If it's a 1946, then it must have been brought over to US by a returning soldier, because it wasn't till 1949 that the first VW's were officially imported to the US. A grand total of two were imported that year. The numbers slowly picked up in succeeding years.

I was aware of a soldier who purchased a 1946 bug, from a German Fire Department, and arranged to have it exported to the USA. It was in great shape, maintained by the fire crew. I wonder where it is now as well as the value. That was in 1974.

We own 2 1943 VW beetle and was imported to Australia after WW2. One of them is unrestored and still has the original German ww2 paint dessert yellow colour with original writing on it.

If youre too old, lazy, busy or uninterested, SELL IT ON! Letting it rot is a crime.

I had an Uncle in Quebec that had a 1946 VW beetle. He was a POW and later stationed in West Germany, then brought it back to Canada when he left the Service.

If I had a nickle for every time I've heard "I'm gonna", while scoping out old bugs.

Hope it all goes to a good home. Hate to hear stories where the city or town comes in and scraps it all. Hope they don't wait until that happens. It looks like lots of great parts etc! Thanks for posting!

Wow, a person spends his whole life collecting stuff and then ends up probably too old to do anything with it ... that goes for me as well. Cool treasure hunt, I'll bet he could make a bazillion dollars if he found a way to organize and sell all that stuff to collectors.

That is one wild pile of stuff! Some treasures in the trash for sure. Always makes me a little sad to see a hoard like this, a lot of great stuff that could be back out in circulation! Its certainly not the oldest Beetle in the US though, I have a video posted where I discover a 1943 KDF Beetle sitting in a California yard in the rain. Thanks for sharing this though...quite a treasure hunt.

That place is my heaven… just loads of cool stuff!!! Thanks for sharing 🤘😎🤘

What a treasure trove of old VW's and NOS parts!

Wow that’s insane! Great Find! 👍

I was starting to cough just watching this video! Lots of neat stuff there. Great video.

Wow! What an exciting horde of stuff. Like to see it in the open.

Good God! That thing needs to be saved! The back end of the split windows was absolutely beautiful.

If this guy is in Mass I am in RI and had 49 beetle . If he wants to trade that split bug I have a nice 67 deluxe walk-through split bus ALL ORIGINAL INTERIOR, PAINT AND HEADLINER. Really cool to see all that stuff . I have some 15 inch bus rims as well...😎

I love collectors like that. Greetings from England.

Fantastic find!

Lost out on a 1947 Beetle in 1988. Those were the days!

Wow, great find, would love to see a video of it when it's put of its Dungeon!

Man...why is all that treasure just squirrelled away....👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

great stuff!!

Go get it Jim , classic Merlin Perkins . Don’t see many splits around . Thanks for the video

Very similar to my early 47....which is the oldest vw in South Africa...Thx for the cool vid

OMG! Royal score!

Cool video! I'm working on my 69 ghia that I saved from the crusher! Thanks 👍

Amazing 🤩

Oval and split windows have that hump. It is the engine vent cowl pan that drains rainwater.

And they wonder why homeowners associations take over neighborhoods and become so powerful?

must be western mass, no beantown accent, wouldn't mind having that 54. love seeing a garage stuffed to the max with parts.

a find for sure!...even that rough oval is worth restoring...split window bugs are worth a mint now...even ovals are worth quite a lot....

I know a place that probably looks very similar to this. When I had my VWs I used to deal with a guy that had a shop at his house and he had a junk yard of old vw stuff. He used to sell cars too. I have not been by in a long time. I would like to go check it out and see what he is up to or if he is around anymore. He was at the place since the early 80s and I bet he has alot of hard to find parts for the older stuff. That is why I used to deal with him.

Be great to see everything out in the open.

Neil, I got a 65 vert. Coudos to you!!!

Looks like straight outta the garage from the granny horror game

It was my hoby in Austria at the early 20s but sadly due to a financial problem I've had to sale it to a Japanese business friend Best of luck Mr Shimizu 🤜🤛

The guys from VWLife and OldVolksTV need to make a beeline to this place wherever this is located!!!!!

Great video! the hub cap in the 1947 Bretzel Beetle was actually not built until 1945. it's a KDF ("Strength through Joy" / Kraft durch Freude) hubcap! Maybe it's from WW2 (a 4WD Beetle maybe?). Greetings Klaus from Düsseldorf

I'd love a follow up comment on this. It would be nice to know that someone rescued it, even it it wasn't you. Would be a shame for it to be scrapped or any of the stuff found there for that matter.

Mr Woosley in Chas SC owned a VW repair shop he had the oldest vw in USA it was an early 46. Documented by VW trends...

I've seen one '46 at Bad Camberg in '95... sitting on a Kubel chassis complete with gas tank. The British military used anything they could find to keep production going in hopes that someone would buy the company.

All the Beatle car's an buses that are still out there... Would have a field trip there!

My question is; what is the owner waiting for? Is he waiting until everything rusted and turns to mud? In my opinion, it is much better if body parts/ new parts are organized in a visible and easily accessible manner for any potential buyers. Time is ticking, take action quickly. I used to own a classic car that I enjoyed very much for many years. Finally, I decided to find her a nice forever home. After a few weeks' search, the potential buyer gives her a nice home. Now she is residing in one of the best collectors' museums. I visited her once in a while.

That 46 came home with a serviceman. They were not sold here until 49 and there were like 2 of those.

I've seen clips of this property before. A true Mega hoard. This man was sitting on a fortune.

Wow!!!! A 46!!!!!

Its great he saved all the stuff from the scrapper but its a shame its just mostly rotting into the ground.

Dang! Is all I can say! Lucky bastard!

he wont do a thing with this stuff. Just a hoarder. Sad

I hope you buy the 40's Käfer. A same KdF wheel hub costs about €300, here in Europe. Today a 1950 Käfer was sold for €16500,- Buy all these old Käfers, if you can. Regards from Belgium

I miss my split window bugs. I owned 2 of them.

The guy in the video is correct about the inside of the rear window. That's a feature of a 46 or 47. Then later when the idiot was drooling over a POS Brazilian 70s Beetle hubcap, you can just make out the shocktower of the front beam. It is also consistent with the claim that it's a 46.

To most people, this is nothing but a pile of scrap metal. But this is a junk hunter's dream junkyard!!

Radar from the iconic show MASH sent it over piece by piece. Lol

Shame it's rotting away in a horders garage

5150mxVW would have a field day in there.

That needs someone to really go through it all. It would have to be pulled out to see it all.

The owner of this Beetle clearly is not capable of keeping it in any kind of condition other than rusting away in an old barn. It needs to be pulled out with all of its parts and put up for auction. Put it in the hands of someone who can actually restore and take care of it

Ooo, a piece of candy! Ooo, a piece of candy!

It's a 54. It had the pop out turn signals on the body frame next to the door

It may not be the oldest split in the USA but, with its back story it’s definitely the Raddest split in the USA!! There’s no doubt your passion is genuine! I can here my oval saying what up lazy ass? It’s time to go out for a cruise to hopefully rope a dope aka a corvette, or mustang owners into getting whooped VW before it’s gets to hot! Great find

I thought Ringo was the oldest beatle

my great great grandfather owns a split window beetle

I used ride my bike down allys lookimg for cool cars then i spotted a beauriful a 56 oval ragtop in a back yard . 12 years i would stop by every year makimg sure he still had my number and finally one day he called and said his health was getrinh bad amd to come grab the oval. A aplit seems like unobtanable dream

Weinlese VW Käfer ! ! ! Ausgezeichnet ! 😇❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

That guy is sitting on a fortune.

Those dude reminds me of ralphies little brother in a Christmas story.

It is what we call a spectacles.

was it a KDF Wagen Hub cap?

You buddy should get on the e bay 😀

Not for sale. Me and my son plan on fixin it up one of these days. 🤣

A friend of mine knows where a barndoor is in a garage but guy won’t sell at all been in there since mid 70’s. He offered a ton of money and still wouldn’t sell.

It'll take a lifetime to restore it all . SAD to find such a pit .

I bought a 67 beetle for $25 .Tried to put a clutch in it.My first clutch job i messed up.It would only go in reverse.ha ha ha!!

None of this is for sale, I'm going to restore them someday.......

When are they going n a basement? I am sad when I see old vehicles rotting away outside.

How did you find out about the bug

That would take serious determination to tackle that project. Someone would spend far more than the finished project would be worth. There are some fantastic things in there, worth a mint to the right people.

Die Sitze des BMW 5er passen auf die Schienen des VW, ebenso das Getriebe.

there was a hubcap from a french vespa 400 !

Any updates on this? Was it ever pulled out and confirmed to be a 1946?

Shame all the parts and cars are rusting and oxidising.

El paraíso de los bochos

Basement and wet a sure fire 'wallet' soaker.

Someone needs to clean out that place and make some money.

Dude, if your able to purchase any of those collectibles, it going to take a month of Sundays to dig it all out.

I could smell the mold and mildew along with the humidity...

Cool find!!! 1946 Beetle! Just a year after Hitler committed suicide. I'd send a few days inside just to rummage through and find the necessary parts. Wear a respirator and watch out for rattlers.

The most impressive detail is HOW DID THEY GET IT DOWN THERE?

is that even the same car you put for the thumbnail on this video?

Derry, NH?

this isn’t a 1940 beetle as the beetle was only mass produced after ww2 in the very late 1940’s and not sold in the us yet

It's maybe a 49 without the Fenders lights Front apron inner stamping In view just below the Gas tank is Visable never looked at it

Will it run coming soon

Awesome video! 👏💯 It's crazy to think Germany was still cranking out Vdubs so shortly after the war....(even if they had to physically push them down the assembly line) Lol!! By the way is anybody ever told you you look a lot like Steve-O from Jackass?? 😂

Wow

My friend has a 44 or 45 beetle

Geee.....I thought MY place was a big mess.....lots of stuff worth keeping though....

What year are Ford trucks and price on them

Ugg….cable brakes, 25 horsepower, unobtainable parts. Yeah…..ok…conversation piece. Driving it anywhere…..? Then again….you could put a 300 hp chrome Chinese engine in it….or perhaps a turbo Subaru engine. And then lower it to the ground, with a 4 wheel disc kit. Or Maybe a sand rail. Now, you know I’m joking of course. Wonderful find.