I put this in the show at the Silverado campout but I wanted to put a separate video just showing this car because it is so unique with all the originality and every available accessory. This was a showroom car for the dealer that sat in the showroom unitl a few years ago when the dealer decided to sell it to BOB. Something this original is almost never seen anywhere. Never do you see original door rubber from 1953. amazing car and never seen anything like it.
There is one option that's probably never seen in in this part of the world a propane heater it mounted in the passenger side in the floor panel usually seen in Germany
@Tony-rl2fr Жыл бұрын
Beautiful, thank you! Love that steely grey green color!
@alexclement7221Ай бұрын
8:00: those two mounted stopwatches on the right look like a professional rally co-driver set from the 1950's; very rare! They are Heuer stopwatches, and most rallyists used Heuers exclusively before electronic timing came to be. I still have a Heuer rally stopwatch in 100ths of a minute rather than seconds (like the watch on the right does). Those 2 Swiss timepieces alone are easily worth $1000.
@king0cans Жыл бұрын
I understand this car having all the extras and it's definitely cool to see things you don't know about. I used to have 2 coat racks. Lol
@charleslawrence7194 Жыл бұрын
Glad you videoed this car again. It is too rare to find something this original. Great job Mike. Thanks for sharing this again.
@HoboHeaven Жыл бұрын
Nice Accessoires, Pop Outs and Bee Catchers would be nice too.
@rickfazzini22 Жыл бұрын
I assume the switches are for the additional lights?? What a great car, and so cool it’s being showed open air
@larrymcgarage2152 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, really cool car.
@biviozlebi3551 Жыл бұрын
Wooow just woow...😮...and that color ..never seen one Like this Mike ..tnx man
@DemopVWgarage Жыл бұрын
That is incredible 😮 what an amazing bug 😍
@jimihendrix1575 Жыл бұрын
Another great video, Mike! Very informative as usual. I always learn something. Finally got my '61 panel back on the road. Already put 1,240 miles on her! Man, l missed this bus!
@hddm3 Жыл бұрын
Awsome.
@dr.wilfriedhitzler18852 ай бұрын
Never seen such a beetle.
@plymouths1 Жыл бұрын
That would have been from Douglas Volkswagen Victoria BC, I remember the dealership well, then became Speedway Motors
@johnwhitmore4395 Жыл бұрын
This Beetle needs total video documentation before it disappears in a private collection
@Mikefngarage Жыл бұрын
Yea If I see Bob again I am going to do another one. so much I missed and want Bob to tell the story. it was just a busy day and I didnt have time
@jimmywilkinson9190 Жыл бұрын
Hey Mike ! those antenna work great ? J.B. had one and could pick up different cities here in Texas on FM!!!!
@fritzkuhne2055 Жыл бұрын
that is Insane.
@BillKinsman Жыл бұрын
This is too much! I was born in 1953 and I have owned 6 air-cooled Beetles and 2 Karmann Ghias, a convertible and a hard top.
@tomrobards7753 Жыл бұрын
In the 60s the gear selection wad a sticker on the dash
@dsshowerpan Жыл бұрын
Greetings from far away Rancho Cucamonga Mike! Do you think the dealer accessories like the horn ring and e-brake handle were painted white so that they stood out?
@Mikefngarage Жыл бұрын
I dont think so. I think they had a grey steering wheel and white horn button. I am really not sure on that.
@dsshowerpan Жыл бұрын
@@Mikefngarage thanks for sharing dude. I thought I was on to something but I guess maybe not lol.
@Mikefngarage Жыл бұрын
@@dsshowerpan IM going to be looking into this pretty soon stay tuned on the oval window build I will make it original.
@alexclement7221Ай бұрын
8:40: The net was to store your hats. Very 1930's......
@hasse7487 Жыл бұрын
Schön!❤
@sashas8168 Жыл бұрын
The switch under the dash near the column is on off switch for interior light. Pulley should be a thin edge and yes the running boards should not be ribbed to the end, there is a flat rubber to the fender. Chris Vallone explains the unique 53 features well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIi4fYWDbNyVrdk
@Mikefngarage Жыл бұрын
Yea I think the dealer changed the mats because one side was in the sun. I guess the pully was changed too during service when they did a tune up. Probably the pully had no mark on it. Some years and or models didn't have Timing marks.
@buckwheatINtheCity8 ай бұрын
How come this car was so dressed up at a time when many VWs had painted bumpers and hub caps.
@tomrobards7753 Жыл бұрын
My 'vw bug was a delux and didn't have all those options ?
@Mikefngarage Жыл бұрын
those are dealer accessories that you could buy when you bought your car. Stuff for dealers to upsell. Most people didnt buy them so many have never been seen. VW owners were cheap. those were expensive add ons.
@mondospeedy3089Ай бұрын
My 59 has the same pulley ?
@rocousilly67610 ай бұрын
Those can't be original tires because they would have been dry rotted by now.
@desjesland2736 Жыл бұрын
Time capsulated
@brianchisnell1548 Жыл бұрын
Oval is not such a big deal. Better features later.
@bigears4014 Жыл бұрын
No wiring cover like that on early cars , not correct headlights, incorrect engine pulley wrong fuel pump , lots of this car is wrong
@robwhite461 Жыл бұрын
It all looks correct to me, headlights have VW logos in the top flutes, correct 25 hp fuel pump, not sure about pulley, my 56 has a two fuse wiring cover but I have seen factory covers like this one. What else do think is incorrect
@alexclement7221Ай бұрын
1:05: German does not have a "hard C", so they spell it "Kanada", just like they spell "Amerika"....