First Test Drive Chassis & Engine - 1965 VW Beetle Restoration

[@LeonardoValente_]

Definition of "Can't wait to drive it" . That's a proper restoration ! Loving the videos

[@CTmoog]

HAHA!!! Thank you! =)

[@picklerix6162]

Back in the 70’s, my history teacher owned a VW dune buggy made from car kit. It was pretty cool looking with an open fiberglass body. He drove it to school every day, rain or shine. He said the one downside is that large dogs would chase him and one dog tried to jump into the driver’s side. He had to use his left forearm to push the dog back out.

[@jimmarshall6955]

JUST LIKE A BIG KID IN THE CANDY STORE ! PS I LOVE IT WAY TO CT !😊😊😊

[@avanm420]

This gives "air cooled" a whole new meaning!

[@nicodenhaak3961]

O man. This video brings back memories for me. A friend of mine got a 1966/67 beatle chassis from a scrapyard, someone already took the body off. This was around mid 80 ties. It had two seats, no belts, and NO BRAKES. And no body. Just a very underperforming handbreak was the only way to stop this contraption,. Somehow we got it running with the help of the local garage. O boy. That thing (only the chassis) was peppy!! I drove this deathtrap and flooring it until third gear on back roads where no traffic ever came. Which was a good thing, as i had no BRAKES to speak of! But hey, when you are 17, anything goes. That engine made a glorious whoohsing sound, when revving up (and flying) through the gears. Only a single port, but that seat really pushed in my back when fully accelerating. It was great fun... I had way, way too much fun. And lived to tell. My friend only sat in the passengerseat once. I think you can understand why... Great job on the restoration!

[@dang.2574]

Same here. 13 yr olds making do with scrap lumber and a lawnmower engine. Great memories!

[@hieroglyph321]

Neighbours .... "Mary!!!! It's CT doing his thing again ... call the cops, will ya! .... wait, can you drill in the passenger seat?"

[@CTmoog]

😂😂😂

[@emilmellow7073]

Ha, ha, ha, ha ha! I was thinking the same thing. Your neighbors either love you or hate you. I would be over in your garage every time I saw you. This is such a cool project. Congratulations. I cannot wait until you marry the body up with this “beast”! ❤

[@edsantos6627]

🤣🤣

[@markqqq_]

Mary, he's driving the chassis again

[@JohannesFaupel]

My brain smells what my eyes see and what my ears hear. Thank you for this full size experience. Wonderful work. A real dream.

[@CTmoog]

Thank you my friend !=)

[@samscott54]

The sound of that engine just made my day. Beautiful engine - wow, and exhaust!

[@fredsons]

Ok CT….I am only half way through this video….but I gotta say “so entertaining “Some kind of adult go cart mentality”. I don’t know? What I do know is that “its not gonna be perfect….just eyeball it a little bit”!! This is why I love your channel CT.

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Fred!!!👍😎👍

[@Mikefngarage]

Whole new meaning to 1st drive.

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Mike!

[@-EC002-]

Nothing sketchy here at all! Well done. 👍

[@CTmoog]

😭

[@jeffplant3]

Amazing project showing great results so far. Keep it going. Can't wait for the finished piece of art!

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Jeff!

[@rubenamericozevallosguerre4440]

felicitaciones

[@I-apologize-in-advance]

Florida man doing Florida man things!! Love it!!

[@rexjolles]

no wonder there were so many kit cars for these, it's sop easy to take the body off

[@CTmoog]

Yes, it really is pretty easy to get the body off and it makes it so much more accessible.

[@manuelrivera6873]

I was lucky enough to work under a VW factory trained person who worked at the German factory during initial production of the VW beetle. I worked with him from 1963 till 1970. At first just parking cars and doing oil changes and greasing front ends. I ended up rebuilding engines and transmissions and working on all types of foreign cars. Mainly German but sometimes Italian, Swedish, British. The shop was Called Anton Henz Foreign car repairs. If you have any questions feel free to message me. Good video!

[@CTmoog]

That is really cool Manuel! Thank you!

[@kenmtb]

Love this video. Bringing back a legend is an amazing feat. So much work that people do not see. Im glad the cops did not swing by during the road test!

[@CTmoog]

WOW! Thanks man! Yes, there are so many parts that go in to a restoration. It can be a bit overwhelming!

[@TheStig1961]

Thank you for the ride😲. Regards Stig Österberg from Dalsbruk in Finland.

[@stevetornallyay473]

EXCELLENT!!! The 2x4 steering column brace and bungies on the gas can is AWESOM!!! great channel to help us with our 72 bus restoratrion. Thank you

[@SanDiego_VDubLife]

Pretty sweet CT. I’m just gonna keep saying it. Gettin’ er done. BTW I’m excited to announce I finally reached 1 thousand subscribers! Pretty stoked. Took me forever. Gonna be posting a lot of videos this summer. Can’t wait to see when you put the body back on!!!!

[@CTmoog]

That’s awesome man! Keep up the good work! 👍😎👍

[@MoiPloy]

now thats a proper Go cart which you can bring your friends with

[@eugenebaroni1298]

Great job CT can't wait to see her all done rolling art!!! Sounds strong 💪 have a wonderful rest of your weekend.. keep up the great work 👍

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Eugene! 😎😎😎

[@tomtom6319]

hey CT this gives a whole new meaning to 'air cooled'

[@CTmoog]

Hey Tom! Yes it does! =)

[@kevincoones4368]

Hi Ct This is the first car you got going. Congratulations.

[@vayabroder729]

Actually he got Rusty driving

[@kevincoones4368]

@@vayabroder729 But this looks a whole lot better then Rusty.

[@vayabroder729]

@@kevincoones4368 Oh absolutely! This is the first full resto that he’s getting on the road.

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Man that chassis is looking sweet! Wow can’t wait to see it with the body on it! Great job C.T.!👌😎👍

[@CTmoog]

Thanks man!

[@stephenhenion8304]

That motor sounds really strong!! Great build, Man!!!

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Stephen! It's a sweet motor!

[@meetjohndoe1078]

u and that dude did a GREAT job on the disc brake conversion!!

[@franciscojosepellegrino2553]

Cool, it's a VW kart ! good job CT !

[@CTmoog]

HAHA! =) Thank you!

[@georgeclements2742]

That wasn't the most sensible thing in the world to do - but it certainly looked fun 😀

[@CTmoog]

HAHA! =) Thanks George! =)

[@arielizzo937]

Hola , yo soy de Argentina , tengo 62 años , y quiero felicitarlo por la exelente restauracion de un coche amado por mi , yo tuve dos , uno modelo 56 y otro modelo 72 , nuevaente lo felicito por el exelente trabajo de restauracion que ha llevado mucho tiempo , de dinero y esfuerzo , abrazo grade , desde el sur del mundo , FELICITACIONES

[@remcotissink]

I stll think you have a funny way to organize your work and your workplace but you did it. There is not a lot of people that can say that... Well done sir !

[@CTmoog]

I appreciate that my friend! =)

[@JohnVoll-kp7qb]

Hi. John from Norway. I`m 58 years old. Back in 1976 I was 12 years old and I met this wonderful weichle first time. We had only 3 boring channels on TV and boring radio. No ATV veichles. No cellphones or Internet. No Nothing for fun exept old mopeds. But there was old VW`s. So remove 30-40 bolts and we had what we called a VW Go cart.... Also called a `flundre`of its fish shape. It was totally dangerous FUN driving. Imagine bunch of young teenagers with no licence and tons of adrenaline roaring these things in remote roads. ( I never told my parents what we were doing). Dangerous and sometimes it went bad. But I survived and think back on the youth friendship and fun we had together with our `TOY`... Lethal toy.. Now over 40 years later I found by chance a VW project that will be like what we had fun with in late 70`s.

[@marekwrocawski9853]

jestes najczysciejszym mechanikiem, jakiego znam! od paznokci, po biale podeszwy zurzytych butow ! bravo !

[@vic.smittie.5668]

Oh, man! This brings back so many childhood memories from 50+ years ago! ❤😊

[@zodiam1]

That is Dope!! Been here every step of the way! Keep on keeping on CT! Loving it!!

[@CTmoog]

Thank you! =)

[@andycecil5213]

Great job on getting the bug going it looks like right now a overgrown go cart

[@adilsheikh6379]

Well done you complete project really great

[@CTmoog]

Thanks man! =)

[@biffedya]

I think it is amazing how fast you can do some things people might think you speed up the film but no you are just that fast ,...amazing speed

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Tim! =)

[@TheStanman99]

As well as another good post the bird song 🎵 was lovely 👏👏🇬🇧

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Jon!

[@handle690]

New subscriber here, really enjoying this VW build series! You have to appreciate a man who can turn a wrench and use a camera just as well.

[@CTmoog]

Thank you! I enjoy them both! =)

[@roncarlson8061]

That is absolutely priceless,great job,waiting for the body to be attached.

[@signjoey]

CT your over the hump on this job... rest should be eeeazy!

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Joe!

[@frankschwartz7405]

Right. A properly done pan looks so good, you kind of hate to cover it all up with the body.

[@stevetornallyay473]

great video me and my daughter are fixing up a 1972 VW bus with type 4 porsche engine your carb tuning video was super helpful thank you

[@cattlerepairmancattlerepai9414]

Remember lifting the body off an old 1950' beetle on the farm and racing it like that, floorpan and seat only, with a welded support for the steering column, across the fields. It was lightweight, so the 30hp were quite peppy and it was surprisingly off-road capable. Of course, we totally trashed it in the process....The dumb things we did....

[@mikehammer4546]

Congrats 🎊🎉🤗, now that’s a red letter day 👍👍

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Mike!

[@marcelo_rcosta]

17:21 somos eternas crianças, só mudam os tamanhos dos brinquedos. 😀 Abraços do Brasil 🇧🇷 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 A terra do fusca!

[@jeanpierrelabonte2868]

Great. I learned to drive a car before any permits on an used 1964 vw beatle in the woods great memories. Was 14 years old.

[@sohrabrahmanzadehabkenari853]

nice to see eventually it's moving

[@vayabroder729]

Awesome! Like you said grease over and under the shifter ball. I hope you greased all the zerk fittings on the front beam too. You’re still missing the rubber snubbers on the front beam.

[@MLFranklin]

This is so cool! I wish all cars could be driven like this.

[@MrRuaAyengin]

Turkish-made Petlas PT 311 tires are a smart choice. I installed Petlas PT 565 series tires on my Citroen C 3 and I'm delighted with their good all-around performance and low price.

[@autovagauto6329]

Amazing progress

[@CTmoog]

Thank you!

[@johnskedgell405]

I stopped watching because you never finished anything. Now I’m back…finally looks like you are committed to a project

[@sergineianceschi7707]

IT'S ALIVE!!!!!! 🤣 Congrats!!! It's awesome!!!

[@CTmoog]

Thank you!

[@julianroberts7116]

Hey mate. I have to admit that there were times back when I saw you literally sweeping out the rust and squirrel sh*t from the car when you first got it, that you'd bitten off more than you could chew. You're not an expert, all you have is a little knowledge, tools and a heap of enthusiasm. But here you are, driving the damn thing down the street. Congratulations, you deserve a beer mate well done! By the way - about the front seeing a bit higher than the back - if I recall correctly you have an adjustable front beam there haven't you? You can easily dial in the ride height once the body is on, so don't worry about that. Also, aligning the front wheels is very easy, especially with the body off. There's a method using two long sticks and a pencil - I know that sounds like something off the Flintstones but honestly it works bang on and it's so easy. I've always done it on my bugs, and they cruise dead straight at 75mph with no judder at all through the steering wheel. I'm sure the method will be in the John Muir book or somewhere like that. Again - congratulations, you've hit a fantastic milestone. Julian.

[@CTmoog]

Thanks buddy! Lots of great advice!😎

[@AndrewHCann]

Excellent video CT :) also did excellent job on this project and motor very quite on revs with that exhaust plus when shifting gears too ! Like have Dune Buggy in right now Lol and funny part I only drive a 1964 Sunbeam like Volkswagen Bug or Bettle car my cousin Lorne wife Elizabeth has in green and my first girlfriend Rebecca 1968 Volkswagen Bug she had back 1992 to 1996 in Ontario Canada 🇨🇦! But lots Dune Buggy vechiles of friends had in past years to of different years of Volkswagen Bug or Bettle ones too as passenger! For funny part CT hope neighborhood neighbors like you fixing up projects on vechile and driving around to test them and wave plus say hi !

[@CTmoog]

Hello my friend! Thank you!

[@AndrewHCann]

@@CTmoog welcome 🙏

[@cyprianskiba8768]

Would be cool if you did a video on mounting an Airkewld steering box and how you align the wheels

[@dolf1010]

Wow CT ! It's like a custom made racing car ! AWESOME !!!! 👍👍👍

[@CTmoog]

Thanks dolf! =)

[@SuperCommando60]

That was really cool. Who hasn’t wanted to drive a bare chassis around!

[@АлексейФёдоров-ъ8к]

Поздравляю! Машина ожила. Я очень рад за тебя, мужик!

[@CTmoog]

Thanks buddy! =)

[@jkashif1]

Congratulations for your test. Looks awesome!!!!

[@CTmoog]

Thank you! =)

[@jeffschrandt-ku5eg]

Seeing you drive it around reminds of the early bronco, looking forward to seeing you work on that.

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Jeff!

[@carlbeaver7112]

Watch that master cylinder link, nothing is as much fun as having it break in the middle. Feels fine one time, the next time it's as hard as a rock and the buggy won't stop - at all! The link breaks, falls to the floor then jams against the stop. You better hope your park brake cables are in good shape! After the pedal locked one of my cables snapped as I approached a busy section of US-1, from a cross street, after having a couple beers! Things weren't looking good for a few seconds especially with a pickup truck and a motorhome were crossing my path as I skidded my RR (only brake working now) across two lanes and steered into the median lane.

[@carloseduardodeoliveiralei6224]

28:35 as we brazilians often say "VW beetle doesn't leak, it is marking it's territory"

[@jamiewalton23]

Nice run CT you're that near to getting a complete runner mate. Well done

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Jamie!😎😎😎

[@robertjean659]

Very impressed with the drive around, I’m sure you were dying to give it a bit of stick. That’s one sweet engine. 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍

[@CTmoog]

Hey Robert! Yes, I wanted to lay into it hard but was concerned about the steering...=)

[@jonrobere2487]

Love your channel! That ride was exciting! Trying to get motivated for our 65 project.

[@JxH]

Once upon a time (early 1980s?), I had an old and crusty 1957 Beetle (yep, oval window) and I'd installed a fairly stout 1.6L Type 3 engine into it. Lightened flywheel, dual carbs, 009 distributor, ported heads, long tube exhaust with next-to-nothing mufflers. For the test run, I just used a hand-held string for the throttle. No brakes. The driver's seat was a lawn chair. Gasoline was in the windshield washer tank. Lined it up, pulled the string-throttle, and popped the clutch. Of course the lawn chair fell over backwards, and I was dumped into the rear of the car. The car eventually rolled to a stop. My friends ran up and announced that it had done a wheelie, with the front wheels leaving the ground by about a foot (30cm). Never drove it again, eventually sold it on.

[@greglutz7693]

Super clean work, compliments

[@CTmoog]

Thanks so much! 😎

[@frankschwartz7405]

Good fun, hope to be there soon myself.

[@MonkeyRider]

Very cool🤘, I did the same at my Karmann-Ghia restoration😃

[@CTmoog]

awesome! =)

[@ronpilchowski9898]

Lol, we had one of these in auto shop back in the 80's ... no one ever new where it came from but it ran pretty good good

[@ErajPeiris]

I'm sending this message from Sri Lanka we saw our hill climb racing in 1956 only the chassis it was very fun to see our family had three Beetles that time we all went to see the racing in our three cars

[@rogershoffner4997]

can not wait for the car to drive keep up with the good work

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Roger!😎😎😎

[@FaLaTiCi]

Gordon Freeman in the flesh. Or rather, in the hazard suit. I took the liberty of relieving you of your weapons; most of them were government property. As for the suit, I think you’ve earned it.

[@paulnash8988]

Awesome! I did the same thing with my ‘44 Ford jeep to test before I dropped the body on. 👍👍👍

[@robmacvicar6804]

It is looking good and sharp too

[@CTmoog]

Thanks! 👍😎👍

[@rickfazzini22]

Congratulations CT!!! You’ve earned that victory lap!

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Rick!

[@antonioaparecida5909]

A Beetle without the bodywork. It's not noisy. Disc brakes on all 4 wheels. Formidable! Greater stability. This one doesn't rattle under heavy braking at high speeds. And, rear attraction, uses less tires, because the weight of the vehicle is all in the rear.

[@commodorecrazy]

Gday from Auckland New Zealand mate. Really enjoying this series of videos. Had 4 VWs thru the 1980s and would love to get my hands on another but theyre going through the roof price wise these days. Your vids arent helping the itch but still great to watch. Well done mate...youre getting there!!

[@CTmoog]

Go find one. They are a blast to work on! =) Thank you!

[@commodorecrazy]

I know mate. I can't even find an engine to strip down and rebuild to satisfy that itch lol

[@jimgoose9146]

Its an awesome feeling driving a floor pan did it when i was17.

[@CTmoog]

Hey Jim yes it was a blast! =) Thank you!

[@kennethjackson7574]

The thumbnail looks a lot like my “go kart” of 55 years ago or so. It had been a rollover with the body removed. The original skinny tires slid sideways so well it might not have even been possible to roll it over again because all the high weight had been removed. Cheap, fun, fast. Good go-kart!

[@CTmoog]

Hey Kenneth! Yes, it's a full size go cart! Tons of fun! =)

[@Darryl603]

Nice job! That should give you enough drive to get the body on!

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Darryl!👍😎👍

[@saafan]

Really enjoying your content 🤗, greetings from Egypt 🇪🇬

[@Atomshamradio]

CT iam proud to say you did an awesome job i can't wait to see the body reunited to the pan. CT good for you man👍😎💯

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Atom! =) Soon hopefully!

[@anthonylawlor9130]

Love hear it humming from first to second gear. I would have been on the interstate already…….

[@chrisdiaz7897]

So awesome! I remember seeing a vw add where they drive the chassis so amazing haha! Love the content!

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Chris! Yes, I've seen that one too. =)

[@backyardkombi5466]

Get a Berg shifter! You won’t regret it. Also. Cool video!

[@CTmoog]

Thanks man! I might do that! =)

[@luvnotvideos]

I just kind of stumbled into this video, but WOW that's some awesome work so far! Love how you were careful starting out and actually took the time to test the gears in slow rolls before going faster. So much care and attention to detail! I definitely want to stick around and see what this turns into at the end. Thank you for sharing 😃

[@OnenyDragon]

U can do your engineering work there you're working is a inspiration and you teach me a lot

[@erchamojosue8530]

That thing looks so sketchy, just the kind of things I would do jajaja Perfect, I love it.

[@CTmoog]

HAHA! =)

[@jimharper3941]

Way cool...That motor looks oh so sweet. Keep up the great work.

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Jim!

[@davidadams007]

runs nice. Looks like a beach or dune buggy without any of the body.

[@CTmoog]

Thanks David! Yes, I was thinking that as well. =)

[@PaulRansonArt]

Engine souunds awsome. The new exhaust system looks great.

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Paul!

[@JuanRamirez-dy9eb]

Excellent, congratulations CT for a great job.

[@CTmoog]

Thanks Juan!

[@helmuttemmen3047]

Nun kannst du dir vorstellen welches Gefühl es ist wenn ein Porsche 911 -6 Zylinder verbaut ist.Das haben einige gemacht und haben dann ein Chassis vom Karmann Ghia draufgebaut und hatten damit einen kleinen Porsche 911 .Hier bei uns in Deutschland hieß dieser 6Zylinder Karmann Ghia auch Hausfrauen Porsche. Gute Arbeit von dir…wunderbar gezeigt wie alles zusammenhängt.

[@realmccoy7503]

looking good sounds good shifts fine but little work on the clutch and bleed the breaks pretty shure thats all gonna work out fine.

[@CTmoog]

Thank you!

[@michealshaffer6223]

I made a trike out of mine year's ago I used a springer old school front end with gooseneck drawback handlebars and I used and old Ford tractor fuel cell oh I had some fat tires on the back it was really a lot of fun to drive.

[@michelecrown2426]

Doing the happy dance with you 💃💃

[@CTmoog]

Awesome! Thank you! =)

[@HubertusSchaper]

Hi CT you are Incredibly driving that way ,haha very nice did Like it. drivíng that motorized chassis🇺🇸👍🏻 and stay safe🇳🇴🇳🇱☮🍀🤗.greetings.Hubertus

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

Looks and sounds good. Now to put a dropped axle in the front...

[@MitchellPetersoncustomdrone]

And short throw shifter

[@CTmoog]

Thank sGeorge! Yes, we might have to do an upgrade soon! =)