Owner: Nicanor Santillan
Location: Baltimore, MD
Builder: self

Start Date: n/a
Finished Date: n/a

Body: '44 KDF Kubelwagen
Chassis: '40 KDF Kubelwagen
Motor: '59 VW Bus
Tranny: '59 VW Bus
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Brief history of the Kubel

- Originally used by the Rommel Troops in Africa during WW2
- 1948: discovered in the Sahara Desert by Mr Zaflokis who assembled it from two cars: Chassis and wheels were built in 1940 and the body in 1944. 
- 1952: a German priest from Neustadt an der Weinstrasse bought the car and drove it in Germany for 2 years
- 1954: Mr Biffar, the owner of the Castle Schloss Saaleck in Germany used the car as a light tractor for his properties around the castle. 
- 1959: Eike Mue bought the car as his 1st car. 
- 1977: Eike moved to the United States in 1977 and took the car into the States. 
- 2002: purchased by myself