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!

I thought Ringo was the world's oldest Beatle.

Heaven!!!! I am in awe of this wonderful rare collection!! Wow ! I could listen to him talk VW’s all day!

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!

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.

Fantastic video and fantastic cars 👍👍👍. I wish to visit the grundmann museum some time soon.

Wow your videos are amazing me and my dad are foaming at the mouth looking at these important pieces of VW 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

What a magnificent Museum!! Absolutely priceless!!

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...

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

Priceless collection. Awesome!

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.

very, very nice video ! Thank you guys !

Cracking video. What a fascinating guy. Would love to wonder round there one day

Love this. So many similarities to my own '65.

What an amazing collection of some of the best most important VW’s in history! Just beautiful and amazing!👌🥰👍

This is why I love my '64.

I like that the prototype chassis is just around the corner from the very last Beetle ever produced (in Mexico in 2003). Very fitting…

So beautiful!!!

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.

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.

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.

Is there any books covering the museum? Pictures and histories. Wonderful museum.

...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....

Great vid guys enjoyed that alot

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.👍🍺

Fantastic collection

Wow. What an astonishing collection!

Wow, just learned a lot to remarkable and we love to see that place for real unbelievable thank you

Makes my 1967 Beetle seem brand new!

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.

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

Love stuff like this

"Darth Vaders Helmet" - James May

wonderfulll!!!

Fascinating.

Yah! Buddy just walks by the k-wagen prototype

Wow that is amazing

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?

Amazing. Congratulations 👏👏👏 What is the engine of the prototype 06 of 1938? 903 cc 24 hp?

Former on mould.... beautiful cars.

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?

why did you change the color? For me it would be better to keep the original color!

Where is this ! I have to visit !

The buck needs to be copied, and sold so the car can be reproduced...

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 )

After D Day my dad bought a beetle in France for 100 cigarettes what would it be worth today

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?

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

I had two Volkswagons, I modified one, that it could melt ice on the windscreen!

The one, that he is missing, have to be the Type 64.

Any chance we can see the cars please

This has to get much mure clicks.. what a collection, what a passioned man. Great conten, thank you so much for the video :)

What a history...

There's a small canteen in the front where you can buy a can of beetljuice

So, How do you verify the true organ of the cars ?

What is the silver car at the Aral gas station?

WOW!!!!!

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.

subtitles gave me seizures ! why would you think that was cool? liked the video once i got off the floor

Where is the first part?

The VW cars have affected the whole world for the better. I love the history.

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

idk if he said it but fun fact the first convertible bug wasmade for hittler.

What does kdf stand for

needs to add Herbie the love bug

We have ways of making you sell!🤣

Unglaublich tolle Sammlung, nur der Begriff "Beetle" ist falsch, das sind KdF Wagen, Kommandeurswagen, Vorstufen des KdF Wagen, Käfer, aber keine Beetle !

Good video, but why make the subtitles so hard to read. it detracted

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.

...I'd always thought that Ringo was the oldest of them

Car number 6 is like primitive version of three 6s

Great video but the captions are distracting and take too long to load. Plus they block parts of the footage. Simplify!

If you had to figure a dollar value what would it be???

Love the German accent

Positive energy?

The world's oldest Beetle is the Tatra 97, from which the Beetle derives.

How the hell does one make enough money to do that as a hobby??

i guess its Ringo Starr...

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.

Instead of making a video of two guys talking about a car, why don't you make a video of the car itself?

VW beetle nirvana

Hitler's named it Volk's Wagon, what an honor.

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

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!

show the cars. not u talking ??????

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.

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.

Please tell your cameraman to take his lens off the men and onto the cars....

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..

Politicians and leaders have always been the biggest conmen , paying for something you'll never receive

Deutschland, Deutschland Über Alles!!!

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.

I love to own copycat cars VW beetle

? Didn’t Hitler design the beetle or had a hand in it

Great story. Interesting video. Thanks for putting this story together. Your graphics suck, too hard to read for old eyes!