The story of my own Schwimmwagen

Thanks to the historical archives at Volkswagen, it is possible to trace down the story of each vehicle produced at the Wolfsburg factory.

Such data as serial number, production date, special factory mounted features, delivery location are traceable. Even the original color is often documented in the precise German archives. This data is now available on this page.

At this time I don't have any detailed information as to the wartime deployment of this specific vehicle, even though it is generally known that this model was deployed to the eastern front, especially during the first production months.

Existing documents tell us that after the war my Schwimmwagen was licensed as a civil vehicle in Germany on December 16, 1948. The last known owner using it regularly, lived in Kaufbeuren, a city in southern Germany, between Munich and Friedrichshafen. Here it was licensed from 1986 to 1989. Later, apparently the vehicle was part of a private collection and after some years it was put on sale in Belgium, where I bought it.

The extraordinary history of the Schwimmwagen is available here.