One of one built. Cute little French Alart.
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One of one built. Cute little French Alart.
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How about some Ferraris? I'm a sucker for old Ferraris.
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Obviously the museum has added more cars since the Schlumpf's fled in the 1970s. Here are two examples.
You know its an overwhelming experience when you walk past an Aston Martin Lagonda and barely give it a second glance!
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It has to be said not all Bugatti's are things of beauty. The Type 46 is actually a little awkward.
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Great stuff Steve. Just when I thought I'd knocked most things off my bucket list, you come up with another item!
Something odd about that type 46 Bugatti. Rebodied perhaps?
This Type 35B was displayed with its rear facing the audience. I can see why. Its a great looking rear.
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Of course, a Bugatti Veyron is an important modern addition to this collection.
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To one side of the museum is a large section dedicated to racing cars. The first race cars I passed were rally cars from the Group B era.
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Believe it or not, by the time I reached the end wing of the museum where the racing cars were displayed, I'd already been there a couple of hours. I was aware of the time, and the fact I only had another hour or so before the museum closed, and as a result, I probably didn't spend as much time in this area as I would have liked. When I return, I'll spend less time in the veteran car section, and more time in the racing car section. But because this first visit I knew I'd be sharing on here, I wanted to try and cover the whole museum.
Anyway, this end wing is dedicated to the history of motor racing, and more to the point, Grand Prix racing, which, of course, began in France. The museum manages to cover almost every era of Grand Prix racing, including a couple of cars from the pre-Grand Prix era. The Schlumpf brothers had accumulated racing cars dating back to 1904, and through to the 1970 Ferrari 312B I posted earlier in the thread. Since the brothers fled in the 1970s, the collection has been added to with the addition of more modern racing cars.
Grand Prix racing began in 1906, and evolved into the Formula 1 World Championship which began in 1950. But it was essentially created because of manufacturers being dissatisfied with the rules of the big international race of the time, the Gordon Bennett race, which focused on countries being represented, rather than brands. As such, only one entry per country was accepted, which the manufacturers didn't like, for obvious reasons.
Grand Prix racing rules changed regularly, and the collection here manages to have at least one representative of almost every era up to the 1970s. From there its a little more loose.
In addition are a great selection of sports cars, with Le Mans being such an important race to the French.
This is looking from one end of the racing car wing, starting with the oldest cars.
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I think this Serpollet is the oldest of the racing cars in the collection. It took part in pre-Grand Prix era races. The collection also houses a Dufaux, another pre-Grand Prix era car, but that car appears earlier in the thread, as it was displayed towards the start of the museum.
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One of my favourite cars in the collection, the mad little Bugatti Type 32 'Tank'. It wasn't a success. Bugatti built at least four of these cars, but I don't know how many still exist. The Schlumpf brothers purchased this example directly from Bugatti.
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Of course, there are many racing Bugattis represented.
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There certainly is a lot of money in that display Steve.
Just the insurance coverage would be enormous for this wonderful exhibition.
Ken H.
Following the section pictured above, we walk through a partition, which brings us to the section displaying racing cars from the immediate pre-war era, as well as post-war. The Grand Prix and F1 cars were displayed in a two-by-two format representing a racing grid, with the oldest cars at the rear, working towards the new cars at the front. Very cool.
This is the view to the left.....
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.....and this is the view to the right.
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I was amazed to see this pair of pre-war Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix cars in the collection. The W125 was actually supplied by M-B in an exchange deal with the Schlumpf's.
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