11/21/2020
Deep in the woods lies an abandoned VW Beetle Car Graveyard. Hundreds of Volkswagen Beetles and Bus Campervans are organized into rows and clusters, seemingly based on age and model.
We visited this location on a rainy afternoon. After tracking down the owner, he kindly granted us permission to enter the property.
It seems likely this was a junkyard specializing in the German-built bugs and buses. The business must have ceased trading some years ago. Every color seems represented in this rusting rainbow-colored fleet.
Most of the cars in the VW Beetle Car Graveyard remain complete. They appear to be missing only a few parts that have presumably been cannibalized for spares over the years. There are also piles of doors, organized by model and neatly arranged into rows leaning against trees. As well as VW Beetles and VW Campervans, there are also several VW Golfs, including a Rabbit LS model from the early 1980s.
There are also several Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, in ivory and brown paint jobs. These cars are essentially a Type 1 Beetle chassis and mechanicals with body styling by Italian designers Carrozzeria Ghia. They were hand-built by the German coachbuilders, Karmann. These appear to be the late 1960s to early 1970s models, judging by the size of the taillights and the smaller bumper size.
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