00:00We decided to be like the Volkswagen and we
00:05wanted it to be 50% bigger.
00:08The funnest thing for this is
00:10being on the freeway.
00:12People just chase you to try to get up next to it.
00:15And then they almost run you off the road
00:16because they're not looking where they're going.
00:20And they're not looking where they're going.
00:25Some vehicles dominate the street with sheer size.
00:30The Volkswagen Beetle isn't one of them.
00:33The bug is the great.
00:35The car, but it's very small.
00:37Being dwarfed by other vehicles on the California
00:40roads led two generations of this family
00:43to the only logical solution.
00:45Though we're going to need a bigger bug.
00:50Dad and I just thought it would be nice if we had a Volkswagen
00:52that was comfortable and not feel like you're going to get
00:55run over in traffic.
01:00It's a big vehicle.
01:04It's bigger than a hundred.
01:05It's bigger than a hundred.
01:06It's a big vehicle.
01:07It's bigger than a car.
01:08It's bigger than a car.
01:09It's bigger than a car.
01:10We decided we liked the
01:15Volkswagen and we wanted it to be 50% bigger, which is a huge amount.
01:20But it was a little bit too big to actually drive on the street legally.
01:23So, we-
01:25We scaled it back to 40%.
01:27And super-sizing is such a classic.
01:30It is no mean feat.
01:31We had a 59 Volkswagen convertible.
01:35We basically digitized it.
01:37We scanned it everywhere.
01:38Got that computer file built.
01:40And then took it apart and made each part 40% bigger.
01:45On the computer.
01:46Use that information to build templates and get all-
01:50of our dimensions and things.
01:52And then started fabricating from there.
01:55The platform that we started with for the huge bugs is a Dodge truck-
02:00so it could handle all the weight and the size and the scale that we needed to go.
02:05And everything's built on top of that.
02:07And while it's based on a 60-year-old car-
02:10This big beast has a good few mod cons.
02:13It's got all the creature comfort.
02:15It's got all the parts that you'd want in a new car.
02:17Power steering and heated and air-conditioned.
02:20It's got all the seats.
02:21And a Volkswagen with air-conditioning is kind of nice.
02:23We did-
02:25We did a lot of work in here to hide the power window controls and the power door locks and
02:30all of that.
02:30the modern stuff and still make it look like a Volkswagen.
02:33All of the controls from the-
02:35The Dodge truck and the gauges are on a gauge pod that comes down from under-
02:40the dash so that while you're driving it you get all the information that you were getting
02:44from the Dodge truck.
02:45But when you park it and get out and it goes back up inside and you can't see it so it's-
02:50It still looks like a Volkswagen.
02:51It still looks like a Volkswagen.
02:55The Dodge is an automatic transmission and the Volkswagens are manual transmissions.
03:00It has a simulated brake pedal in there and a clutch pedal but they're actually both brake
03:05pedals.
03:05It just-
03:06It looks like you'd push the clutch in and do the manual shift but it's an automatic so
03:10it's-
03:10nice and comfortable drive.
03:11My favorite thing is that it's not a prop.
03:15You can get in it and jump in it, it runs, it drives, it does all the stuff it's supposed
03:19to do.
03:20It's not-
03:20It's not just something that's big and shiny and sitting in the background like it is right
03:23now.
03:25The funnest thing for this is being on the-
03:30The funnest thing for this is being on the-
03:30the freeway.
03:31People just chase you to try to get up next to it and then they-
03:35almost run you off the road because they're not looking where they're going.
03:38And it will come as no surprise.
03:40This big bug attracts big bugs.
03:43There's quite a few offers on it that-
03:45understanding that are-
03:47humbling that people want to pay the kind of dollars they want to pay for.
03:50for something that we built and we love.
03:52But the Volkswagen's not going anywhere right now.
03:54Just when I see it-
03:55it just makes me smile.
03:56Do victory sometimes.
04:00No big details.
04:01You hang around.
04:02I need to 운동 Africa.
04:03Take care.
04:05I can only play half―
04:06You're going to take days where you take care like this.
04:11Wait for me.
04:12Take care.
04:13Take care!
04:14Take care.
04:15Take care!
04:16That's enough.
04:17Take care.
04:19Take care.
04:20Take care.
04:21Take care.
04:23Take care.
04:25Take care.
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