WHEELS & TRACKS No. 6

I won’t wright many words it would be an insult to Mr. Vanderveen, just enjoy his love to these vehicles. 

Throwback to the early years when the legendary Bart H. Vanderveen visited us (and the Iron Curtain still existed for another 10 years :D ). He was one of the most influencing historians about military vehicles. My father is still collecting according to his books to complete his collection. He always mentions that these are the holy grail/ the bible if you want to know which vehicle/type it actually is. Here Bart wrote an article for his Wheels & Tracks magazine No. 6:

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Almost 40 years later we are still thankful for your great and lovely article about our collection! 

Maikäfer flieg - Cinema premiere

On March 11th 2016 an Austrian production called "Maikäfer flieg" autobiographical written by novel author Christine Nöstlinger celebrates its theatre premiere in Graz. And two days later in the Viennese Gartenbaukino. 

We made this movie last Summer in South Tyrol and Vienna with Russian and Austrian/Russian vehicles like the ZIS 5, GAZ 67 "Chapaev" , Studebaker US6 (lend and lease) and Steyr 1500A. 

Here you can watch the trailer with some of our cars (German):

We will add it to our REFERANCES area as soon as possible.  

The story takes place when the Russians came to Vienna in 1945. A 10-year old girl doesn't know a life without war, and the whole family fears the comming invaders...

Our Russian vehicles for the movie

Russian GAZ limousine

The vehicles in front of the incredible beautiful movie mansion

Black and white photography of our GAZ cars

Thank god a pause!  The shooting days have been really hot, almost 40 degree Celsius. 

Studebaker US6 and the GAZ 67 "Chapaev" in the background  

Detail picture of the Studebakers typical straight mudguard 

Studebaker US6

Taking a selfie with the Russian "soldiers" 

Steyr 1500A