Hi,
Thought I would introduce my Kubel on this forum, as it seems to be the most appropriate.
The vehicle was produced in March 1945 (according to the VW museum in Wolfsburg), ended up in the British occupation area, and was eventually sold as scrap at a British Army auction in the early 1950`s. Sadly, in common with many other wartime Greman vehicles, I have been unable to ascertain more of its wartime history.
It was subsequently purchased along with several others by a movie industry special effects / vehicle company called Babtys in London and was used in many of the British-produced war movies (including `it happened here`, `The Dirty Dozen` and several others) produced up until the 1980`s.
When Babtys sold its stock maybe 20 years ago, the vehicle was then purchased by another movie worker and was restored to a reasonably high standard for the time.
Finally, I came into the vehicle about 4 years ago, and after a near total rebuild of the mechanics and, with a lot of help from my friends, I now have an increasingly driveable Kubel, which requires only final detailing to bring it up to original 1945 spec.
Hope you enjoy the pics and happy to answer any queries.
Cheers
Steve W
Thought I would introduce my Kubel on this forum, as it seems to be the most appropriate.
The vehicle was produced in March 1945 (according to the VW museum in Wolfsburg), ended up in the British occupation area, and was eventually sold as scrap at a British Army auction in the early 1950`s. Sadly, in common with many other wartime Greman vehicles, I have been unable to ascertain more of its wartime history.
It was subsequently purchased along with several others by a movie industry special effects / vehicle company called Babtys in London and was used in many of the British-produced war movies (including `it happened here`, `The Dirty Dozen` and several others) produced up until the 1980`s.
When Babtys sold its stock maybe 20 years ago, the vehicle was then purchased by another movie worker and was restored to a reasonably high standard for the time.
Finally, I came into the vehicle about 4 years ago, and after a near total rebuild of the mechanics and, with a lot of help from my friends, I now have an increasingly driveable Kubel, which requires only final detailing to bring it up to original 1945 spec.
Hope you enjoy the pics and happy to answer any queries.
Cheers
Steve W
,'45 model have a cyclon cleaner and littles headlights with external cable , it's just details,but your car is wonderfull!
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