I managed to get a visit down to the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum - what a wonderful place! All sorts of unique and unusual cars. All owned by one man and he only puts in cars that are technologically interesting. A lot of them are very rare. Click the link for the full set of pictures (well worth it) and below is a small sample.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveseven/sets/72157603991460652/
Tatra T87 - one of my all time favorite cars.
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Hanomag Kommisbrot
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Peugeot 402 Darl'Mat Roadster
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Well worth a visit.
If I ever get down there, I will make a point of it. I see a few of our previous puzzles in there, too. :)
Had fun visiting there last summer. Unfortunately their Delahaye was out getting painted so I didn't get to see it.
Highlight of the visit: The owner tried driving a not-fully-restored car (a '70s NSU, as I recall) out of the museum, and accidentally hit one of the museum's other cars with it! (No damage to the other car, but a few bits of rusty metal fell off the NSU.)
I've always loved the looks of the Woodlight headlamps. Does their design follow their function or are they more ornamental?
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BTW, you all may already know this, but that's not the actual Cugnot tractor, but a replica (dating from the 1930s, I believe).
Yes its a replica. Condition is not bad at all if its from the 30s.
Quote from: porridgehead on March 31, 2009, 09:03:45 PM
I've always loved the looks of the Woodlight headlamps. Does their design follow their function or are they more ornamental?
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Seems like a early attempt at "aero", before the laws of aerodynamics were fully understood... or, I should say, before computers were built which could "understand" the principles of aerodynamics.
Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, TN. Full of wonderful and rare classic cars.
http://www.lanemotormuseum.com
Even bigger. Great stuff. Full set of pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveseven/sets/72157616663689511/
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