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Some cars ( if you like cars see this) Louwman collection (Read 429 times)

Aug 15^th, 2010 at 5:42pm

Souichiro Offline
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Well today I visited the recently opened Louwman car museum....and by jove was I impressed! A fantastic assortment of cars and memorabilia..... a beautiful building and displayed with superb views... this will be the first set..more to follow.

Duesenberg SJ LAGRANDE DUAL-COWL PHÆTON | 1935

Chevrolet Corvette 427 Sting Ray 1966.

Graham & Curtiss Blue Streak & Land Yacht 1932

Benz PATENT MOTOR CAR | 1886

Way more to follow!

Link to the museum site: http://www.louwmanmuseum.nl/html/start.html ; site is in Dutch but you'll be able to check out some of the collection.

Hope you like!

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Reply #1 - Aug 15^th, 2010 at 6:32pm

Steve M Offline
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Very nice! One of my old friends had a red 66 427 ci. vette. He let me drive it. I let off the pedal at 130 MPH because the car felt like it was floating. Redline on the tack in 3rd gear was between 120 and 130 MPH on his vette. I never got to 4rth gear.. to chicken.. I suppose.

PS: The Laker pipes were a bit of a curse at low speeds or at stop signs. The rich exhaust fumes would sometimes curl up to the drivers eyes and make them water profusely. Cool

Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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Reply #2 - Aug 15^th, 2010 at 7:24pm

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Steve M wrote on Aug 15^th, 2010 at 6:32pm:

The rich exhaust fumes would sometimes curl up to the drivers eyes and make them water profusely. Cool

No worse than the insurance premiums did.

Nice shots, by the way.

I want one of those Land Yachts, .......and the 'vette to tow it with. Yeah, that's the ticket.

cheers,
Joe

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Reply #3 - Aug 15^th, 2010 at 10:07pm

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What a gorgeous Duesy. Cool

MY SPECS= 5' 11" Slightly less than healthy male, 160 lbs., Brown eyes........Oh...you were wondering about my computers specs.....

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Reply #4 - Aug 15^th, 2010 at 10:10pm

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I'm usually not a fan of old cars, but the Duesenberg is an incredibly nice looking car Shocked

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Reply #5 - Aug 16^th, 2010 at 1:40am

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That Deusenburg made me ruin a pair of pants...WOW, hold on to that pic!

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Reply #6 - Aug 16^th, 2010 at 3:34am

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Thanks guys. Glad you like them! The Land Cruiser cabin was actually built by Curtiss aircraft. This is the only one of it's kind. The Duesenberg was one of two there. The cabin alone on this one was over 20 time more expensive than a complete model A ford...It truly was a stunner!

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Reply #7 - Aug 16^th, 2010 at 4:28pm