I'd totally forgot about this thread.

Recently I visited the National Automobile Museum in Turin, Italy. Unfortunately I forgot my photo camera and my smartphone battery was dead, so I've nothing more than this: http://www.museoauto.it/website/visitavirtuale.html

http://www.museoauto.it/website/en/

@ ingo : Very nice pics.... funny but my favorite is Mr. Bean's Mini and that ' Volksboat '..almost looks like it comes from a SpongeBob Squarepants movie.... yeah, i watch too much tv...

The space shuttle one is very funny too...


@ ElSaxo : thanks for the link, very nice to do the virtual tour ( but probably not as doing the real tour )... you can even ' sit ' in some of the cars... also nice to see that Gilles Villeneuve still has his place in racing history...

A well deserved place. Also, the museum is sponsored by Fiat (which by the way has made a great job by modernising and renovating the exhibition and the museum building itself, before was just another average and very dull and dusty public museum).

In Beaulieu there is also a car museum, here the pics I made there.

About the first photo to show here, I'm very unsure. Which of two icons shall start. I think, the car, which has caused the first speeding ticket in history, is a bit more important.
But the following is a rarity, too - in this otherwise Rootes-crap-free location






a plenty of more impressions:



















The text about this Datsun says, that it's a new car, which never got a registration. It was directly imported by Herbert Austin to check it about product infringement.




Based on a Mini




The crash happened in the 80ies




Made by Harrods itself

As I arrived on Thursday, I had the Friday some time left over, so I decided to visit the Museum in Brooklads nearby London.
I've been there exactly 20 years ago, so it was quite different back there and I've also not really much reminds any more to it.

The building in the background is not the museum, it's the "World of Mercedes Benz" with the small racing circuit in front of it.






























































































































As mentioned at first, the noisy neighbours:

At Brooklands there is also the very interestin London Bus Museum, ruled by very engaged volounteers.

Although I'm not an expert about that, it was very interesting to talk with them.








































One volounteer was so pleased about my interest and about my pics of "RM 1947"

- http://www.gastrobus.com/ -

that he allowed me to have a look behind the scenes

Hope the lack of Rootes-jewels did not spoil your visit too much ..... 1400 SC is believed to be the first production Imp: chassis number 6, body number 1. (But Glasgow Transport museum claim theirs - same colour and also without exterior mirrors because it was presented as a display car which would not be used on road - is the first one as well ...)

The green Alpine 9201 RW appeared at 1962 Le Mans 24hrs test weekend in April, but was not used in the race; its chums 9202 and 9203 RW were raced instead.

Cafeteria in Brooklands:

Last week when I was in Washington DC, I visited the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and took photos of cars displayed in the 'America on the Move' exhibition which was about the history of American transportation.

General Motors EV1


1967 Pontiac Grand Prix


1977 Honda Civic


1986 Peterbilt 359


1986 Dodge Caravan and a 1976 CHP motorcycle


1955 Ford Country Squire


1939 Ford roadster and 1941 Indian motorcycle


1950 Studebaker Champion Starlight, 1942 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and 1945 Cushman Pacemaker scooter


GMC pickup (forgot to take photo of the placard)


1950 Buick Roadmaster Dynaflow (also forgot to take photo of the placard)


1936 Dodge school bus with 1939 chassis


1929 Oakland sedan and 1931 Ford Model AA stake truck


1939 Plymouth business coupe


1926 Ford Model T roadster


1903 Winton touring car "Vermont"

1947-55 New Design pickup, more precisely a 1949-50 model (1949-53 grille but without the 1951+ vent windows).
The medium wheelbase (see the vertical reinforcement bar in front of the rear wheel arch) indicates either a ½-ton 100 or a ¾-ton 150 while the hood side logo seems to say 100...

I find it weird to show it as testimony to the US automotive history as its Chevrolet sibling (Advance-Design 3100, although not existing as long version like this one) is apparently a lot more known.