Big Thanks to Heidi & Franny for their help! Check them out HERE: https://youtube.com/c/HeidiandFrannysGarage

Buying a VW Beetle is never a mistake.

Great video and collaboration with Heidi and Franny's Garage.  Would love to see more!

You guys ae lucky to have 'found' a repair shop like this. Those Ladies appear to be very knowledgeable in their Trade. They are going to be good 'teachers' for Tommy,... and the viewers too.
Thanks for this.

You know someone is an expert/knows their craft when they never answer questions with a binary answer. Instead these ladies provide pros/cons and context for all of these trade offs with these older air cooled cars. Love it! Awesome knowledge!!

Wow, Franny is super knowledgeable and has a garage with lifts at her home. What a woman, we need more of her. Awesome hearing her talk and sharing her passion.

The fresh air hoses in back do help with cooling in an additional way other than what was mentioned in the video.  The heat exchangers sit against the heads and heat transfers from the heads to the heat exchangers.  The fresh air hoses direct air through the heat exchangers which helps remove heat from the heads.  If your heat levers are on, that heat goes in the car.  If your heat levers are off, that heat exits outside under the engine (another reason to be sure the rubber gasket along the engine is in place as mentioned in the video.)   If you remove the hoses or even the heat exchangers from the equation your engine will run hotter.

Love this collaboration with Heidi and Fanny. Hope you have a series where they go through and help you fix the Volkswagen

The beauty of these cars is that, even if they had been mistreated, their simplicity allows them to be easily repaired. In my family we also have a VW 1302, which by now will fill 50 years of service and still is driving strong !

Franny and Heidi's videos were absolutely critical for me so far in my Porsche 911 project.  Franny is detailed and knowledgeable and all I had to do it follow her exact procedure to not make a mistake dropping my engine and early teardown.  It was filmed and edited by Heidi in a step by step process.and easy to follow and I can't thank them enough.    My engine is out at the machine shop now, but I'll be re-referencing their series when it's time to get things back together.

For what it's worth Sir, I'm not only a Engineer,  but a Master Tech from 3 motorcycle manufacturers, and I still build racing engines for a select few. I have over the years watched several of Frans videos and I am always VERY  impressed. Not because she's a woman,  because she's a INCREDIBLY TALENTED Technician. My first car ever was a 1969 VW, convertible. A good friend had a 356 Porsche engine in a 65 Bug, and when I decided that he wasn't going to beat me ever again racing, it pretty much started my whole career.  Enjoy Sir.
T.S. RACING

if i lived by them id drop by and nerd out about cars with them. Deffinatley not your typical type of car nuts, but I love it when people love their cars! They’re more than just an appliance that you buy!

Nothing like a woman who knows her way around a car!👍🏼😄
I had a 66. It leaked oil into those heater/cooling tubes. When I would first start it up the entire inside of the car would fill with blue smoke. I’d roll the windows down until it burned off and then it was all good.

Wow Heidi and Franny are so cool. I'd watch them talk and work on cars all day.

Wow what two awesome ladies! Their love for these ole cars shows. Enjoyed how she really was educating us all about these Bugs, I knew people that swore by their VW’s and we had a old German guy in our area that was known for being The VW guru, I don’t remember him being as nice though. GREAT SHOW!!!

If you feel you are loosing power as you continue to drive, its most likely getting too hot.  Most often it happens in stop and go traffic on hot days.  Iv'e watched several of Frannie's videos and they are spot on.  The videos not only show you whats wrong and fix them, but why something went wrong.  The true mark of a natural educator!

Man, I thought it was Roman in the video from the thumbnail.  Man Tommy, you are looking more and more like your dad.  My 10 year old son is going to love this video.  He loves Beetles.

I wish I lived in Colorado, because I would definitely take my '74 Super to Frannie.

Always good to see collaborative YouTuber videos like this. Thank you!

Love your car!  I just picked up a 2000 Mexican Beetle (here in St Augustine Florida) but someone swapped in a 1600 from the 70s.  It looks like a fully restored classic!  Glad to see your videos.  So much fun to watch!