic Teal Mica" Paint Code: 8U3 Paint Brand: Dupont

[@BeingWolfy]

Glad you have a mute button. A quick and easy solution. I like the music.

[@rickmarkson]

Nice vid, Im doing a 1957 oval right now, I could sure use a couple of horses like those, what are the measurements?

[@whyyamad]

nice video, had to mute it, but nice video lol. i may actually be venturing into this when we install airride on the back of my 66 bodied, 69 pan beetle

[@BeingWolfy]

@jhzero0 - Excellent! Glad you found it useful.

[@gokartbuyer]

this is my dream car, color and year too. the rims and dog dish hubcaps. auto or manual?

[@vincentleon493]

Great Video! I have the body off my 63 rag top. I would also like to know the color and paint code. Preping for paint now and remarkably this color looks like it may be the original or close.

[@rickhiggins6521]

This is just one of the things we have been showing people in our Bug Me Videos for years. I am guessing this is where you learned it. Right? (just without the music) haha

[@BeingWolfy]

Thanks Rick. Mentioned the BugMe videos in the video description as a matter of fact! :-)

[@KotUpfor2day]

Mr. Higgins your the man that knows how to Finagle his way around any vee dub problem and put it all on a very stable even methodical pace and approach follow along video that anyone can accomplish these types of restoration obstacles..much respect to you and your family Mr Higgins ...oh and also to the Wolf for reacting your own rendition of the body and pan separation..The music is an added bonus !!! If some of the viewers can't feel that then they jus got no soul😀

[@moofushu]

I love your stock wheel caps and the blue paint job. What color blue is that?

[@BeingWolfy]

@VeeDubzBugz - Thanks!

[@jmd4j]

How did you keep the front suspension up and able to roll it out from under it? My tie rods and wheels flop around after removing it from body.

[@frederickfunk4561]

Your video I like, your choice of music... Not so much

[@mjacob17]

+Frederick Funk mute?

[@frederickfunk4561]

hahaha

[@kewlbug]

I did this myself too, used 4x4s with cinder blocks stacked up. ran the front one under the center notch so not as high.. Next time I would borrow an extra jack or 2. too much back and forth!

[@BeingWolfy]

Thanks Collin.

[@WeAretheUnderground1]

when installing a engine in a 67 beetle is there supposto be a gasket in the middle of the bellhousing and engine or metal to metal?

[@TheBadTad]

I used to do this alone 25 years ago. At 57 years old, not so much. This is a good way to remove body. Work smarter, not harder, Right?

[@thisoldjunk5752]

Love this video

[@ATJHOMEFIX]

What a great tip dud most of us don't lifts,,, what is the name of that color?

[@thebutlerdiditfy]

@wolfywho ok i waited eleven minutes and seventeen seconds for a soul brother, and no sign of him!! but that is a cool bug man nice work, where can i find a good used straight pan?

[@rroobbeerrttmmee]

cool video.. Does the new Beetles also have a separate frame that's removable like the older ones?

[@BeingWolfy]

If you would have posted this message yesterday, you would have been correct. Today actually marks the first day I got it on the road. I posted a video of it a little while ago. Check out my KZbin Channel. I'd post a link to the video in this comment, but KZbin won't let me. Check out my blog (posted in video description) to see all the work I've done to it since I got it last May. Thanks for watching!

[@VeeDubzBugz]

AWSOME !!! 4 been solo.....GOOD JOB !!!

[@BeingWolfy]

@NELODOMI1 - Thanks a lot!

[@bassman1154]

what was the front saw horse resting?

[@NELODOMI1]

EXCELLENT JOB BRO!

[@KienNguyen-en2lp]

how did you do it can you share with me , thank you

[@lockwpa]

@moofushu Looks like standard VW Dove Blue to me. I had a '66 splitty in Dove Blue in the 1980's...

[@BeingWolfy]

@d3w4yn3 - Very cool. You'll have to upload a video of your '69 when it's all done... Or, progress videos too! =)

[@BeingWolfy]

Thanks! Have you checked The Samba for a pan?

[@raunylima3863]

Awesome man! Do you happen to know the vw color code of those wheels, or something close? Thanks!

[@ElijahTurtle]

Nicely done!

[@martillerita]

beautifull!! somebody know what color is that?

[@Ill_look_back_on_in_disgust]

I have a 1963 beetle. I was wondering if I could drop out the chassis on my 1963 (with the rear swing axle bars) and swap it for a 1968 or higher chassis with IRS. I know that somewhere between 63 and 68 though they widened the swing axles so another question I have is if I could put a 1963 body on a 1968+ chassis will the wheels extend farther out then the fenders? Any help to these questions would be great:D Thanks

[@paulrichardson7905]

Is it necessary to have the engine removed to remove the body in this manner? Also what bolts needed to be removed before you lowered the rear end?

[@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC]

interesting as hell...perfect body and frame-floor...why did you separate it...what possibly could it be missing? love those '66 1300's

[@BeingWolfy]

Thanks. There is a link in the video description that links to my blog. It shows everything I did to the car.

[@nitrojetta]

why didn't you use lifting straps from the ceiling down?

[@la0voz]

hi guys i realy need to know the exact code paint color on that bug please.

[@Volgaman21]

Interesting to see, in my restoration projects i also use these kind of tricks so that i can do the job on my own. :) But why did you do it, for demonstration only? Both chassis and body look in very good shape to me..

[@luisyvital]

Can u show how you made the horses?

[@Lolatyou133337]

Hey man. Just wondering what rims they are on your bug??? I've been searching everywhere to put some on my 72 square but I have no idea what they're called!?! :O Thanks in advance!! :)

[@renragged]

Hahaha, 'Pop Up Video'. I remember that! A lot of fun little factoids.

[@BeingWolfy]

Yeah, that was always a fun show to watch. Was fun adding my silly little popups. LOL! ;-)

[@Crazy700hpEvo8]

My first car was a beetle, but i brought a dodgy engine off ebay which blew up! :( then i got a 96 mini cooper which pretty much rotted! :P And now i don't have a car but 7000 to spend. I soooo want another beetle, but this time a minter!! But here in the uk, there really aren't any! and it's way to expensive to do yourself...in the uk a mint 60-66 body will cost thousands! :(

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

Wood body braces GREAT idea, maybe IF this was done on a routine basis maybe use sq metal tubing with plates welded to the tops with bumper brace hole patterns drilled into them, then these can be bolted directly to the bumper brace, on opposite ends of these you could put wheels where the whole body could be moved around in shop. just a modification of YOUR GREAT idea.

[@BeingWolfy]

Thanks. Yeah, the car is sold already actually.

[@13jm31]

beautiful bug man

[@curtismichael14]

same here, concepts of money are similar to here in the states

[@cravclothing1408]

do you have to remove the engine or can you leave everything and just separate the two?