*** Collection Schlumpf - Part 2. The rest **** (bigger file!)

[Colin]

Here's part 2 of the Schlumpf collection set of pictures.

There are a whole array of vehicles on show, ranging from the very earliest, through some more mundane, but now rare family cars from the 1950s and 1960s. So, let's start there:

One of my favourites - the first Alfa saloon, a 1900, from 1953.





Notice how similar the 1955 Peugeot 403 appears. This was a very popular car for the Bourgeoisie of France at the time:



Replacement for this was the 1960 Peugeot 404:



Renault changed the game with the R16, launched in 1965. This is the TS model from 1968





Changing the game was actually something that Citroen did, with the lovely DS. The museum has one of the very last cars, a DS23 from 1976



And nestling alongside it was an SM....... after failing to photo the white one at Haynes the previous weekend, I had to make amends here!



Peugeot had much success in the 1960s with their 204, their first front wheel drive model



Also in this display area was a cheeky Fiat 500, still on plates from the provinizia of Udine.



Rather more exclusive was the Panhard 24CT - the last car that they made, before giving up.



Of course, Citroen had shcoked the world 20 years prior to the DS, with the Traction Avant range, and a couple of these were on show:





For those who could not afford such a large car, the Renault Juvaquatre was more affordable





Many of the pre-war family cars lived on long after hostilities ceased, so these were grouped in the same display area.

Peugeot 201:





Peugeot 202



And the Renault Celtaquatre





Once the materials shortages after WW2 were over, new cars appeared thick and fast. Some of the 1950s offering included these:

Citroen 2CV



Peugeot 203



Ford Vedette



The Panhard Dyna



A later update to the Panhard saw more aerodynamic body style adopted



More unusual was the Hotchkiss



After Bugatti, I think the museum probably numbers Mercedes as the next most displayed manufacturer.

These 300SCs are subtly different, as the later one came with fuel injection - a real novelty in the 1950s!





No collection of such treasures would be complete without a 300SL, and there is one, on a rotating turntable, which coupled with the mirror behind gave some great views.







Among the grander vehicles was this special bodied 770, from the mid 30s



Mercedes was a formidable motor sport competitor in the 30s, and the SSK and SSKl came from this era:



Mercedes also tried a small car in the 1930s  the 170 Model. Not exactly a success, though you can see where a certain rather more successful car got its styling cues from!



At the time, Merecedes was doing better selling cars like these:









The 1930s saw the emergence of some famous names, who made their reputation racing. Notable among these was Alfa Romeo:









And Maserati.





Fiat was doing well selling practical cars to the masses, but even they tried a sports car, with the rather delightful Ballila



It was in the 1930s that the Swallow Side Car Co was transformed into Jaguar. This is an SS1 model:



Although it might seem hard to believe now, Lancia built a reputation for advanced engineering, much of which derives from the ground-breaking Lambda models. Of the two cars shown here, the red one is the larger DiLambda, and it was noticeably larger in very dimension than the regular model



There were plenty of other very grand cars, too.

A Bentley Mark VI - one of relatively few survivors, as most of these rusted away, long ago



This is a Hispano Suiza:



And these are Maybachs

 

Harking back to an earlier age are all sorts of cars, many from makers who had a short life, and no longer well known at all. Here are just some of the display cars:



















































An early Peugeot - the so-called "Bebe"





One of the long lines of cars contained some unusual sports cars from the 1950s and 1960s.......

A Ferrari 250LM (yes, a real one, not a replica!)



Another couple of early Ferrari's:



The Facellia - an attempt to increase sales by introducing a cheaper car, but plagued by disastrous reliability issues, which sealed the company's fate completely



And an Alfa



A small display of 1980s rally cars shared a hall with the Veyron, and a tv screen showing some historic footage of rallys from the 80s



Along with the Bugattis, the racing hall had some fantasitc displays of racers from the 1930s to the 1960s, and two long lines, pit-lane style of true racing cars:











































Something rather different, as this Aston Martin DB5, made solely out of cardboard. I saw pictures of this in a magazine recently, and I have to say the real thing is actually surprisingly realistic!

[cawimmer430]

Nice pics. 

The Citroen SM is a beauty. And I always thought these were pretty nice looking. 

[cawimmer430]

The 170H. The "H" meant "Hinten" which means rear, that's where the engine was located. They sold close to 600 cars I believe, which at that time wasn't bad but it wasn't successful either for a small car. The main problem was that the car was just too expensive for a "VolksMercedes"...

[Tave]

Look, it's the first "big-wheel!"

[the Teuton]

Hitler had to have his cheap, Peoples' Car, no matter what, didn't he?  This is really close to what the original Type 1s looked like that were destroyed in and after World War II.  I think it's amazing that someone still has one.  Had it not been for Hitler thinking he was good at art, Tatra being thought of as revolutionary, and a commissioned designer who promised he could make what Hitler wanted, that 170/Beetle wouldn't have ever come to be.  I'm amazed by this collection.

[cawimmer430]

Hitler had to have his cheap, Peoples' Car, no matter what, didn't he?  This is really close to what the original Type 1s looked like that were destroyed in and after World War II.  I think it's amazing that someone still has one.  Had it not been for Hitler thinking he was good at art, Tatra being thought of as revolutionary, and a commissioned designer who promised he could make what Hitler wanted, that 170/Beetle wouldn't have ever come to be.  I'm amazed by this collection.

The People's Car had nothing to do with this Mercedes actually. The company needed a smaller, more affordable and fuel efficient car to appeal to the masses. At this point in time Mercedes' cars were very expensive and only the rich and famous were capable of buying one. This is where the 170H came into play. It was Mercedes attempt at an affordable small car and it didn't work out because it was still very expensive compared to the offerings from Opel, one of MB's main competitors during the 1930s.

Think of it as the A/B-Class of the time period. 

The VW Beetle was the car designed by Ferdinand Porsche to satisfy Hitler's demand for a people's car. 

[Michael Estorol]

Nice pics. 

The Citroen SM is a beauty. And I always thought these were pretty nice looking. 

R16TS = world's first hot hatch.   

[Soup DeVille]

The front end of that Panhard Dyna bears a strong resemblance to the 1948 Tucker Torpedo.