Awesome Louwman Collection visit
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More of that C2:
That's 7 litres of Yank iron and torque to match.
Only 5,258 L72s were built. Expect to pay 30 to 75K euros for this stunning 14 sec car.
Duesenberg SJ LaGrande Dual Cowl Pheaton.
Famous Duesenberg owners: Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, James Cagney, Mae West, Lupe Velez, Joe E. Brown, Dolores del Rio, Howard Hughes, William Randolph Hearst, king Alfonso XIII of Spain, Queen Mary of Yugoslavia, prince Nicolas of Romania.
1934 Bugatti Type 57 Roadster Grand Raid Gangloff.
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That's 7 litres of Yank iron and torque to match.
Only 5,258 L72s were built. Expect to pay 30 to 75K euros for this stunning 14 sec car.
Duesenberg SJ LaGrande Dual Cowl Pheaton.
Famous Duesenberg owners: Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, James Cagney, Mae West, Lupe Velez, Joe E. Brown, Dolores del Rio, Howard Hughes, William Randolph Hearst, king Alfonso XIII of Spain, Queen Mary of Yugoslavia, prince Nicolas of Romania.
1934 Bugatti Type 57 Roadster Grand Raid Gangloff.
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Wow:
Some pretty ideas going on here. The car isn't waterborn BTW. It's a showcase . . . LOL! I wonder what they were thinking.
IMO: better looking than a Prius.
"Back to normal" - These should be more valuable as period astons: only 120 350 GT cars were built and achingly pretty.
Very early Corolla hides a S800 Honda gem. The Louwman collection is truly awesome . . . but it is too dark to photograph really. Tripods and flash is not allowed.
This is not a Bugatti: Chenard & Walcker 3.0-litre 70/80-HP
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Some pretty ideas going on here. The car isn't waterborn BTW. It's a showcase . . . LOL! I wonder what they were thinking.
IMO: better looking than a Prius.
"Back to normal" - These should be more valuable as period astons: only 120 350 GT cars were built and achingly pretty.
Very early Corolla hides a S800 Honda gem. The Louwman collection is truly awesome . . . but it is too dark to photograph really. Tripods and flash is not allowed.
This is not a Bugatti: Chenard & Walcker 3.0-litre 70/80-HP
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The art room:
The mid-level of the museum building carries a vast automobilia collection: fantastic posters from the golden era.
Wow. I completely understand why art like this can't be done today . . . Imagine a Prius on this poster.
Pitch dark glass house packed with glass and shiny bits.
It's a mermaid, it's a plane, it's . . . up front my Delahaye.
Sir Malcolm Campbell somewhere between 200 and 300 mph.
From the days when 100 mph was unbelievable.
Step into my Prius, sir.
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The mid-level of the museum building carries a vast automobilia collection: fantastic posters from the golden era.
Wow. I completely understand why art like this can't be done today . . . Imagine a Prius on this poster.
Pitch dark glass house packed with glass and shiny bits.
It's a mermaid, it's a plane, it's . . . up front my Delahaye.
Sir Malcolm Campbell somewhere between 200 and 300 mph.
From the days when 100 mph was unbelievable.
Step into my Prius, sir.
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Engines:
Ahrens Fox fire truck, used untill the mid 70s.
A 100 years earlier stuff looked like this!
Rocker covers anyone?
It's really amazing to see engines from only a 100 years ago after watching stuff like the Chris Harris P1 clip . . .
. . . and still being fueled by liquid dead dino.
I - we - can only hope cars like the Morgan will be in production for the next 10 to so years.
And what car could have been more in contrast to a P1, a LaFerrari and a 918?
Without any arguement a car like this with an e-motor stuck up front would be . . . silly, at least.
Next: 20s motoring yum.
Ahrens Fox fire truck, used untill the mid 70s.
A 100 years earlier stuff looked like this!
Rocker covers anyone?
It's really amazing to see engines from only a 100 years ago after watching stuff like the Chris Harris P1 clip . . .
. . . and still being fueled by liquid dead dino.
I - we - can only hope cars like the Morgan will be in production for the next 10 to so years.
And what car could have been more in contrast to a P1, a LaFerrari and a 918?
Without any arguement a car like this with an e-motor stuck up front would be . . . silly, at least.
Next: 20s motoring yum.
20s motoring yum:
This is the worlds most original Mercedes-Benz SSK. Delivered in 1929 to a British Army major this is one out of only 30 Super Sport Kurz cars. Powered by a 200 brake seven-litre straight six, the car could reach a top speed of almost 200 km/h. It was the last car that Ferdinand Porsche designed for Mercedes-Benz, before starting his own company. The SSK triumphed in many races, including the 1929 and 1930 Spanish Grands Prix, the 1931 Argentinian and German Grands Prix as well as the Mille Miglia of that year. In 2010 the car was an entrant in the historic Mille Miglia and finished the race without any technical problems.
30s motoring yum:
Gorgeous blue 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Le Mans Touring wheighs only a mere tonne. And with a capable 2.6 straight 8 with compressor this thing was one wild ride.
The red 1929 6C 1750 Gran Sport testa Fiassa (Fixed Head) has a 1.75 litre 6 with 85 brake.
50s motoring yum:
1952 Aston Martin DB3 Works Team Car.
1957 LM winning D-type: XKD 606 was driven to victory by Flockhart and Bueb. The car covered a record 4,397 kilometres at an average speed of 183 km/h. After Le Mans, the discarded D-type ended up in the club racing scene. Finally, following a crash, the car was split in two: the body and rear-wheel suspension, and the front sub-frame and engine. Both halves were then completed with replica parts, forming two separate, ‘original’ cars.
The Louwman Museum managed to acquire both cars, and following a lengthy and historically accurate restoration project the original components were reunited, returning the car to the condition it was in when it was so successful in 1957.
Next: 50s and 60s exotica.
This is the worlds most original Mercedes-Benz SSK. Delivered in 1929 to a British Army major this is one out of only 30 Super Sport Kurz cars. Powered by a 200 brake seven-litre straight six, the car could reach a top speed of almost 200 km/h. It was the last car that Ferdinand Porsche designed for Mercedes-Benz, before starting his own company. The SSK triumphed in many races, including the 1929 and 1930 Spanish Grands Prix, the 1931 Argentinian and German Grands Prix as well as the Mille Miglia of that year. In 2010 the car was an entrant in the historic Mille Miglia and finished the race without any technical problems.
30s motoring yum:
Gorgeous blue 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Le Mans Touring wheighs only a mere tonne. And with a capable 2.6 straight 8 with compressor this thing was one wild ride.
The red 1929 6C 1750 Gran Sport testa Fiassa (Fixed Head) has a 1.75 litre 6 with 85 brake.
50s motoring yum:
1952 Aston Martin DB3 Works Team Car.
1957 LM winning D-type: XKD 606 was driven to victory by Flockhart and Bueb. The car covered a record 4,397 kilometres at an average speed of 183 km/h. After Le Mans, the discarded D-type ended up in the club racing scene. Finally, following a crash, the car was split in two: the body and rear-wheel suspension, and the front sub-frame and engine. Both halves were then completed with replica parts, forming two separate, ‘original’ cars.
The Louwman Museum managed to acquire both cars, and following a lengthy and historically accurate restoration project the original components were reunited, returning the car to the condition it was in when it was so successful in 1957.
Next: 50s and 60s exotica.
Back to post war kits, quite a few in red:
Suits the 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Superbird 440. Yes, that's CanAm yum on the rightside.
Meanwhile, in the Alfa Romeo section of the garage. Look at that Alfa Romeo 8C 2900. Google to see not one looks the same.
Alfa Romeo 33TT3, the 1972 Targa Florio winner: 660 kgs and the 440 brake 3 litre V8. Alfa won the 1971 TF with Dutch ace Toine Hezemans and Scicilian LM winner (1964) Nino Vaccarella. Nino won the TF in '65, '71 and '75.
FIAT Otto Vu: only 3 Demon Rouge (1952) cars were made. One of the more desirable FIAT cars. 114 were made.
Prince Bernhard special green Ferrari 500 Superfast Speziale, only 37 of these. He swapped the 5 litre for a 4 litre.
Enzo Ferrari: "Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines." Mmmmh, he said that before he did the 250 GTO LM cars.
Suits the 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Superbird 440. Yes, that's CanAm yum on the rightside.
Meanwhile, in the Alfa Romeo section of the garage. Look at that Alfa Romeo 8C 2900. Google to see not one looks the same.
Alfa Romeo 33TT3, the 1972 Targa Florio winner: 660 kgs and the 440 brake 3 litre V8. Alfa won the 1971 TF with Dutch ace Toine Hezemans and Scicilian LM winner (1964) Nino Vaccarella. Nino won the TF in '65, '71 and '75.
FIAT Otto Vu: only 3 Demon Rouge (1952) cars were made. One of the more desirable FIAT cars. 114 were made.
Prince Bernhard special green Ferrari 500 Superfast Speziale, only 37 of these. He swapped the 5 litre for a 4 litre.
Enzo Ferrari: "Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines." Mmmmh, he said that before he did the 250 GTO LM cars.
36 were made: this excludes this one-off 330 GT 2+2 produced with a Superfast-style body for HRH Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands.
I think the 500 inspired Lamborghini to come with this:
With a 0-100 mph in 16.3 secs, this was serious competition for the period Ferrari's. All ally body and V12 fed by six twin-barrel side-draught Weber 40 DCOE 2 carbs. Hence the exceptionally low hood line Ferruccio Lamborghini desired. Stunning.
1955 Abarth 209 A Coupe Boano. Basically a FIAT 1100. Ten cars were built and this is the only coupe. I see a TZ1 in there.
The only original Lancia D23 Spider Pinnin Farina left.
Taxi!
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This Ferrari 1957 625 New Zealand Tasman was a racer specially built for Pat Hoare. Enzo choose a then dated Tipo 500-chassis and dropped a 2.8 litre LM engine in, mated to a Tipo 555 ‘Super Squalo’ Grand Prix-racer box. Fuelcells came from a Lancia D50. The engine was a misfit and Pat got him a brand new car when he explained his grief to 'Il Commendatore'.
Four of this lovely Ferrari 1952 375 Indianapolis powered by a 4.5 version of the period V12 raced in the famous Indy 500. Ace Alberto Ascari was the only one to qualify and at P19. After only 40 laps (of 200) Ascari retires the unhappy oval-racer: both the box and the suspension were not up on par for the typical US track. This is the Johnnie Parsons car. In the background sits a 750 Monza Scaglietti Spider works team car as driven by Mike Hawthorn, Maurice Trintignant, Umberto Maglioli, José Froilán Gonzales and the Dreyfus/Lucas equipe, who race the tragic '55 LM in it.
This is a 1961 Watson Indianapolis racer. From 1955 to 1965 engineer A.J. Watson built succesfull racers purpose built for oval racing. It is one of the first cars with polyester and magnesium parts instead of alluminium. The racer can adjust the suspension from his cockpit. At that time about one third of the grid was a Watson. They won Indy 6 times.
Chris Amon introduced March to CanAm, a race series with almost no limits, hence the 8.2 Chevy monster of a V8, crazy wings and outrageous shapes. At period these beasts lapped the tracks quicker than the F1 cars. The car featured here is an all alluminum red 1969 March 707 CanAm. March - Max Mosley, Alan Rees, Graham Coaker en Robin Herd - cars are succesfull in todays classic racing series but at the time they were no match for the orange McLarens. Explanation: ‘707’ means 1970 season and Group 7. CanAm stands for Canadian American Challenge. Only 3 707s were built, two for ace Chris Amon and one for German Helmut Kelleners, winner of the 1970 Spa 24-Hour race (Porsche) and 1972 Nürburgring 24-Hour (BMW Alpina). In 1971 Peter Revson hits the CanAm title in this thunderous orange 8.1 litre 750 brake Chevy V8 powered McLaren M8F. With teammate Denny Hulme second these weapons were unbeatable. The fans can be happy CanAm cars race both US and European tracks today.
The 1985 Mazda 737C in the background is one of four built. Famous for it's wankel engine the sound is like nothing else. The Mazda won LM in the C2 class. Tony Southgate of Tom Walkinshaw Racing fame changed the red 1993 Group C Toyota TS-010 LM from 3.6 turbo to 3.5 NA V10. He did a great job as this car came in 2nd at LM. Jan Lammers, Eddie Irvine, Masanori Sekiya and Toshio Suzuki campaigned the 350 kmh and 600 brake missle to success. Today it still looks fresh and compatible.
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Rolls Royce 40/50-HP Phantom Barker Torpedo Tourer: ‘The Silver Phantom of Hyderabad’.
At the time when India was still a British colony, Maharajas and other Indian rulers were regular customers of Rolls-Royce. The Nawab (prime minister) of Hyderabad, Wali-ud-Dowla, placed an order for a new Phantom I with Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. of Bombay at the end of 1925; the car had just been introduced and was the successor to the Silver Ghost. Barker, Rolls-Royce’s favourite coachbuilder, was commissioned to build the bodywork.
The Phantom is finished in polished aluminium and soon became known as ‘The Silver Phantom of Hyderabad’. The door panels are made of polished teak, and there are two veneered folding tables in the rear compartment as well as a teak cabinet holding a camera, binoculars and water bottles. Text © Louwman Collection.
The car was used regularly for carrying visiting members of the British Royal Family, including the Prince of Wales – the future King Edward VIII. According to the descendants of the Nawab, the car brought good luck, and was consequently used to carry over a hundred brides to their weddings. The car was in service until 1953 but remained in family ownership, simply gathering dust in the Nawab’s garage.
The Phantom aroused the interest of the English car enthusiast William Meredith-Owen in the 1960s. The Nawab’s family indicated they might be interested in selling the car, but Meredith-Owen first had to gain the family’s trust and friendship. It took some two hundred pages of correspondence before the Rolls-Royce was returned to England and fully restored. Text © Louwman Collection.
In the meantime, in the USA. Marmon 16 - one of only 390.
Auburn Speedster. With a supercharged straight eight a standard Auburn 851 Speedster was the first American car to average 100 miles per hour over a 12-hour period in an endurance test.
1926 Packard 223 2-seater Fire Chief.
1971 Baja Buggy owned by Steve McQueen.
The Baja California peninsula is a Mexican state. In 1962 a 1,000-mile race was first run here over the predominantly rough, desert-like landscape with unpaved roads full of potholes and strewn with large boulders. It was a fantastic challenge for the actor and motoring enthusiast Steve McQueen.
Even a well-prepared rally car is not up to the Baja race; something more robust is required. McQueen managed to persuade the car manufacturer General Motors to design this unique ‘Baja Boot Buggy’ for him. The special tubular chassis was designed and built by NASA space experts, and a Chevrolet V8 was used to power the car.
Steve McQueen took part in the Baja races from 1967 to 1975 and his 1971 ‘Baja Boot’ on display in the museum is one of the most innovative off-road racers ever built. Text © Louwman Collection.
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At the time when India was still a British colony, Maharajas and other Indian rulers were regular customers of Rolls-Royce. The Nawab (prime minister) of Hyderabad, Wali-ud-Dowla, placed an order for a new Phantom I with Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. of Bombay at the end of 1925; the car had just been introduced and was the successor to the Silver Ghost. Barker, Rolls-Royce’s favourite coachbuilder, was commissioned to build the bodywork.
The Phantom is finished in polished aluminium and soon became known as ‘The Silver Phantom of Hyderabad’. The door panels are made of polished teak, and there are two veneered folding tables in the rear compartment as well as a teak cabinet holding a camera, binoculars and water bottles. Text © Louwman Collection.
The car was used regularly for carrying visiting members of the British Royal Family, including the Prince of Wales – the future King Edward VIII. According to the descendants of the Nawab, the car brought good luck, and was consequently used to carry over a hundred brides to their weddings. The car was in service until 1953 but remained in family ownership, simply gathering dust in the Nawab’s garage.
The Phantom aroused the interest of the English car enthusiast William Meredith-Owen in the 1960s. The Nawab’s family indicated they might be interested in selling the car, but Meredith-Owen first had to gain the family’s trust and friendship. It took some two hundred pages of correspondence before the Rolls-Royce was returned to England and fully restored. Text © Louwman Collection.
In the meantime, in the USA. Marmon 16 - one of only 390.
Auburn Speedster. With a supercharged straight eight a standard Auburn 851 Speedster was the first American car to average 100 miles per hour over a 12-hour period in an endurance test.
1926 Packard 223 2-seater Fire Chief.
1971 Baja Buggy owned by Steve McQueen.
The Baja California peninsula is a Mexican state. In 1962 a 1,000-mile race was first run here over the predominantly rough, desert-like landscape with unpaved roads full of potholes and strewn with large boulders. It was a fantastic challenge for the actor and motoring enthusiast Steve McQueen.
Even a well-prepared rally car is not up to the Baja race; something more robust is required. McQueen managed to persuade the car manufacturer General Motors to design this unique ‘Baja Boot Buggy’ for him. The special tubular chassis was designed and built by NASA space experts, and a Chevrolet V8 was used to power the car.
Steve McQueen took part in the Baja races from 1967 to 1975 and his 1971 ‘Baja Boot’ on display in the museum is one of the most innovative off-road racers ever built. Text © Louwman Collection.
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