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vw beetle documentary: the shape of quality
desh - January 15th, 2009 at 10:14 AM

vw beetle documentary: the shape of quality

quite a good watch about how well these little cars were made


http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=yNRBfy8ay4E 

Phil74Camper - January 15th, 2009 at 02:22 PM

This is an Australian film, so it is quite special in a number of ways.

Club Veedub has a copy of this on VHS, which was recorded from the original 16mm film. It is a current project to convert this onto DVD for members to borrow. Hopefully a bit better resolution than the grainy YouTube footage!

Jay_1965vw - January 16th, 2009 at 06:47 AM

It came on dvd with the Davies brothers Volkswagen Australia history book if you bought the limited edition numbered one, along with another short promotional movie made by Volkswagen Australia in the 60s.

Phil74Camper - January 16th, 2009 at 08:49 AM

No, I missed that one! I only got the standard edition.

Another classic 1960s Australian 16mm VW film was Taxi to Rumdoodle, about the Antarctica 1 VW. We also have that on 16mm and VHS, but not (yet) converted to DVD.

rob53 - January 16th, 2009 at 09:05 AM

Wow the video is absolutely amazing!!! As I watch it, I keep thinking I wish I had that machinery or some of those non rusty body panels!

jedidan - January 16th, 2009 at 12:19 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Phil74Camper
This is an Australian film, so it is quite special in a number of ways.

Club Veedub has a copy of this on VHS, which was recorded from the original 16mm film. It is a current project to convert this onto DVD for members to borrow. Hopefully a bit better resolution than the grainy YouTube footage!


If you need help with this, i would be glad to assist as i have access to high quality equipment and conversion processes for all formats, including 16mm and VHS. PM me if you guys are interested - would be no charge. cheers - Daniel

eraser - January 16th, 2009 at 07:10 PM

Also yeah if we can grab a copy from somewhere im happy to host it for download, as im sure its out of copyright by now :P.

Thats a damn good video i didnt realise it was actually put together and painted this way

desh - January 16th, 2009 at 07:32 PM

For anyone interested you can save the files to your computer so you can keep them, you need to copy and paste the links into this website, then save the files:

http://www.keepvid.com 

use the following links:

1/3
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=yNRBfy8ay4E 

2/3
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=MiCojp22cj8 

3/3
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=TfvJl8-sdBY 


the keepvid website lets you save the files in ether a .flv or .mp4 file format,

you need a video program called VLC player to watch these.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html 

This is great for videos that you don't want to loose, as sometimes videos are removed from YouTube.

eraser - January 16th, 2009 at 08:06 PM

yeah but those videos lack some quality (specially int he fly over scene im like WTF are they making???) {FOCUS}

desh - January 16th, 2009 at 08:08 PM

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Originally posted by eraser
yeah but those videos lack some quality (specially int he fly over scene im like WTF are they making???) {FOCUS}



Yep, videos like this are good for watching on an ipod, but that's about it, quality is poor on a large computer screen.

pod - January 16th, 2009 at 09:03 PM

great vid that desh,saved all 3 parts ,might even merge all together and see how it goes:tu:

68AutoBug - January 16th, 2009 at 10:42 PM

excellent Videos..

Beetles were just about hand made...

How would you like to be putting in 20 or so windscreens in a day.. or rear windows...?? Yikes...

I wonder if those two spray painters ever used the wrong color on one side..???

I'd like to see how they assemble the glass in a door... etc

what about the gearlever and base being bolted into place

Now, We All know its NOT that easy... lol

GREAT VIDEOS... shame all that Money down the drain..
VW Germany ended up taking over the running of the factory ...but it didn't help...

LEE

the factory ended up making VWs Volvos and Datsuns along with Mercedes Benz trucks...
all were painted with the same colors... lol.. LEE