The JEEPS are VW 183 Iltis. I own a 1979 Iltis here in the UK. The first Beetle is a 1977-78 1200 standard beetle built in that spec for the Bundeswehr also. I've owned one of those too. The second Beetle is a post 1978 Mexican built Beetle for the Bundeswehr. The earlier cars stopped being produced at Emden in 1978 and then they were bought from VW Mexico. The steering wheels and headrests or lack of, give it away. The Trabant convertibles were known as Trabant Kubels. The civilian soft top version were known as Tramps.
Thanks for the video. Incredible chaos and everything is rotten. Very sad for the VW Iltis and DKW Munga. The Sibmas 6x6 Armored Support Vehicle at 13:00 is a Belgian development from 1970 and later. Only used in Malaysia. Very, very rarely belongs in a museum or in collector's hands.
Whenever im watching these all i think is "who was the last person to drive they cars and park them there" or even something simple like "wonder wgo placed they ladders against that wall" etc. Love the exploring vids! Keep it up!
The trucks with the round cabs / one with a crane / one smashed in front and row of them are a IFA W50 east German built in the 80's. Great bits of kit
First time posting on one of your videos but I have been watching you for a good bit now. I truly enjoying watching all your videos, so thank you very much! Anyways, I love seeing all the old vehicles especially thoses VW Beetles. Growing up my father had one and he loved that thing. We used to ride up in the mountains and around his property in the woods. Those are some wonderful memories from my childhood. RJF Scooter beat me to the punch about the two American trucks being Dodges. My husband was watching with me and he said wait I think that is a Dodge. No matter they were an unexpected find and so cool to see!!! Also in the into to the video, I happened to see a Dutch flag on the side of a vehicle, that was nice to see since my husband is Dutch. Thank you again, I enjoyed the video.
The first American pickup you filmed is a Dodge, probably a D100 from the second half of the '70s or early '80s, with a 318 cu. in. V8 (about 5.2 litres and petrol-powered.) The first one is a standard cab pickup with the frames still in place for a fabric tilt over the load area, and the one behind is a double cab with what appears to be some form of special rear body. They're both 4x4 as they have the lever for the transfer box on the cab floor and they both appear to be automatics with column change. Both 4x4 and 4x2 versions saw extensive use with the US armed forces, mostly with automatic gearboxes though some used in more specialised roles did have manual boxes. Shortened twin rear wheel (duallies) were used as aircraft tugs on air bases and the MoD in the UK did have a number of these in right-hand drive form as aircraft crash tenders on a number of RAF, Navy and Fleet Air Arm bases. I live near an old Naval air field that had one of the big Dodge crash tenders and, in fact, it is still in service as a back-up unit to the newer Carmichael 6x6 Range-Rover that replaced it in the second half of the '80s, at the helicopter repair station they were transferred to when the airfield closed for military use
7:10 are Volkswagen Type 183's or more commonly know as the Iltis. 8:02 looks to be a mid 1950s Mercedes-Benz L-series, probably an L 311 or L 312. 9:06 is a Trabant P 601 A Kübel that was used by the East German military. The circular faded spot on the drivers side above the front wheel looks like where the roundel was placed. EDIT: 8:12 are DKW Munga's, I almost missed em'. 4:00 is an East German Robur LO 2002. 12:00 looks like some type of IVECO or Magirus. 13:02 is a Belgian SIBMAS IFV, but it's missing the turret. 17:50 are Henschel HS 115 A's.
13:00 SIBMAS. A Belgian amphibious infantry fighting vehicle. Produced in the early 1980s. A bit strange. According to Wiki they were only sold to Malaysia. Maybe this is a prototype.
Was there a U.S. army base close by at one time? I really enjoy your work and your ability to laugh and find joy in what you do. Well done young man, well done. Sibmas, Belgian armored personnel carrier.
18:05 are W50 or L60, the L60 looked pretty much the same but had another engine which was not east german. They where only builded a few years after the wall came down.
Wow!, all of the automobiles are amazing, I saw a few I'd love to restore, I have insomnia , and am loving all of the automobiles, cars, so sad that their abandoned, so I cant sleep, what a better way to spend the night exploring your old vehicles with you, if I fall asleep, I'll dream of restoring a few of these. Thanks for sharing. Its been a ride into the past. Thanks, take care.🙂❤💛😉
This hit me hard. Been going through this for a few months now, sedatives only make me sick. No sleep is no way to live, hope you were able to get a nap or two!
23:55 bees nest. That is why I am scared to open cars that have been sitting for so long. There is a truck in my neighbors yard, and there is a bees nest in the mirror. (I think that nest in the mirror and in this Aerostar are abandoned and old though)
The first Beetle with the red cross on the doors has the elephant's foot larger rear lights and black door handles and trim so that puts it well into the 1970s for manufacture. It's probably one of the poverty model 1200s made for military and government service in a number of European countries. They also built them in right-hand drive form for use by postal services so that the driver didn't have to get out of the car to put the post in people's post boxes. A friend of mine has one of those from 1979 and, even by Beetle standards, boy is it slow. It is very charming though...
I agree that beetle is definitely a early to mid 70s Super Beetle with struts in the front instead of the torsion beam the intake manifold on the engine makes me think it's a 1600 dual-port
I was there last summer and spoke to the owner. This is a private collection. He is slowly getting rid of the cars. I understood that he is now getting taxed on his collection. There are a few motion sensors around the place and signs no entry. Owner can be quite angry if he finds you there. You can pay 20 euros and then he willlet you roam around for as long as you want.
@@thomasstanley3283 I'm not going to share the location. Nothing persenal but there will be people that will abuse the site. I found with Google in an hour.
These first trucks are East-German. The first one you came by was a Robur, The crane and the yellow one are W50. Also, the electronics equipment is of East-German descent.
Those blue vehicles look like they have been bodge repainted for export, most likely to Africa as you still see many Rundhaubers there. Ex-military export vehicles are sometimes oversprayed to hide their typical military colors, however the typical color for military vehicles in Africa is usually sand not green as in Europe. It looks as if they could have been resprayed relatively recently so probably are actually still waiting to go en route. These vehicles are, to me, strangely standing out from a crowd of long abandoned vehicles because they show some recent activity. Those test devices in the back of the truck were most likely a telecom engineer's. The truck looks like a telecom truck but I'm not sure if they were actually used inside there at one time or just stored there later. On the pile of stuff at 16:23 is a motorcycle frame that looks like it could be from a Hercules K125 military motorcycle. Such places are always a hell of a trip and would be even more if their history was known.
The VW jeeps are Type 183 Iltis. Which replaced the 181 Trekker. Used lots by German, Belgian and Canadian forces. Rare secondhand and worth lots when they come on the market.
their value has not really gone up sadly Our Canadian version built by Bombardier in Quebec If you can find one still on the road will set you back maybe 4 grand. I was lucky enough to own and run one for 4 years still have the "key" for it
Crazy collection of east and west german military cars and trucks. 16:05 sign says something like: "Sleeping with running heater forbidden. Always put leaver to 'fresh air' " The first Truck is a Robur LO or LD, east German Production LO was Petrol, LD Diesel, both had air-cooled engines. The IFA W50 also was an east German build.
The American pickups are dodge W200’s from the early seventies - in military spec they came equipped with 318 cu in V8 engines & 3 speed automatic gearboxes- great find 👍
7:25 The 4 wheel drive of the VW Iltis was the origin and the "mother" of the Audi Quattro drive. The engine (75PS 1600ccm Petrol) was also used in Golf MK 1 and Scirocco MK1. Car history at it´s best :-) 7:44 the Military-Sign on the Iltis is from the "Panzergrenadier Battaillon 362 in Walldürn/ South-West Germany. The Base was dissolved in 1992. For 30€ you can visit this Military-Sematary (look for Traction Sud/Belgium).
18:45-18:55 these are old czechoslovakia truck.. first one is TATRA 148 and another one is TATRA 815... nice and undestroyable trucks... you can put new battery and fresh diesel in it and they should start...
At 9.25 you walk past two flat four vw engines that have been converted to run water pumps I believe, they'll be fantastic engines if you can still crank them
I would guess that that was once a military and government surplus dealer that probably bought from right across Europe judging by the number of former Eastern bloc and American vehicles there. The American stuff would have come from the various US military bases in Europe that closed down after the end of the cold war, it used to be that you couldn't really go anywhere in East Anglia without tripping over pensioned off US military vehicles and personal vehicles that US service personnel had left behind when they got transferred back home. All the left overs got parcelled up and sold off in job lots, frequently for not even scrap value. That is rather the problem with buying direct from military and government disposal organisations, it's often almost impossible to buy a single vehicle or single lot as you have to buy an entire parcel to get what you want. If you have the time and the space then the stuff in the parcel that isn't what you wanted or isn't fit for selling on for re-use then you can break it down for parts, hence the number of smashed up vehicles. A friend of mine once bought a truck from the UK military surplus auction, well, I say A truck, it turned out that he'd bought 10, most of which were parts vehicles as well as the one he wanted. He paid about £1600 for the lot, which was a lot less than the V8-powered Iveco-Ford Cargo tractor unit on its own was worth. That truck is still working for him and earning a good living, and he's got enough parts to build probably another 4 if he could be bothered... He certainly won't be needing to buy much for the foreseeable future, not even service parts as a load of them were included in the parcel...
@@simbared It's probably different with different militaries. In the UK, anything that has been cleared for disposal and genuinely is junk will generally get sold off as scrap as it makes the best money that way rather than going through a disposal auction. I suspect a lot of the "junk" that ends up with the dealers is just stuff they haven't managed to find a buyer for, or items that were sold off as being for parts only and have been harvested, pr partially harvested. Once there is nothing left, then they'll probably make the trip to the scrap yard...
Those Volkswagen Iltis military vehicles were incredibly advanced for the time and extremely capable in difficult terrain. They're pretty rare now too so it's quite a surprise to see so many sitting in the same place. I don't imagine any of those will ever go back on the road as they look pretty rough and rotten...
you would be surprised at what can make it back on the road. their biggest issues now is their all metal bodies are all full of rust, which would need to be addressed I gave up on mine when I had no floor left in the back and my batteries kept falling out :)
That was some fined, The truck at 19:26 a Iveco TurboStar 190 38, this truck has a 17.2 L V8 they were quite a common sight on the road up till about 15-20 years ago in the UK [ still loads in Italy ]. TurboStars are pretty sought after now.
They are called the iltis I ran one for 4 years after Canada retired them. cost us 85k per vehicle when we made them from 1984 to 1986 and they could go pretty much anywhere!! officially they are the model 183 or the next version of the VW thing. great little machines.
@@Floodkiller117 yes they were ordered for our military to use as scouts and rovers and were retired when they were found to not hold up well to being blown up....
Those two pickups next to the fence. First one was a dodge d200, may be a d100. Circa 1970's followed by what appeared to be another 79s or 80s ford f150.
12:59 minutes That Army vehicle are marines vehicle who’s like it was made during the mid-1980s or 1990’s it’s the amphibian vehicle if it’s think about 10 soldiers in the vehicle or 15
American cars and trucks used to have the last two digits of the year molded into the rear tail lights. Such as A213456B92 the 92 would be the year the car was built. Don’t know if they still do or not.
After the wall came down in 1989, a lot of former eastern Germany and soviet military and utility equipment was sold off by the newly unified Germany to boost its economy, many ended up being bought by folk in the west. I guess that’s how much of this stuff ended up there. Looking at the vehicles I’d say the property was in use till the mid 90,’s. the American stuff will be what was on American airbases in Germany, they ship them over when deployed there,as German cars where relatively expensive at the time, then sell them when they return to America as its not worth the shipping costs.
23:46 is a Ford Aerostar minivan, haven't seen one in years. Nice work! In the US the VW open wagons are called a VW Thing. Nickname I would imagine. In Holland they were "ugly ducks" if memory serves.
🤔🥺😔 sad to see this history disappearing in front of our eyes 👀 That look 👀 like back up generator do use in the military service for power Do there might use diesel fuel ⛽️ 9:20 minutes
On the American cars, there should be a sticker inside the door frame when you open the drivers door, that has all the info. Nice Vid. your girl looked thrilled
12:39...HOLY SHIT!! A FRIGGIN' DINOSAUR!! Made in one place & one place ONLY!!...Hazelwood,Missouri...that's a '93-'95 right there... 23:50...that red one is in good knick and could probably be running again.... 25:10....id haul that "late model Standard" outta those woods and shove a 2332cc in it..(get rid of those awful friggin' rear tail-lights) and drive it....as is...no paint..just patina...
And crush truck is IFA W 50 is a medium-duty truck built by the East German IFA conglomerate at their Ludwigsfelde plant from 1965 until 1990. A total of about 572,000 were built in Ludwigsfelde, with an unknown additional number of special-use vehicles assembled at other plants. It was meant to be succeeded by the IFA L 60 but outlived it by several months. IFA ended all truck production on 17 December 1990,[1] following the reunification of Germany.
Must be ex US Germany army stock. Mercedes, Magirus, MAN, VW, and even some Trabants (East German/DDR car maker). The Tatra truck is a Czech brand. Lighter van was French made but the Ford combivan had Belgian nbr plates... Would've liked to be with you that day. Btw, the first beetle you saw was a later model, certainly not an early one, because of the big square back window. The big amphibian troop transporter "Sibmas" (made in Belgium) is definitely NOT from WW2 but very actual... IVECO is an industrial/army vehicles subsidiary of FIAT. Nice find...!
When I see some models of the trucks, I assume that you were in former East Germany. Probably everything came to a halt there, after the Wall fell in 1990. So that is why everything looks damaged and it is no longer being looked after for 25 to 30 years.
It is an old military Base in east Germany. The old german democratik republik. Some east trucks like IFA W50, L60, old Robur Bus and the Trabant kübel an open military version of the Trabant 600 from DDR. The VW Iltis ,beetles, us cars, MAN and so on are comes in that base after Germany become one and the End of the wall 1990. The german army is now called Bundeswehr. The Tank with wheels are from the 80s its still aktiv in german Bundeswehr, i can not explain why its left there because its a lot of money worth. On the paper in the truck with the spy case on the Back stands: its not allowed to sleep when the heater is on! Allways put the swich of fresh air. Nice spot, i wish i now where it is, maybe not far away from my hometown. Best wishes! By Erik...
It is definately NOT an eastern german military base, it is located in belgium. The wheeled tank is also a belgian version and was never used by the Bundeswehr. Before telling such a tale, do a little research next time.
The SIBMAS armoured personnel carrier were buit by GKN defence, used a lot in Northern Ireland and the first gulf war to name just a few, used up until the early 90's I think
I love your videos but I struggle to hear what you are saying in them - please could you speak a little more clearly (louder) in your next videos. Thank you.
The two first trucks are Robur and IFA. Made in East Germny. The small 4x4 are volkswagen Iltis ( 1980) and Auto Union (1960) . The truck engine comes from a air cooled Magirus Deutz truck . The bike frame is from a MZ 250. All those vehicles except the Iltis and Auto Union are East German made.
The fire engine at 4:22 must be of former East German origin. On the production plate it says VEB, that's ''Volks Eigene Betrieb'', which roughly translates into "people owned factory" The armored car is'nt WW2, most likely 80's. Nice vid, love this old mylitary stuff!
The pickup trucks aren't Ford's but Dodge three quarter ton models. The V8 engines are the Chrysler 360. That body style was built from 1972 to 1992. The ones you found are 1976 model year. They are what the US Army called the Dodge M80. The ones you found were at one time US Army inventory. When Chrysler was in financial trouble in the mid-70s the government purchased a lot of these pickup trucks for the US military all branches of service. It did help Chrysler out of a financial bind and the trucks are note worthy in that they have bullet proof four wheel gear. Towards the end of your video is a small US Government Jeep trailer from World War II. That looks to be all there and if it were here in the states you could get at least $4,000 for it. They are very rare so go back find out who owns it and buy it before somebody decides to destroy it with a sledgehammer. Any World War II vehicle collector would love to have it in their collection.
Se isso estivesse no Brasil,nada disso estaria aí pra contar história pois tudo isso abandonado teria virado a alegria de muitos nóias e a propriedade invadida pelo sem terra ,sem teto ou transformada em comunidade....
The fire engine and crane that you found appear to be products of the former East Germany. The build plate on the front of the fire engine says VEB Robur-Werke Zittau. Robur are a company that build fire engine bodies and I'm sure they're still going, largely building vehicles for specialist applications now. Zittau, I'm pretty certain, is a town in eastern Germany over towards the Polish border, so the former East Germany. I'm not sure what the make of the truck chassis are but I sort of vaguely recognise the shape and style of the cab. These vehicles probably aren't as old as they look as a lot of the former communist manufacturers kept their designs in production for a long time. Based on the fact that the fire truck had black-painted door handles rather than bright metal I would guess it dates from the second half of the 1980s and maybe as late as the early '90s...
Nothing older than the 1970's. Seems to be an original army base of a former Cold War Bundeswehr regiment (West German Army) that was made redundant when Germany was again unified. When Gorbachev and Reagan kissed and made up in 1989 it brought an end to the Cold War and almost immediately, and certainly by 1990, hundreds of German and allied army units were made redundant. Allied units, mostly US and British returned with their equipment to their own countries. German equipment however became a headache to deal with and remained where it was. Virtually of Russia's land, sea and air units ceased to exist. Pay and salary to all Russian units stopped overnight and as a result of 'no pay, no work' all Russian servicemen walked off the job and returned home leaving airbases, naval bases and army bases fully equipped but completely abandoned. With fixed workshops at this location, this will likely be an original unmaintained East German army base, possibly a Mechanical and Engineering unit (just a guess) that has fallen into civilian hands and allowed to become very overgrown by trees and scrubs while he has added a small umber of non-military vehicles from the 1990s to present to the collection. It's close to a highway as you can hear fast moving traffic in the background. Great video. I could hear the sound okay. Would like to know the location on Google Earth so I could explore more, I'm in Australia so very unlikely to ever go there!
what a find are they owned by someone can you buy them or tow one away a lot still got hard tyres by the look of it anyway great video A1 cheers for sharing
I swear, your channel is just one wonderland after another.
The JEEPS are VW 183 Iltis. I own a 1979 Iltis here in the UK. The first Beetle is a 1977-78 1200 standard beetle built in that spec for the Bundeswehr also. I've owned one of those too. The second Beetle is a post 1978 Mexican built Beetle for the Bundeswehr. The earlier cars stopped being produced at Emden in 1978 and then they were bought from VW Mexico. The steering wheels and headrests or lack of, give it away. The Trabant convertibles were known as Trabant Kubels. The civilian soft top version were known as Tramps.
Ahhhh yes!!
Another VW Historian!! (Me too)
Good eye & good info mate!
With the VW Iltis were also 3 DKW Munga's . They where rwplced by the Iltis at the time . Mercedes G-Wagon replcee the Iltis
Just brilliant, really interesting cannot believe all this classic hardware has just been left.Such a great walk around ,thanks for showing us it all.
Thanks for the video. Incredible chaos and everything is rotten. Very sad for the VW Iltis and DKW Munga. The Sibmas 6x6 Armored Support Vehicle at 13:00 is a Belgian development from 1970 and later. Only used in Malaysia.
Very, very rarely belongs in a museum or in collector's hands.
Great video. With all the vehicles you filmed, the junkyard would be a dream place to visit for a collector.
Whenever im watching these all i think is "who was the last person to drive they cars and park them there" or even something simple like "wonder wgo placed they ladders against that wall" etc. Love the exploring vids! Keep it up!
The trucks with the round cabs / one with a crane / one smashed in front and row of them are a IFA W50 east German built in the 80's. Great bits of kit
I’ve been there 4 years ago. Now it looks even more rotten than back in the days, but still fascinating. Time to visit this lovley place again.
Where is this location?
First time posting on one of your videos but I have been watching you for a good bit now. I truly enjoying watching all your videos, so thank you very much! Anyways, I love seeing all the old vehicles especially thoses VW Beetles. Growing up my father had one and he loved that thing. We used to ride up in the mountains and around his property in the woods. Those are some wonderful memories from my childhood.
RJF Scooter beat me to the punch about the two American trucks being Dodges. My husband was watching with me and he said wait I think that is a Dodge. No matter they were an unexpected find and so cool to see!!!
Also in the into to the video, I happened to see a Dutch flag on the side of a vehicle, that was nice to see since my husband is Dutch.
Thank you again, I enjoyed the video.
That big bin full of chains at 9.31 would be worth a small fortune! Great video, really interesting stuff.
The first American pickup you filmed is a Dodge, probably a D100 from the second half of the '70s or early '80s, with a 318 cu. in. V8 (about 5.2 litres and petrol-powered.) The first one is a standard cab pickup with the frames still in place for a fabric tilt over the load area, and the one behind is a double cab with what appears to be some form of special rear body. They're both 4x4 as they have the lever for the transfer box on the cab floor and they both appear to be automatics with column change. Both 4x4 and 4x2 versions saw extensive use with the US armed forces, mostly with automatic gearboxes though some used in more specialised roles did have manual boxes. Shortened twin rear wheel (duallies) were used as aircraft tugs on air bases and the MoD in the UK did have a number of these in right-hand drive form as aircraft crash tenders on a number of RAF, Navy and Fleet Air Arm bases. I live near an old Naval air field that had one of the big Dodge crash tenders and, in fact, it is still in service as a back-up unit to the newer Carmichael 6x6 Range-Rover that replaced it in the second half of the '80s, at the helicopter repair station they were transferred to when the airfield closed for military use
7:10 are Volkswagen Type 183's or more commonly know as the Iltis.
8:02 looks to be a mid 1950s Mercedes-Benz L-series, probably an L 311 or L 312.
9:06 is a Trabant P 601 A Kübel that was used by the East German military. The circular faded spot on the drivers side above the front wheel looks like where the roundel was placed.
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8:12 are DKW Munga's, I almost missed em'.
4:00 is an East German Robur LO 2002.
12:00 looks like some type of IVECO or Magirus.
13:02 is a Belgian SIBMAS IFV, but it's missing the turret.
17:50 are Henschel HS 115 A's.
17 50 sind keine henschel.. das sind IFA W 50
And dodge trucks
18:40 Tatra-148
18:50 Tatra-815
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those storages would be very precious for vintage vehicles owners. Bulbs, filter glasses, injection nozzles, etc.
The most thought provoking explore I've seen. So many different vehicles from different decades (I presume.) A great video
At 16:07 it says, sleeping with running swingingfireheater in trunk forbidden! Always put the lever on freshair
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13:00 SIBMAS. A Belgian amphibious infantry fighting vehicle. Produced in the early 1980s.
A bit strange. According to Wiki they were only sold to Malaysia. Maybe this is a prototype.
That was nice that you daughter went along with you on this trip
Was there a U.S. army base close by at one time? I really enjoy your work and your ability to laugh and find joy in what you do. Well done young man, well done. Sibmas, Belgian armored personnel carrier.
18:05 are W50 or L60, the L60 looked pretty much the same but had another engine which was not east german. They where only builded a few years after the wall came down.
Wow!, all of the automobiles are amazing, I saw a few I'd love to restore, I have insomnia , and am loving all of the automobiles, cars, so sad that their abandoned, so I cant sleep, what a better way to spend the night exploring your old vehicles with you, if I fall asleep, I'll dream of restoring a few of these. Thanks for sharing. Its been a ride into the past. Thanks, take care.🙂❤💛😉
This hit me hard. Been going through this for a few months now, sedatives only make me sick. No sleep is no way to live, hope you were able to get a nap or two!
hope someone buys these vehicles to restore sad to see them like this love the old trucks : )
18:37 I also shoot the Tatras 148 and 815😍 Good fotage👍
23:55 bees nest. That is why I am scared to open cars that have been sitting for so long. There is a truck in my neighbors yard, and there is a bees nest in the mirror. (I think that nest in the mirror and in this Aerostar are abandoned and old though)
A very nice collection of old cars, nice find.
The first Beetle with the red cross on the doors has the elephant's foot larger rear lights and black door handles and trim so that puts it well into the 1970s for manufacture. It's probably one of the poverty model 1200s made for military and government service in a number of European countries. They also built them in right-hand drive form for use by postal services so that the driver didn't have to get out of the car to put the post in people's post boxes. A friend of mine has one of those from 1979 and, even by Beetle standards, boy is it slow. It is very charming though...
I agree that beetle is definitely a early to mid 70s Super Beetle with struts in the front instead of the torsion beam the intake manifold on the engine makes me think it's a 1600 dual-port
gosportjamie i think it is one of those 73 type 1 with no options. It doesnt have the cut outs for the rear vents behind the back side window
Guys they’re 1979-1985 1200s not super beetles tallbike.
7:09 VW Thing. Restored value around £35k each. But probably would cost £30k for professional restoration.
Some beautiful trees & wildflowers there. Loved that jeep with the flowers & moss in. Who says old vehicles can't make garden features?
VW Iltis 183 - very rare things. The Godfather of the Audi Quattro.
I was there last summer and spoke to the owner. This is a private collection. He is slowly getting rid of the cars. I understood that he is now getting taxed on his collection. There are a few motion sensors around the place and signs no entry. Owner can be quite angry if he finds you there. You can pay 20 euros and then he willlet you roam around for as long as you want.
Hugo Vet we’re is it I like to go and look at them
@@thomasstanley3283 I'm not going to share the location. Nothing persenal but there will be people that will abuse the site. I found with Google in an hour.
18:42 TATRA 148 six wheels drive Czech Republic truck 1972-1982 Diesel consumption was over 30 litres/100km !!!!
These first trucks are East-German. The first one you came by was a Robur, The crane and the yellow one are W50. Also, the electronics equipment is of East-German descent.
This is a very interesting video....looks kinda like a junk yard..but had a lot of military stuff ...thank you for sharing it.
4:15 that is a Robur truck.
9:08 a Trabant.
10:27 and 17:50 an IFA trucks.
All stuff of these came from the DDR era.
Those blue vehicles look like they have been bodge repainted for export, most likely to Africa as you still see many Rundhaubers there. Ex-military export vehicles are sometimes oversprayed to hide their typical military colors, however the typical color for military vehicles in Africa is usually sand not green as in Europe. It looks as if they could have been resprayed relatively recently so probably are actually still waiting to go en route. These vehicles are, to me, strangely standing out from a crowd of long abandoned vehicles because they show some recent activity.
Those test devices in the back of the truck were most likely a telecom engineer's. The truck looks like a telecom truck but I'm not sure if they were actually used inside there at one time or just stored there later.
On the pile of stuff at 16:23 is a motorcycle frame that looks like it could be from a Hercules K125 military motorcycle.
Such places are always a hell of a trip and would be even more if their history was known.
The VW jeeps are Type 183 Iltis. Which replaced the 181 Trekker. Used lots by German, Belgian and Canadian forces. Rare secondhand and worth lots when they come on the market.
their value has not really gone up sadly Our Canadian version built by Bombardier in Quebec If you can find one still on the road will set you back maybe 4 grand. I was lucky enough to own and run one for 4 years still have the "key" for it
Crazy collection of east and west german military cars and trucks. 16:05 sign says something like: "Sleeping with running heater forbidden. Always put leaver to 'fresh air' " The first Truck is a Robur LO or LD, east German Production LO was Petrol, LD Diesel, both had air-cooled engines. The IFA W50 also was an east German build.
The American pickups are dodge W200’s from the early seventies - in military spec they came equipped with 318 cu in V8 engines & 3 speed automatic gearboxes- great find 👍
You should have done a video on the beetle or beetles that's where the money is the rest is scrap .
Dodge was a manual trans in this vid.
The U.S. Military designation for the Dodge Pick up's were M-880's. We used them when I joined the Army in 1981.
9:26 either military grade 2 stroke diesel engines or military grade vw engines. But they could be call comma diesel engines
Mercs, VW's, Saviems etc 'Trabant' (?).
7:25 The 4 wheel drive of the VW Iltis was the origin and the "mother" of the Audi Quattro drive. The engine (75PS 1600ccm Petrol) was also used in Golf MK 1 and Scirocco MK1. Car history at it´s best :-) 7:44 the Military-Sign on the Iltis is from the "Panzergrenadier Battaillon 362 in Walldürn/ South-West Germany. The Base was dissolved in 1992. For 30€ you can visit this Military-Sematary (look for Traction Sud/Belgium).
some had a diesel version as well
Those very first trucks are IFA, made in Germany. On time 18:45 the truck is Tatra 148, next one is Tatra 815,both made in Czech republic
Ifa was made in east germany. A soviet product.
18:45-18:55 these are old czechoslovakia truck.. first one is TATRA 148 and another one is TATRA 815... nice and undestroyable trucks... you can put new battery and fresh diesel in it and they should start...
6:08 that’s a Dodge Ram, from the 70s, I’m not too good with older dodge trucks
That would be a great tourist attraction i think being in York, Great video.
At 9.25 you walk past two flat four vw engines that have been converted to run water pumps I believe, they'll be fantastic engines if you can still crank them
19:40 IVECO TurboStar Made in Italy 🇮🇹
9:08 trabant kubel 😍
I would guess that that was once a military and government surplus dealer that probably bought from right across Europe judging by the number of former Eastern bloc and American vehicles there. The American stuff would have come from the various US military bases in Europe that closed down after the end of the cold war, it used to be that you couldn't really go anywhere in East Anglia without tripping over pensioned off US military vehicles and personal vehicles that US service personnel had left behind when they got transferred back home. All the left overs got parcelled up and sold off in job lots, frequently for not even scrap value. That is rather the problem with buying direct from military and government disposal organisations, it's often almost impossible to buy a single vehicle or single lot as you have to buy an entire parcel to get what you want. If you have the time and the space then the stuff in the parcel that isn't what you wanted or isn't fit for selling on for re-use then you can break it down for parts, hence the number of smashed up vehicles. A friend of mine once bought a truck from the UK military surplus auction, well, I say A truck, it turned out that he'd bought 10, most of which were parts vehicles as well as the one he wanted. He paid about £1600 for the lot, which was a lot less than the V8-powered Iveco-Ford Cargo tractor unit on its own was worth. That truck is still working for him and earning a good living, and he's got enough parts to build probably another 4 if he could be bothered... He certainly won't be needing to buy much for the foreseeable future, not even service parts as a load of them were included in the parcel...
@@simbared It's probably different with different militaries. In the UK, anything that has been cleared for disposal and genuinely is junk will generally get sold off as scrap as it makes the best money that way rather than going through a disposal auction. I suspect a lot of the "junk" that ends up with the dealers is just stuff they haven't managed to find a buyer for, or items that were sold off as being for parts only and have been harvested, pr partially harvested. Once there is nothing left, then they'll probably make the trip to the scrap yard...
9:10 that is Trabant.
10:32 IFA W 50
East Germany.
Those Volkswagen Iltis military vehicles were incredibly advanced for the time and extremely capable in difficult terrain. They're pretty rare now too so it's quite a surprise to see so many sitting in the same place. I don't imagine any of those will ever go back on the road as they look pretty rough and rotten...
you would be surprised at what can make it back on the road. their biggest issues now is their all metal bodies are all full of rust, which would need to be addressed I gave up on mine when I had no floor left in the back and my batteries kept falling out :)
That was some fined, The truck at 19:26 a Iveco TurboStar 190 38, this truck has a 17.2 L V8 they were quite a common sight on the road up till about 15-20 years ago in the UK [ still loads in Italy ]. TurboStars are pretty sought after now.
Only the 190.42 and 190.48 where V8's. The 190.38 was a 13l straight six.
@ 6:07 Those are Dodge M880 3/4 ton pickups.
Love those old Volkswagen's. Would love to have one of the old badges from one. Keep up the great videos. And Hello from Oklahoma USA
They are called the iltis I ran one for 4 years after Canada retired them. cost us 85k per vehicle when we made them from 1984 to 1986 and they could go pretty much anywhere!! officially they are the model 183 or the next version of the VW thing. great little machines.
@@Dargonkin527 those ones were used in the army or the war
@@Floodkiller117 yes they were ordered for our military to use as scouts and rovers and were retired when they were found to not hold up well to being blown up....
@@Dargonkin527 yet they look super cool
@@Floodkiller117 yep that they do I still miss mine maybe I will have one again someday :)
The green truck at 13:50 is an mid 70s Magirus Dutz
the older ford vans are called aerostars! theyre awesome
now thats what i call a field trip
Those two pickups next to the fence. First one was a dodge d200, may be a d100. Circa 1970's followed by what appeared to be another 79s or 80s ford f150.
12:59 minutes That Army vehicle are marines vehicle who’s like it was made during the mid-1980s or 1990’s it’s the amphibian vehicle if it’s think about 10 soldiers in the vehicle or 15
American cars and trucks used to have the last two digits of the year molded into the rear tail lights. Such as A213456B92 the 92 would be the year the car was built. Don’t know if they still do or not.
After the wall came down in 1989, a lot of former eastern Germany and soviet military and utility equipment was sold off by the newly unified Germany to boost its economy, many ended up being bought by folk in the west. I guess that’s how much of this stuff ended up there. Looking at the vehicles I’d say the property was in use till the mid 90,’s. the American stuff will be what was on American airbases in Germany, they ship them over when deployed there,as German cars where relatively expensive at the time, then sell them when they return to America as its not worth the shipping costs.
23:46 is a Ford Aerostar minivan, haven't seen one in years. Nice work! In the US the VW open wagons are called a VW Thing. Nickname I would imagine. In Holland they were "ugly ducks" if memory serves.
No, ugly ducks are the Citroën 2CV in Holland :)
@@Timo.1990 ah, thanks. Been a long time since I visited there, great people.
The Volkswagens are Iltis. They are newer than the "Thing" (181)
@@WieDrDerJonge dank!
🤔🥺😔 sad to see this history disappearing in front of our eyes 👀 That look 👀 like back up generator do use in the military service for power Do there might use diesel fuel ⛽️ 9:20 minutes
On the American cars, there should be a sticker inside the door frame when you open the drivers door, that has all the info. Nice Vid. your girl looked thrilled
The car near the motorbike is
The Trabant is an automobile which was produced from 1957 to 1990 by former East German car manufacturer VEB ...
Cool 😎 😁
At 8:55 pretty sure that's a Tatra air-cooled V8 diesel truck engine
Or maybe a Deutz?
12:39...HOLY SHIT!!
A FRIGGIN' DINOSAUR!!
Made in one place & one place ONLY!!...Hazelwood,Missouri...that's a '93-'95 right there...
23:50...that red one is in good knick and could probably be running again....
25:10....id haul that "late model Standard" outta those woods and shove a 2332cc in it..(get rid of those awful friggin' rear tail-lights) and drive it....as is...no paint..just patina...
Thanks for the video! In the Philippines,it is worth millions in the second hand spare parts shops or in the surplus market..
Translation from German to English. Sleeping in the back while the heater is on , is forbidden. Always put the lever in fresh air position.
That 4 door Dodge pickup (sorry not a Ford) would be worth some decent bucks here. Everybody is crew cab crazy over here
Oh my god very scary I love all your videos my respect to you sweetie take care your beautiful wife god blessed you always hello from Houston texas
And crush truck is
IFA W 50 is a medium-duty truck built by the East German IFA conglomerate at their Ludwigsfelde plant from 1965 until 1990. A total of about 572,000 were built in Ludwigsfelde, with an unknown additional number of special-use vehicles assembled at other plants. It was meant to be succeeded by the IFA L 60 but outlived it by several months. IFA ended all truck production on 17 December 1990,[1] following the reunification of Germany.
The pickups in the beginning of the video are Dodge....great video!
Yes, 72-79 Dodge.
13:19 - 70s or 80s, maybe even later. Mine resistant vehicle, possibly South African design.
It's a Belgian SIBMAS IFV, which is actually based on the South African Ratel IFV.
@@Fidelitas000 Yes, a SIBMAS. And a bit strange. According to Wiki they were only sold to Malaysia. Maybe this is a prototype.
Cool vid. The 1st Beetle is a 1200. The one at the end looked like a 1300
That Austin Morris mini moke is very rare 9:09
Must be ex US Germany army stock. Mercedes, Magirus, MAN, VW, and even some Trabants (East German/DDR car maker). The Tatra truck is a Czech brand. Lighter van was French made but the Ford combivan had Belgian nbr plates... Would've liked to be with you that day. Btw, the first beetle you saw was a later model, certainly not an early one, because of the big square back window. The big amphibian troop transporter "Sibmas" (made in Belgium) is definitely NOT from WW2 but very actual... IVECO is an industrial/army vehicles subsidiary of FIAT. Nice find...!
When I see some models of the trucks, I assume that you were in former East Germany. Probably everything came to a halt there, after the Wall fell in 1990. So that is why everything looks damaged and it is no longer being looked after for 25 to 30 years.
Great house of antiques but voice is suppressed. From Dilawar Singh Sangwan, India
It is an old military Base in east Germany. The old german democratik republik. Some east trucks like IFA W50, L60, old Robur Bus and the Trabant kübel an open military version of the Trabant 600 from DDR. The VW Iltis ,beetles, us cars, MAN and so on are comes in that base after Germany become one and the End of the wall 1990.
The german army is now called Bundeswehr. The Tank with wheels are from the 80s its still aktiv in german Bundeswehr, i can not explain why its left there because its a lot of money worth.
On the paper in the truck with the spy case on the Back stands: its not allowed to sleep when the heater is on! Allways put the swich of fresh air.
Nice spot, i wish i now where it is, maybe not far away from my hometown. Best wishes! By Erik...
It is definately NOT an eastern german military base, it is located in belgium.
The wheeled tank is also a belgian version and was never used by the Bundeswehr.
Before telling such a tale, do a little research next time.
Yaar Hindi mein batao
Lovely intro fair play 💯
The SIBMAS armoured personnel carrier were buit by GKN defence, used a lot in Northern Ireland and the first gulf war to name just a few, used up until the early 90's I think
I love your videos but I struggle to hear what you are saying in them - please could you speak a little more clearly (louder) in your next videos. Thank you.
the blue painted Mercedes was due for the UN somewhere in the world. White paint is used for UNHCR vehicles.
The two first trucks are Robur and IFA. Made in East Germny. The small 4x4 are volkswagen Iltis ( 1980) and Auto Union (1960) . The truck engine comes from a air cooled Magirus Deutz truck . The bike frame is from a MZ 250. All those vehicles except the Iltis and Auto Union are East German made.
The fire engine at 4:22 must be of former East German origin. On the production plate it says VEB, that's ''Volks Eigene Betrieb'', which roughly translates into "people owned factory" The armored car is'nt WW2, most likely 80's.
Nice vid, love this old mylitary stuff!
Veb Truck is an Robur lo
The Next is an W50 also from east Germany
Very cool
It's in Belgium , take care if you want to visit the site , the owner is an aggressive man !!
The pickup trucks aren't Ford's but Dodge three quarter ton models. The V8 engines are the Chrysler 360. That body style was built from 1972 to 1992. The ones you found are 1976 model year. They are what the US Army called the Dodge M80. The ones you found were at one time US Army inventory. When Chrysler was in financial trouble in the mid-70s the government purchased a lot of these pickup trucks for the US military all branches of service. It did help Chrysler out of a financial bind and the trucks are note worthy in that they have bullet proof four wheel gear. Towards the end of your video is a small US Government Jeep trailer from World War II. That looks to be all there and if it were here in the states you could get at least $4,000 for it. They are very rare so go back find out who owns it and buy it before somebody decides to destroy it with a sledgehammer. Any World War II vehicle collector would love to have it in their collection.
Se isso estivesse no Brasil,nada disso estaria aí pra contar história pois tudo isso abandonado teria virado a alegria de muitos nóias e a propriedade invadida pelo sem terra ,sem teto ou transformada em comunidade....
The fire engine and crane that you found appear to be products of the former East Germany. The build plate on the front of the fire engine says VEB Robur-Werke Zittau. Robur are a company that build fire engine bodies and I'm sure they're still going, largely building vehicles for specialist applications now. Zittau, I'm pretty certain, is a town in eastern Germany over towards the Polish border, so the former East Germany. I'm not sure what the make of the truck chassis are but I sort of vaguely recognise the shape and style of the cab. These vehicles probably aren't as old as they look as a lot of the former communist manufacturers kept their designs in production for a long time. Based on the fact that the fire truck had black-painted door handles rather than bright metal I would guess it dates from the second half of the 1980s and maybe as late as the early '90s...
Robur LO 2002
Nothing older than the 1970's. Seems to be an original army base of a former Cold War Bundeswehr regiment (West German Army) that was made redundant when Germany was again unified. When Gorbachev and Reagan kissed and made up in 1989 it brought an end to the Cold War and almost immediately, and certainly by 1990, hundreds of German and allied army units were made redundant. Allied units, mostly US and British returned with their equipment to their own countries. German equipment however became a headache to deal with and remained where it was. Virtually of Russia's land, sea and air units ceased to exist. Pay and salary to all Russian units stopped overnight and as a result of 'no pay, no work' all Russian servicemen walked off the job and returned home leaving airbases, naval bases and army bases fully equipped but completely abandoned.
With fixed workshops at this location, this will likely be an original unmaintained East German army base, possibly a Mechanical and Engineering unit (just a guess) that has fallen into civilian hands and allowed to become very overgrown by trees and scrubs while he has added a small umber of non-military vehicles from the 1990s to present to the collection. It's close to a highway as you can hear fast moving traffic in the background.
Great video. I could hear the sound okay. Would like to know the location on Google Earth so I could explore more, I'm in Australia so very unlikely to ever go there!
That's a Ford Aerostar at 12:44
The pickup trucks you're looking at at 6:47 minutes they're all Dodges
This dodges appears in the depeche mode music video personal jesus.
what a find are they owned by someone can you buy them or tow one away a lot still got hard tyres by the look of it anyway great video A1 cheers for sharing
VW ‘Thing’...... quite rare. Looked they were used by a film production company?
What a waste...they could have all been refurbished!! The shortsightedness of some ppl is ASTOUNDING!! But awesome video as per usual!! 😊
Love the military stuff , hopefully do some more👍👍
Muito bom esse video foi maravilhoso
Some of the old trucks you have seen there are from the make "Robur". They where made in eastern Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s.
The Semi Truck is an Old Magirus Deutz from the seventies or the early 1980s
Trabant at 9:08