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

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  • Опубліковано 16 лис 2024

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  • @toddvanwinkle7777
    @toddvanwinkle7777 4 роки тому +72

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

  • @gracestreet6057
    @gracestreet6057 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому +5

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

  • @youtoobe169
    @youtoobe169 4 роки тому +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.

  • @airheadvw4479
    @airheadvw4479 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +1

      Well one day they will!

  • @ambienteterrazas
    @ambienteterrazas 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому +43

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

    • @joergbaumgarten3498
      @joergbaumgarten3498 3 роки тому

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

  • @evilbeetlekustomscreations4965
    @evilbeetlekustomscreations4965 4 роки тому +51

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

    • @micleim
      @micleim 3 роки тому +1

      That would be too good to be true!

  • @rtdm9370
    @rtdm9370 4 роки тому +5

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

  • @Zombieracer69
    @Zombieracer69 4 роки тому +3

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

  • @wmadamzzz
    @wmadamzzz 3 роки тому +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?

  • @markonpoint3219
    @markonpoint3219 4 роки тому +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.

  • @commonsense411
    @commonsense411 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +1

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

  • @ronmelys2854
    @ronmelys2854 4 роки тому +58

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

  • @dudley7540
    @dudley7540 4 роки тому +27

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

  • @4wheelsonmywagon733
    @4wheelsonmywagon733 4 роки тому +19

    Quite a lot can be saved.... 🙏🙏

  • @Schnecke-20
    @Schnecke-20 3 роки тому +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 UA-cam Channel.
    👍

  • @martinharris5017
    @martinharris5017 4 роки тому +11

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

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  4 роки тому +4

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

    • @xmo552
      @xmo552 3 роки тому

      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 роки тому

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

    • @martinharris5017
      @martinharris5017 3 роки тому

      @@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?

  • @JoseMartinez-jw2dy
    @JoseMartinez-jw2dy 3 роки тому

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

  • @macistanitrucker4815
    @macistanitrucker4815 4 роки тому +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!

  • @texgowing7359
    @texgowing7359 Рік тому

    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.

  • @greghamilton1638
    @greghamilton1638 3 роки тому +13

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

  • @snake_eyes_garage
    @snake_eyes_garage 4 роки тому +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.

  • @yonnie3395
    @yonnie3395 3 роки тому +4

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

  • @vicdadik9823
    @vicdadik9823 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +3

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

    • @chuckstith838
      @chuckstith838 4 роки тому +1

      Just good for parts now

    • @newtronix
      @newtronix 4 роки тому +3

      @@handyman3320 why did he let them rot away?

  • @aaron71
    @aaron71 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @aaron71
      @aaron71 3 роки тому

      ​@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

  • @acreativename7999
    @acreativename7999 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @LoveDIYy
    @LoveDIYy 4 роки тому +9

    OMG heart breaking 🚗 thanks for sharing 🙃👌

  • @tapper701
    @tapper701 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @dreamur2002
    @dreamur2002 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @Thomas63r2
    @Thomas63r2 4 роки тому +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!

  • @micleim
    @micleim 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @ChoosePhilippinesPeaceLove
    @ChoosePhilippinesPeaceLove Рік тому +1

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

  • @4wheelsonmywagon733
    @4wheelsonmywagon733 4 роки тому +23

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

    • @vw5085
      @vw5085 4 роки тому +6

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

    • @drewzero1
      @drewzero1 4 роки тому +2

      @@vw5085 I thought this was his backyard!

    • @Mikefngarage
      @Mikefngarage 4 роки тому

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

    • @SladesVWBeetle
      @SladesVWBeetle 4 роки тому

      I think this is in Pennsylvania.

    • @toddbranst
      @toddbranst 3 роки тому

      Dang, I just need a windshield and a fender!

  • @regular_goof
    @regular_goof 4 роки тому +5

    Wow someone needs to save those

  • @user-vg6hw3ct5h
    @user-vg6hw3ct5h 3 роки тому +1

    I just wanna cry.

  • @conceptalfa
    @conceptalfa 4 роки тому +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??? 😬

  • @TateReggie
    @TateReggie 4 роки тому +2

    Great coverage. Thanks!

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  4 роки тому

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

  • @badgrandpa7275
    @badgrandpa7275 3 роки тому +1

    Almost cried 💔

  • @Oldbugssy
    @Oldbugssy 3 роки тому +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!

  • @johnnieveight4925
    @johnnieveight4925 4 роки тому +3

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

  • @reddmann2216
    @reddmann2216 4 роки тому +8

    Feel like I'm trespassing just watching video

  • @tonyeff4447
    @tonyeff4447 4 роки тому +8

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

  • @jmoto1983
    @jmoto1983 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @pierrepinson2906
    @pierrepinson2906 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  3 роки тому

      Me too! Just gives us hope there still out there

    • @shawnelliott3257
      @shawnelliott3257 8 місяців тому

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

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  7 місяців тому

      @@shawnelliott3257 I believe they have now been auctioned off

    • @shawnelliott3257
      @shawnelliott3257 7 місяців тому

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

  • @DemopVWgarage
    @DemopVWgarage 4 роки тому +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 :(

  • @SamCaminhoneiro
    @SamCaminhoneiro 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @rickp7683
    @rickp7683 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @randywineinger779
    @randywineinger779 4 роки тому +11

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

  • @zip343
    @zip343 4 роки тому +4

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

  • @johnnyturbo8460
    @johnnyturbo8460 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +1

      wonder if they know.

    • @johnnyturbo8460
      @johnnyturbo8460 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +1

      That’s exactly what I thought! 😂😂😂

    • @johnnyturbo8460
      @johnnyturbo8460 3 роки тому +1

      @@jean-pierrecayol4897 🤟😁👍

  • @ImStokze
    @ImStokze 3 роки тому +2

    I thought these were all gone?? madness lads

  • @paulhopkinson610
    @paulhopkinson610 3 роки тому +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 роки тому

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

  • @Edrichmond
    @Edrichmond 3 роки тому

    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.

  • @TheBeardedExplorer
    @TheBeardedExplorer 3 роки тому

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

  • @DoubleOSeven007
    @DoubleOSeven007 4 роки тому

    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 роки тому

      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.

  • @holgerm4062
    @holgerm4062 4 роки тому +4

    i can crying, T1 - 412 - Ghia

  • @nicolasloud995
    @nicolasloud995 3 роки тому

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

  • @gustavopadilla9176
    @gustavopadilla9176 4 роки тому +11

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

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  4 роки тому +3

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

  • @santaclaus1014
    @santaclaus1014 3 роки тому +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.

  • @grahames9228
    @grahames9228 4 роки тому +11

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

    • @etmracing
      @etmracing  4 роки тому +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 роки тому

      @@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 роки тому +1

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

  • @jonyperformance7958
    @jonyperformance7958 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @SkaterStimm
    @SkaterStimm 4 роки тому +1

    I want that double/single cab!

  • @OkFixer
    @OkFixer 4 роки тому +5

    Not a heater channel or floor pan in any of them

    • @Mikefngarage
      @Mikefngarage 4 роки тому

      Perfect send me to them ha ha.

    • @OkFixer
      @OkFixer 4 роки тому

      @@Mikefngarage 😀😀

  • @rubenrachetti7076
    @rubenrachetti7076 3 роки тому

    Donde esta localizado esta joyeria de Volswagen, es una pena ver todo esto, que cualquier coleccionista se volveria loco de ver esta muestra !!! Graciasx comoartirlo !!

  • @markmyers840
    @markmyers840 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @janathkumara3007
    @janathkumara3007 Рік тому +1

    what country is this? and place or area?

  • @JonathanWhoever
    @JonathanWhoever Рік тому +1

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

  • @GB-kl4lm
    @GB-kl4lm 3 роки тому +1

    Where? 🤩

  • @freddyfudd253
    @freddyfudd253 2 роки тому

    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 роки тому +2

    2:34 that is just criminal 😔

  • @ChaosZero.
    @ChaosZero. 4 роки тому

    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 роки тому +1

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

    • @rupe53
      @rupe53 4 роки тому

      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.

  • @ih8hertz1
    @ih8hertz1 7 місяців тому +1

    Where is this place

  • @Thevwguy696
    @Thevwguy696 Рік тому +1

    were did yo find all the vw at ?

  • @pete9202
    @pete9202 4 роки тому

    😱Amazing Im speechless thx for sharing👍

  • @TheDanceact
    @TheDanceact 3 роки тому +1

    Where is it? ???????

  • @ulmanito5237
    @ulmanito5237 4 роки тому

    wowwww to look.Greetings from the Black Forest / Germany

  • @ahorsenamedoaks1377
    @ahorsenamedoaks1377 3 роки тому +11

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

    • @mariomuller284
      @mariomuller284 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому

      Il yUA-cam pas yeux de lui et il a dit qu’il a dit ça mais c’est un truc qui lui fait rire quand il fait la maline et que je suis un petit garçon et je lui dis Je pas de lui parler et il est là je suis trop contente je sais que tu veux pas que tu te fais un truc comme moi c’est toi tu sais que tu es un homme qui est en couple et que je te parle pas je suis là je te fais un bisou je te souhaite un très très joyeux Noël et que je t’aime et que je suis en vacances je te souhaite un très très joyeux Noël et que je t’aime je pense fort a moi et toi aussi tu es ma plus grosse grosse journée et que je suis à Paris et toi aussi je te souhaite un bon week-end je te souhaite un bon week-end je te souhaite un bon week-end je te souhaite un bon week-end je te souhaite un bon week-end je te souhaite un bon week-end je te souhaite un bon week-end je te souhaite un bon week-end je te souhaite un bon week-end je te souhaite un bon week-end je te souhaite un bon week-end je te souhaite un bon week-end je te

    • @thierrydufay6500
      @thierrydufay6500 3 роки тому

      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

  • @vdubjunkie
    @vdubjunkie 2 роки тому

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

  • @markcollins5026
    @markcollins5026 4 роки тому +3

    Man, too much for the magic bus !

  • @christianarocho4886
    @christianarocho4886 4 роки тому +3

    Where is that

  • @Flyfish325
    @Flyfish325 3 роки тому +1

    Let Mustie1 and VWNut know immediately!

  • @sixtobobadilla1215
    @sixtobobadilla1215 3 роки тому

    Cuantas historias abandonadas en ese bosque. En cada uno de esos están guardados los sueños de muchos... miles y miles de historias...

  • @alwilliams8609
    @alwilliams8609 3 роки тому +1

    Where and how soon can I get one?

  • @blakeerdmann
    @blakeerdmann 3 роки тому +1

    Location?

  • @foglesongfamily42
    @foglesongfamily42 4 роки тому

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

  • @SLEAZZBAG.FITTER
    @SLEAZZBAG.FITTER 3 роки тому

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

  • @barryjohnson409
    @barryjohnson409 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @CM-qp9eb
    @CM-qp9eb 3 роки тому

    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 :)

  • @catblueeye
    @catblueeye 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @westmoreland7716
    @westmoreland7716 4 роки тому +1

    How & why?

  • @Mikefngarage
    @Mikefngarage 4 роки тому +3

    well there were several worth saving out there but to get to one of them you would have to drag out several pieces of rusted out junk. Earn your money on that one. I would do it though.

    • @evilbeetlekustomscreations4965
      @evilbeetlekustomscreations4965 4 роки тому

      That bus has some goodies on there left on it and you know there's people in our Circle crazy enough to rebuild what's there with all the new sheet metal available🙏

    • @ogribiker8535
      @ogribiker8535 4 роки тому +1

      Considering your current project, I didn't think you would see anything as to far gone !.

  • @dodgeguyz
    @dodgeguyz 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @hammer-fn7gm
    @hammer-fn7gm 4 роки тому

    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 роки тому +1

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

    • @hammer-fn7gm
      @hammer-fn7gm 4 роки тому

      @@etmracing Actually the Richmond Va area.

  • @peakyparttimers9362
    @peakyparttimers9362 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @karloshernandezs5631
    @karloshernandezs5631 3 роки тому

    my favorite car ' I always wanted one 🥰😥💔.vw cemetery. please rescue. 👍🙏'sorry can continue watching. Happy Christmas. to all.

  • @claybornlewis276
    @claybornlewis276 3 роки тому

    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

  • @shailashelu8075
    @shailashelu8075 3 роки тому +3

    Restore please!

  • @stevenhoelderich9490
    @stevenhoelderich9490 3 роки тому

    Hi, my Grandparents,had one of these, & went Salt Lake N.Y. Upstate. I have old, Home movies of, that the only, thing is the, light bulb burnt Out.