What was once the largest private collection of Volkswagens is now being put up for sale in Puerto Rico, and we’re not saying you need to buy all of them, but you should definitely buy some of them. According to The Drive, the collection is owned by Dr. Norman Gonzalez, and features over 170 vehicles from VW’s long and illustrious history. Gonzalez collected the vehicles over the span of about 60 years; roughly 99 per cent of the collection is made up of air-cooled cars. There are too many cool cars to list, and it would be physically impossible to pick our favourite. There are military vehicles, fire trucks, passenger cars, movie cars, race cars and even Porsche 914 track cars. The amount of flower-power in the Type 2 section could power all of Puerto Rico, and that’s without the sunshine-sharing glass panes in the multiple 21- and 23-window Buses, themselves worth a pretty penny or two. So why break up the collection now? The cost of the effort required to keep them all in good shape is starting to rise, and taking its toll on the good Doctor, now in his old age. Helping him sell the collection is Randy Carlson, host of the Discovery show Sticker Shock, who he met through a few past car sales. So far we have sold about 10 cars, and that is on the first day of official sales, Carlson said. There are dozens more that are being battled for right now and we haven’t even finished loading all the photos on the website yet. If you want one or two or 10 rare and interesting Volkswagens, check out
Origin: The world’s largest private VW collection is now completely for sale