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24th April 2021, 07:06 | #1 |
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Rover owner opens new car museum.
A former owner of Wembley Stadium has collected 120 British cars, all in running / show condition.
These are now in his new museum in Derby, to open this summer. His own personal transport; an Austin 7, a Porsche and a Rover 75. Might the 75 be his daily, the article didn't say, but quite possibly. Regards Mike
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24th April 2021, 16:22 | #2 |
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Can you point us to the article please Mike?
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24th April 2021, 16:44 | #3 |
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If I'm correct it's the museum that should have opened a couple of years ago .
Looks like it now could be open by summer this year, an article from the local paper:- https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/wha...museum-5168743 and the museum website:- https://www.greatbritishcarjourney.com/ Jim |
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Thanks very much Jim.
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Check out Hubnut on you tube. Ian has had a preview of the museum and some off the cars that will be heading there. He even has a drive of a nice Austin 1300 GT
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AROnline are currently running a feature on this museum with lots of pictures
https://www.aronline.co.uk/news/grea...h-car-journey/ some of the pictures and as Pete mentioned here's Ian Seabrook's recent video previewing the museum Jim |
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I can see many British car clubs wanting to use this venue for national meetings.
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That's about an hour from me.
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And about 20 mins for me.Might get a season ticket
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That looks well worth a day out
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