a redeeming feature of. the 77 percent. 60 minutes. what secrets lie behind. discover new adventures in the 360 to. explore fascinating world heritage sites. the world heritage 3 sixty's getting out now. so every day the past 25 years we've been testing and torturing things like dog and cat and dog luck seeds and shops no other car goes through so much or so let's. say.

this unique. downturn earth. doesn't have 4 doors it doesn't have proper heating it has no trunk cough. it up comes i'll think about it. for many it was their 1st car and a lifelong love. it's a kind of lifestyle driving a beetle. keeps on going and going and going.

told us today on the go in his home region of old involved in the south of germany he's on the hunt for air cooled beetles that are lying around rusting preferably roadworthy but it's not it's not the end of the world a tool maker by trade he can knock them all back into shape even seemingly hopeless cases. that my pleasure it can be junk i'm sure it's not unusual for someone to call me up to let me know that a relatively rare model is on its way to the scrappy. of course i can't let that happen so it ends up in my yard. but. the beetle enthusiast has an appointment with another beatle fan polgar lashing out . what he brings out of his garage isn't his only hold but he doesn't want to keep this one if alone to a couple getting divorced a beatle can do

a lot of things but it can't divide itself into 2. where did you get it i didn't have i picked it up no browsing from a family that's breaking up it was supposed to get restored but the garage had to be cleaned out and that's how i got the beetle. so i mean today. with a 967 beetle color are kona white are rare model a simple standard edition but with folding roof not many of those were built but there's space full servant has seen better days. there's a relationship i've already seen that it needs a bit of work. but it's nothing i haven't seen before. the rear body sail is rusted through it would be a thing of the running board the door sill basically all round.

leaves home you know the bottom 20 centimeters as they say. it's will be here. and. we'll toss by this one it's a question of negotiation now. how could such a basic vehicle with all its limitations define magic and capture people's hearts and imaginations. is it wants the hunchback shape its pure simplicity. karl hahn might be able to explain he was once a v.w. chairman and was with the company from the start it was he who taught the people to crawl so to speak. and. the beetle was a miracle of. the beetle and came a symbol of the success reliability and quality of german industry the motor of the

german economy based maker the foundation of our success has always been the beadle . pretty dance and it was done a lot to be. what it is on a good. bit on the our version invoice on annoying i mean your scottish didn't or. that. this is where the story of the beetle began a v.w. 38 the prototype of the cuff to do it again or strength through joy card as the nazis called the folks. number 6 of just 44 models built by hand developed in 1938 by fed and the players follow architect. driven by the idea of a compact car had already built this prototype and put it through more than 2. only

in test kilometers. every detail was painstakingly recorded. the test drives included the stretch from stock car fire baton baton and across the black forest. hitler a car freak had declared the state subsidized compact car top priority 100 kilometers an hour top speed room for 4 people cheap to buy and economical to run a car for the people. the father and son duo of roofers and beatle collectors target and tristan condamine tried down this prototype all the way to the lithuanian capitol hill years. after world war 2 this particular beatle was taken to the soviet union as part of the spoils of war

unwitting owner unaware of its historical importance had driven it right up to the 1990 s. and then simply parked it in his yard. or. so we arrived and there it is parked in the middle of the garden surrounded by snow and with a tarp it's a funny feeling when you see a piece of history just lying around 50 to a hospital. bag and then the car belonged to the living nazi bath lie ahead of the german labor front in the preface to the manual of the so-called strength through joy carr she gushed that the people's car was a national dream come true. number 6 was also the one used for the photos in the brochure. from the beginning the strength through joy carr was a propaganda instrument of the nazis hitler needed socio political success stories to legitimize his national socialist state and he could not tolerate the german

high speaking left behind by other european nations. in the race to build cars. on the image. of the never before had there been a design which would have to be the work of a genius broke all the rules that didn't have 4 doors but settled for 2 and had all kinds of limitations but in a package that no way underlined if she. demonstrated quality and practicality driving pleasure. or. there was no question of a people's car in the war years only celebrities and party bigwigs got their hands on the new strength through joy card despite the nazi states pithy slogans

promoting the pleasures of a cheap car all you had to do they said was save 5 marks a week and you could buy your own car and germans dutifully collected their savings stamps but the promised car never arrived not even when the world's biggest con factory was built in follow slave and now a district of all spork. the men who were supposed to build the cars were sent to the front to fight production was switched to mean the machines turned out army jeeps tanks and cannon the savings put aside by the population came in handy for the nazis when the war was over some of the savers tried to get their money back the lawsuits dragged on until the early 1960 s. and ended with a settlement that ruled out all legal entitlements but returned a fraction of the money to the plaintiffs. for ministry of the savers at least got the chance to use their money for

a down payment or. many of them did that go. on. to either take a cash payment or a corresponding discount on a new car. has sunk most of his savings into his passion for beatles the retired twitter has been a fan since he married to people owner she drove to work in it every day clocking up 300000 kilometers without breaking down concert approved. seem. to. show. his approval turned 1st into a passion and then into an obsession volatile would snap up every beatle he came across it all began in the mid 1970 s. word soon got around.

no doubt many i was people would park their old beatles outside my house at night and i'd wake up and look to see if there was a new one we dug out of allies 3 or 4 a week for some air part as. you know that actually there were so many that i no longer knew we're they were a what model and i said to myself if i want to keep this hobby up i'll have to build a warehouse one car from every year beginning to end. it is there anywhere else like it in the world and i don't know i don't think so. 1938 to 2003 and least one beetle from every year of production only in all a grand total of more than $180.00 cars not only is every year covered but there

are quite a. hugh brand models to. the last beatle belt involved sport from 1974 . 1 of the legendary now extremely rare black and yellow racers from 1973 and i capture then and now it looks fast but only had 50 horsepower. the last 2 beatles built in mexico from 2003 each with just 11 kilometers on the clock. in one shed the last convertible to roll off the production lines at common in all snow park in 1979 waxed and still in its original packaging am. one of his favorites

a beetle from 1948 popularly known as the presell model because of the split rear window. it once belonged to the cathedral provost of moonstone. 1 the church official was staying at a guest house when the car was stolen by british occupying forces they hid it away in an abandoned distillery. a new level of mecca they took everything they could get bicycles motorbikes military side cars cars they walled up between the main building and the outhouse and plan to take it all back to england but the troops were redeployed in 1955 and the cars were forgotten about along with the other vehicles during a really wonderful cardosa. when they distillery was being demolished decades later the old cars were simply in the way nobody realized the significance of the find until vulture happened to pass by.

kirk on my arrival to see the beetle already in the clutches of the digger of the road had already been crushed and the rear end was next i jumped on the car and yelled let the beetle live for speed and the damage was done but we restored every inch of it by fit or if we didn't replace a single part or the car had 2050 kilometers on the climate overall now it's nearly 500043 told. in order it's still got the original tires from 1948 the rubber has an interior added on to the authorities always check that grid new and were allowed to drive it . after the war the bombed out v.w. factory was placed under british military administration the occupiers ridiculed the hunchbacked car as primitive all except one major ivan her just saw the potential of the nazi product and secured

a commission from the british military government in august 945 it ordered 20000 pounds it was simultaneously the lifesaver and launch pad for. the british had brought the car to its in just real development center at 1945 and declared it unusable. send it back to the germans doesn't have 4 doors it has no proper heating it's got no trunk engineers allowed on so on. the ships. theoretically if you did not see things like porsche who turned it into a practical car with the largest production numbers of all time and you can see how difficult it is to predict success or failure of a new product is false. in

$948.00 the british occupiers appointed nord hall of the new general director. he once said that he had as many flaws as a dog fleas. now he had the staff working in 3 shifts around the clock building the beef. the former general motors manager opted for a radical monoculture putting all his eggs in one basket. the gamble paid off in the blink of an eye not hof made the beatle famous well beyond germany's borders. exports made for some profits and the newfound wealth made the stars. proud of their factory and new town which was now named both sport . in 1953 just 80 years after the end of the war the 500000th beetle rolled off the

production minds by then its nickname had long since been that stoned on it by the americans. back to beetle enthusiastic told us today ah he has set up his workshop in an old wine cellar. his mechanical talents are well known among germany's beatle fans they come from far and wide for his services . at the moment he's working on a 13 o 2 also known as a super beetle from the early 1970 s. with modern chassis technology a quantum leap in peoples of the time. the air cools type one flat 4 engine has to come out but it only takes the turn of a few screws. yeah be design is well thought through. and you can get all of the parts very easily.

or listen to the sound it makes. orden so the design is very basic still friends but that is also the attraction i would is a. player narrowly saved this particular hunchback from the junkyard a 19 eighty-four model built in mexico like most central american beetles as a taxi only the shallow mains but tire has doors in storage along with the chassis with the typical platform frame this one is not as bad as it looks. because these are usually is really just the car's bad weather code. could install a seat and connect a steering column and we would practically be ready to go. you know it still works and are still still works i can show you. you just leave electricity and gas

thanks. for the springs into life. in 1960 s. america and of large gas guzzlers the people sold like hotcakes this classless wonder was extremely popular with the mainstream the generation that fought against hitler's germany. where else in the world were more people saw then in north america. the americans fell in love with the beetle because it liberated them from the tyranny of detroit where they were bringing a new model to market every year or a new strip of a new wing or a new fender at the front or back were enough for them to announce a new model and the old one was no longer worth as much as some people had the new

one in their driveway so the poor children had to explain why their father still hadn't bought the new model so every day. in the past 25 years we've been testing and torturing things like dog injured. seats and shops no other car goes through so much more so much. to our advertising campaign became the talk of the town in america it was even nominated for best advertising campaign of the 20th century but the beetle was ideal for such a cheeky campaign. on one side of the newspaper you had a coca-cola bottle and on the other beatle a name the slogan to shapes known the world over onto a lot of form and. beatle meeting in the

belgian town of spa. not any old meat probably dizziness people festival in the world. only air cooled engines are allowed on the legendary race track rear wheel drive only it goes without saying. there are so many here that there are traffic jams on the grand prix course. it was beatlemania of a different kind from its heyday in the 1960 s. to the late seventy's when the people was already being written off. there are plenty from the 2nd toe mexico work continued to be built on tell of it's finally discontinued in 2003 after 65 years.

khorasan. curious. one of the men in the pits is gay. advisor from just sold or he's been pimping all beatles for 30 years now filled the engine of a v.w. van type 32.4 leaders 180 horsepower into his 1302 model probably enough power to send it to the moon. visor uses it for racing. the food. the food the food

. the mayor says amateur racing at its best everybody has their fun. most of us used to race professionally and now we're just doing it as a hobby. there are also the drag racers people who have poured up to 70000 euros into their beetles for a few crazy seconds of acceleration over a quarter of a mile from the fleet these beetles run on 114 octane fuel also known as laughing gas. go but i just from the bell in belgium this pinches 974 beetle with 230 horsepower. she says that makes it faster than a porsche g.t. 3. market has been drag racing for 30 years the. move this is starting it's a shot of adrenaline. you're concentrating right down to the line. you go through

your routine. and then the lights go green and your brain switches off and off we. go on go to school some. drag racing is like a modern day do you will why. mark gets off to a terrible start but quickly pulls away. his opponent also driving a bee home doesn't stand a chance. the belgian is happy his engine didn't blow up which can happen in drag racing the flames are slow . and little bit of these people also known allowed on the track there so low that they would ruin the asphalt in june they look like write offs but that's on purpose . too there's room for everyone here including the low bugs as they're called to

work on this 963 model with folding roof was done by a mechanic from frankfurt he bought the car from a senior citizen one careful owner. divorce i just recall she didn't want to sell it so i pulled out all the stops water flowers and buy a beer for coffee did some sweet talking the interior is from $163.00 x. i didn't have to touch it so if i get the jackpot with the upholstery skirt part of the old lady really looked after to fix. the beetle for more than 20000000 produced exported to more than 150 countries. used and abused but always loved. it so unbelievable so what such a cheap car can do because somehow the beetle always landed on its feet the sun

hasn't even made it as a movie star and. it has to be brought up to. it. was years or something like gum get along. ok. so i am a. few going i am going to just going to keep w.b. told. me.

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