30yrs in a field! Classic Volkswagen Oval Beetle Barn Find rescue mission

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Right. Judging by the hundreds of comments shouting JAPANESE KNOTWEED we had to admit that Jonny has never seen the stuff before. He had no idea what the weed looked like. We have informed the land owners, had the cars steam cleaned and burnt all clothing (don't worry, the BFF was not present)! Had no idea so many viewers of this channel are also keen horticulturalists. Thanks for pointing it out. 🌱

[@jckblck]

Also worth deep cleaning that hire gear and hoping to god it's not gone out on hire in the meantime 😬

[@HAZYFALKIRK]

The knotweed is very aggressive;(

[@lewiscarr5663]

Good job left hoodie behind. Must have been fate.

[@benjaminschneider4555]

Hi! I'm the new one, what are you going to do with the beetle now?

[@philtucker1224]

Far too late. All traces of knotweed have to be eradicated before leaving site. Particularly footwear.

[@EmilGagner-v4p]

I’m the previous owner of the green 56 at 3:00 min….. l loved that car, so nice to see it again. Sold it in 2003 / Emil from Sweden

[@yt_Ajay_]

Oh how I'd love for this guy (Lyndon.?) to be a regular on Cardening with Johnny.. This was such a fun episode 😅

[@SteveMorton]

Agreed, top bloke.

[@vwhelmot]

I’d be up for that 😁👍

[@Rob_NABS]

With a new piece of plant (get it?) machinery wheeled in every week for a cheeky hire firm plug. Yep,.

[@SockyNoob]

I hope they have a KZbin channel

[@iplaymytele]

I had a Split window…, back in around 1974…!

[@retrocar7761]

I looked up the the number plate on the DVLA, according to my search ECC10 was first registered in august 1956 and has been untaxed since august 1981.

[@tractorhead971]

1191cc, latest V5 issued 2005

[@ElectricClassicCars]

I want that numberplate. 😁👍

[@Yorkshiremadmick]

@@ElectricClassicCars Yours for £50k

[@vwhelmot]

@@ElectricClassicCars Contact me, maybe we can make a deal 🤝

[@samholdsworth420]

@LionsShare how much tax do they charge? I'm assuming that's on top of registration?

[@robertharris7027]

OMG. Must be 30 or more years ago that I found a '57 Bug by accident in an open barn in northern Germany (I was there for a '61 which wasn't quite what I needed), luckily standing on it's wheels and almost rotten as this one. Later on I had to replace all fenders etc. nevertheless. And I told the owner "If it starts, I buy it". It did start and I got it to my grandma's garage (btw: nice view from this garage over an idyllic lake) on it's own four different wheels, despite a blocking front brake, 20 year old engine oil and 10.000 insects crawling over me. Half a year and tons of welding-hours later it stood on Porsche 356 chrome wheels and was painted in a light green, got a 1300cc engine with a Brasilian roaring exhaust (all the silly stuff you do when you are young). Nice times.

[@SockyNoob]

Did you do a before and after photo?

[@robertharris7027]

@@SockyNoob I did some and I will indeed try to find them.

[@adamkay9897]

One of the most genuine channels on KZbin with good production and real passion and stories

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Cheers 👍🏻

[@oliverrees9397]

I just love these uploads, the presentation and passion. Said this before and say it again a wonderful, truthful channel on you tube 💗

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Thank you loads Oliver

[@oliverrees9397]

@@TheLateBrakeShow still making my way through old video's such a good channel. Would love to get involved one day much love

[@stevefinch8519]

These videos are great sure all the new stuff is nice ,but an old car with a story is way more interesting looks like lots of gardening was needed to pull it out , a friend of mine had a mk2 ford consul in the 90s when I first new him at the first job in a garage parts dept , anyway fast forward 20 years later the bloke he sold it to offered him it back had been in a dry garage for around 20 yrs . Should be back on road this year using parts from a doner consul he picked up recently ,not exactly a barn find but a garage find .

[@garyjones980]

Great video. Ive just purchased a 1975 vw passat that sat in a garage for 38 years. I love the smell of old cars.👍👍

[@supertramp6011]

This is exactly the kind of the I would do, and have done before…. I also appreciate what he said about preserving nuts and bolts and small rare items. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure!👌

[@Tommmcat1990]

Such a quality upload. Love the production/editing and the bit of history thrown in...and who doesn't love an old Beetle.

[@Skiridr22]

Jonny you to bring this guy to all future barn finds, he’s a natural 😂😂🤣👍🏾

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

As long as he brings the tools...

[@BitterDemo]

I bought a New 1974 Super Golden Beetle with the Sun roof and I wish I could buy another one. We drove it from Wichita, Kansas t Denver, up and over Loveland Pass all the way out to Las Angeles and Disney Land then all over California and slept in it with our small daughter and never once stayed in a Motel or Hotel and we ate two meals a day . Our vacation was three weeks on the Return and we never spent $300.00 in 1976.We traveled through Poverty Gulch , Colorado and went through several old abandoned houses and even picked up Turquoise from a Mine. We raced a Rolls Royce up and over Loveland Pass before the Tunnel Bypass was built. Total Gas bill was less that $80.00. Those were the days America was still America in many ways.

[@rogerp6903]

A gorgeous jewel in the rough, Thanks for this segment. Love the tour through the barn toys

[@DOCTORDROTT]

Love Beetles have had three, one was barn stored, 1965 , cleaned the points, put in fresh fuel and checked plugs and she started ! had not run for 18 years

[@Doubleodude]

I’m drinking a pint here in Texas and loving your content.

[@scott4427]

How is it that every single episode is pure enjoyment? Johnny, absolute top work and you can tell you’re loving it.

[@beauemms]

I had heard about this car in the late 90’s and spent hours driving round a certain area in North Wales looking for it. Never found it though.

[@johnnyboy1586]

My parents owned one of these overal window vw,'s in the 70s ,the car I learned to drive with.great memories!

[@gandalf2439]

I had a 1958 Standard 1100 Beatle . Crash gearbox , all cable brakes , the front, seats were adjusted by undoing two wing nuts on a clamp then moving the seat to the required position then clamping them down . 6 volt electrics ( headlights looked like candles ) . What a lovely little car ! Wish l had it now .

[@stuartleckie]

I mean the Beetle is nice and all, but that Tamiya T Shirt is awesome ! 🙂

[@rustybearden1800]

Y'all are crazy. I learned to drive a manual transmission on a friend's old, hand me down family VW Beetle beater. Three of his brothers learned to drive with that car as well as my friend and my self. It would dependably start and run and drive fine and everything worked although the brakes were scary and primitve. I think it had two or three different sizes of tires on it and black plastic front fenders We drove that thing like it was a Jeep through the woods and fields and dirt/farm roads. Lots of fun memories. It didn't look much better than this one. When something broke or wore out you could literally replace it or repair it with just a few simple tools. The Model T of our era.

[@Ro32da72]

Lovely, if slightly sad, nostaglia trip. My Dad had a '54 oval (in that same pale blue) when I was tiny, probably in the mid-70's. It was sold (or traded in) for a 1972 Hillman Hunter of all things. Super content Jonny, thank you 😍

[@MrCaprinut]

I grew up back in the seat of an T1 split panelvan that my late dad converted to camper spec. Next car was a 68' 1300s he when I was about 4-8 year of age. My late dad was a VW guy his whole life. I still own the VW books and magazines he had. His last was a 82' T3 (T25) Transporter which he did a lot of work to, including swapping for a Volvo B230 engine, late spec brakes, did the interior and other bits. I'm a Ford guy, Capri in particular. But I have herritaged the love of old VW's from my dad. Glad to see the Tamiya shirt. I know you Johnny also is a Tamiya man. I have been a Tamiya guy for over 30 years. Currently I'm building a tribute of my dads campervan by using the M06 T1 body. I'm also have unfinished slammed M04 Tamiya beetle project still to do. I also want to do a tribute build of my dads beetle at later stage. Would be great to see some Tamiya related stuff on this channel 🙂 Cheers from Norway!

[@mromatic17]

Nice find i went through my old long lost uncle’s house and i found a 1968 Ford Mustang k code 289 sitting under a car cover in his gardening shed! We almost sold the house without knowing about it cuz we cleaned out the house and everything when he died but didn’t check the garden shed and after 4 hours of work i fired it right up!

[@dubster82]

Need more content on your own beetle!

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

OK, promise.

[@JambonJovii]

Great, more beetle content... that's reeeeally gonna help my want for one, which was caused by his beetle content 😩 *may contain sarcasm

[@twcmaker]

Brilliant 👍 you have some of the best days Johnny 👏👏👏 Thanks for sharing.

[@merclowco4737]

There was an oval sat in woods in sible hedingham, essex when we were kids. We went back about 10yrs ago and someone had cut the roof off but not dragged it far before giving up. Me and a mate went and dragged the back end back to his shed as a yard art piece. I do also have a 58 that has sat in a barn for the last 30 odd years awaiting savior. One day!!

[@sholehan]

Imagine how much effort you could have saved with the saws and pruning, by simply hoovering the car up with a Henry :-) A noble cause, well done guys!

[@andymccabe6712]

OR - just left it there and brushed it neatly under a bit of carpet.......!!

[@dylanh1978]

This content is better than a TV production

[@JxH]

For years, decades actually, I owned a 1957 Oval window Beetle carcass. It was on a 1954 chassis, according to the tunnel VIN. Never did anything with it, except to put in a hot 1966 Type 3 motor and go out and pulled a wheelie, just one. My lawn chair driver's seat fell backwards. No brakes, but eventually rolled to a stop. Sold it in 2007 for $200.

[@danielwooster5063]

Another fantastic episode, Jonny you always seem so chilled & relaxed, to watch an episode of The Late Brake Show feels almost like therapy! Suprised there was no mention of Lyndon's Tamiya T-shirt, the guy obviously also has a shared interest in the Japanese plastic model co. 🙂

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

We have talked about it on text a lot beforehand. One day I may show you his garage.

[@damiantaylor7993]

There’s still strength in that old thing, the bones are there to rescue it nothing is too far gone

[@bunning63]

Show me the volunteer...

[@matthewpiper3288]

Excellent save, these oval and split window bugs are becoming rarer.

[@AnagramAutoclassics]

Japanese knotweed and an oval window dub. I know which I'd rather have! Lovely find, Jonny. Well done.

[@bodgerbill3]

Sadly a rather irresponsible treatment of knotweed.

[@robholland6460]

@@bodgerbill3 Hope the green feds aren’t watching 😂

[@johnnunn8688]

Is it knotweed, or French rhubarb?

[@keithsbitsandpieces]

That knot weed needs reporting and wiping out , Its been around for at least 60 years , our next doors garden was overrun with it when i was a kid

[@GlennBroadway]

And now anyone who hires that strimmer and chainsaw will have a lovely surprise in their garden next year!

[@davidw8759]

Just a quick one, if that is Japanese knotweed which I’m Pretty sure it is, you could be spending it all over by transporting that bug. It’s incredibly nasty stuff that can destroy building foundations and devalue property. It grows like wildfire and is extremely hard to get rid of.

[@trainwow24]

That’s exactly what I thought!

[@RustOnWheels]

Came here to say the same. It’s nasty stuff, even worse than the Giant Hogweed Genesis warned us about.

[@markhealy9361]

Yes, looks very like it. Incredibly easy to spread (all it takes is a minor offcut of a stem) and you do not want it anywhere near your own home.

[@wilkoone9155]

Quite an easy weed to get rid of. I'm going to get rid of a large patch this week #japaneseknotweed

[@RustOnWheels]

@@wilkoone9155 not easy at all if you’re in the know. You need to completely remove the plant from the soil. This means digging deep to remove - and not break - the complete root system, which is huge and tough. Don’t ask how I know this…

[@Tre7we88]

Another great episode. Lyndon’s a sorted guy… anybody who rocks a Tamiya t-shirt and overalls is okay in my book. Just putting it out there… definitely room for more RC car content on the channel.

[@gaillaffer7579]

Great find Jonny but please be careful around heavy equipment. I saw a horrific accident where someone was acting as a counter weight on a forklift. They ended up crushed after it tipped forward and threw them off.

[@welshy8216]

Am local-ish to the area, It's a car i have heard of, But never quite knew were it was.. Glad it's been saved

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Thanks man, yes the grapevine told the truth

[@pauliboo2]

Please do a follow up on this when the time comes, looks like the car is in fantastic hands!

[@adamwort7160]

Yes it's on ebay

[@craigbeavan1033]

Ive come across many beetles in fields and they normally just scurry away,so glad you didnt scare this magnificent beetle away. Great video once again thanks jonny keep them coming mate.

[@spills_n_thrills]

These barn finds make my Sundays Jonny. Keep up the great work 👍

[@granturismo4000]

Absolutely loved this. I’m so happy you are doing some more VW things :-) I miss this kinda stuff.

[@neilowen9468]

Great fun! Would love to see more barn finds, especially if they’re vw’s…! 🤙

[@nauthizzz]

I super appreciate that the first topic of the video after the introduction is the discussion on the lack of the BFF. Johnny knows his audience well as that was a question that occurred to me about 30 seconds before he brought it up.

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

We are happy to report the sacred BFF is safe and sound, and has been in two barns since. One of those will be uploaded soon, and it's ruddy good.

[@philtucker1224]

OMG! To think it’s appreciated in value by thousands every year since it was dumped there! Happy days!😊

[@mattoy123]

Just restored a 54 oval now working on a 53, both right hand drive…… nice find👍

[@oshimida]

Keep doing what you are doing Jonny, you are a true delight, I love your work 👍🏼

[@davidgreenwood4165]

This is the best one you’ve done yet - followed closely by the RX7 ! I’d love to see Lyndon do a restoration video.

[@lunabouch]

Brilliant! The oval window is iconic and appears the only element that escaped being rusty😆 Good work.

[@paultaylor9652]

Simply brilliant Jonny.

[@cgturbo975]

Awesome content and more classic vw's please. Even if the oval is too far gone there's a mass of money in all the bits of trim, handles and other hard to get little bits.

[@brendanfleming6584]

As a kid in Ireland in the mid 1980s, my dad bought some farm equipment from a guy in Tipperary. In his front garden there was an Oval, sitting there as a chicken coop. It still had all the glass, and the interior had been taken out and stored (red vinyl & looked like new). I got in touch with the VWOC Ireland and let them know where it was. Not sure if anything became of it.

[@AndyQuinton]

The dedication to the continuity of the barn find fleece is fantastic.

[@Koulis_]

Love this video! It's making me wish for my third classic Beetle which is very dangerous.

[@mechanoid5739]

Wow! That's beyond Barn Find and bordering on grave robbing! lol!

[@aafrics]

That's a fine stand of Japanese Knotweed, Jonny!

[@Rjhs001]

Love these 'carcheology' episodes Jonny, well tbh I love all TGBS presentations. Many thanks.

[@davidbarnsley8486]

I think the boot is best bit Will make a nice wall hanging 👍👍 Top episode

[@Oldbugssy]

And I thought the top of my Oval was dented! Grafted in a rag instead. Sweet find and the adventure of extraction. Welcome to the 2 Ovals owned club! The right hand parts and dash alone make it worth it.

[@murrieteacher]

Another great video Jonny. I think there was a lot more work getting it out than you put on the video. When you have the right tools it does make the job a lot easier.

[@alanmitchell6302]

Great to see stuff like this being saved for reference and donor parts any rusty car can have some useful irreplaceable parts to finish other projects

[@ChrisFEJackson]

Each episode seems to just get better all the time. Guess I'm lovin it! oh & thanks. Lyndon was a great chap, was as if you had known each other for years.

[@BRED510]

Fantastic episode. Great to see an Air-cooled on here!

[@robertcumming9390]

Getting your beetle back on the road again gave me the motivation to get my bay camper back on the road. She went away in January to get restored. Hopefully have her back for next summer.

[@James-semaJ]

Your videos only seem to get better Jonny! Great fun to watch.

[@LoftechUK]

That Tamiya T is a work of art

[@shadgrind]

Tax ran out in Aug ‘81 but last V5 issued on 17 Feb 2005? My first 2 cars were Beetles EPC 640J 1200 (stuffed in in a hedge when brakes failed) & VKE 468H 1300 (rolled on a dual carriage way ended up on its roof, I was lying under the rear seat with battery acid on my hand) both in Clementine orange, my brothers first car was a Beetle1300, some sort of powder blue, his second a Clementine orange Fastback, with a clutch that you needed good quads to get to the floor. A biting point half an inch from the floor. My sister, had a green (re sprayed) 1303.

[@martinwarner1178]

Can't like beetles, had one, as a family man with little money, so had to stick with it for years. However, you fellows have made such a good video, with great waves of goodness, put out to us lesser mortals. Thanks. Peace be unto you.

[@tednruth453]

The best tool hire promo film I've ever seen 😃 brill Jonny 👍

[@davekeller79]

I loved the comedic intro - you have a wicked funny low key sense of humor!

[@robertwoodliff2536]

I thought this was going to be crap.....you seem to have discovered pathos.. Brilliant..

[@assymcgee2835]

Wow. My 54 might be a little worse in as found condition. I could definitely use the deck lid. If you guys ever want to visit the USA, I know of a ton of stuff, including a late 50s corvette. Thumbs up to the guy in the tamiya shirt

[@jeffshaw4553]

Wow That’s bit of mess 😂😂😂but he’s confident he can do it would love to see this finished sounds lovley bloke hopefully there’s an episode of it finished and how he done it and time scale

[@Matteo_Licata]

Enjoyed this video a lot, thank you Jonny! It's hard to believe it didn't fall apart the moment you lifted it out of its resting place though. That's too far gone, but if it can give a few rare parts to restore other Beetles it'll be all worthwhile!

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Thank you. We were both impressed with its structural rigidity.

[@rjnation5042]

Bloody brilliant Jonny, you've made my very early morning, 2:50am here, Rj in Oz

[@michaellyth]

The "Coming up" section is a nice addition, made me chuckle!

[@miledeepUK]

That poor bug 🙈 glad ours has been undercover awaiting resto and not in a hedge 🤣

[@Mpompadour]

I'm a gal, but I love VW Bugs. When I was a teenager in the early 70's, I had a sweet little 64 white bug that had a crank sunroof. I was in with a bunch of guy friends and all 4 of us had bugs that ranged from 64, 65, 67 and 68 models. We would go places sometimes and it was so fun watching peoples reactions when we all drove up somewhere and parked together. Good times and good memories. I'm in my 60's now but would love to own one again!

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

You should totally own a Bug again! They always bring a smile to your face when driving. You had a white 64 sunroof? That's almost like Herbie. Thank you for the comment. Best, Jonny

[@Mpompadour]

@@TheLateBrakeShow I just might have to look into getting one again! Thanks!

[@DebNewton-kh4cv]

I had a 1964 beetle in the late seventies! Life was good!

[@spannersautoandcomputerser1649]

VW beetle and wearing a Tamiya T shirt. Cool guy!

[@knaptonmawson]

The best place for this VW is in a Museum next to a restored one of the same year.

[@simonmiller5165]

These videos are my guilty ( or not so guilty ) pleasure. Bring happiness to my soul. Such great viewing. Keep it up.

[@rojosik9385]

Thanks!

[@trophman]

Banter level, excellent! Really enjoyable episode Jonny

[@MetalTrabant]

Just imagine, 30 years from now finding a Mk. II Golf in a bush... will we be just as fascinated with it as with an oval Beetle? We'll probably look at it like as if it was a stone axe, some primitive technology used by our ancestors... will be interesting. Barn finds, bush finds are a kind of time capsules, a small portion of the past left behind for the future to find. I just love these videos...

[@TomleyRC]

Tax ran out 1981, you'll get an £80 fine through next week from the DVLA :)

[@nickcooper3716]

Why?

[@richxking]

This channel has now reached the point where it's better than practically anything on the telly.

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Not sure about that, but thank you all the same 👊🏽

[@philtucker1224]

Agreed! (Although that’s not difficult ha ha!)🤣😂

[@andymccabe6712]

@@TheLateBrakeShow you're right to hold back Jonny ! People say that ALL the time in KZbin comments everywhere! They must have a REALLY limited outlook on life.......!

[@KeithCaptain]

Thoroughly enjoyable. Thanks Jonny and everyone involved.

[@robertallen3441]

4:00 Thats why Japanese Knotweed is a menace.

[@campbellrocksagain]

Really enjoying the play list last few days. Now I'm early to the brand new video. Cheers Johnny

[@ShouldKnowBetter]

Great film as always Johnny. That car will yield loads of spares. Japanese Knot-weed infestation! Blimey!

[@jeffreyhay936]

gREAT! I like how the bearded man said he stopped the truck because it had a good number plate. And it was still on the deck lid 30 years later. Sounds like something I would do, lol

[@Luke-PlanesTrainsDogsnCars]

I might relay my first car story here..63 beetle. I was driving on a busy six lane road when I heard a noise like champagne corks popping...looked in the rear vision mirror and couldn't see the back window for smoke . Pulled over and of course the battery had shorted on the back seat frame, the corks popping noise were the caps on the battery cells shooting off.. and yes a few flames ...not my best day ..etched in memory. PS The Beetle windscreen washer tank was held in the middle of the spare tire and worked off the tire pressure. If you were having a vague day and topped up air pressure in the tire without returning the cap on the washer tank you got drowned.😂 Pamela Hirschhorn

[@eddiebreelz4226]

This was fun to watch what such a rare bug to find.... hope to see more rare bug finds on ur channel

[@anyblunder6782]

When I was very young a neighbor of ours had one exactly like it in baby blue. I remember sitting in the back and the sound of that engine. There wasn’t a spot on it, as every week it was washed and polished.

[@noeldyne389]

Awesome rescue Jonny. Thanks for another great video. Split Bus in a barn next 👍

[@AdeptHavelock]

Best closing scene to one of you're barn find films yet! 🤣

[@MrSparrownet]

Awesome episode! One of the best ones yet!

[@jonesie1976ify]

I love a nicely trimmed bush

[@garywillcox2286]

Love the barn/garage/field finds

[@URBONED]

I'd be tempted to cut the rear window and roof panel out and slap it on another car. The rear window is the whole point of the car and looks to be one of the few salvageable parts off it. Would love to see a follow up, if there's any progress worth following up on this car.

[@VWFarm]

We have been restoring it on our channel