SLEEPER BUG: 517 WHP Subaru-powered 1973 VW Super Beetle | Nicole Johnson's Detour EP1
Would you ever guess this cute little VW bug produces 517 horsepower at the wheels and screams like a Formula 1 race car? Nicole Johnson goes for a wild ride in the ultimate Sleeper Bug, a Subaru WRX-powered 1973 Volkswagen Super Beetle that you’d swear was bone stock. But that’s the whole point…
Designed, built and owned by OG13 King of the Hammers winner John Reynolds. usworlds.info
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It's always scary when someone else is driving😱 I love this woman😍😜💖
He should of painted white with a blue and red stripe and stuck 53 on the doors
His face when he was getting on it. An then when she drove was funny. He didn’t like it. Can’t blame him. She could had just been happy riding in it.
The ultimate spy car.
E85 takes more diesel fuel to plow, plant harvest and turn into ethanol and thus is WORSE than pure fossil fuel gasoline. All E85 does is drive up the cost of food made from corn.
13:29 13:54 almost kills them twice
Let the man talk...
LMAO! Dude is scared to death of her driving! I don't blame him though...lol
What a cool chick! And what a cool car :-)
That was great. Such nice work on the car. I wish I would have learned how to work on them when I was younger.
Did he really just let a Standard Transmission driver virgin drive his baby WTF dudes crazylol!! Also Someone plz find his 1/4mi. Timeslip plz!
Maybe he should've used a synchronized transmission.
Gotta love this guy
Truly a sleeper. Nice job
Love the glasses. Great video
You're a very trusting person! She looked like she had 2 "O's" between 2nd and 3rd, the last time you drove it before she started grinding gears!
I see that ls4...
his face when he drives (kills me) haha
Realmente el video lo veo porque me gusto la chica, gracias buenas tardes...
Unbelievable... People can't drive manual and doing a car review...
I think he’s scared of is car
Amazing car and looks fun to drive. Would love to have it and drive up to a muscle car and smoke him to the next stoplight. haha
She is my sweet spot. 😍😍😍
When you said sleeper bug, I thought you meant it has a place to sleep inside.
Wow...driving way too fast (110+) on a public road in a vehicle that can "get squirrely ". Stunningly irresponsible. Take it to the track.
TOOOOO MUCH FUUUUN!!!
Herbie Goes Bananas
I find her really attractive
That fella was a good sport. You did a good job 👍
Drive it like a tractor, pick a gear and use it, or like the old mini start in second change to fourth. The only difference is if you hit the gas and it does not break loose then you will need a glass floor to see where you are going.
Love this!
Vw bugs were death traps. My dad had the 1.6l double carburettor version of it and he said, with the engine in the rear and the low weight front, its road grip sucked, especially in wet conditions.
F A N T A S T I C ! ! !
That’s now an early 911, a widow maker lol.
Hes not happy at the end😡
No better racecar/monster truck driver on the planet to test drive the "Sleeper Bug" !! GREAT video !
Please mention all the experts that actually build these cars its lovely you can afford these projects but please appreciate the engineers.
you know it's fast..... when the owner looks panicked in the pull.
When a woman man handles a full blown rock crawler for 6 hrs at a time but a 73 vw beetle gives her a giant wet spot! Lmao
18:32 😱👀 when panic attacks
super beetles sux
Cool car, shite viddy.
Wow the work underneath is top notch
Not a car where you would want to sit in the passenger seat with an amateur driving
His face when he drives is funny as hell. He is white knuckling the steering wheel.
I like sleepers, especially ones that appear this stock. Now about that E85, it may be clean burning but the energy to convert grain to ethanol pollutes as much as gasoline when it's all said and done.
i like her!! petrol girl
Is a Sleeper Bug like a Bed Bug?
That’s about the stupidest thing that you would ever do to a race engine is to put a dog box in there so you could grind the gears and potentially ruin the whole thing
Mighty car mods did it first with miss daisy
Make sure you get a guy to drive you around in it.. Lord you will be dead in that..
So she is ignorant, but at least she is interested which most gals are not. She's also nice to look at.
wow nice guy
That would be a great triple take bug!:)
For such a light car, that's a lot of power!
It's so naked in John's eyes that the bug is his precious!!
Did she allow him to even finish one sentence?
My dad had a baby blue super beetle back in the day.
The VW is pretty cool, but I was alot more interested in the Hot Female showing it off, and she knows her stuff too. 😁
is that a 66 corvair
I like that!
I like the girl's expressions...
I had a 73 super beetle, built just enough to enter and exit freeway traffic, could buy every piece but new struts....good memories
He looked stressed when he hit it
everyone herd of herbie the love bug....so with that being said my dream car would be a 73' beetle and all painted up the same fashion as herbie the love bug BUT remove 53 and put 73 THIS 73 beetle as seen here would be the ultimate dream beetle for me BUT painted as i said like herbie the love bug BUT 73 of course :)
Damn shes constantly interrupting him
Around 1975 a friend of mine was looking to buy a new car. She was considering a Subaru so we went to the dealer. When I saw the water-cooled horizontally opposed engine in the Subaru, it blew me away! I had been driving a wimpy Volkswagon Beetles (1962, 1200cc ragtop) for a few years and was totally surprised by how Subaru had essentially taken a Volkswagon engine and re-engineered it. John Reynolds has taken it to another plateau!
I had a 72’ super Beatle. It was $7 to fill, fit a 1/4 keg in the spare tire and run tap through Glove box. I never drink alcohol so I drove and it was fun. My Beatle had about as much power as a basic John Deere rider. The super Beatle was a superior bug and I think with the better suspension and round windshield was much better than a standard.
Shes cute
You should race the dung beetle in OKC with the street outlaws
*miss daisy has entered the chat*
Pobre auto!!! Qué lo maneje alguien que sepa
Nunca manejo con embrague???? Jajajajajaja 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, se acostumbran a la caja automática y con 3 pedales se quieren matar!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love the car. Where can I get one?
Lots of anxiety seeing that even he didn't seem to know what's gonna happen every time he floored it - definitely too much power for that little VW 😅
The look in his eye as he did that booty bump.
Why is she learning how to drive manual in this car🤦🏻♂️
Most standard transmissions have synchronizers that make it easier to shift. This car doesn't have those so you have to match revs. In a car that you've never driven before, and especially one that's heavily modified, that's quite difficult and takes practice.
How tf is this his car and he accidentally popped the front trunk looking for the engine 🤦🏻♂️
That’s was a joke dude Jesus, clearly you’ve never met a beetle owner
"People like that... whatever... whatever dude". HAHA I love her.
hot cars always showing off they hot girls!
The flame thrower at the end.👍🏻
Reminds me of a fellow racer. 500+ ponies to the rear of his 240z. Yank that datsun inline 6 and drop in a Supra twin turbo inline 6. He had no problem over taking a Viper V10 any place on the track.
I had to stop watching this video. It felt like "since I think I'm hot, let me strip out your gear box on your very expensive modded Super Beetle". She should have quit asking as soon as he said, "no syncros".
18:32 WoooW WOooooooooooooW Adrenalina 1000 %
Extremely entertaining! I was laughing at Nichole scaring John as she started learning the beetle. 😂
Daughter: when are you going to let me drive? Father: soon as I pick up my stomach from the last time.
The look on his face when she purposefully gunned it...priceless.
Jeez. Let the guy talk! HAHAHA
Sad... You missed the point.... It's a very cool, clever , sleeper ..... But you didn't get any footage of mugging people off !
You better not have a front end crash or you’ll be a human fireball.
Those seat belts won't matter after an 80mph roll over in a Volkswagen.
She doesn’t ask the right questions.
Super Beetle, they were only 50 hp. They couldn't handle the emission control,air pump,Cat. ect. in 1974 so they quit making them.Incredible job on that one, would like to see it on the Race Trac.
Also she's not educated properly, smashing doors, dude, respect others creation, where did you grow up, in the forest alone?
When the driver look nervous, you probably shouldn’t ride with them.
hit like if you said holy shit when she did!!
The Super Bug , Get up and Go , very cool 😎.
This man could have shat out a diamond when she started driving.
Cool video Nicole! I had a bug exactly like that one. Well....not exactly. Mine did 0-60 in 5 minutes.... ;)
My favorite classic beetle🔥🔥
1:10....DEAD WRONG!!! bout to eat those words chica!!