Barn Find 1968 Euro Beetle, First Start.

This is her first attempted startup in 21 years! Of course before I tried it, I poured Marvel Mystery Oil in the upper cylinders, filed and gapped the points, rebuilt the carburetor, and replaced the fuel pump, plugs, and wires.
Still it impressed me that it fired up after all those years of sitting.
Pulled this old bug from a barn in rural Oklahoma, where it sat unmoved for over two decades. You just can't kill these old VWs.
Thanks for watching.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 1968
• VW
• Volkswagen
• Bug
• Beetle
• Barn Find
• First Start

[AnimaliaHolocaust]

I have a '68 too. :) Trying to fix a few odd leaks though. Not sure where they're coming from, and I'm not quite confident enough to just take the entire thing apart. But I'll find them. ^^

[VolkswagenNut1969]

@AnimaliaHolocaust Best of luck with it! Messing around with one of these VWs will make you a master mechanic before you know it! LOL! But it will reward you many times over with fun reliable driving once you get it sorted out.

[jess5381]

wherres the black hoes thats in the gas tank where does it come from becuse i have a vw 1968 too but it wont start can anyone help me???

[VolkswagenNut1969]

@jess5381 If you're talking about the main fuel line, it comes out of an elbow fitting on the bottom of the tank. Could have old petrified fuel in the lines. I'd pull the rubber line that goes from the steel line to the fuel pump and run it into a gas can with fresh gas in it and take the carb apart and thoroughly clean it and put it back together with new gaskets. See if it will start from the gas can. It will take a lot of cranking and priming for that first start. Next check the points.

[VolkswagenNut1969]

@coolstorms Piss of you worthless little prick. Go be an asshole somewhere else, nobody cares what you think.

I busted my ass saving this car from its grave and it's about to go on its third cross-country trip, trouble free.

It's not your car, and you aren't being forced top watch the video. If you want to whine, go cry to your momma! Children should be seen and not heard! Speak up when you actually have some experience at something, dumbass.

[MADKingR]

That is Quality Made in Germany!

[The1965Ghost]

@VolkswagenNut1969 Yeah, It's a nice little beetle with a nice engine! Even with that mic, I could tell it wasn't too much. I saw how far that carb opened when you were pumping it, to how far you opened it when it was running. Wasn't too much gas at all! Half way if that. Lol

[VolkswagenNut1969]

@coolstorms These VWs aren't your dad's old Chevy. Apples and Oranges when you're dealing with them. That's about as nicely as I can put it.

[VolkswagenNut1969]

@The1965Ghost Thanks for your comments. You're right, and like you say, It wasn't really being revved that much, but the little mic on the camera being right next to the engine makes it sound like it's screaming. LOL!

[VolkswagenNut1969]

@retetikker Thanks for stepping up. You gave the answer that I should have instead of losing my cool. Thanks again!

[VolkswagenNut1969]

@themaytagrepairman

Thanks, man. You're right. Guys like that are a dime a dozen on the internet and I apologize to you and the other viewers here for my reaction and language. Not worth getting steamed over.

Yes, it's a '68, but it's Left Hand Drive.

Getting ready to take her once again to the Eureka Springs VW show next week. ;)



[themaytagrepairman]

@VolkswagenNut1969 Dude, don't let morons like this one irritate you. There's always one ass hole that has to make comments like this. You did a fine job with this old beetle . Did he go to all the trouble to get this old classic VW running? No! You did. BRAVO!!!!! I just have one question, is this model a right hand drive? and what year is it. It looks like a 1968-1970.Of cource I could be wrong. LOL

[VolkswagenNut1969]

@outdoorsman310

I cleaned a fair amount of sludge out of the filter assembly. The oil itself was not sludgy, but pretty thick. It drained out like maple syrup. Flushed it out a few times before finally filling it and starting it.