Does anyone know about Vw's

I am having problems with my 73 beetle . Today i tried to start it but it pops and shoots flames . But it will not run. anyone here familar with aircooled Vw motors?

Could be a timing issue- possibly even bad gas? Id pull the spark plugs n see what thier condition is. Another thing could be moisture in the spark plug wires - my old 89 f150 had original spark plug wires - one really cold and damp winter morning , it ran terrible- huffed and chugged , skipped , until like 15 -20 minutes later when the motor heat dryed out the wires n then it ran fine.

Not really sure what it oculd be on that motor. Really depends on alot of stuff, weather etc too. My vw polo is far from the air cooled engines, so I cant really help you.

Try putting a video up on youtube!