The Junkyard: Rudi Klein Collection | A Hidden Collection Unseen for 50 Years! | Part One

[@chiefrocka8604]

Like this guy, very clear informative interesting stuff. KZbinrs take note this guys showing you how to do it 👍

[@toesuf94]

So glad you filmed this before it was broken up! I had heard of this for decades...to see it is amazing.

[@PetersenMuseum]

We are glad you liked it!

[@chas4life]

Can't wait to see what happens with all of the cars here... and wow that's going to be an Interesting Auction!!

[@shaheenal-asadi]

Thanks for making this video, I've heard rumors about this place for years but there was no video footage Looks like a dream yard for some rare parts, lots of interesting gems that might be worth restoring as well :)

[@tizianoniero9165]

We make videos because of comments like this. This video was more personal that I expected and your comments recognize it. Thank you very much.

[@karlhurn]

Amazing. I could walk around there for hours 👍. I’d love one of those 356’s. A dream.

[@chiefrocka8604]

Imagine if Porsche bought them all and restored them all and called them Kleins as a tribute

[@tommitchell8425]

Me too😊

[@martinfixed]

crazy how this yard is next to home and i never knew

[@daverph]

Thanks for the great tour and sharing with wisdom! Looking forward to more!

[@scottmartin356]

Would be interesting to hear you talk about the restoration prospects of some of the cars. In another vid, Magnus Carlsen suggested a lot of these will become yard art. A legendary and interesting place for sure!

[@tizianoniero9165]

Many are beyond repair like the paintera and can make Yard art but the 600 can probably be restored. The problem is the cost. The car is worth 250k mint? You probably need a good 200 to restore that one so... there you have it.

[@ostrich67]

@@tizianoniero9165 The W111 coupes and convertibles are six-figure cars if they have the V8. Or shoehorn a 6.3 from the 600 into one. Yeah.

[@bngr_bngr]

@@tizianoniero9165money will restore any car. The only way to restore these cars is to make them. show car winners. When they are complete they will be the best of the best.

[@BLUEBARRY55]

Outstanding! Thank you.

[@tg426]

Unbelievable! That is an amazing collection! Oh the stories they could tell

[@richardtoonkel6484]

Wonderful. Thanks

[@TooManyHobbiesJeremy]

Very cool! I'm looking forward to part 2

[@PetersenMuseum]

Did you like it?

[@TooManyHobbiesJeremy]

Oh yea! I thought the video was great! I preferred it to Magnus Walker's video. His seemed too scripted. Yours was just right

[@oceania2385]

That Lotus & Pantera will buff out no problem !

[@tizianoniero9165]

lol

[@F8Tributo]

Fascinating stuff! 👍

[@jimcypher]

Amazing! Bravo!

[@PetersenMuseum]

Grazie!

[@wfomph1435]

recycling at its finest thanx

[@garyprince2867]

Now imagine how much less crispy these were when Rudi passed, over 20 years ago - shame it took so long to come to market. Legal issues?

[@ronschwolsky1626]

Yes, the last 20 years was not kind to this collection!

[@TwoDollarGararge]

The kids just held on to it they made good money so it worked.

[@Carbonarars]

Like wonderland, great cars,,,,,

[@EJFXxx]

now Ive got a craving to watch some old Steve Magnante videos

[@danf321]

Speaking of Magnante, has he done any new videos lately?

[@chuckm2021]

​@@danf321yes

[@sporty196071]

Very cool and interesting. I'd like to see where they'll be in 10 years

[@kasrakheiri684]

i see couple videos from this junkyard...and youre cameraman did fantastic job great info from the old wise guy

[@PetersenMuseum]

Thank you so much! It was a hot and sticky day and we only had 7 hours but he loved every minute of it. They both did!

[@ThomasJakob-b9b]

Ein Paradies auf der Erde.

[@georgef1176]

Absolutely unreal. I just don’t understand how his sons didn’t wanna continue the junkyard. I’m pretty sure at least one of them is into cars. What unbelievable part of automotive history.

[@henrycollins2478]

I kinda hope Leno or some other individual of significance just buys the whole collection and restores it. Maybe buy a chunk of desert and turn it into the coolest retro style city ever

[@paulvincent3825]

One man’s junk is another man’s treasure. 😎😎😎😎

[@welles28]

Nope - it's just junk.

[@PetersenMuseum]

@welles28 To you. Treasure to others.

[@mikaeltillenius8751]

Treasure or Gold! 😉

[@johna1160]

Don't imagine more than a handful pencil out as far as restoring, but a parts gold mine for sure.

[@mariojorgefernandes5722]

Fantástico.

[@bruceshelton1498]

Good presentation

[@Micheriet]

Thank you for these really good videos. They added inspiration for me to actually buy one of the cars from the collection. I ended up buying the red 356 seen by 6.42 in the video. As I live in Sweden and never visited the collection myself, I don´t have any pictures of the car, except those that are avaliable online and those sent by the shipping company. If you took any pictures of the 356 stack that are not avaliable online, I would much appreciate if it is possible to send them to me. I don´t know when the car will arrive in Europe, but it will be very exciting. Best regards from Sweden

[@goutOX]

Yeah I was scouring the background of the shots too as I picked up a 66 912 and I’m having it shipped to New Zealand, I just got an email from my shipping agent saying US customs have randomly picked the container my car is in for inspection. I can’t wait to get my hands on it. I bet you’re excited too. Stoked to know that some of these will ride again

[@Micheriet]

@@goutOX Really cool! Are you going to do a full restoration, or just fix it and drive it like it is? Me and a norwegian friend bought one car each. He also bought a 912. Our cars are sharing container, and are due to leave San Francisco very soon.

[@jtreut]

Saving the best (Miura, etc.) for last. Looking forward to part 2!

[@PetersenMuseum]

Yep!

[@andyrowe5758]

It’s cool to see as it seems to be the last of the great junkyards

[@RollingShutter]

Where does collecting stop and hoarding starts? I know this collection features some significant cars that were not shown in this video, but most of the cars seem like scrapmetal shaped in the form of what was once a beautiful automobile.

[@sp4nrs]

Hopefully enough bits in here to salvage many crashed cars in the future

[@jamesthompson8008]

IT WAS a business, buying wrecked high end cars as parts sources. As you watch the video go through the buildings, don't you get the idea that THOUSANDS of cars went through this yard? He just decided to rack the ones he didn't want to break down, & that was decades ago. Really, if you think about it, how different is it from a hardware store that closed when the owner died? Or any other business that went through the same fate, & eventually ends up with a sale liquidating assests/property. The difference here is the racks of cars outside...yet what many don't know is, that this business was FAR, FAR LARGER years ago; this is what's left.

[@bngr_bngr]

@@jamesthompson8008I went into an antique hardware store looking for a drawer pull for an antique dresser from Germany. In five minutes the owner found the exact drawer pull. It cost me $18, which I gladly paid for.

[@cskabos]

Those still worth 10-20k …. Or more… parts are hard to find… those cars over 50 to 70 years old. A steeringwheel ,seets cost couple thousand…, a rotten away 356 can be restaurated just from a bottom plate. I have seen 356 that only left the windshild frame and a small peace of the back…. And get rebuild

[@cskabos]

When rebuilding cars like these some has less left then those junks over there… still worth 2-300k at the end…. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gprEp2pvptKMaLssi=vgOptKe7YJ5S0RZS

[@oscarp9336]

I am sure there are parts in that yard that people still need.

[@RustyKeel]

Used to sell stuff on ebay. I always wondered what was up.

[@MrMisanthrope1RBjr]

dont forget your tetnus shot

[@PetersenMuseum]

We were prepared!

[@davidthomspson9771]

I want that single cab vw

[@James-js6dx]

When is the auction?

[@PetersenMuseum]

October 26

[@Cowboy_moonman396]

Id love to have an afternoon just to soak it all in

[@Cowboy_moonman396]

Make it a limited time make shift museum open to the public before every thing goes to their respective owners

[@Carsaddiction]

How I would like to be locked in this place over the weekend just to wonder around

[@axispowerdiesel]

The mixing on audio over narration is terrible, but what a collection!

[@PetersenMuseum]

Depends on the device you use but we will do better next time. I think we already did?

[@trondcaster]

They should be kept off the hands and far away from all the outlaw-builders and restomodders. Too much money and no taste is not a good combo. What a collection. 💫

[@sp4nrs]

Id rather someone resto-modded these than they sat like this forever!

[@drg6161]

This isn't Barrett-Jackson. People with taste will probably end up with these cars

[@joshua.snyder]

Is Lil' Bastard in there? 🤔

[@marc-antoineethier1862]

Good question

[@Senna-xi1gr]

Guys please protect all vehicles from the oncoming fires. 😢 I am very worried sitting here in my house in UK . Get them moved now if you think it’s imminent. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🔥

[@ganzonomy]

It's so sad to see the collection in the state of decay. Hopefully someone takes these cars and rescues some of them. How did it enter this state of disrepair?

[@tizianoniero9165]

It was a junkyard. A special one/ Everything is going to get auctioned and it;s already online on RM Sothebys.

[@xtianeskay5166]

I agree, it is hard to see

[@tizianoniero9165]

@@xtianeskay5166 It is the most incredible thing I have ever seen in the automotive world. Tune in for part 2 next week and thank you for watching.

[@RobertJarecki]

​@tizianoniero9165 It's not very surprising that a mechanic/auto wrecker in Los Angeles County was able to accumulate a collection like this starting in 1967. There were so many exotic and high end cars there at the time. When the collection is auctioned off by RM Sotheby's, it is likely to be the beginning of so many enthusiasts longtime wish for a dream project that would be overwhelming to someone like me (but I will be happy to see their progress and results).

[@sandyallsopp6778]

A dead person remembered with every crashed Porche.

[@palillo2006]

Pretty sad to see. I bet most if thise engines are seized and bodies rusted out. Probably cost more to restore than most of these are worth.

[@jaws6869]

It's california so not much rust, most of the engines have been removed and stored indoors. As for the values, you need to do some research, you're in for some surprises 😂

[@randybock82]

Restoration!!!

[@jayweiss4378]

Kid in a candy store….. but the candy is a little overdue yet you’re still considering it ha ha

[@benurwin6271]

Bit of a missed opportunity with this video. You tube is full of history lessons on car models. Personally I would have rather seen much more of the collection and talked about that rather than trying to used broken examples to tell us about the models.

[@PetersenMuseum]

We did in part two. We always tried to do our best.

[@Андрей-ч8р9э]

Таких автомобилей уже никогда не будет выходить с конвейера😢

[@JayBee-cr8jm]

All I see are VIN numbers. I think most of these cars are toast.

[@nic_danger]

Vince Neil's Pantera I think.

[@tizianoniero9165]

LOLLLL

[@mcashnv]

They should have hauled the high-dollar cars to Las Vegas, formed a new entity, waited a year and sold them in Nevada. Would have saved millions in California taxes.

[@velotraveler]

This collection is easy to maintain. 😂

[@NoosaHeads]

Bit of TLC needed.

[@Framo60]

5:33 While it is true that Mercedes Benz had already acquired extensive knowledge on fuel injection systems through their WWII aero engines, they were actually not the first company to offer fuel injection in a serially produced car. Two of the smaller German manufacturers, Gutbrod and Goliath (the latter being a subsidiary of Borgward) first presented their fuel injected cars five years earlier in 1951. From Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutbrod_Superior): "Managed by Hans Scherenberg, Gutbrod cooperated with Robert Bosch GmbH and developed a mechanical petrol direct injection. At the same time, a similar system was also used by Goliath. Both manufacturers showed their direct-injected models at the 1951 International Motor Show Germany (IAA Frankfurt). They are considered the world's first mass-produced vehicles with petrol direct injection." Admittedly, these cars had only small displacement two stroke engines and were not made for a long time (Gutbrod ceased production in 1954, while the Goliath GP-700 and GP-900 (the latter being only available with fuel injection) were produced until 1957), they are nevertheless considered to be the first fuel injected serial production cars.

[@tizianoniero9165]

thanks for this. I'll pass it on to Leslie.

[@allenkranawetter9482]

Wow a junkyard for Ferraris

[@xtianeskay5166]

"Collection"

[@MrVANDELUD]

Sreca da ga nešto nije ujelo na ovom otpadu.

[@bobroberts2371]

Time 500 The bell housing is for a Chevy.

[@Ricardo-ov3zo]

Por que apresentador aparece mais q carros ❓🤔🤔

[@Craptastic760]

Looks like a true junk-yard of basket case wrecks of once collectible cars. No idea what value a burned-to-the-ground Lotus has but hopefully this stuff is sold to people who will make car restoration miracles happen.

[@Actual_Human_Take]

The amount of rich idiots that woke up monday morning to realize they had OVERBID on actual garbage must be staggering.

[@mfwebpea2935]

Is there buried school buses in the yard seating removed

[@UberPilot]

How dangerous is a rear engine performance car? Let me show you……

[@StafCour-e7t]

Madyson Mount

[@jamesonpace726]

Well kids, Grampy's gone to a better place & instead of an inheritance, he left you - hahahaha, ahahaha....

[@mikemckenzie3197]

Oh....he left an inheritance $$$$$$$

[@percywagner98]

Me in car mechanic simulator

[@berndcassel2581]

The Peugeot story with the zero in the middle is not true,its a hoax

[@bills1995vette]

Rudi died decades ago. Why did it take so long to come to auction ?

[@PetersenMuseum]

The answer my friend it's more complicated than a public answer.

[@tommitchell8425]

This guy probably picked all these up for PEANUTS😊

[@mikaeltillenius8751]

Probably quite BIG peanuts... 😉

[@GarthGoldberg]

It’s a hoard, not a collection.

[@ostrich67]

They were scrap value 40-50 years ago when they got there. But he didn't crush them.

[@rustyjeep2469]

Don't be a hater, Garth.

[@tizianoniero9165]

@@ostrich67 There is a bout 25 million of scrap metal so that's that.

[@tizianoniero9165]

It's borderline. There are no guidelines for what it's defined a collection.

[@colescrustycars]

Much more then 25 million. Just the top 10 cars will bring close to that . The 56 gullwing, 6 million, the 1935 500k another 6 to 10 mil, the 57 sl roadster 1 million, even the 3 rough miuras will bring 2 million collectively. etc.. look up the top 10. Hell there is millions worth of loose parts here. Its really unfathomable. A good portion of those junk 356s are viable restoration projects at this day an age. I'm not really a fan of those types of vehicles but this is amazing to see.

[@nickbruni8041]

Did Magnus call ya ?👌🏼⛽️

[@williambrandt9254]

Gosh you left out some of the most interesting and unique cars at least they had them. I'm told that once Rudy died the sons are selling off the collection. They had one of 29 alloyed body Mercedes-Benz 300 SL They had the Horch - which became the basis of Audi-that Eva Braun owned They had a one off Mercedes-Benz 540 K that the factory made for Rudi Caracciola That 600 looks in dreadful condition I guess it was just allowed to rot in the sun When Rudi was alive he rarely let visitors in there

[@tizianoniero9165]

Did yuo notice there is a PART2 or you just had to highlight the negatives? The 540k and many others were removed for security reasons.

[@johnhopkins4920]

Don’t forget he passed away 4 or 5 years ago. About 70% of what was there has already been sold or rescued. Perhaps the cars you refer to have already been moved/sold. And it says “part 1” in the title, so potentially, if these are still there, they will feature in part 2 or beyond. Finally, I’m not sure what drives your negativity, other than a lack of decent information or research.

[@MightySchultz]

@@johnhopkins4920 4 or 5 years ago LMAO get your info right. The video left out a lot, even if there will be a part 2.

[@williambrandt9254]

@@johnhopkins4920 Some years ago there was a great article in, of all places, Town and Country Magazine. MB-Classic in Irvine even used them for parts - and a friend who worked for Daimler in Stuttgart for years mentioned visiting him. Whether those cars are still there or not I was surprised that the poster didn't even mention them. For years Audi was begging them to sell the Horch so they could restore it and put it in their museum.

[@williambrandt9254]

@@tizianoniero9165 I guess I haven't seen part 2 or part 22 - I just like to highlight the negatives :-)

[@welles28]

I'm sorry - only by the most generous definition of the word could this be called a "collection". This is a hoarder's mental illness made manifest - a field filled with almost entirely un-restorable junk.

[@tizianoniero9165]

There is a say, "if you don't understand the price, it's not for you". There is no gold standard to define a collection. Since in his life these were rarely for sale, Mr Klein was for the most part COLLECTING them. See what I did there? Mental illness does not factor in. Klein died 20 years ago. The scrapyard was in its hey days 4 times bigger. A lot has been sold. This is what remains. If mental illness is to immigrate to America and start a business by seeing something other people will see 50 years later I wish I was as mentally ill as him.

[@cristofferberg7354]

It’s ok for you to be sorry. You dont understand better.

[@ChristianM-mg1ow]

A junkyard full of destroyed cars is not a collection 😂😂

[@tizianoniero9165]

If you collect things you are by definition collecting. probably not to your standard.

[@UFPTX]

Was more interesting when that homeless looking dude with the fufu hat did the walk through.

[@DonAl9114]

Collection of exclusive junk. 😂😂😂

[@MrKurns]

Was that Vince Neil’s Pantera?

[@DJL78]

How is that collection logically valued? I can’t even fathom a sane guess.

[@tizianoniero9165]

It's impossible. You'll see also video 2 where we show Miuras and other gems. I think no less than 25mil without the commercial property.

[@xsleep1]

"Collection"