To this day I will never understand why people dislike videos that the channel creator *clearly* put hours of effort and research into. Keep up the great work Mark.
@Squidwardooo2 жыл бұрын
the good ole days 🤣
@Corax_Dawai2 жыл бұрын
They are called internet losers and dislike things to feel better.
@voornaam31912 жыл бұрын
Maybe people dislike seeing mass murderers again and again and again? It's like we all like them. Ah, Hitler loved fast cars. No wonder some people put a thumb down. When all YOUR uncles and aunts died in Poland, because of the bazurk ideals of these sadists, you might even understand that thumb down.
@lifelongbachelor36512 жыл бұрын
indoctrination.
@terjeweum3677 Жыл бұрын
Felton for President / Brilliant review
@mlc44953 жыл бұрын
Soviet frontline officer: "This is my car now." Soviet general: "I think you mean 'this is OUR car now' comrade?"
@Cwrigz3 жыл бұрын
Lol I would agree but In reality they all became selfish Superiors and took them for themselves
@dr.barrycohn54613 жыл бұрын
Good one.
@snarnok3 жыл бұрын
Dah boom teesh
@davidrasthammar10573 жыл бұрын
The privilege of rank and some communists are more equal than others.
@Lerxstification3 жыл бұрын
I sense a new Seinfeld show: Kommandants in Kars getting Kaffee
@PittManGaming3 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton, I just bought your’e book, “Guarding Hitler”. It’s an excellent read And I encourage every man woman and child to read this book! Thank you Dr. Felton.
@clonetrooper713 жыл бұрын
*your.
@RawPower73 жыл бұрын
*Yure
@hayate75923 жыл бұрын
you're*
@seppeisenmann87103 жыл бұрын
No offense to anyone, guys & gals. But "YOUR" is the right word to use. 'You're' is a contraction of 'you are;' but that's cool, we all make mistakes. Peace & "y'all" stay safe, friends.
@babbygogo72073 жыл бұрын
@@seppeisenmann8710 my English has now improved
@theoneandonlysoslappy3 жыл бұрын
Describing Goering as "corpulent" will never get old.
@billace903 жыл бұрын
A Fat S.O.B.
@scoldog95673 жыл бұрын
How about "a 'bit' dodgy" (for all the Red Dwarf fans out there)
@erhardbaehni18323 жыл бұрын
Vollgefressen
@email46643 жыл бұрын
He was a self eliminating pile of garbage, thankfully
@daleblue223 жыл бұрын
For sure he was one obese nazi. 🤣🤣🤣
@Niels_Dn3 жыл бұрын
“Fun” fact on Bormann’s villa near Schluchsee; it still exists and is now a hotel.
@Simonsvids3 жыл бұрын
Indeed and Colditz is a hostel and I have stayed there with my motorcycle actually allowed to park inside the castle! Himmler's Wewelsburg castle is also a hostel too and I have stayed there also.
@imposantermrbubblebutt81973 жыл бұрын
whats so funny in it?
@sarlaton14833 жыл бұрын
How was acconodation at those places, can u still feel the 1940ish vibes?
@intermodus21803 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a fun vacation 😕
@jowatson67503 жыл бұрын
Goebbels black Mercedes with skulls looks a whole lot more morbid than Cruella. DeVille’s.
@bud91333 жыл бұрын
Mr Felton, you just can't drop info that Goering collected model trains without making a whole video for that alone.
@Balthorium3 жыл бұрын
He had an elaborate setup in the attic of his house he had to blow up. It looked huge like at least 25 feet across with mini houses and all that jazz.
@kantina47653 жыл бұрын
nazis were just massively autistic
@kantina47653 жыл бұрын
@Elvia Darkgrape so you're offended about a joke at the expense of nazis? says a lot about you bud
@kantina47653 жыл бұрын
@Elvia Darkgrape an autistic neo nazi, what a novel concept.
@Wallyworld303 жыл бұрын
@@kantina4765 Your insulting autistic people they are not evil at all like the Nazi's.
@cH3rtzb3rg3 жыл бұрын
N.B.: "Horch" is pronounced with a [ç] sound at the end. And fun fact: "Horch!" also is the imperative "Listen!" which in Latin is "Audi".
@alfredvonk76863 жыл бұрын
The well known 4 rings of Audi…. Stands for the German brand “Auto Union” (the union of car(s) The 4 brands which United in this Auto Union are: Audi, Horch, Wanderer, DKW.
@loddude57063 жыл бұрын
So is there room in the market for a GT people carrier called the 'Audi Tourium'? . . . (sorry : )
@robertthomas59063 жыл бұрын
@@alfredvonk7686 Thought they were all the same now - Audi, VW, Mercedes, BMW, Maybach.
@androidtexts69483 жыл бұрын
Audi will always be auto union to me
@TheWilferch3 жыл бұрын
@@robertthomas5906 ...no. Audi / VW...part of the VW group, along with Porsche and a host of others.. Mercedes and Maybach are still Mercedes. BMW is also by itself.....owning Rolls Royce, Mini and others...
@JustMe-andyou33 жыл бұрын
Hi Dr.Felton, much greetings from Germany! While listening, your lovely pronounciation of "Horch" a thought came to my mind, that might be interesting for english speaking audiences as well as for anyone who did not have the pleasure to have been educated in Latin.. The word "Horch" is the imperativ form of "hören" , meaning to listen , that has been translated into it's latin equivalent "Audi"... beeing now the name of the company, that's Logo is visible on the "Kühlergrill" 😉 (the cover of the radiator) of the "Horch " Thanks from a great fan of your work. You are seemingly the only one able to narrate (and as a pecondition understand) history the way it should. Again, many thanks and greetings and I hope in the future you'll have a little space left over there for that I can take refuge from this country still full of a...holes beeing my unfortunate birthplace
@daedralord13 жыл бұрын
Imagine Mercedes made a car ad and ended the ad with “the new s class from Mercedes Benz, a car hitler would be proud of”
@wayneantoniazzi27063 жыл бұрын
Who knows? Ad agencys frequently put together gag ads for their own amusement that never see the light of day, in a manner of speaking. So it wouldn't surprise me a bit if an American ad agency doing a Mecedes commercial had one of their cars going through its high-performance paces, then pulling up to the camera with Hitler behind the wheel, looking into the camera and saying: "Diss ist der kind off Mercedes I VISH I had!"
@jamesclendon48113 жыл бұрын
It's a lot like Jerry Della Femina's famous tongue-in-cheek proposal for a slogan for Panasonic: "From those wonderful folks who gave you Pearl Harbor." It wasn't really used, of course, but became so well-known that Della Femina used it as the title of his memoir of the advertising business.
@davidlynch90493 жыл бұрын
Living in Germany, virtually any major International and National company you can name contributed to helping the Nazi regime. Not a big deal here any longer. I cannot walk past a Hugo Boss store here looking at all the black suits for sale without thinking of Hugo making all those black Gestapo uniforms.
@wayneantoniazzi27063 жыл бұрын
@@jamesclendon4811 Exactly! I remember Jerry Della Femina's book. I never read it, but the title had me in stiches when I saw the book for sale at a Brentano's years ago.
@taylorburke53883 жыл бұрын
I'd buy one
@THE-HammerMan3 жыл бұрын
So the man was "encouraged" to hand over the car for an apartment and a decent job. An offer he couldn't refuse, no doubt. Beats sleeping with the fishes!
@johnnyz23783 жыл бұрын
Or ending up in a Siberian Gulag……….
@denisegore18843 жыл бұрын
Having his own apartment would have been a big deal.
@reelreeler87783 жыл бұрын
I'd have handed the car over in a heartbeat for an apartment and good post war job. Beats the prospect of post war life with an old worn out car and nothing else.
@krishanuA2 жыл бұрын
Luca Brasi dislikes this comment. His bulletproof jacket also dislikes this ☹️
@THE-HammerMan2 жыл бұрын
@@krishanuA Yeah... Let's see Luca shake hands on that!
@johnamundsen71083 жыл бұрын
The 540K was a sports coupe, which is in the museum. The big four door limos were the 770K model, though.
@Wokkelwokkel2 жыл бұрын
I wanted to say the same but happy that you already mentioned it. There were 4doors versions of the 540K though. But they were saloons.
@rontaylor50292 жыл бұрын
Quite true. I was wondering if anybody slse picked up on this
@Zoped983 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early, the luftwaffe still had aerial superiority
@pauliegualtieri43143 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, back when they had a full dinner table at their air fields in France.....Bitte meine herren
@krisfrederick50013 жыл бұрын
That's getting so old...use that mind of yours, get creative.
@duncanmcgee133 жыл бұрын
@@krisfrederick5001 the complaining is getting old too
@JoeIFootballShorts3 жыл бұрын
@@duncanmcgee13 I agree with you
@neinnein93063 жыл бұрын
Das letzte Mal als du so früh warst, hatte mein Opa noch Wein und Mädchen in Frankreich.
@Elongated_Muskrat3 жыл бұрын
Sounds bad to say but they did have a pretty good sense of style in things like cars and clothes.
@wer1471593 жыл бұрын
Not Bad about its real
@Simonsvids3 жыл бұрын
Of course! Uniforms were by Hugo Boss. If you are the master race one needs to look the part.
@MakeAllThingsBeautiful3 жыл бұрын
yep, they got the marketing spot on, the flags, imagery, colours probably attracted more support and inspired more confidence and resulted in the biggest dead body count in the quickest time over the greatest area, ever
@Hovercraftltd3 жыл бұрын
Yes the dramatic iconography selected from completely independent historical uses and the dominating cut of the uniforms are what keep the Third Reich as absolute top villains, all this plus the easy to grasp apparent simplicity of a precise orderly organisation. A lot of it looks reprised for the Empire and First Order in Star Wars. It is so graphic and easily recognised it is becoming a bit of a cheat in many movies so you don't need to create new iconic villainous organisations from scratch.
@longjohnsilver51793 жыл бұрын
The Nazis would never have become as famous if they dressed like the Chinese military..
@SierraNovemberKilo3 жыл бұрын
I am constantly amazed by your location & use of imagery and film to illustrate your incredible dialogue. I congratulate you on some incredible work. I never knew I could be so enthralled by such history!
@suspiciousafternoon3 жыл бұрын
Mark covers every bit of history leaving no stone unturned 👏👏
@charlestownshend56553 жыл бұрын
That is a sad looking storage area for these fine vehicles. Surely Russia could provide a decent, clean display museum for these historic items.
@hobofactory3 жыл бұрын
I’m not so sure it’s Russian government property at this point, it almost sounds like it’s some guy’s personal collection that he allows people to see in his museum and also rents out for film production.
@Lerxstification3 жыл бұрын
Umm, it's Russia, the Detroit of countries.
@ivanvoronov38713 жыл бұрын
Its a private garage not a public museum
@tomr96613 жыл бұрын
Agree, for the historical significance of these vehicles, it is indeed sad that they are not properly displayed and perserved, where all can appreciate them.
@erhardbaehni18323 жыл бұрын
It is a private collection displayed to public..so what. ..no taxmoney was wasted on it as for so many other unused things ( Art?) you can see all around you .
@joepapp013 жыл бұрын
Oh Dr. Felton, you make my weekends so fine! (Reading your book "Castles of the Eagles," btw!! :)
@nriab233 жыл бұрын
would you recommend it?
@joepapp013 жыл бұрын
@@nriab23 yes
@jimofthejungle023 жыл бұрын
Hitler: make me a car that looks ominous and evil Mercedes: i got you, fam
@superunknown694203 жыл бұрын
Hugo Boss made those sexy ass uniforms...
@sarlaton14833 жыл бұрын
Years later in 2021 both still kickin it 💯
@tedstrong39903 жыл бұрын
You are the only historian worth his weight in gold. Mark is the best.
@tedstrong39903 жыл бұрын
@Travis Johnson Information can be worth that amount of gold. ,yes. Dr. Felton explores his subject at depth.
@_Dovar_3 жыл бұрын
More like Göring's weight in gold, no?
@waliwali36903 жыл бұрын
Doctor,I am worried. will I become a Nazi if I visit Mark Felton's documentaries too much. And if I continue to nourish this fascination toward this period of history ??
@waliwali36903 жыл бұрын
@Travis Johnson Doctor,I am worried. will I become a Nazi if I visit Mark Felton's documentaries too much. And if I continue to nourish this fascination toward this period of history ??
@waliwali36903 жыл бұрын
@Travis Johnson you mean the FreeMasonry,or the Zionist Lobby ?
@chrislebon59273 жыл бұрын
Man, I tell ya... Where does Dr Felton come up with this stuff? It's always super informative and so damn interesting.... Love this guy.
@kewltony3 жыл бұрын
No one: Mark Felton: How Jay Leno's Garage nearly won the war
@hannibalb82763 жыл бұрын
Damn I was going to make a Jay Leno joke, too slow
@fordfairlane662dr3 жыл бұрын
Really a great idea..does Leno have the hitler car?
@richardlinter41113 жыл бұрын
@@fordfairlane662dr : No, but he has one of the Nazi-killer cars (so many accidents the Wehrmacht banned its men from commandeering them).
@SlapShotRegatta223 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton! You're the man! Best history available on the internet by a mile. Just bought my brother your book "Guarding Hitler" for a birthday. Keep up the excellent work.
@PittManGaming3 жыл бұрын
@1988baby I bought the book a few days ago. Actually, the first chapter is about how Hitler’s security detail laid the foundation on how even our Secret Service protects our President. Encourage you to get a copy. You won’t be disappointed.
@SlapShotRegatta223 жыл бұрын
@1988baby I defer to Dr. Felton here but the synopsis reads: "Guarding Hitler provides the reader with a fascinating inside look at the secret world of Hitler's security and domestic arrangements. The book focuses in particular on both the official and private life of Hitler during the latter part of the war, at the Wolfs Lair at Rastenburg, and Hitler's private residence at Berchtesgaden, the Berghof." Sounds like a terrific read. Told my brother that he needs to give it to me when he's done, ha ha!
@joshuafleming34882 жыл бұрын
@@PittManGaming make
@hoffmiermp3 жыл бұрын
It's great to see such historically significant and rare cars being preserved for future generations to admire.
@DFWFreestyle3 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the channel.
@jackgath27843 жыл бұрын
Future generations- "why would you keep Nazi stuff you racist" 🤣🤣
@wernermayrhoffer73083 жыл бұрын
@@jackgath2784 well apparently nazi memorabilia sells very well.
@jackgath27843 жыл бұрын
@@wernermayrhoffer7308 yea it's pretty cool
@DFWFreestyle3 жыл бұрын
@@jackgath2784 that's funny
@sirbowman31583 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton I used to think I knew a solid amount about the war until I found your channel before my freshman year of college. You rekindled my interest in WWII, and gave me inspiration to genuinely study the subject, specifically the deterioration of the Wehrmacht. By cross referencing various data archives regarding fielded manpower, O found that the Wehrmacht fielded only 1/2-2/3 of their strength at the beginning of 1945 by Germany’s surrender. An overwhelming majority of those casualties were POWs, as the frequent overextension of the frontlines created several opportunities for encirclements. This was compounded by Hitler’s refusal to retreat, which was the same thing that got almost a million Axis troops killed or captured following the tide turning defeat at Stalingrad. Anyway, I haven’t read any of your books yet, but I definitely plan to. I happily binge watch your content, and I imagine that your books contain even more detail. Keep on inspiring people to dig deeper into what I believe really was the greatest hour of the greatest generation.
@irish33353 жыл бұрын
Another great episode Dr. Felton, thanks for sharing! Appreciate your attention to detail, your opening music always get me excited for the story you are about to tell no matter what it is about!
@filipohman72773 жыл бұрын
Awesome Work Mark, Thanks! Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮
@El_Guapo743 жыл бұрын
2:12 Hitlers door guy gets out of a moving car to open H's door as fast as possible. H still managed to open the door first. I hope henchman is OK
@jeffdalrymple16343 жыл бұрын
The Germans were known to use Opel Admirals as staff cars. The GM subsidy used Chevrolet drive trains. The Opel Blitz used the Chevrolet's "stove bolt" six engine. Ford Werks AG continued to produce American trucks and components under license. Both Ford and GM were award damage settlements in the 50s-60s. The Soviet's produced Ford automotive components and entire cars by license under the GAZ brand.
@dragospahontu3 жыл бұрын
What about VW?
@johnking14633 жыл бұрын
Henry Ford gave Stalin a truck factory. Ford also worked a deal with the tri-motor airplane.
@johnking14633 жыл бұрын
Oh, don't forget Coca-Cola. They had a German subsiddeary that survived the war.
@jeffdalrymple16343 жыл бұрын
@@johnking1463 don't forget I.G. Farbin was owned by Standard Oil; Folke Wolf 40% owned by I.T.T. among others. Standard Oil produced tetraethyl lead at the Linden, NJ refinery for the Luftwaffe. Even early T-34s chassis' were built in Linden for the Soviets.
@JohnSmith-rw8uh10 ай бұрын
@dragospahontu ford were offered vw free of charge after ww2 but turned it down, calling it a little shot box. Not one of their best decisions
@TheRealDarthVadar3 жыл бұрын
I want to chauffeur Dr.Felton around Europe in the one black Mercedes limousine like the BOSS he is 💯 fantastic video my brain craves these excellent videos THANK YOU !
@TheRealDarthVadar3 жыл бұрын
@@gerrynightingale9045 Stop watching and unsubscribe to the channel if that's the way you feel. The other 99.9% of us love Mark 💯
@philup62743 жыл бұрын
A modified 540k. Actually
@sakabula12853 жыл бұрын
@@gerrynightingale9045 Nobody forced you to be here little Gerry...now get off the laptop and give your little sister a turn
@Jawbrah933 жыл бұрын
I love this channel so much! Cant believe the quality! Never stop
@Tunkabear3 жыл бұрын
Excellent work Mr. Felton, as always.
@josephjose91003 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton never ceases to take my breath away.
@morningstar92333 жыл бұрын
impressive looking cars. Something sinister about them, even without the Nazi connotations. Maybe it's the fuel consumption.
@trixtrix15363 жыл бұрын
ROTFL 🤣 But I know what you mean it’s like they have their own personalities almost like they exist on their own in some other manner
@kupus66223 жыл бұрын
Very true. Wouldn't be the same being bundled into a fiat 500 by the Gestapo. It would make a potentially bad situation into a total farce. I'd rather be bundled into a Merc, any day.
@morningstar92333 жыл бұрын
@@kupus6622 I hope your dream comes true Ben ....er, I think.
@Hot80s3 жыл бұрын
the hot sex in the backseat with other SS's agent's wifes
@locazos73303 жыл бұрын
Excelent historian teacher. It is now my inspiration. Greetings from Lima, Perú.
@Arnhemer3 жыл бұрын
Dr. Mark Felton. Feel like watching all night long, but ive seen all your video's. Thank you for such good, intresting and informative content. Keep up the great work!
@truth57053 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early people weren't doing different versions of the same joke over and over and over again
@Zoped983 жыл бұрын
And ain’t that the truth
@crabpeople21373 жыл бұрын
Irony?
@ipadair73453 жыл бұрын
When reading this *_ME_* : hahaha so funi _like_ . *_ME_* : *WAIT A MINUTE*
@jamesclendon48113 жыл бұрын
Truth; Of course they were. Every comment section is full of people using the same tired joke over and over--usually because so few people bother to read the other comments before posting their own. But to be fair, nothing is more tired than "Last time I was this early....."
@robkunkel88333 жыл бұрын
@@markholroyde9412 ... what a cool word! “ Snowflake” ... did you make that up? Very creative. Kudos to you Marky. 🦤
@alluraambrose29783 жыл бұрын
Russian officers when spotting a nice car, mine mine mine mine mine.
@viz123453 жыл бұрын
davai tchasi
@mdsf013 жыл бұрын
Berliners had a joke after the war... How do you know what direction is east? Put a pocket watch on your palm and start turning... when it disappears you know you're facing east. Recounted to me by my university history professor (whose father was a member of the anit-nazi resistance).
@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick96473 жыл бұрын
But yet they ride in Volgas
@kenon69683 жыл бұрын
I remember reading a book on Soviet auto culture, it said that many of these war trophies ended landing their owners in hot water as Stalin turned the screws on anyone who was seen to been under too much western influence in the political crackdowns in the immediate post war. They also noted that after a few years parts became unobtainium. The former is probably anecdotal, but it was a hyper paranoid regime.
@Mercmad3 жыл бұрын
@@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 There is one next to the Horch.
@chkoha64623 жыл бұрын
A sunny and relaxing Sunday in the garden with a cup of coffee and new video by.Dr.Felton.Thanks for your work!
@todd50823 жыл бұрын
The big WW2 battles and stories have all been told a million times on the history channel. Mark fills in everything in between. That’s where the real stories r at. Well done Mark!
@erictroxell7153 жыл бұрын
Wow. I wish my dad was alive. He d love everything you create. Especially episodes like this.... He loved old cars
@karlferguson3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this one mate! Very interesting
@sabba_dabba86493 жыл бұрын
I do not have the proper words to describe my appreciation for this video given my love of Mark Felton videos in general and uber love of cars.
@RDEnduro3 жыл бұрын
Combining some of my favorite things, cars, and history! Cooolll
@tarekantonioalkhaledi21183 жыл бұрын
Hands down you are the best historian and by far mate. Keep up the good work and i really wish that you'll have your own show on TV soon. 🤙🏻
@EdMcF13 жыл бұрын
What were the adjusted tyre pressures for Goering's car when he was in it?
@anteeker3 жыл бұрын
They may have been solid so they couldn`t be shot out ( and so they wouldn`t blow out when he plopped his fat ass in the car!)
@theRealBased14923 жыл бұрын
@@anteeker I mean you try heroin addiction with a blown out back at 40+ lets see how good you look hotshot.
@jamesthompson80083 жыл бұрын
Flat...& flatter
@barriebaldwinclod89743 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for a uniquely sane and well-spoken commentary. Rather rare among these kinds of productions !
@kystfort84673 жыл бұрын
3 Mercedes 770 was delivered to norway during the war. To Quisling, terboven and nikolaus von falkenhorst.
@lraubal98513 жыл бұрын
Quislings was smashed to bits by locals on the day of surrender.
@kystfort84673 жыл бұрын
@@lraubal9851 it was used by the Norwegian police for a while after the war. It was wrecked in the late 50's.
@lraubal98513 жыл бұрын
Was it wrecked by locals? I heard from a Norwegian friend that they tried to auction it but no one wanted it so it was smashed up which sounds awful....
@kystfort84673 жыл бұрын
@@lraubal9851 it was wrecked in the late 50's. There is a picture of the car outside the police station in oslo. Taken in may 1945...🙂
@douglasturner61533 жыл бұрын
Not a very classy heritage after all. This was the celebrated: "Quisling Car"!
@yujinny19993 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I see the title on Feton's vidoes and I think they might be only mildly interesting...but after watching, I always get hooked and wish they were longer.
@martyndominic23593 жыл бұрын
I would love to see you turn your attention to the Kuban bridgehead, the start, the battles and evacuation. Good vids!
@tiberiusgracchus42223 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! I would love to see that collection in person.
@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick96473 жыл бұрын
not me, when I look t them they're covered in blood
@frankpaya6903 жыл бұрын
@@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 Then nobody would collect any military artifacts either, like guns and bayonets . It is part of history, and history is both bad as well as good, it's what happened.
@tiberiusgracchus42223 жыл бұрын
@@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 My interest in them is because they are excellently preserved examples of automobile history. Not because Nazi's drove them.
@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick96473 жыл бұрын
@@tiberiusgracchus4222 my dad fought in WW2 he had a few weapons including a Japanese rifle that was featured on forgotten weapons my Uncle got them when he died so glad he did.
@MrJacksonBollock3 жыл бұрын
Dr Felton, you never cease to amaze. But you can't leave the Goering / Model Railway thing just dangling. We simply HAVE to know and there is only one man to tell us.
@50epitaph3 жыл бұрын
Dear Dr Felton, dear Mark, an interesting collection and an interesting story. Plaese allow me a few remarks. 1. The 540 K may very well have been owned once by Goebbels, however your statement on the 500 and 540 K as being the lead cars for the NSDAP top isn't wholly correct. Most cars until 1938 were of the 770 type. There was indeed a small series 0f 500 parade cars for the Reichskanzlei you mentioned. Even with a fully open body, so without a heavy duty hood and roll up windows, the sheer weight made the cars under powered, and no further examples were built. They were replaced by the new 770K introduced in 1938 which were available as Open Tourer, F- Cabriolet, D-Cabriolet and Pullman Limousines. These chassis could also better handle even further added weight when armour plating, which increasingly was in demand, was fitted. BTW, Hitler preferred to sit next to the driver and that seat was always made especially comfortable to his requirements. 2. The Horch shown is a standard bodied type 853 convertible produced by Gläser in Dresden, however Goering's car was a spiffy 2/3 seater roadster bodied by Erdmann & Rossi, and this is not that car. 3. Most NSDAP bigwigs rode in Mercedes, but there was also the Maybach DS8 Zeppelin with a V12 8 litre engine, and for instance Heinrich Himmler and Dr Julius Dorpmuller preferred that car over the 770's.. Thank you for your excellent series which I follow with great interest, being a university taught historian myself! Kind regards, Dr Robert Geelen
@nicholausbuthmann14213 жыл бұрын
Uh Oh, we'll need to have a crossover between "Jay Leno's Garage & The Good Doctor of History Mark Felton" !
@Alexandra-vp1gm3 жыл бұрын
Hello from Australia.....fabulous collection! OMG the hours and dedication spent on these cars. Once again you have given us an insight into the grandness of the Nazi regime. Thank you Mark for providing this information as I have wondered what happened to those great cars, you never disappoint!
@oftin_wong3 жыл бұрын
I watch WW2 docos just to see the vehicles roll by, love it beyond imagination ...love mercs
@KennenSieKino3 жыл бұрын
The Technical Museum in Sinsheim (GE) has two 770K Cabrio on display, one 770K Limousine and a Mercedes G4 Stabswagen. All in perfect condition.
@justincholos.balisang68843 жыл бұрын
"Not a scratch doctor. Not a scratch."
@MarkLLawrence3 жыл бұрын
The car of Red Skull would fit in nicely there.
@ashishhkumarr9943 жыл бұрын
Sunday's are incomplete without Mark's videos
@kobuserasmus29343 жыл бұрын
Your channel is fascinating, so interesting to watch
@arbyjack25523 жыл бұрын
Love this videos. What a great topic!!
@wazkangz9553 жыл бұрын
Looks like the Lomakov Museum is gonna get a spike in attention.
@hobofactory3 жыл бұрын
It’s certainly made my list of places to visit. I don’t find myself in Russia very often (maybe once every 5 years) but it seems like a decent little side trip.
@matthewcaughey88983 жыл бұрын
Mr Felton. I wanted to tell you a few things I’ve noticed on those cars you pointed out. 1 that 80 percent Mercedes 540k is more like 65 percent. The paint on the fenders looks to have been done with a paintbrush by a Russian ogre with no idea how to paint. I would rate that car a 6 out of 10 just cause it’s running. But the Gobbels car honestly would need to be taken back to bare metal and painted properly by a guy who knows what he’s doing. The Horch is definitely looking good there, that’s a solid older restoration that with a bit of shining up and some buffing would definitely be a looker, 9 out of 10 .Now the Borman car looks like hell to be honest with you. It’s missing the front bumper, the front panels are anything but straight and it looks like it was crashed into something from the front. That’s a 4 out of 10 car. Overall they all probably need some going over, but those 2 Mercedes’ need significant work. The 540k needs a full paint job done by a professional restorer, some of those little parts might need assistance but a good proper paintjob and that’s an easy 7 figure car ( not because of its infamous owner but due to rarity) The Borman car would need extensive work, many of its parts like bumpers are gone. Those are very difficult to nigh on impossible to locate and Mercedes themselves or a real professional auto restorer might have to actually make many of the parts to do it properly. The 540k painted properly is an easy multimillion dollar car as is the horch, this does not take into accounts their original owners ( that might increase or potentially decrease the value) Not sure on the alleged Borman car haven’t seen many big prewar to war era Mercedes like that
@gamerxt3333 жыл бұрын
What`s ironic is a lot of those could simply be rebuilt using new parts, assuming they still have the designs for them. The only real difference being the MFG date, I doubt it would cost millions to do so either.
@matthewcaughey88983 жыл бұрын
@@gamerxt333 cars this historic in the circles they trade in would accept nothing less then OEM. With these cars, that’s the difference of its worth millions, or going for 6 figures cause you cheaped out. If I had one of those cars my goal would be restore it and sell it at auction for an obscene amount of money. Then go buy whatever I wanted and buy and build a garage to keep it in
@daw1623 жыл бұрын
If they're authentic, it matters nothing - they have something no perfectly restored nothing car can duplicate - credible authenticity.
@inovahightechltd3 жыл бұрын
Highly interesting of what you come up with Dr. Felton. Always exciting to watch your documentaries! Thank You!
@wardungeontv93833 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Love these videos, some of the best documentary filmmaking I have ever seen. Truly above bar!
@saldemaio72803 жыл бұрын
Another amazing video Mr. Felton!
@tedbaxter52343 жыл бұрын
Hate to say it, but this was a light weight video viewed against the usual standard. Thank you for all the other mammoth videos you produce!
@cyberdyne94803 жыл бұрын
Currently restoring a Morris 8 in New Zealand 🇳🇿 - I would kill to get my hands on any of these! WW2 era cars have been my favorite since seeing Hogan's Hero's
@Lupinthe3rd.3 жыл бұрын
I think mark watched the movie rat race and was inspired to do this video.
@MarkLLawrence3 жыл бұрын
"Are you insane! This is Hitlers car!"
@kriseckhardt51483 жыл бұрын
I received a very long Mercedes aluminum cylinder head at a machine shop I was working at in Southern Maine USA. The man who wanted me to check it out was reluctant to tell me what it was from. I told him that I needed to know what kind of Mercedes it was from. Straight 8 cylinder 7+liter Grosser. He finally told me it was from Geuring’s staff car.
@KubeOne13 жыл бұрын
Another fascinating bit of history that I am glad to have learned. 🙂👍🏻
@frankpaya6903 жыл бұрын
I'm still wondering whatever happened to the 1956 Cadillac convertible, the secret service used that was in Dallas the day of the Kennedy assassination- following behind the presidential limousine.
@pedro-on-wheels3 жыл бұрын
great content, as always. Your subtly goes a long way in delivering history.
@BamBamBigelow..3 жыл бұрын
Goering liked the trappings of absolute power
@robertheath86462 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark great as always and very interesting concerning the Nazi Reich cars. Just a point of correction here - the vehicle is in fact an Auto Union (now AUDI) Horch. Auto Union carried on manufacturing their cars until the mid 1970s - +. Horch was also used as a name for a battle field vehicle used by the German Wehrmacht to tow small to medium anti tank guns and artillery pieces and their crews.
@hoosierpatriot22803 жыл бұрын
I was cutting my grass, stopped to check my phone and saw this. PERFECT time for a break!
@joeg54143 жыл бұрын
Better get back out there. I want that grass cut. It's already been 10 min you've been sitting on your ass
@hoosierpatriot22803 жыл бұрын
@@joeg5414 No! Not til I have had my fix of Dr. Felton videos! 😁
@joeg54143 жыл бұрын
@@hoosierpatriot2280 yeah that could easily turn into an all day thing 😂
@hoosierpatriot22803 жыл бұрын
@@joeg5414 Don't judge me! 🤣😂😆
@johnrebel95398 ай бұрын
Having security,yet riding around in a convertible seems very counter productive.
@michaelmccarthy46153 жыл бұрын
WW II and car collections ! 2 favorite subjects in 1 video !
@muhummadalsaddique82933 жыл бұрын
Dr Felton must be protected at all cost from cancel culture!
@JeffreyRosenlund3 жыл бұрын
I cant wait for cancel culture to cancel the term cancel culture. Seriously man, what have you had canceled on you that cant be bought on ebay?
@MrCarGuy3 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't call any of these restored or even partly restored. They may have been refurbished but certainly haven't been looked after the best. Appreciate automotive content.
@JonBlondell Жыл бұрын
Thank you for these car vids! A lot can be learned from the stories around them!
@thegunslinger13633 жыл бұрын
Germany sure knows a thing or two. When it comes to making cars.
@stu37753 жыл бұрын
They used to know a lot about every thing.
@Trigormike3 жыл бұрын
'You've got to hand it to the Germans, they make great cars.' - Deja Vu
@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick96473 жыл бұрын
and let's not forget to purify race, why do think Chancellor Merkel is doing
@kenon69683 жыл бұрын
American prestige classics of the same era blow anything from Germany out of the water, the cream of the crop, a supercharged Duesenberg SJ, made 320 HP, the 540k mustered a paltry 180
@martineckert67473 жыл бұрын
@@kenon6968 But you must know that the Brother Fred and August Augie Duesenberg are German engineers
@gemista3 жыл бұрын
Timely. I just came back from visiting the former site of Camp Siegfried on Long Island, that I was informed existed from one of your videos!
@SafariPilot3 жыл бұрын
The minute I saw the Horsch I knew it had to belong to Goering.
@brittakriep29383 жыл бұрын
It is Horch. German ,ch' sound i not ,k' or ,sch'. The sound is similar to the noise of an angry cat, but slower and softer.
@barnabyjones69953 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or did the Horsch have the same four rings on the grill that Audi uses?
@brittakriep29383 жыл бұрын
@@barnabyjones6995 : The four rings are representing the four companies which formed ,Auto Union' (car union) : Horch, Audi, DKW and Wanderer.
@barnabyjones69953 жыл бұрын
@@brittakriep2938 Thank you for the info.
@russellnixon99812 жыл бұрын
Great original content, which makes this channel consistently outstanding.
@vikingstigr3 жыл бұрын
Your theme music always gets me excited lol!
@georgvonclausewitz20243 жыл бұрын
we are still waiting for steiner's counterattack
@leemichael21543 жыл бұрын
They just building up the ammo and food etc then they'll be right along. ......
@theRealBased14923 жыл бұрын
Steiners counter attack will be a UFO invasion from inner earth.
@zacktube1003 жыл бұрын
@@theRealBased1492...with a quick stop at the north pole.
@recruitmentch2 жыл бұрын
I visited the Lomakov museum 5 months before covid, and the description of it in this video is dated / wholly inaccurate. I wouldn't describe it as a museum as such. It is more like a graveyard. There are old cars outside literally rusting in the snow, whilst inside isn't much better. In all honesty, none of the cars including the Horch looked like they'd been cared for or remotely roadworthy. A real shame as many of the cars inside deserve better TLC.
@juleleleldilla39503 жыл бұрын
man you gotta love this content thank you so much mark for keeping us fanatics happy
@davidworsley79693 жыл бұрын
"Moscow-Russia"- Thanks Mark for clearing that up !
@ravenkahne84843 жыл бұрын
Again, Mark Felton, never disappoints. :)
@CaptainGyro3 жыл бұрын
WOW! 140,000 views in one day. Mark you're a rock star.
@richardpatton25023 жыл бұрын
These cars should be in museums... Never should they generate any kind of profit.
@simmysims92093 жыл бұрын
Don't worry, some day those cars will be seized by the government.
@quintrankid80453 жыл бұрын
Why shouldn't they generate profit?
@patrickblock24773 жыл бұрын
Yeah , it's not the car's fault it had a shity owner
@davidlynch90493 жыл бұрын
Museums would likely have to buy them given their value.
@morphyon3 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton, if I am not mistaken, most of the formal Mercs delivered to Berlin were indeed 770s and not 540ks. As the 770s are bigger, can carry three row seating and armouring. The 540s usually are smaller and sportier (see the blue goose of Herman Goering and many other variants of the 540: Spezial Roadster, Cabriolet A, Cabriolet B, etc.). I guess all the footage of Hitler contains 770 Mercedeses.
@MarkFeltonProductions3 жыл бұрын
The three 540Ks used by Hitler had lengthened wheelbases and are very big. I think a couple survive in museums.
@keithdavidson47233 жыл бұрын
Another very interesting video. Thank you so much 🙏🏻
@truth57053 жыл бұрын
"Nazi" is actually not an historically accurate term, it's as historically proper as calling Stalin a "commie"
@jimc.goodfellas3 жыл бұрын
Ugh ok
@powidel21183 жыл бұрын
Rofl
@hobofactory3 жыл бұрын
Is it historically improper to call Stalin a commie?
@pierremainstone-mitchell82903 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Mark for a most informative video and I'd like to repay the favour if I may (as best as my now 70yr old memory will allow). The section about Mercedes 540s reminded me of a story told to me about 50yrs ago by a elderly friend of mine at the time, the late Rod Searle who, amongst other things was the honorary curator of sailing ships at the Melbourne Museum here in Victoria, Australia. Rod was though, interested in more than sailing ships and told me that he had once bought a plastic kit of a Mercedes 540 (I think) and he wanted to 'super detail' it, i.e. add additional features that the original car had had but that the model lacked. So to do this he wrote to Mercedes Benz in (West) Germany and asked if they could send him a copy of the plans of the vehicle. He received a very courteous reply that went approximately thus - "Dear Mr Searle, Thank you for your letter and we would normally be delighted to send you a copy of the plans you have requested. However, our factory was bombed very heavily during the war and amongst the areas that were destroyed was our plans room". A British friend of Rod's was driving him to work a few days later and Rod told him the story. The friend was silent for few minutes then said "I don't know how to tell you this Rod but I was flying one of the Lancasters that blew the place to pieces!". Rod told me that it three days before he could speak to his friend!
@nkhazov3 жыл бұрын
I’d be surprised if my great grandfather the Russian general had a car from hitlers inner circle. Best regards Nikita
@scottnielsen1553 Жыл бұрын
I saw a Horch that belonged to Martin Borman. It is privately owned in suburban Chicago, part of a large collection of cars
@CONCERTMANchicago2 жыл бұрын
we have a replica of this painted across our two car garage door after getting a book at the library and choosing one. they then up the outline making it multiple times bigger then when we taped it up on the door we applied charcoal dust through sewing machine holes tracing out the body. After more than 45 years we recently got a new garage door and debating whether we should do it again since we still have the tracing paper.
@nimbusnimbus.IV.3 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video Dr. Felton
@starcrib3 жыл бұрын
DR. FELTON- YOUR WORK IS NEVER TO BE MISSED- YOU HAVE ADDED SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE TO MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS SMOLDERING DIABOLICAL PERIOD. THANK YOU. 🌎🌿🌍🌿🌏