ADOLF HITLER'S CAR Is Now In CALIFORNIA

incredible as it may seem a car that was once owned and used by adolf hitler is now sitting restored and preserved in santa ana california the car which is now more than 80 years old is a six-wheeled mercedes-benz g4 offender touring wagon this exact car not just the model of car was used by hitler during the early years of world war ii and specifically the invasion of poland in 1939 [Music] the car features a front passenger seat that would fold out of the way so he could stand and wave as he was driven through large crowds typically he would be accompanied by armed guards and his assistants and the car featured hidden compartments in the interior where they could store their weapons the car is massive weighing over 8 000 pounds and is almost 20 feet long it features a 110 horsepower inline eight cylinder engine with a four-speed manual transmission and four-wheel drive and although the car is not fast even for its day with a top speed of only about 40 miles an hour it does feature bulletproof glass and it is heavily armored including thick metal plating on the underside of the car to protect against bombs placed in the road but now the big question is how did this car end up in california after germany's surrender in 1945 the car was seized by the french army in berchtesgaden on the german-austrian border sometime after this the car was acquired by a collector in russia where it remained for several decades then during the mid-1980s legendary car collector tom barrett of barrett jackson auction fame who had heard about the car through his own international contacts was able to purchase the car from the russian collector and bring the car into the united states following this barrett contacted retired major general william lyon who had purchased another hitler-related car a few years prior in 1984. barrett thought lyon would be interested in purchasing the g4 touring wagon lion had become known as an avid and wealthy collector of world war ii era cars and aircraft lyon was interested and did purchase the car from barrett for an unknown sum of money in 1989 throughout the 90s and early 2000s the car was held in lion's private collection but then in 2009 lyon used his collection of aircraft and vehicles to found the lion air museum in santa ana california on the grounds of the john wayne airport the vehicles he brought to the museum included hitler's g4 and this is where the car remains to this day now interestingly the car has never had a complete restoration and was only repaired and restored as necessary most of the car is original including the front seats where hitler sat and ironically one part of the car that was replaced was the tires and these were made in israel [Music] today the car is on permanent display at the lion air museum along with many other world war ii era cars motorcycles and aircraft thanks for watching and if you enjoyed this video please give a thumbs up subscribe for more content about cars and aviation you

Channel: Heavy Metal Horizons

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Keywords: ww2 vehicles parade, ww2 cars, german car

Id: c06X33RKO5M

Length: 4min 15sec (255 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 18 2022