my VW Beetle, half painted, set to Beatles.

Another vid, made using my cheap Co-Op camera.

Air-cooled VW Beetle. 1972. Started painting her, using Rustoleum and a sponge roller. Obladi, mate, obladi.

Coming soon: pastoral scenes and breath-taking views from my veedub.

An' you can keep your cherry diesel.

Last few words on this video: "...won't be blue always..."

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• volkswagen
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• beetle
• Coccinelle
• Kafer
• Kever
• Fusca
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[Hasenbraeter]

Great video man. I have roller painted mine 17 years ago either.

5/5*

[LordInksworth]

Cheers. Theses superb cars are becoming rarer all the time. I hope one day I can get an old oval. Are you in Germany? Are there a lot of beetles still? I bet there are lots in barns and sheds, just waiting...

[Hasenbraeter]

Cheers, yes I am from Germany, the homeland of the beetle, but here they are extremely rare either, cause less people ever thought that he will become a classic car and so they through most of them to the junkyard. But you're also probably right, in sheds and barns some rare beetles are fallen asleep, like my beetle does. Cause as an all day car I am using my Fiesta MK 1 from 1981 since 15 years, he has a better heating and better transportation possibilities.

[LordInksworth]

Get the Beetle out! Beetle heaters are great when they are fixed right. The miles per gallon is very bad though... I loved it last winter - some days my Beetle was the only car on the road and others were stuck.

[herbienbrian]

hey, incase your interested I finnaly got a vid of mine up :)

[LordInksworth]

Great - I'll have a look. Wondering if you roller painted her? ;o)

[Hasenbraeter]

Yeah in winter seasons a beetle is very great.

I will put my beetle back on the road when I will have time, but I guess this will be when I am a pensioner ;)

[herbienbrian]

not yet but I am going to do it. :)

[herbienbrian]

awsome sounds like you got some good planns lined up,I just got back from a really big VW show.nothin but me and my dad crusin for a whole hour in the bug no problems and perfect PERFECT weather conditions while blasting metalica on the sterio I built.what a turn out to every thing from totaly custome hot rod VW's to cherry 1940's cars oh my god soooooo cool.

[LordInksworth]

I pre-sanded then just rolled a couple of coats on with the roller, didn't sand it after. That paint I mentioned is the business, great stuff. I did try heating the paint then brush painting, but I boiled out the solvents and the paint went weird - ran like a river. Did the floor with black bituminous paint, underneath too. Replaced the points and coil with Pertronix electronic ignition system - perfect. Just back from a run just now - running sweet. Soon putting on Cal-Look wings+lights.