When Fritz B. Busch became passionate about collecting, there were a lot of people around him who thought he was crazy. Busch had already started collecting when the hunt for good pieces still took place in the wild and not in the advertising section. You had to track them down with your own hands, which he found particularly fun and endlessly exciting. His wife would drive with him across the countryside to take a look inside barns and behind houses. The idea of documenting the history of the automobile was born out of a hobby and the desire to reconstruct his personal old times.
In 1973, Busch founded the first private automobile museum in Wolfegg in Upper Swabia. The development of the automobile was presented in a historical setting. The exhibition initially comprised 32 exhibits, but over the years it grew to around 200, including a number of motorcycles.
Fritz B. Busch car museum in Wolfegg (1973-2016)
Fritz B. Busch was also Germany's best-known car tester and a pioneer among automotive journalists. He published several books and wrote about car tests in specialist magazines such as "Auto, Motor, Sport" and in the magazine "Stern" from 1958 onwards. His poetic style of writing was striking and quickly became popular, as no one had ever written about cars in this way before. He was also known for his critical stance. He criticized the mistakes of designers and marketing people as well as the unrealistic expectations and habits of car buyers. With irony and well-tempered wit, he made a lasting splash in the haggard domain of dry technical literature.
Fritz B. Busch's travel stories were also legendary. Across the Alps to Italy in an Isetta? No problem. Busch heads south, complete with camping gear and family. In his wife Liane, Busch finds his ideal life and travel companion. She accompanies her Bob on all excursions.
After his death in 2010, the museum in Wolfegg was continued by his daughter Anka Busch. In the fall of 2016, due to her age, she decided to let her father's life's work live on in the Auto & Tractor Museum in Uhldingen-Mühlhofen on Lake Constance. The collection was moved on low-loaders from Wolfegg to its new home in Gebhardsweiler in Uhldingen-Mühlhofen on Lake Constance. There, the vintage cars were lovingly integrated into the exhibition.
Car & Tractor Museum in Uhldingen-Mühlhofen
The Car & Tractor Museum is an exciting museum with a total of 350 cars, motorcycles and tractors. The vehicles are integrated into a collection of countless exhibits that illustrate the development of rural and urban life over the last 100 years. Tools, technical equipment, household appliances, doll's houses and various workshops take visitors back in time. The different eras of the past 100 years are shown with their typical characteristics in crafts, agriculture, automobiles and living. Visitors experience a fascinating journey through the urban and rural life of the last 100 years. The Car & Tractor Museum is an impressive experience for young and old, male and female.
So Fritz B. Busch's collection lives on and the answer to Busch's famous question "Hey, dude, what was it like back then?" can be found on a journey through time at the Auto & Tractor Museum on Lake Constance.
In this sense, as Fritz B. Busch said so beautifully: "On Sunday we go car watching!"...
More information can be found on the website of the Auto & Traktor Museum Bodensee.
