LOUWMAN MUSEUM - THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS

THE LOUWMAN MUSEUM IS A FANTASTIC HISTORIC COLLECTION OF 200+ CARS ASSEMBLED PRIVATELY BY PIETER LOUWMAN AND HIS SON, EVERET SINCE 1934.  THEY HAVE HORSELESS CARRIAGES, RACECARS, A DUSENBERG, THE GOLDFINGER ASTON MARTIN DB5 NOT TO  MENTION A RATHER LARGE COLLECTION OF "FUGLY" EUROPEAN CARS!  LESS THAN AN HOUR FROM AMSTERDAM I WOULD RECOMMEND A VISIT IF YOU ARE EVER IN THE AREA.

THIS IS JUST THE LOBBY AREA

1887

1937 PANHARD & LEVASSOR

CAMPING 1937 STYLE;   PIERCE ARROW TRAVELODGE

I GUESS SUZUKI HAS ALWAYS MADE AN UGLY CAR!   THIS ONE IS FROM 1981.

1953 FIAT BOAT-CAR

1976 FIAT 850

1948 HUDSON COMMODORE 8

OBVIOUSLY THE CAR FROM THE GODFATHER.   THERE WERE 3 IDENTICAL CARS, ONE WAS BLOWN UP, ONE WAS FULL OF BULLET HOLES AND THIS ONE SURVIVED.

1938 BMW 328

1939 LAGONDA LANCEFIELD LA MANS COUPE

1957 - JAGUAR XKSS (Steve McQueen had this same car only in Green)   THERE ARE ONLY 16 IN EXISTENCE AT THIS TIME.

1985 SBARRO CHALLENGE 1

1964 GOLDFINGER ASTON MARTIN DB5

1952 FERRARI 375 INDIANAPOLIS 500

1913 THAMES RIVER STAGE COACH

1926 PACKARD FIRE CHIEF CAR FROM WOONSOCKET, RI

1922 HOOK & LADDER TRUCK

1932 BUS TRAILER

1932 MARMON 16 LEBANON 16 CYLINDER

1903 SPYKER 60HP RACE CAR

1955 DAIMLER DK400

1926 ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM

1910 BROOKE SWAN CAR;  BUILT BY A SCOTSMAN IN INDIA;  THE ENTIRE ENGINE ENCASEMENT IS MADE OF WOOD.  THE SWAN'S EYES LIGHT UP, THERE ARE BRUSHES TO SWEEP OFF THE ELEPHANT DUNG COLLECTED ON THE TIRES.  THE BEAK OPENS UP AND SPRAYS OUT STEAM TO CLEAR PEOPLE FROM IN FRONT OF THE CAR.  WHITEWASH CAN BE DUMPED ONTO THE ROAD AT THE BACK TO MAKE IT LOOK EVEN MORE "REALISTIC".   

1936 MERCEDES 500K

1926 MERCEDES K TORPEDO

1936 AUBURN MODEL 852 SPEEDSTER

1935 DUSENBERG MODEL SJ LAGRANDE DUAL-COWL PHAETON

1948 TALBOT LAGO

1937 TALBOT LAGO

1934 BUGATTI TYPE 57 ROADSTER