We Built A Giant VW Beetle | RIDICULOUS RIDES

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A CALIFORNIAN father and son have teamed up to supersize the classic Volkswagen Beetle. The VW enthusiasts upscaled the car by 40%, making it bigger than a Hummer. Scott Tupper, the younger generation of the duo, told Truly how the idea developed. “My dad and I thought it would be nice if we had a Volkswagen that was comfortable and not feel like you're going to get run over in traffic.” Once the idea was hatched, they went about making the dream into a reality. “We had a 59 Volkswagen convertible, we digitized it, scanned it everywhere, took it apart, and made each part 40% bigger on the computer.” Unsurprisingly, the vehicle has caused a lot of buzz on the roads. “People chase you to try to get up next to it, they almost run you off the road because they're not looking where they're going."
Videographer / Director: Brandon Hickman
Producer: Frazer Randalls, Kate Moore
Editor: Ian Phillips
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[@eom2967]

Now we need a vw van the size of a bus

[@jeffjeff4477]

Oh, That would be awesome

[@RunAboveIt]

It exists already saw it on here a few months back...just like this but the van.

[@eom2967]

@@RunAboveIt the size of a bus?

[@eom2967]

@@RunAboveIt let me see a pictuee

[@Fitzla]

@@eom2967 Google Giant VW bus

[@Agavegaming]

that thing makes the real beetle look like a go-kart lmao

[@JustGeorgeGG]

Like a (-golf) go kart

[@dankiser3617]

I thought the vw beetle made the vw beetle looked like a golf kart.

[@dogboy1610]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I GOT A 1955 THUNDERBIRD THOS ARE BETTER THAN A FOCKING GOLF CART !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Aidenschommer1]

I thought they made a smaller bug

[@pettttson]

Yeah, as if the beetle wasn't already the size of a go-kart lol. Jk

[@subgrv27]

Woah, Herbie took steroids.

[@shwt121]

GOOD ONE 😄😅😅😆😆 for those who remember Herbie...!!!

[@Zenas521]

LOL

[@robertscott2210]

Underrated comment!👍

[@dogboy1610]

@@shwt121 I remember Herbie everyone does

[@dogboy1610]

@@Zenas521 same

[@Goomer]

I couldn't wrap my head around this. Every time I saw it with the real VW I thought the real one was miniature. Could have shot some better footage for size comparisons.

[@franksvatek1873]

That would have given it away. The "real one" is a slight miniature.

[@ccllvn]

@@franksvatek1873 I was just wondering that. If you look at the front view pic at 1:58 the hood comes down so narrow it seemed modified to me. But that could also be the perspective and the over-proportioned car next to it. But around the front fenders the "regular" one looked like it was 80% the size of a VW bug.

[@franksvatek1873]

@@ccllvn , I'm pretty certain that the "stock" VW has some performance mods and upgrades. A better, lower suspension and maybe a modest front fender flare or reshaping to accommodate the fatter low profile tires will all make the car "less tall" than stock. 20% smaller ? I don't think so but I'm no math surgeon. I'm a photographer that notices things like what angle is your camera in relation to your subject. Notice how the Big Bug is always photoed at or below the height of the top of the tires. Makes everything look bigger. The little one is photoed at the bottom of the windscreen; makes everything look smaller. Try it on your own car. It's fun. And you can tell other camera know-it-all's ( they always know better than you how to do it . . . ) that you're just making adjustments to control the parallax distortion when you will be in fact using that "distortion" to be creative. You can thank me when you win a photo prize !

[@thatcopenguy]

I can't tell which one he's driving from the inside shots lmao

[@bibasik7]

They need a banana for scale.

[@normanmunns4743]

it takes such talent to build a vehicle like this respect

[@SBuchan]

But does the top go down?? I want to see that mullet blowing in the wind!

[@jamesbeez]

😂😂😂

[@christianfritz6333]

I'm pretty sure you call that a skullet, not a mullet.

[@christianfritz6333]

@@Brian-jv8iy well I wasn't born in the last 4 decades and in my day we called that a skullet, just because some moron teenagers invented a stupid haircut doesn't change that fact, also thanks for sucking the funny out... I didn't intend to hurt anyone's feelings.. No wait, I don't care if I did! Thanks for the lesson.

[@gblan]

The car cost a small fortune I'm sure. Too bad he couldn't budget in a haircut.

[@christianfritz6333]

@@Brian-jv8iy thanks for putting the fuuny back.

[@billramsey2337]

I must say,the father and son are engineering geniuses.To duplicate a manufactured car and completely fabricate it out of scale is phenomenal!

[@casualobserver620]

The constant panning in and out from the camera guy gets old really quick. And the 1 second snips of the car being shown over and over, really? If you can't provide some decent pictures, then why show it at all?

[@justwatchingffs371]

I'm not sure, but this type of editing might be a British thing...

[@unbalancedcrank]

No footage of it being built. Im not convinced it exists.

[@christopherdeguzman1137]

Velocipedium it does exist. Jay Leno even had it briefly on his show. I have a cousin in LA that saw the bug also. It does exist.

[@maxmoritz5065]

It really sucks. I give a thumb down. They dont show any technic or the bottom of the car.

[@Ponyboy_Yeeyee]

Watch jay leno's garage episode on it, way better

[@Authorthings]

The 9 dislikes are from the VW concept team members that didn't think about it first.

[@ClaudeSac]

Nah, it's just James May using all his nine accounts to downvote his petty hate for the bug.

[@vermontjeff2535]

It's because he's bald and has long hair only in the back

[@vermontjeff2535]

They did a fantastic job building the huge bug .. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@noeyedeer4227]

no, one of them is me for not at least once showing it next to a regular vehicle

[@vecernicek2]

Europe: Does a thing USA (80 years later): Does the same thing, but yuuuuge

[@thorflot]

I believe you meant to say "yuuuuge"?

[@vecernicek2]

@@thorflot will make the edit, lol

[@richaricha6989]

Now that’s a Super Beetle. They should get 2 more small bugs, each a little different, and follow the big bug around town. 😂

[@pattysherwood7091]

Like ducks

[@michaelramsey82]

An average size guy driving this looks like Richard Hammond driving a normal Bug

[@BehaveDave1]

Now all we need is for the owner of huge bug to meet up with the guy in Arizona with the dwarf cars.

[@bigcheeezzz7135]

It looks so close to a beetle that I would have to see it in highway traffic to really get the size. ✌️

[@cl8623]

Can you imagine seeing it on the freeway up ahead, and be like , "Oh it a VW bug". Only to catch up and it doesn't get any smaller! Lol

[@Wolfytototito]

Oh my lord Its Criminal they didnt' put another car next to it to compare it.

[@jjryan1352]

The Beetle isn't another car?

[@tanhelmet]

When they drove off. A Jeep Commander looked tiny.

[@ThomasDoubting5]

It's bigger than a hummer

[@ThomasDoubting5]

It's 40% let you brain work the size out.

[@peterbelanger4094]

@@jjryan1352 Showing another beetle that is so similar tricks the brain into thinking maybe it's a normal size beetle next to a tiny beetle, the shots of the two together showed little scale reference. So, no, the 'nearly' identical beetle does not count. You need a different vehicle that is of commonly known size to use as a scale reference. Since it was stated it's bigger than a Hummer, they should have found an actual Hummer and drove by it. They are in southern California, you're telling me they couldn't find a hummer to compare it to there? Or how about just drive past a bus? those are easy to find and get video of. I don't think it's "criminal" they overlooked that detail, but it is a sign of sloppy video production and direction.

[@dacrd]

Amazing nailed the proportions and scale Perfect

[@dezmitchell5329]

Goliath Beetle

[@redmr2na]

A Hercules beetle

[@nomad91910]

I saw that thing once on the freeway, I thought I was going crazy because I saw it in my rear view mirror and it was far behind but it looked closer, then it passed me and then I realized, that's a HUGE BUG 🤣🤣🤣

[@Heidegaff]

When you put the wrong scale model in a diorama.

[@ronmelys2854]

amazing!! making it 40 percent bigger on a computer is one thing, Id love to see how they fabricated all the parts, bits and pieces that much bigger! just imagine making the hood!

[@darrylvanrooy]

Nothing a credit card won't fix. I'm guessing this guy and his dad have a few bucks behind them.

[@Brebgon]

@@darrylvanrooy Apparently it cost around $15,000 to make

[@puciohenzap891]

@@Brebgon Bargain if true, but probably just 15 grand in parts, not accounting for any labor.

[@JG40061]

I’m impressed by the desire to create something from nothing, well done.

[@codetech5598]

Well, they created it from a Dodge truck and the proportions of a classic VW bug.

[@lukesylvester2022]

damn you burnt dodge fans

[@thatonecarguy8488]

@Wayne Pantry that joke flew over your head

[@MazdaRX7007]

@@thatonecarguy8488 Took me a while to figure out it was a burn, lmao.

[@yank-tc8bz]

Has Jay Leno been by yet ?

[@Marauder252]

The guy and his dad was on Jay's KZbin show a few years ago with the car.

[@royferguson3909]

Not only is the idea brilliant , this bloke makes the dream a reality. Thank you for sharing this. You and your crew really have captured my attention. How bloody marvellous, spectacular. Words fail me. I am so very impressed From Canterbury U.K.

[@mariamoreira4090]

Amazing, the scale is perfect. Great job

[@kingjames8283]

This is a car I'd love to see at least 2.5-million copies of, hell yeah I'd want one too.

[@ezghthrt7733]

Brilliant! I love that they made it as original as possible.

[@jayski9410]

I'm impressed with all the correct details. I mean door handles, mirrors, frame around glass windows, running board, and even the way the tires look on the rims and in relation to the fender wells. I even think I see the correct jacking point just ahead of the rear tire under the running board! Just a superb reproduction.

[@doug8525]

Custom jobs usually don’t impress me much but you guys really impressed me with this car... I respect your skill in this ...excellent work... I’d love to have it!

[@patrickperry6945]

That took some serious metal work. Impressive.

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Okay, so that Beetle’s staying where it is. What about building duplicates?

[@eddieschwab864]

Yeah build a hardtop Herbie replica in that size! Since it's already using Hemi power anyway drop a Scat Pack drivetrain in that mofo!

[@04dram04]

This would make me think Im having a stroke

[@_BAD_MERC_]

I love that everything is custom and hand fabricated so well that it doesn't look custom and hand fabricated. The engineering and thought forward process of completing this is just baffling. This Punch Bug packs a REAL punch.

[@1cbread]

Love it . Love to see pics of the build. Great job

[@joannpritchett5076]

That's Awesome! Need to send that puppy to Germany for a tour. Tell everyone this is what happens when you take your vitamins!

[@SM-xy9ru]

i pulled up next to this car on the 10 freeway today. it blew my mind. it was bigger than my Silverado i was driving. it looks like a giant beetle. the details are spot on and the car looks incredibly well done in person. i was struggling to take pics of it next to normal vehicles in traffic to try to show the scale of it lol. bravo to the creators of this incredible replica

[@HiThere-du4up]

My uncle had a dark green Bug when I was a kid. And that little bug was fun. This big bug, I love it!

[@melest5645]

Wow ! What a brilliant idea .. I love it

[@wolffreebird3678]

Good Idea, good craftmanship, good Job and it looks like a fullgrown Volkswagen. Made in USA. Greetings from Lamspringe Germany from DANIEL.

[@vacuumfireradio253]

This is a tribute to the engineering and fabrication skills of the team that built it. I know how hard it is to do this kind of thing. Well done all.

[@generally_good_guy]

This is totally awesome! My twin brother and I had this very idea (a 'king' bug) . One day, a little over 35 years ago now, we both stopped what we were doing and knew we had just had the same thought simultaneously. Thank you for showing me the end result of 'our' idea. Lol.

[@shokojimhollingsworth3940]

The attention to detail is amazing! I lost my mind when he showed the drop down the gauge cluster!!!!

[@entropy156]

I saw the car at what I *think* was its debut at the Edelbrock show a few years back. It was one of the most impressive builds I've ever seen. It was just perfect.

[@vanglover6030]

The Museum of Modern Art needs to know about this. The giant Beetle belongs in an exhibition of conceptual art.

[@1flashlite1]

I would love to see you take it by Jay's garage for his take on it.

[@MeadowFarmer]

Awesome job! Totally unique and very cool.

[@NaturalMystic69]

Very cool! Hats off to you guys, that's some amazing work.

[@derlisbaraini]

Muito legal, parabéns pelo carro.

[@carlosalbertorodrigues9022]

Y love you Beetle! Eu adoro o Fusca! Parabéns pela invensão

[@josueabogado3405]

You guys did an awesome job. Wow

[@user-qn2np8jk1h]

Incredible and great work!

[@Porsche996driver]

And as a cabriolet - that’s some extra work kids! I’ve got a ‘62 Cabrio myself. Wish they could’ve got it rear motor with a Porsche flat 6, but that’s ok! 👌🏼

[@DSRQ1]

Way cooler than any super car. Pure genius and smiles guaranteed!

[@jeffhartwig5283]

Fantastic and brilliant build sir! My hat’s off to you 👍🏽

[@johnnymichaelangelo9264]

Absolutely amazing and wicked!!!

[@tomvan8117]

That is unreal. U guys have a awesome talent. I want one

[@ToyManFlyer1100]

This just goes to show you...Your mind is a beautiful creative amalgamation of endless thoughts, flowing down a stream of unparalleled rhythmic consortium of destinys not yet researched for the fun and useful resources and intentions....

[@simonbertioli4696]

Without doubt, incredible...looks really good and the attention to detail is excellent...well done....👏🙌🙌👏you need to put it through a car wash then bring out the smaller one...and see people's reactions...it's shrunk 😁😉

[@timwegman5776]

You did such a good job that I can't tell the difference on camera until the small bug pulls up then you see it's size. Wow super cool guys

[@Mario-xo6lj]

When you're driving a Hummer thinking about crushing a Beetle, but suddenly the Beetle crushes you🙈

[@randyearles1634]

thats fantastic! well done guys.

[@darrell70461]

Very nicely done! I would have liked to see it next to other vehicles other than the original bug for comparison.

[@peterscotney1]

Das ist wunderbar!

[@fernandosouzasoares734]

A phenomenally well executed work! But this has to be the kind of exceptional and eccentric thing one does just because one can...

[@louf7178]

Incredible build. It reminded me of Clifford the dog. Is the engine up front? The videography should have shown much more details - much too weak, like an Entertainment Tonight piece.

[@fargknob]

outstanding job guys....thanks

[@doranvee5944]

Fabulous!! Zillion thumbs up! 👍🏻👍🏾👍🏿👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏻👍🏾👍🏼👍🏼👍🏿👍🏻👍🏾👍🏽👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏾👍🏻👍🏻👍🏾👍🏼👍🏼👍🏿👍🏻👍🏾

[@sheilacape4794]

COOL!!! I've always liked a Bug! Sensational!

[@bigblockkings1031]

THAT IS TOO COOL!!! I love it! 👍😎😄

[@rapalaron6348]

Incredible job. respekt

[@Thenosferatu1900]

This is brilliant ! Greetings from the Netherlands!

[@Truthsaberslash]

Great work. Amazing.

[@matthewd2639]

I love that the father and son did this. A real engineering feat! Would have liked to see the engine placement and a little more about the Dodge components.

[@user-xj9du3kx7u]

I am knocked out of my tree. Beautiful!

[@richardbourne6743]

🇬🇧 Fantastic piece of work. Well done.

[@sbjennings99]

Awesome informative Video experience Y'alls God Bless Ya Prayers 🙏

[@josemanuelalcantarajimenez2836]

Es una obra de arte El papá de los volchitos Excelente trabajo

[@dj33036]

I'm sure they could make a decent living building these for sale.

[@HidingAllTheWay]

I doubt it, such a complicated and detailed project requires an incredibly amount time and effort, aka. man-hours, to make. They would have to sell them for an absolutely ludicrous amount of money or essentially work for well below living wage.

[@RoodeMenon]

"Bigger is better. An American Tradition."

[@mattkaustickomments]

Excellent job getting the scale right!

[@liamcinq]

See, 2020 isn't all bad, great work guys!

[@christophresmerowski1824]

This German who made his License in a bug (in 1968 in Berlin) sends SUPERKUDOS for your magnificent effort. Pretty fantastic.

[@scottm5425]

Amazing and a hard shape to do by hand too

[@b.p.7153]

Awesome job! 😃👍

[@gy4246]

THAT IS AWESOME!! CHEERS, :D London

[@MrTruth111]

its incredible, wow two guys...

[@johnnycashh7148]

Cool build!!

[@SpecialAgentJamesAki]

The first time I saw this was in person and I had no idea about it before that. Blew my mind to say the least lol.

[@tetchuma]

This guy is my hero!

[@Russell_and_Rosko]

i love this build!!

[@brianwinkle8785]

Wow. Excellent job. 👍

[@theawesomer]

This thing is awesome!

[@MrBenjaminCole]

Genius at work

[@vacuumfireradio253]

Totally bonkers. Excellent!

[@brianjschumer]

Very cool, and talented build

[@ticnatz]

What a brilliant idea !!

[@helidianacamargo2625]

Amei!!! Tenho um 75/76 branco

[@wyb80]

Exceptionally well done 😮👌🏽

[@jonyoung6405]

The skill to do this is made me blowing.

[@buckcannon1811]

That’s amazing!

[@scubatrucker6806]

This is cool😍😍😍

[@redranger78web21]

Cool ride , nice job. 👍👍🤠😎