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WELCOME TO THE
‘SPIRIT OF BROOKLANDS'
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Auto & Technik MUSEUM SINSHEIM
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The Forney
Transportation Museum
The Forney Transportation Museum is a one-of-a-kind collection of over 500 exhibits relating to historical transportation. It began with antique cars, but soon expanded to include vehicles of all kinds. Some of these are familiar, while others spark the imagination.
'Big Boy' -The World's Largest
Steam Locomotive • Forney Locomotive • Railcars, Cabooses,
Coaches and a Diner • Antique Cars • Buggies • Carriages •
Wagons • Fire Engines • Aircraft • Denver's only Cable Car •
Trolleys • Steam Tractor • Motorcycles • Bicycles •
Tricycles • Models •Costumes • Music Boxes • & Much, Much
More! Come see them all!
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The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, voted Irish Museum of the Year, illustrates the way of life and the traditions of the people of the North of Ireland. The award winning galleries of the Transport Museum display Ireland's most comprehensive transport collections from horse drawn carts to Irish built motor cars, from the mighty steam locomotives which graced our railways to the history of ship and aircraft building.
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The Saratoga Automobile
Museum preserves, interprets and exhibits
automobiles and carriages, and artifacts. Our focus is to
celebrate and educate the general public, students and
enthusiasts about the role of automobiles in this region and
country's social and economic development, and the important
engineering and design accomplishments these vehicles
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The Louwman Collection have been brought by two generations of the family Louwman at each other. The collection has already started in 1934, and is the oldest private collection in the world. It is priced by the national and international profession press and is labeled as one of the most beautiful motorcar collections in the world. The result of many years' investigations and collecting
Thanks to Leen Neeleman! |
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Thanks to Britain's Mark
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Pioneer
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Their Amphicar is a nice example of a
little used Amphi. It just needs 2 more original tires for the front. I
took this photo on the way to Celina 2006. |
 Louisville Automobile MuseumLouisville, Kentucky This 1967 Amphicar has been on museum display for more than 22 years.  |
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M Koç MüzesiHasköy Cad No. 27 Hasköy 80320 Istanbul, Turkey The Museum's General Manager A.J. Phillipson writes: "We have
nearly 40 cars in total including this 1961 model Amphicar, but have
little information on its history. We also have numerous full size
exhibits such as marine and land steam engines, railway locomotives,
aircraft and ships, together with a superb display of models. A mention on
your web site would be appreciated, in case any Amphicar enthusiasts are
thinking of visiting Turkey!" |
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MuseumWeserstrasse 225 32547 Bad Oeyhausen Germany Besides the two Amphicars shown at right, according to Clubmembers Martin
Rohe and Kirsten "Kiki" Höffken, this great automotive
museum accommodates the following other amphibians: a VW Type 166
"Schwimmwagen", a Russian GAZ Type 46 MAW (a Ford GPA copy) and
a DUKW. It also displays about 150 other cars, 250 motorcycles, various
steam engines and other technical equipment. Bad Oeynhausen is
located right in |
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Rather cleverly, they have parked the rear of the car towards the
stairway so that one can see the props as one descends the stairs. |
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Skokloster
Motor-Museum |
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Harold E. LeMay Museum423 East 152nd Street Tacoma, Washington After years of planning and hard-work of so many, Harold LeMay's dream of a museum where others can come and enjoy this breathtaking collection is finally becoming a reality. He wanted a venue which would allow the public to view and enjoy this collection, from car aficionados to schoolchildren, and everyone in between.
It will be the largest automobile and transportation museum in the world,
with nearly 500,000 feet of gallery, display and storage space. Shown
above is a 1964 Amphicar with the Serial Number 101716 from its vast collection. |
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 Tallahassee
Antique Car Museum3550A Mahan Drive Tallahassee, FL 32308 Tel. (850) 942-0137 One of the southeast's finest collections of rare automobiles and
unique collectibles, including this lovely beach white Amphicar.
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Mark-Peter Brandt writes from Cologne, Germany: I shot these three photos in Kneippbyn, a small village only 3 miles south Visby, the capital of the Swedish Island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. Here is an English translation of the Swedish text of the third photo: AMPHICAR 1964 Amphibious car which can go on both water and land. Made between
1961-1968 in Berlin by an American company and with an English Triumph
motor in the rear. It has got 4 cylinders and 1.2 liters cubic-capacity.
The two props give it a top speed of 6.5 knots. On land 110 km/h [70 mph].
In the lake it is steered by the wheel. Equipped with double bilge pumps.
Drove between Gotland and mainland [distance: more than 50 miles] and
cross the English Channel. This one belonged to a movie company.
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 Doc's
Classic Car & Cycle MuseumW2709 State Hwy 29 Bonduel, WI 54107 Tel. (715)758-9080 Brenda Erikson of the Green Bay Chronicle writes: "I just
returned from Doc's Classic Car and Cycle Museum, a fun addition to Doc's
Harley-Davidson, in Bonduel, Wisconsin, where owner Stephen Hopkins has a
gorgeous restored Amphicar that can often be spotted on Shawano Lake in
the summer. His museum was great. He has a fun collection of
treasures, all housed in the front of a 1938 Standard Station that he
dismantled and moved to the site of his business. Makes me want one!" |
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Totnes Motor Museum |
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 Canada
Science & Technology Museum1867 St. Laurent Blvd. Ottawa, Ontario K1G 5A3 Canada Tel. (613) 991-3044 Graham Hurst writes, "Years ago my father donated our family's Amphicar to the Canada Science and Technology Museum. It is in the museum collection, but it is not on display..."
"The museum also has the owner's manual, maintenance manual, and
advertisements. This was the 2nd Amphicar sold in Canada (the first
in the province of Ontario). As a publicity stunt for the dealership (Amphi
Motors in Toronto), two women crossed Lake Ontario in it. My father bought it
new and owned it until it was transferred to the Canada Science and Technology
Museum. We used it for daily transport from 1960 through 1966. Cheers, Graham
Hurst." |
Copyright ©2002-2006
International Amphicar Owners Club. All rights reserved.
Last updated
June 27, 2008
Situated
on an area of over 30.000m² indoors, and in open-air grounds
comprising in excess of 50.000m², the Auto & Technik MUSEUM
SINSHEIM offers you more than 3.000 exhibits. Among them the
original Concorde of the AirFrance plus a Russian
supersonic-jet Tupolev TU-144 and 300 vintage cars, 200
motorbikes, 40 race- and sports cars, 27 locomotives, 50
airplanes, 150 tractors, steam engines and trucks.
This
is my own car, all original and untouched. Lost for 40+
years and then returned to the original owner. It was her
1st car! This photo is in the Forney museum with the 1958
Martin Air-Car which flies, swims and drives parked just
behind my Amphi.
