The Vast Car Cemetery in Bastnas, Sweden

This article will take us deep into the Swedish forest, we saw a forgotten cemetery auto Bastnas where rusting hull of about 1000 vintage car. They are located among large trees, some already inundated.

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As is known, the accumulation of vintage cars in Bastnase was created as postwar dump two Swedish brothers in the 1950s. Vehicles involved in an accident seized from owners of the malicious traffic violations and simply unusable, were brought here. Here they are versed and on spare parts sold in neighboring Norway, where the price of new cars in those days was too high. Business flourished until the 1980s. Now, 20 years later, there are nearly 1000 abandoned antique and vintage cars.

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But perhaps the most interesting in the automotive graveyard Bastnas is not something that is stockpiled classic Fords, Buicks, Volvos, Saabs and Volkswagens, and a widespread assertion that many of his early cars were abandoned by US forces after World War II.

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So whether cars are really left the US military?

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Most cars, stockpiled here from 1940 to 1970, and are difficult to find in the woods. So there were the first cars are really left the US military did not know until now.

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You know what this car is rusty and overgrown with forest covered with moss? This Saab 92.

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And this rare car looked at the time of their travel on the roads. In fact, it is a historical model - the first car went on sale Saab. He serially produced from 1949 to 1956.

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And this is a Saab 93. It was launched in August 1955, is equipped with a 33-hp three-cylinder two-stroke engine and was produced until 1960.

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And this handsome looks in working order.

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Surely you know the legendary Volkswagen Beetle car, continuously produced from 1938 to 2003 and is the most popular car in history. All the world has produced more than 21 million vehicles.

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And Volkswagen Beetle looked when it was new.

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Another rarity - the first model of the famous minivan - Volkswagen Transporter, Type 1.

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And minivan T1 looked normal. It was produced from 1950 to 1966.