Thanks for sharing. Speechless is how I'm left feeling. I owned a pre export 1949 beetle rescued from East Germany, fully running and driving which I stupidly sold. My biggest regret. That car was young compared to these beauties.
Amazing! The attention to detail is astonishing. And what I like as well, is that they don’t brag about prices and values. They just collect and preserve. If this was an American collection, most likely every car would be “the most expensive” car, valued at a gazillion dollar.
Yeah, amazing... But I'm calling BS on that other statement, lots of good people in the USA have done much for preservation of these cars, and their history!
the VW beatle can be compared to the Ford Model T as an icon of the era in my opinion. I love this car, the engine is amazing in it's design compexity, as well as simplicity1
Glad to see the black car put together properly. I saw it in red and heavily modified on the samba, on a Volga chassis and so on, that car looks to be more correct than the ones owned by vw
Fabulous! Many of the plans for prototype jets and such survived also only because individual engineers did not destroy all the bits and plans of their pet projects.
Love stuff like this. That would be amazing to see in person. Such an interesting early history that reaches back to an era of radically flawed and fatal politics and a ‘Reich’ that no longer exists. Strange to hear him say ‘Koenigsberg’ and ‘Russia’ given the area where one of the prototypes was found was once the German province of East Prussia....now the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast. Fascinating stuff....Even the sign...Reichssportfeld...that probably adorned the station in Berlin that led to the Olympic Stadium....that’s a priceless artefact to collectors too these days. A treasure trove of history there. Some of those cars are simply jaw-dropping in terms of their provenance and rarity...to VW people, probably like finding the Holy Grail in terms of cars...
That is amazing!! My Dad was in the US Army in the war, and one day he found a Kubelwagen. He got it running and drove it as the army advanced. He said that it had 4 wheel steering so that the car could turn around on narrow streets. He said that the car just pivoted around the center of the car and he thought it was great. Unfortunately, it developed carburetor trouble and he could not take to time to repair it as the convoy was traveling quickly. He had to destroy it so he used an incendiary grenade to do the job, but you can't leave anything behind that the enemy might be able to use.
@@StarfleetCommand71 Thanks. I often wondered about that. I had never heard of a 4 wheel steering Kubelwagen, and I thought that the one my Dad "liberated" was an experimental model, but your explanation makes a lot of sense.
@@garylangley4502 They made many different prototypes. But in the lists I have found I never saw one with 4-wheel steering. The Kubelwagen didnt even have 4-wheel drive. But they made some prototypes and special models with 4-wheel drive. But only in small numbers.
...Jay Leno's Garage of Germany :)....seriously, though...one thing Traugott and Christian truly have in common with Jay Leno, is their absolute love and hands-on relationship with their cars....
Very cool! I worked for a small VW dealership in Winnipeg Canada back in the 1980's with one of the mechanics originally from Germany. He had many stories about the vw history. I bought a red 1969 bettle from a customer, with it needing a engine reseal and a few other items. Engine ended up dropping a valve. Sold it to one of the other mechanics. I wish I still had it.
I read once & saw a real old documentary on these Vw’s. The reason they are shaped that way, is cause back then the shell was dipped in paint tanks then rolled out by overhead chain system. The shape would save a lot of paint /time & was more efficient cost saving.👍🍺
In a way, that was the idea Henry Ford had about painting Model T cars. The application of paint was with a tool that looked like a large upholstery tool for a vacuum cleaner with a large hose. As the car body came down the line, the paint was flowed onto the car, and the excess ran into a tank under the assembly line, where it was pumped back into the nozzle. They estimated that 5 gallons of paint were flowed over the car, and the result was a very smooth finish, and the workers did not need to be highly skilled to do the job.
It's design is a result of the 1930's styling that was prevalent at the time, and the fact that a rear air cooled engine made for simpler mechanics to make the car cheaper.
When I was 16, I had the chance to buy a 1957 VW bus for $75 from a used car dealer. I drove it and it would only do about 55 mph top end and that was pushing the engine to the max. It was just too slow for a kid like me. So I passed on it. Now, I can only imagine what that bus is worth today. That dealer also had a 1954 Packard 2-door hardtop coupe for $125. It was a red and white two-tone with a red and white interior. It was really pretty. Of course, it had a straight-eight engine with a manual trans and overdrive. I didn't buy that either. Ultimately, I ended up buying a 1963 Austin Healey 3000 for $1,300 in 1966. That would go 130 mph without breaking a sweat. I loved that car.
Did you ever see the VW that was dragged out of the hedge by Late Brake Show. It was an Oval rear window. It's a 'buck' guys, correct metal work term. Didn't they shorten the SchwimmWagen as it was a bit rough in the water?
I’m so much like this man in so many ways , I was bitten 15 yrs ago with an intrigue over German engineering , excited over a car that’s in rough shape but see the potential and a challenge . W123 , affordable well built cars much like the VW of much earlier .
Have to laugh when this clearly expert a most knowledgeable guy in this Field finishes a sentence “ You know “ He’ll no I don’t know , just a great humble guy .
I remember that post on the samba when they found that car in the field. I was following the thread for a few years, then kinda lost it. I about fell off my chair when I saw this was that same car! So cool to see this bug shine now. I think I remember it had the gas filler cut into the roof, or something weird like that?
Y'all wanna take a guess as to which early VW(s) he's still looking for. He told the interviewer he didn't want to mention which Ines, remember? I have an idea and it may still exist becuz it was so remarkable that SOMEONE back then would have wanted to save it in a barn, a cave or maybe some safe warehouse away from the Allied bombs?
@@persimonsen8792 - EXACTLY!!! IMO I think he is searching for Hitlers Cabrio, although all the reports say it was destroyed along with all the other KDf's and Vdubs in 1942 for the Nazi war effort. However, from this museum tour we now know that all pf them were not destroyed, so I honestly think he has a lead (or leads) on that Cabrio(s) the Porche specificaly made for his friend Adolf. If it's out there I'll bet he finds it. Those things are as rare as the Hitler Lego minifigures made in the 1930s.
@@denismorrison4772 Hitlers cabriolet does exist, but it's not been seen in the vw museum for a while now, these are the the known VW38 prototypes known to have survived.
Unglaublich tolle Sammlung, nur der Begriff "Beetle" ist falsch, das sind KdF Wagen, Kommandeurswagen, Vorstufen des KdF Wagen, Käfer, aber keine Beetle !
My dream Type 1 would be early cabriolet, semaphores, Original 15" Fuchs all polished like sterling silver on Z rated Yokohamas, disc brakes, 6 speed manual, 2.0 liter with 48's, black lacquer paint, wool carpet, dark Harrtz cloth top, mohair headliner. It would be sacrilegious to do any Chinese hacks on such works of art in my opinion. My mods are all reversible. Back in the late 1980's I sold an unrestored complete running 1952 cabriolet type 1 to Mike Hornbecker of Manhattan Beach, California. It was 90% correct with the heart shaped tail light lense's in a box in the back seat. I didn't have the money to keep it unfortunately and passed it on to Mike, my neighbor. If it was a hardtop it would have been a split window. The original owner, an elderly lady living in Palos Verdes, California remembered me out of hundreds of askers if "she would sell it", sold it to me for $1,000. God, how much I wanted to keep that jewel. Another friend from Hermosa Beach, Ebberhart had a 1947 type 2 that was complete but rough.
Well laugh at me. I thought this was going to be a video about a Beatle, the animal type. I thought hmmmm this might be interesting. Well, now I see there is a part one and like any kid wo grew up driving in the 60s, I loved the Beatles.
Oddly enough....Henry Ford in his vanity and close mindedness also turned down management of the VW factory ....the car that would eventually outsell the model T.
I worked in Hermosa Beach, California at a hi end car dealer in 1980's. We had at one time 7 300 SL Gullwings. They were valued at $45,000 to $65,000 back then. Almost daily there were accidents on P.C.H. from people rubbernecking our cars!
The car with no chrome and none of fancy nickel plated at all. Just basic and cheap Horch & Cie car in made in 1925 that was sold new to a lot of customers in during the 1930's and they have radiator cooled engine at front of its chassis at wheelbase around 100 inches and not longer and it comes with 50 HP engine and not bigger CID. It has two doors for convertible German front engine coupe. Only the rich German were able to afford any car in during 1920's and 1930's. 1915 Hispano-Suiza up to 1920 Hispano-Suiza H6B 4 seat Boulogne were common in Germany Autobahn with engine at not more 40 HP.
I would relate visiting and viewing his collection to a Muslim attending Mecca or a Christian visiting Jerusalem. I think I'd take a knee or two upon visiting The 38.
@@francis8062 I know they had a law suit against VW that got settled, but there were similar cars around at that time, just as today there are many similarities between manufacturers today.
I have one of the 4 pieces in Indonesia. vw safari year 1973 full original without paint on the body. and I want to sell it this year. who knows you are interested?? Hehee..
I thought Ringo was the world's oldest Beatle.
...Ha! Ha!...good one!... :)
Ba dum tish!
Pete best is older I think?
@@ThemissouriTraveler
Good one, forgot all about old Pete.
@@ThemissouriTraveler l think Pete was born in late '41...
Wow! Mr. Grundmann has the most impressive VW collection ever. Thank you so much for taking us on this wonderful tour of the Grundmann Museum!
Thank you Sir for restoring these vehicles and taking the time out of your life to do this. To preserve the history for others to enjoy!
Heaven!!!! I am in awe of this wonderful rare collection!! Wow ! I could listen to him talk VW’s all day!
Thanks for sharing. Speechless is how I'm left feeling. I owned a pre export 1949 beetle rescued from East Germany, fully running and driving which I stupidly sold. My biggest regret. That car was young compared to these beauties.
Amazing! The attention to detail is astonishing. And what I like as well, is that they don’t brag about prices and values. They just collect and preserve. If this was an American collection, most likely every car would be “the most expensive” car, valued at a gazillion dollar.
Yeah, amazing... But I'm calling BS on that other statement, lots of good people in the USA have done much for preservation of these cars, and their history!
the VW beatle can be compared to the Ford Model T as an icon of the era in my opinion. I love this car, the engine is amazing in it's design compexity, as well as simplicity1
Fantastic video and fantastic cars 👍👍👍. I wish to visit the grundmann museum some time soon.
Love this.
So many similarities to my own '65.
This is why I love my '64.
Priceless collection. Awesome!
Wow your videos are amazing me and my dad are foaming at the mouth looking at these important pieces of VW history.
Glad to see the black car put together properly. I saw it in red and heavily modified on the samba, on a Volga chassis and so on, that car looks to be more correct than the ones owned by vw
Cracking video. What a fascinating guy. Would love to wonder round there one day
What a magnificent Museum!! Absolutely priceless!!
Fabulous! Many of the plans for prototype jets and such survived also only because individual engineers did not destroy all the bits and plans of their pet projects.
Love stuff like this. That would be amazing to see in person. Such an interesting early history that reaches back to an era of radically flawed and fatal politics and a ‘Reich’ that no longer exists. Strange to hear him say ‘Koenigsberg’ and ‘Russia’ given the area where one of the prototypes was found was once the German province of East Prussia....now the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast. Fascinating stuff....Even the sign...Reichssportfeld...that probably adorned the station in Berlin that led to the Olympic Stadium....that’s a priceless artefact to collectors too these days. A treasure trove of history there. Some of those cars are simply jaw-dropping in terms of their provenance and rarity...to VW people, probably like finding the Holy Grail in terms of cars...
I like that the prototype chassis is just around the corner from the very last Beetle ever produced (in Mexico in 2003). Very fitting…
That is amazing!! My Dad was in the US Army in the war, and one day he found a Kubelwagen. He got it running and drove it as the army advanced. He said that it had 4 wheel steering so that the car could turn around on narrow streets. He said that the car just pivoted around the center of the car and he thought it was great. Unfortunately, it developed carburetor trouble and he could not take to time to repair it as the convoy was traveling quickly. He had to destroy it so he used an incendiary grenade to do the job, but you can't leave anything behind that the enemy might be able to use.
He probably found a Hanomag PKW KFZ.2 or a STOEWER. Some of these had 4-wheel steering. The Kubelwagen never had 4-wheel steering.
@@StarfleetCommand71 Thanks. I often wondered about that. I had never heard of a 4 wheel steering Kubelwagen, and I thought that the one my Dad "liberated" was an experimental model, but your explanation makes a lot of sense.
@@garylangley4502 They made many different prototypes. But in the lists I have found I never saw one with 4-wheel steering. The Kubelwagen didnt even have 4-wheel drive. But they made some prototypes and special models with 4-wheel drive. But only in small numbers.
My father had a schwimmwagen in 1945 Italy but blew the engine on the auto strada hurrying up to the Yugoslav border.
Is there any books covering the museum? Pictures and histories. Wonderful museum.
What an amazing collection of some of the best most important VW’s in history! Just beautiful and amazing!👌🥰👍
very, very nice video ! Thank you guys !
...Jay Leno's Garage of Germany :)....seriously, though...one thing Traugott and Christian truly have in common with Jay Leno, is their absolute love and hands-on relationship with their cars....
Very cool! I worked for a small VW dealership in Winnipeg Canada back in the 1980's with one of the mechanics originally from Germany. He had many stories about the vw history. I bought a red 1969 bettle from a customer, with it needing a engine reseal and a few other items. Engine ended up dropping a valve. Sold it to one of the other mechanics. I wish I still had it.
Makes my 1967 Beetle seem brand new!
I read once & saw a real old documentary on these Vw’s. The reason they are shaped that way, is cause back then the shell was dipped in paint tanks then rolled out by overhead chain system. The shape would save a lot of paint /time & was more efficient cost saving.👍🍺
In a way, that was the idea Henry Ford had about painting Model T cars. The application of paint was with a tool that looked like a large upholstery tool for a vacuum cleaner with a large hose. As the car body came down the line, the paint was flowed onto the car, and the excess ran into a tank under the assembly line, where it was pumped back into the nozzle. They estimated that 5 gallons of paint were flowed over the car, and the result was a very smooth finish, and the workers did not need to be highly skilled to do the job.
It's design is a result of the 1930's styling that was prevalent at the time, and the fact that a rear air cooled engine made for simpler mechanics to make the car cheaper.
Rustproofing primer is what they were dipped in. The cars were then hand sprayed. The video I saw.
@@brianchisnell1548 great Video thanks for that👍
Er...i don't think so.
The buck needs to be copied, and sold so the car can be reproduced...
When I was 16, I had the chance to buy a 1957 VW bus for $75 from a used car dealer. I drove it and it would only do about 55 mph top end and that was pushing the engine to the max. It was just too slow for a kid like me. So I passed on it. Now, I can only imagine what that bus is worth today. That dealer also had a 1954 Packard 2-door hardtop coupe for $125. It was a red and white two-tone with a red and white interior. It was really pretty. Of course, it had a straight-eight engine with a manual trans and overdrive. I didn't buy that either.
Ultimately, I ended up buying a 1963 Austin Healey 3000 for $1,300 in 1966. That would go 130 mph without breaking a sweat. I loved that car.
You made the best choice. Now you should have kept the Healey.
So beautiful!!!
Wow, just learned a lot to remarkable and we love to see that place for real unbelievable thank you
why did you change the color? For me it would be better to keep the original color!
Lol what?
Wow. What an astonishing collection!
Fantastic collection
Did you ever see the VW that was dragged out of the hedge by Late Brake Show.
It was an Oval rear window.
It's a 'buck' guys, correct metal work term.
Didn't they shorten the SchwimmWagen as it was a bit rough in the water?
This has to get much mure clicks.. what a collection, what a passioned man. Great conten, thank you so much for the video :)
I’m so much like this man in so many ways , I was bitten 15 yrs ago with an intrigue over German engineering , excited over a car that’s in rough shape but see the potential and a challenge . W123 , affordable well built cars much like the VW of much earlier .
Excellent
Former on mould.... beautiful cars.
After D Day my dad bought a beetle in France for 100 cigarettes what would it be worth today
half a million possibly.
150 cigarettes and 2 cigars today
@@chrismc.4437 😂😂
Yah! Buddy just walks by the k-wagen prototype
Fascinating.
Have to laugh when this clearly expert a most knowledgeable guy in this Field finishes a sentence “ You know “ He’ll no I don’t know , just a great humble guy .
Little Funfact: VW produce the most Currywurst in Germany ( no joke )
Indeed. Part Number: 199 398 500. It's their best-selling product. They also make Ketchup.
The one, that he is missing, have to be the Type 64.
I remember that post on the samba when they found that car in the field. I was following the thread for a few years, then kinda lost it. I about fell off my chair when I saw this was that same car! So cool to see this bug shine now. I think I remember it had the gas filler cut into the roof, or something weird like that?
I had two Volkswagons, I modified one, that it could melt ice on the windscreen!
Amazing. Congratulations 👏👏👏
What is the engine of the prototype 06 of 1938? 903 cc 24 hp?
What a history...
Y'all wanna take a guess as to which early VW(s) he's still looking for. He told the interviewer he didn't want to mention which Ines, remember? I have an idea and it may still exist becuz it was so remarkable that SOMEONE back then would have wanted to save it in a barn, a cave or maybe some safe warehouse away from the Allied bombs?
What car do you think it is ? Maybe a cabrio. One of those Adolf used to parade in
@@persimonsen8792 - EXACTLY!!! IMO I think he is searching for Hitlers Cabrio, although all the reports say it was destroyed along with all the other KDf's and Vdubs in 1942 for the Nazi war effort. However, from this museum tour we now know that all pf them were not destroyed, so I honestly think he has a lead (or leads) on that Cabrio(s) the Porche specificaly made for his friend Adolf. If it's out there I'll bet he finds it.
Those things are as rare as the Hitler Lego minifigures made in the 1930s.
@@denismorrison4772 Hitlers cabriolet does exist, but it's not been seen in the vw museum for a while now, these are the the known VW38 prototypes known to have survived.
"Darth Vaders Helmet"
- James May
Great vid guys enjoyed that alot
The VW cars have affected the whole world for the better. I love the history.
subtitles gave me seizures ! why would you think that was cool?
liked the video once i got off the floor
wonderfulll!!!
There's a small canteen in the front where you can buy a can of beetljuice
Wow that is amazing
just found out all the stock from the car of the people with James may got his saving box and pdf wagon, came from this guy
Unglaublich tolle Sammlung, nur der Begriff "Beetle" ist falsch, das sind KdF Wagen, Kommandeurswagen, Vorstufen des KdF Wagen, Käfer, aber keine Beetle !
My dream Type 1 would be early cabriolet, semaphores, Original 15" Fuchs all polished like sterling silver on Z rated Yokohamas, disc brakes, 6 speed manual, 2.0 liter with 48's, black lacquer paint, wool carpet, dark Harrtz cloth top, mohair headliner. It would be sacrilegious to do any Chinese hacks on such works of art in my opinion. My mods are all reversible.
Back in the late 1980's I sold an unrestored complete running 1952 cabriolet type 1 to Mike Hornbecker of Manhattan Beach, California. It was 90% correct with the heart shaped tail light lense's in a box in the back seat. I didn't have the money to keep it unfortunately and passed it on to Mike, my neighbor. If it was a hardtop it would have been a split window.
The original owner, an elderly lady living in Palos Verdes, California remembered me out of hundreds of askers if "she would sell it", sold it to me for $1,000. God, how much I wanted to keep that jewel.
Another friend from Hermosa Beach, Ebberhart had a 1947 type 2 that was complete but rough.
idk if he said it but fun fact
the first convertible bug wasmade for hittler.
Please tell your cameraman to take his lens off the men and onto the cars....
...I'd always thought that Ringo was the oldest of them
Any chance we can see the cars please
I actually got to see the second vw beetle off the line and bout she was rusty but know she’s worth we’ll over 120k surprisingly
Born in 1956, my folks purchased a 1965 b
needs to add Herbie the love bug
I was thinking the same thing
This guy has some of the oldest, most historically significant early German cars left on the planet. And your mind goes to a shitty 60s movie prop?
Love stuff like this
So, How do you verify the true organ of the cars ?
Where is this ! I have to visit !
Well laugh at me. I thought this was going to be a video about a Beatle, the animal type. I thought hmmmm this might be interesting. Well, now I see there is a part one and like any kid wo grew up driving in the 60s, I loved the Beatles.
Great video but the captions are distracting and take too long to load. Plus they block parts of the footage. Simplify!
Car number 6 is like primitive version of three 6s
Oddly enough....Henry Ford in his vanity and close mindedness also turned down management of the VW factory ....the car that would eventually outsell the model T.
Good video, but why make the subtitles so hard to read. it detracted
Love the German accent
We have ways of making you sell!🤣
Positive energy?
What does kdf stand for
Kraft durch Freude or 1:1 translated Strengt throughout happiness 😁
In English....Strength-through-Joy...
Where is the first part?
th-cam.com/video/KdtfAc769JQ/w-d-xo.html
and 3: th-cam.com/video/usTVak4A2Zs/w-d-xo.html
WOW!!!!!
What is the silver car at the Aral gas station?
It's a 1950's VW Dannenhauer.
Look up Rometsch , Beutler , Hebmuller cars , very interesting .
I worked in Hermosa Beach, California at a hi end car dealer in 1980's. We had at one time 7 300 SL Gullwings. They were valued at $45,000 to $65,000 back then. Almost daily there were accidents on P.C.H. from people rubbernecking our cars!
If you had to figure a dollar value what would it be???
Questions like that are considered rude amongst old car people.
The car with no chrome and none of fancy nickel plated at all. Just basic and cheap Horch & Cie car in made in 1925 that was sold new to a lot of customers in during the 1930's and they have radiator cooled engine at front of its chassis at wheelbase around 100 inches and not longer and it comes with 50 HP engine and not bigger CID. It has two doors for convertible German front engine coupe. Only the rich German were able to afford any car in during 1920's and 1930's. 1915 Hispano-Suiza up to 1920 Hispano-Suiza H6B 4 seat Boulogne were common in Germany Autobahn with engine at not more 40 HP.
Instead of making a video of two guys talking about a car, why don't you make a video of the car itself?
How the hell does one make enough money to do that as a hobby??
Dedication, sacrifice and probably a good bit of luck.
I would relate visiting and viewing his collection to a Muslim attending Mecca or a Christian visiting Jerusalem. I think I'd take a knee or two upon visiting The 38.
i guess its Ringo Starr...
VW beetle nirvana
show the cars. not u talking ??????
Politicians and leaders have always been the biggest conmen , paying for something you'll never receive
That's similar to the mark of 5he beast system that going to happen today that stamp today it's going to be the chip thing
The world's oldest Beetle is the Tatra 97, from which the Beetle derives.
There were many cars around that had similar styling in that era, the beetle just became the most successful.
@@T101cyberdynesystems look out for "Vw Tatra controversy" ... It's not a simple coincidence.
@@francis8062 I know they had a law suit against VW that got settled, but there were similar cars around at that time, just as today there are many similarities between manufacturers today.
7:06 That awkward moment where you love classic cars from the 1930s-1940s, but can't show too much love for 1930s-1940s Germany.
Well that's your interpretation. Despite the disaster that occured in Germany at that time there's still plenty of desirable memories from that era.
I have one of the 4 pieces in Indonesia. vw safari year 1973 full original without paint on the body. and I want to sell it this year. who knows you are interested?? Hehee..
Hitler's named it Volk's Wagon, what an honor.
He actually named it KDF wagen. Though the company was called VolksWagen
Deutschland, Deutschland Über Alles!!!
Great story. Interesting video. Thanks for putting this story together.
Your graphics suck, too hard to read for old eyes!
? Didn’t Hitler design the beetle or had a hand in it
The Design was managed by Ferdinand Porsche the Head of technical department...................
I love to own copycat cars VW beetle