Light, Sketchy, and Gorgeous: How to Make 120hp Feel Fun. 1963 Beetle from Jay Leno's Garage

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4 жыл бұрын

You don’t need to convince us that the Volkswagen Beetle is a highly underrated car to build… just look at our very own Scumbug. But you just don’t see a whole lot of bug builds these days. Chris Walters (from Jay Leno’s Garage) knows what’s up though, and built himself a damn clean weekend cruiser out of this ’63 Beetle, with a heavy focus on aesthetics and style. It may not be the ultimate canyon carver, but driving stuff like this ain’t about lap times. It’s all about getting a sh*t eating grin after making it through another run in one. Even if it’s at sub-70mph.
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@LarryChenPhoto 4 жыл бұрын

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@andrewgross8125 3 жыл бұрын

As a bug owner, this is how you modify one of these. Keep the outside stock and stupid clean. The upgrades are usable, unique, and not too flashy. Much respect from NJ

@iforc 2 жыл бұрын

That’s Ken Block’s doppelgänger

@surlycrosscheck1 4 жыл бұрын

First, HUGE respect to the owner/builder. That car is beautiful man. Really fantastic work - for real. For those who know air-cooled, were you as shocked as me after all that perfection to see just how much tin was missing out back? Wowza. To those that don't know the way these engines were designed, this isn't a criticism, the engines just NEED the tin to stay cool. At least he's got the gauges to monitor temps but they're useless once he closed to glove box. That car is gorgeous though. Hopefully he seals that engine bay up that that motor lasts longer. LOVE that car.

@PSDAust 2 жыл бұрын

Noiyce bro… 63 was my first car ..

@kristofverbakel9676 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to see more aircooled VW stuff here. The DKP guys have the dopest cal-look VW's. A club feature on them would be awesome.

@judgetk8327

I'm sorry for sounding harsh but I had a couple bugs and I had no problem with a 100 mph but I changed the steering box. I also put a support frame from the back of the 327ci over and down to a dual cromolly tube frame inside the car to the front axle. You could break things if you jumped all over it, but if you feathered into it it was a blast. I built it in Pensacola in /71 and it was a well known car. I was put off by you not knowing what it weighed. One minute it was around 1600 and the next was 2000. That's a pretty big discrepancy. You sound like a kid in high-school wearing lumberjack clothes that no clue what your talking about. It's not hard to get 80-90 hp out of a 40 horse motor which you got right. It's a nice job on the car so hat's off to you for that young man. JC Whitney sold a lot of parts and kits for the very thing to make a bug move out. Take a guess what the fastest car was back then off the line with all the big hp monsters? The beatle could beat anything off the line for about 30-50ft. Peace chum.

@NoypiTexan 4 жыл бұрын

Thought it was Ken Block at first glance

@james66872 Жыл бұрын

If you’re going to throw a crest emblem on here, then you have to shave down the body trim, so that it’s not sticking out eighth of an inch from the hood