Grandson Ewan visited yesterday, so we thought we would go and take a look at some big boy toys. It is a new collection of Classic Cars in a museum that has just opened not to far away from us.
It is called “ The Great British Car Journey ” and is a display of cars produced by the British Car Industry from Austin Sevens to McLaren. Car enthusiasts will be in heaven, but for us lesser mortals, it takes you on a journey from small and basic, to small with just a little more comfort. Then onto larger family orientated cars and of course the monster limousines of the wealthy. Tracking the increasing wealth of the population. All of course with the odd diversion into sporty cars, just for fun.
Of course you can guess that Ewan was drawn to the Sportier cars of today… From DeLorean to the magic of McLaren.
Just to prove that motoring was and perhaps still is a male oriented industry, the Advertising Posters make it all very clear
Just to ensure that the family is really at the heart of Motoring the exhibition setting tries to broaden your view
One novelty for the museum is that you can (for a fee) “Drive Dad’s Car” where a selection of cars from across the era are available to take to the road. Just to prove the point, there were several Cars that I have driven over countless thousands of miles…. brought back to memories
I did though ponder on the title ‘Dad’s Car’….. those visiting yesterday, were more of the Grandad era with grandsons in tow.
It also goes someway to support that old saying….. The only difference between Men and Boys is the Price of Their Toys 🙂
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3rd June
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30thy-ish? (At least some of them?)
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From the 20’s through to 2020… but I guess the late 50’s to early 70’s marked the biggest changes in style, size and engineering. It is also amazing what one forgets about those days of one’s younger days, many cars acted as triggers to the memory cells. 🙂
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Looks like a must visit David!
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I recommend it, close up and personal to all exhibits…. and it’s a social journey as well as motoring through the last century 😃
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That looks like a fun place, especially for you male-types to visit, but even we females enjoy looking at awesome cars. At least I do. 😉
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Petrol heads the true motoring fans are called….. it only been open 2 weeks and proving a success even though they have to manage CV19 restrictions. There were some memories triggered, it was as much a social journey as motoring journey. 😁
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I bet! We felt the same way when we visited the vast car collection at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, Michigan.
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Marvelous vintage cars you have on display 😀 😀
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