Hundreds of Air-cooled Volkswagens abandoned in the woods for decades

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  • Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024

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  • @toddvanwinkle7777
    @toddvanwinkle7777 4 года назад +72

    Breaking my heart...I want to restore all of them!!!

    • @SladesVWBeetle
      @SladesVWBeetle 4 года назад +6

      Yeah me too 😢

    • @Cabroni2
      @Cabroni2 4 года назад +4

      Mee too !!!!!!!

    • @aikahund8757
      @aikahund8757 3 года назад +1

      Not a old Modell with Brezelwindow! Onw T2 blue.

    • @toddvanwinkle7777
      @toddvanwinkle7777 3 года назад

      Harald Schussmann Ohhh a split window? Gosh I hope not!!

    • @CarlosBoffa
      @CarlosBoffa 3 года назад

      As me...

  • @gracestreet6057
    @gracestreet6057 3 года назад +10

    I can just imagine all the different characters of people who owned these cars and all the cool festivals they went to

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  3 года назад +1

      The stories the VW Busses have most be interesting lol! One of the first Porsche 914’s I bought back in 00 was from a VW collector/hoarder and he told me back in college they followed the band Phish in a VW Bus with friends all across the country, they’d keep a keg in the center of the van and take turns driving.. now he’s a banker

  • @friendlypiranha774
    @friendlypiranha774 3 года назад +5

    Each one of them has a story to tell. I could happily go camp among them there.

  • @ambienteterrazas
    @ambienteterrazas 4 года назад +17

    I hate when this happens, i bet the owner had multiple offers over the years for the majority off them but he turned them down because hes "one day going to fix them" ..

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  3 года назад +2

      Most of the time there “not” for sale, which means a couple of things. They either want someone to buy the entire lot with cash or they simply can’t sellbecause they may still be owned by others. Or there just plain nuts

  • @pfhreaken
    @pfhreaken 4 года назад +43

    wow the first bus is insanely expensive in restored condition, but to see these cars rotting away breaks my heart

    • @joergbaumgarten3498
      @joergbaumgarten3498 3 года назад

      That one with the tiny windows for sightseeing in the mountains. Its called a "Samba Bully" in german speaking countries.

  • @airheadvw4479
    @airheadvw4479 4 года назад +15

    It's so sad to see all these vws rusting away in the trees. I have been a vw enthusiast for over 20 years. These cars are getting g harder to find good ones. Good find to bad they wont ever leave there grave site

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  4 года назад +1

      Well one day they will!

  • @youtoobe169
    @youtoobe169 4 года назад +8

    That would be a fascinating tour in person. Thanks for posting this! It's wild that stuff like this still exists all over the place.

  • @markonpoint3219
    @markonpoint3219 4 года назад +12

    And I feel guilty about my one bug that has been sitting in my garage for 10 years. I could explore that place all day.

  • @dudley7540
    @dudley7540 4 года назад +27

    So, I'm going to need directions, and a helicopter with a large magnet!

  • @evilbeetlekustomscreations4965
    @evilbeetlekustomscreations4965 4 года назад +51

    I want to go there I can save every one of them cuz that's my picture of heaven✌

    • @micleim
      @micleim 4 года назад +1

      That would be too good to be true!

  • @Zombieracer69
    @Zombieracer69 4 года назад +3

    nice to find this and get all the cars out of here and re build them

  • @commonsense411
    @commonsense411 3 года назад +1

    Tired of seeing all the negative comments of what a waste. Why not commend a person for his passion. This could have been a lifetime of collecting and then time catches up to your body and abilities.

  • @richdrenga7384
    @richdrenga7384 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for sharing. Two words..."awesome" and "sad" at the same time.

  • @martinharris5017
    @martinharris5017 4 года назад +11

    OMG. VW heaven. All those cars waiting to be rescued!

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  4 года назад +4

      Exactly! On the bright side, one day they will all hit the market

    • @xmo552
      @xmo552 3 года назад

      That dude doesn't have a collection nor hoard. He needs to call the Orkin man for that bug infestation.

    • @Richard-zc1cj
      @Richard-zc1cj 3 года назад

      Looks more like VW Hell - I wonder what these vws did to deserve such a treatment.

    • @martinharris5017
      @martinharris5017 3 года назад

      @@Richard-zc1cj VWs weren't always held in high regard Richard: They were cheap utility transportation with a quirky character. When they broke they weren't worth fixing to most folk.
      It's only relatively recently that their status as a collector's car has become recognised.
      A few years back I could have picked up a split window bus for peanuts. What are they worth now?

  • @wmadamzzz
    @wmadamzzz 3 года назад +3

    I worked at a VW dealership, mostly sales and management, 1974-1982. It's so sad to see these cars like this although I have no interest in buy or restoring one. I remember the Scirocco so well; we couldn't get enough of those to sell. Makes me wonder why people do this?

  • @tapper701
    @tapper701 3 года назад +1

    Hoping that someone comes forth and "rescues" this treasure trove of mostly air cooled Volkswagens !

  • @Schnecke-20
    @Schnecke-20 3 года назад +1

    Sax’n di, a great and secret place of the glorious past of the air-cooled Volkswagen automobiles.
    In this forest technology and nature are captured in the most wonderful way.
    One can only guess the stories of the individual vehicles, both large and small.
    These cars have gone through many thousands of miles on every imaginable road and road.
    Volkswagen automobiles are now facing a new life of transience .... we humans too inevitably walk towards transience hour by hour, day by day .......
    Greetings from Bavaria to all viewers and subscribers of this RUclips Channel.
    👍

  • @4wheelsonmywagon733
    @4wheelsonmywagon733 4 года назад +19

    Quite a lot can be saved.... 🙏🙏

  • @rtdm9370
    @rtdm9370 4 года назад +5

    I still have my original 1966 beetle it’s nice to see what they’re worth now glad mines is in my driveway

  • @vicdadik9823
    @vicdadik9823 4 года назад +11

    Just makes me sad that someone would just let them rot instead of selling or giving them a chance to be owned by someone else.

    • @handyman3320
      @handyman3320 4 года назад +3

      My uncle died leaving these behind. He loved them all.

    • @chuckstith838
      @chuckstith838 4 года назад +1

      Just good for parts now

    • @newtronix
      @newtronix 4 года назад +3

      @@handyman3320 why did he let them rot away?

  • @acreativename7999
    @acreativename7999 3 года назад +1

    8:39 first VW's and now Porches? This collection is mad

  • @yonnie3395
    @yonnie3395 3 года назад +4

    That tarp on the bus truck looked fresh I wonder if the owner still goes there 1:33

  • @macistanitrucker4815
    @macistanitrucker4815 4 года назад +1

    That used to be an active VW junkyard/restoration service - I visited there back in the ‘80’s. I used to love just walking around the place and drooling. Owner always seemed more interested in keeping everything for himself rather than selling anything - and I know why!

  • @ronmelys2854
    @ronmelys2854 4 года назад +58

    I'm literally sitting here having a heart attack watching this!!!! what a waste of classic dubs!!

  • @greghamilton1638
    @greghamilton1638 3 года назад +13

    Such a shame them rotting away. I am sure some of them could be put back on the road!

  • @conceptalfa
    @conceptalfa 4 года назад +7

    Ain't this insane? What point is it in dragging lots of VW cars to the woods and then leave them there to die??? 😬

  • @dreamur2002
    @dreamur2002 3 года назад +2

    This jerked a tear...why why??!!??????

  • @texgowing7359
    @texgowing7359 Год назад

    Never in my life would I have thought a place like this existed, I'm gobsmacked. Hundreds of buses & I spotted a Carman, just wow.

  • @Thomas63r2
    @Thomas63r2 4 года назад +2

    People watching this video are thinking in terms of current VW values - but these VWs were already beat up rust buckets when acquired for free or scrap metal value. Vintage VWs stored like that in an East Coast woods means that other than a few bits that this collection is really just scrap metal. There are many reasons for current VW values, the most basic is a relatively low survival rate - good thing they made millions of them!

  • @JoseMartinez-jw2dy
    @JoseMartinez-jw2dy 3 года назад

    I'm so happy to have a 1981 scirocco, I need all those parts from that one

  • @LoveDIYy
    @LoveDIYy 4 года назад +9

    OMG heart breaking 🚗 thanks for sharing 🙃👌

  • @reddmann2216
    @reddmann2216 4 года назад +8

    Feel like I'm trespassing just watching video

  • @johnnieveight4925
    @johnnieveight4925 4 года назад +3

    Heart breaking, all them really cool cars cut short in life, real shame:(

  • @micleim
    @micleim 4 года назад +2

    🥺 Someone please must save them!!! At least those who are not in a «too» bad condition sure can to be restored!

  • @aaron71
    @aaron71 4 года назад +1

    There's a place in southern NH like this hidden deep in the woods behind an old junkyard. Cool vid!

    • @aaron71
      @aaron71 4 года назад

      ​@Hello Newman Far as I know it's still there. "Blanchard Auto Salvage" in Wilton. If I remember right, it was in the far back right, but the place is HUGE. It used to be a walk in but now they're pretty strict about no one going in the yard. Maybe you can work the old lady that runs the place a lil bit :D

  • @regular_goof
    @regular_goof 4 года назад +5

    Wow someone needs to save those

  • @tonyeff4447
    @tonyeff4447 4 года назад +8

    I think this will be even harder to watch for future classic car enthusiasts

  • @snake_eyes_garage
    @snake_eyes_garage 4 года назад +1

    Not too much left to save except for some donor metal, bumpers and fiberglass Westy tops. That one blue/white standard bus looked ok up top but I bet the frame rails are gone. Wish I could go in there and load up some semis worth of parts and pull it out West. I'm sure somebody needs that stuff. I visited a similar yard about 15 years ago - owner eventually handed the property over to the highway dept and all got crushed.

  • @4wheelsonmywagon733
    @4wheelsonmywagon733 4 года назад +23

    Somebody call Mustie1 and the gang.... 😀👏🙏

    • @vw5085
      @vw5085 4 года назад +6

      Where’s 5150mx. I see all the trailers hauling them out.

    • @drewzero1
      @drewzero1 4 года назад +2

      @@vw5085 I thought this was his backyard!

    • @Mikefngarage
      @Mikefngarage 4 года назад

      @@vw5085 yea his yard is like that now ha haha.

    • @SladesVWBeetle
      @SladesVWBeetle 4 года назад

      I think this is in Pennsylvania.

    • @toddbranst
      @toddbranst 4 года назад

      Dang, I just need a windshield and a fender!

  • @rickp7683
    @rickp7683 4 года назад +2

    That is as sad as all can be to see, Mike Wolf from American Pickers would have a serious heart attack seeing that,

  • @ChoosePhilippinesPeaceLove
    @ChoosePhilippinesPeaceLove Год назад +1

    Poor VW cars, hope they’ll be rescued soon, because looking at them makes me wanna cry 😢! ❤💗💜🇵🇭

  • @DemopVWgarage
    @DemopVWgarage 4 года назад +11

    this is the same place as those guys that did some filming at a few years ago, same story dude doesnt want to sell. That samba :(

  • @user-vg6hw3ct5h
    @user-vg6hw3ct5h 3 года назад +1

    I just wanna cry.

  • @TateReggie
    @TateReggie 4 года назад +2

    Great coverage. Thanks!

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  4 года назад

      I appreciate it, always a pain to please the viewers.. just trying to show hope that cars are still out here!

  • @randywineinger779
    @randywineinger779 4 года назад +11

    Collection? Looks more like a hoarder just watching them return to the elements. Too bad they deserve better.

  • @jmoto1983
    @jmoto1983 3 года назад +1

    Drone video of that place would be really cool to see.

  • @Oldbugssy
    @Oldbugssy 3 года назад +1

    This is why I didn't invest in land in the '90's. I saw I had a problem and more space would lead to more VW's. But still. The prices back then were just so cheap!

  • @johnnyturbo8460
    @johnnyturbo8460 4 года назад +13

    Are you guys in Mustie1's or 5150mxVW's back yard?? haha!
    Super cool, I could spend all day walking around there

    • @tommyburke5049
      @tommyburke5049 3 года назад +1

      wonder if they know.

    • @johnnyturbo8460
      @johnnyturbo8460 3 года назад +2

      @@tommyburke5049 dont know.. that's why i left my comment. Looks like a lot of VWs that can be brought back to life

    • @jean-pierrecayol4897
      @jean-pierrecayol4897 3 года назад +1

      That’s exactly what I thought! 😂😂😂

    • @johnnyturbo8460
      @johnnyturbo8460 3 года назад +1

      @@jean-pierrecayol4897 🤟😁👍

  • @paulhopkinson610
    @paulhopkinson610 3 года назад +1

    Most cars of this age were crushed years ago. At least some of these will get a chance to be restored or give up parts. Rusting away isn't such a waste as crushing and melting down for bean tins. It's this guy's stuff he can do what he wants with it!

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  3 года назад

      Couldn’t agree more, at least one day they will be back out there!

  • @SamCaminhoneiro
    @SamCaminhoneiro 3 года назад +1

    If all these cars were here in Brazil they would have a new path!

  • @badgrandpa7275
    @badgrandpa7275 3 года назад +1

    Almost cried 💔

  • @pierrepinson2906
    @pierrepinson2906 3 года назад +2

    🇩🇪I'm happy thoses VW are not destroyed.

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  3 года назад

      Me too! Just gives us hope there still out there

    • @shawnelliott3257
      @shawnelliott3257 8 месяцев назад

      @@etmracing
      Good morning. Can you please tell me where is this place?

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  7 месяцев назад

      @@shawnelliott3257 I believe they have now been auctioned off

    • @shawnelliott3257
      @shawnelliott3257 7 месяцев назад

      @@etmracing
      Oh boy!! Do you know of any other place with ones that are repairable? I really want to own one

  • @gustavopadilla9176
    @gustavopadilla9176 4 года назад +11

    So sad to see vw,s like that a lot of money on parts 😢😭😔

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  4 года назад +3

      Yes it is, and places like this are all over the country

  • @ImStokze
    @ImStokze 3 года назад +2

    I thought these were all gone?? madness lads

  • @santaclaus1014
    @santaclaus1014 3 года назад +1

    where is this place would love to explore . im a true vw nut have 70 bug/ sad to see this is just sitting here with many parts to give to other projects.

  • @holgerm4062
    @holgerm4062 4 года назад +4

    i can crying, T1 - 412 - Ghia

  • @Thevwguy696
    @Thevwguy696 Год назад +1

    were did yo find all the vw at ?

  • @janathkumara3007
    @janathkumara3007 Год назад +1

    what country is this? and place or area?

  • @zip343
    @zip343 4 года назад +4

    So sad to see this...Another 20 years and it will all be dust...

  • @TheBeardedExplorer
    @TheBeardedExplorer 3 года назад

    This place is one of my graveyard goals!.. I have to see it one day 😎👌🏽

  • @grahames9228
    @grahames9228 4 года назад +11

    Who buys cars and then just leaves them to rot? What a waste.

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  4 года назад +2

      This place was old customer/parts cars, but remember only a couple years ago most of these VWs really weren’t worth much. Also selling cars without Titles usually take about a 30% hit

    • @rupe53
      @rupe53 4 года назад

      @@etmracing ... in some states you don't need a title for anything over 10 years old. (Ct is one of them) Also a good chance that all of the cars were a freebie. IOW, come and get it. (take the eye sore out of my driveway) The flip side of that was many older folks wanted a dollar just to make the sale legal. I bought my first few cars that way.

    • @carmineredd1198
      @carmineredd1198 4 года назад +1

      @@rupe53 1puglife would crush 'em and scrap 'em

  • @ahorsenamedoaks1377
    @ahorsenamedoaks1377 3 года назад +11

    Someone wasted a lot of money, just leaving them to rot in the woods.

    • @mariomuller284
      @mariomuller284 3 года назад +1

      Dont always look at the money those cars are worth. The saddest thing is, someone is wasting a lot of classic cars by letting them rot in the woods.

    • @David-ty1xz
      @David-ty1xz 3 года назад +1

      Probably not true. Up till about 20 years ago people would sell the VWs for $50 just to get them out of the yard.

    • @thierrydufay6500
      @thierrydufay6500 3 года назад

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    • @thierrydufay6500
      @thierrydufay6500 3 года назад

      LeLe il a mit de sa porte ouverte pour les filles de Twitter ou de plus belle et belle soirée et je vais pas tarder je te laisse mon amour

  • @catblueeye
    @catblueeye 3 года назад +2

    3:22 those cars are looking at you and they are saying , please rescue me 🙏

  • @markmyers840
    @markmyers840 2 года назад +1

    Strange that most them have a door opened.That ruined the interior.

  • @jonyperformance7958
    @jonyperformance7958 3 года назад +3

    If is in Vermont? I met with the owner his a cool elder man .I need to go back.

  • @ih8hertz1
    @ih8hertz1 7 месяцев назад +1

    Where is this place

  • @markcollins5026
    @markcollins5026 4 года назад +3

    Man, too much for the magic bus !

  • @OkFixer
    @OkFixer 4 года назад +5

    Not a heater channel or floor pan in any of them

    • @Mikefngarage
      @Mikefngarage 4 года назад

      Perfect send me to them ha ha.

    • @OkFixer
      @OkFixer 4 года назад

      @@Mikefngarage 😀😀

  • @nicolasloud995
    @nicolasloud995 3 года назад

    my 73 SB needs some parts, boy I can have a lot of fun taken parts off to save another bug

  • @dodgeguyz
    @dodgeguyz 4 года назад +1

    I'm sure he is going to "fix all of them up one day"!

  • @DoubleOSeven007
    @DoubleOSeven007 4 года назад

    Get the spilt singlecab & what’s left of the 23 window Samba, maybe the deluxe too. Leave the rest. Check the Porsche to see if it’s the 914-6 cylinder, worth having too.

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  4 года назад

      Unfortunately not a 914-6, very rare at about 3,000 made.. in all the years of finding cars I’ve only come across one that was sitting.

  • @SLEAZZBAG.FITTER
    @SLEAZZBAG.FITTER 3 года назад

    I know where a property is like that. I counted over 85 bugs, over a dozen vans. Instilled counting.

  • @TheDanceact
    @TheDanceact 3 года назад +1

    Where is it? ???????

  • @hammer-fn7gm
    @hammer-fn7gm 4 года назад

    A friend of mine had 120 VWs hidden in the woods out of view to the public. A county plane flew over his property and gave him 30 days to get rid of all of them. So sad all of the good parts that went to metal recycling.

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  4 года назад +1

      Was that spot in the Baltimore/DC area by any chance?

    • @hammer-fn7gm
      @hammer-fn7gm 4 года назад

      @@etmracing Actually the Richmond Va area.

  • @GB-kl4lm
    @GB-kl4lm 3 года назад +1

    Where? 🤩

  • @ChaosZero.
    @ChaosZero. 4 года назад

    Fully restored, each of those T1 and T2 busses is worth (potentially) anywhere between $30k usd and $60k usd, dependingon specific model, version, and so on.

    • @1212sman
      @1212sman 4 года назад +1

      Know how much they're worth in situ?
      Nothing.

    • @rupe53
      @rupe53 4 года назад

      ChaosZero ノブ
      ... Yes, worth money restored, but paying someone to do the work is usually a lost cause. Doing it yourself can be a $3 per hour part time job so no serious money to be made, which is why few people do it.

  • @freddyfudd253
    @freddyfudd253 2 года назад

    I bought my first car in '70 from a friend for $100. It was a '60 Beetle. I hate to think what my return on investment would be if I still had it.

  • @backinthadayz
    @backinthadayz 3 года назад +2

    2:34 that is just criminal 😔

  • @foglesongfamily42
    @foglesongfamily42 4 года назад

    In the late 70s/early 80s, Parkers in Springville Indiana had 6 acres of VWs. Not sure if they are still in business.

  • @peakyparttimers9362
    @peakyparttimers9362 4 года назад +2

    There's big money there! This is crazy! 🤯😡

  • @SkaterStimm
    @SkaterStimm 4 года назад +1

    I want that double/single cab!

  • @Edrichmond
    @Edrichmond 4 года назад

    I've only once in my life seen something like this, and that was in backwoods new brunswick about 20 minutes north of Moncton on hwy 126 New Brunswick there used to be an old garage named lutz garage . I swear I had to look twice in your video to figure out if I had time warped back to the 80's when i used to go there to get rabbit parts. I remember a karmann ghia he had for sale that was the same cream colour as the one in this video.I went back in that area around 2005 and again in 2011 but never since and I didnt have a way of seeing if it was still there.

  • @Flyfish325
    @Flyfish325 3 года назад +1

    Let Mustie1 and VWNut know immediately!

  • @barryjohnson409
    @barryjohnson409 3 года назад +1

    @ 2BrothersGarage- is there any way to find out who owns those vehicles & the property?

  • @claybornlewis276
    @claybornlewis276 3 года назад

    They sold more of these cars than any car manufacturer in the whole world and nobody yet has even come close to manufacturing and selling as many as they have the VW beetle was literally sold all over the world and they're still millions of them driving around

  • @carlkwasnjuk9518
    @carlkwasnjuk9518 4 года назад

    This is nuts. Sitting in dirt and under trees makes them rot and disintegrate.

  • @AngelRodriguez-kp7ug
    @AngelRodriguez-kp7ug 4 года назад +4

    Where's that's located, let go save them. I'm in for that task

    • @AngelRodriguez-kp7ug
      @AngelRodriguez-kp7ug 4 года назад +3

      I had 3 engines at home ready for 3 of those beauty's. Let's do the rescue.

  • @christianarocho4886
    @christianarocho4886 4 года назад +3

    Where is that

  • @pete9202
    @pete9202 4 года назад

    😱Amazing Im speechless thx for sharing👍

  • @vdubjunkie
    @vdubjunkie 2 года назад

    I love the Black Sabbath bug. Now, when you say abandoned.. 😳

  • @ALIFFIFUNERALHOME
    @ALIFFIFUNERALHOME 3 года назад

    So many of those are restorable the owner is sitting on a gold mine there in the woods of PA

  • @shailashelu8075
    @shailashelu8075 4 года назад +3

    Restore please!

  • @adeh503
    @adeh503 3 года назад

    There's a field like this on the bellarine highway in Geelong Australia, full of rotting Bugs just like this.. It's absolutely criminal

    • @jappyproductions4429
      @jappyproductions4429 3 года назад

      Really? I live in Bendigo and I love the old beetles and I wish I could restore one 🥺

  • @alwilliams8609
    @alwilliams8609 3 года назад +1

    Where and how soon can I get one?

  • @jamesjames3525
    @jamesjames3525 4 года назад

    FYI, the cars got there before the terrain became bush.

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  4 года назад

      That’s wild, when was the last time you were there?

  • @ImStokze
    @ImStokze 3 года назад

    Man this would make my channel blow up if i did this place, awesome my american brothers!!

  • @nelqui7685
    @nelqui7685 3 года назад +6

    Probably the owner of these cars died and left no heir

  • @JonathanWhoever
    @JonathanWhoever Год назад +1

    Bottom 6 inches gone on everyone.
    But they do sale replace metal.

  • @ulmanito5237
    @ulmanito5237 4 года назад

    wowwww to look.Greetings from the Black Forest / Germany

  • @CM-qp9eb
    @CM-qp9eb 4 года назад

    Where is this ?
    Has to be in PA somewhere or maybe Jersey...but most of the inspection stickers on the windshields are from PA.
    I could spend days there with nothing more then water, my bus, and a tool box :)