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C LA S S I C C A R M U S E U M G U I D E MOTOR CARS, MOTORCYCLES AND MACHINERY Classic_Car_Museum_Guide_P3.indd 1 26/12/19 4:24 PM Also by the author (non-fiction) Bugatti Blue The Classic Car Adventure Secrets of the Spitfire Spitfire MkV Secret Wings of WWII Jeep WWII Bugatti Type 35 and Variants Porsche 911 Porsche Model by Model Allard The Complete Story Saab Cars The Complete Story Saab 99 & 900 The Complete Story Citroen The Complete Story Vickers VC10 VC10 Icon of the Skies The Revised New Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Automobile Heavies Long Haul Jetliners Front Cover Main Photo: 1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3 at Prescott. Back Cover: Assorted museum pieces. Rear fly leaf Author’s Photo: The author at the wheel of a 1914 Chater Lea Singer Special. Classic_Car_Museum_Guide_P3.indd 2 26/12/19 4:24 PM C LA S S I C C A R M U S E U M G U I D E MOTOR CARS, MOTORCYCLES AND MACHINERY LANCE COLE ‘From Amilcar to Austin, from BSA to Vincent, from AEC to Scammell, via Rover, Triumph, and all points in between, notably interrupted by the name British Leyland, our museums are populated with wonderful memories in metal. Major museums and minor museums make up the museum body that is at the soul of our enthusiasm and worship for the cars and motorcycles of the past.’ Classic_Car_Museum_Guide_P3.indd 3 26/12/19 6:06 PM First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Pen and Sword Transport An imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd Yorkshire - Philadelphia Copyright © Lance Cole, 2020 ISBN 978 1 52673 587 4 The right of Lance Cole to be identified as Author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in writing. Typeset in Sabon LT Std 11/14 by Aura Technology and Software Services, India. Printed and bound in India by Replika Press Pvt. Ltd. Pen & Sword Books Ltd incorporates the Imprints of Pen & Sword Books Archaeology, Atlas, Aviation, Battleground, Discovery, Family History, History, Maritime, Military, Naval, Politics, Railways, Select, Transport, True Crime, Fiction, Frontline Books, Leo Cooper, Praetorian Press, Seaforth Publishing, Wharncliffe and White Owl. For a complete list of Pen & Sword titles please contact PEN & SWORD BOOKS LIMITED 47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2AS, England E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk Or PEN AND SWORD BOOKS 1950 Lawrence Rd, Havertown, PA 19083, USA E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.penandswordbooks.com Paper from responsible sources Classic_Car_Museum_Guide_P4.indd 4 24/01/20 3:15 PM CONTENTS Acknowledgements 8 Introduction 9 1 Motoring Museum Essentials 28 2 The Art of the Visit 60 3 The Museums 71 Aerospace Bristol 72 Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre 73 Anglesey Transport Museum 73 Anson Engine Museum 74 Aston Martin Heritage Trust 75 Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum 77 Battlesbridge Motorcycle Museum 79 Beamish Museum 79 Bentley (W.O.) Memorial Foundation 80 Betws-Y-Coed Motor Museum 80 Bexhill Museum 80 Bicester Heritage / Bicester Motion 81 Biggar Albion Foundation/Museum 82 Birmingham Science Museum ‘Thinktank’ 82 Bo’ness Motor Museum 83 British Commercial Vehicle Museum 84 British Motor Museum 85 Brooklands Museum 88 Bubble Car Museum 94 Bugatti Trust (The) 94 Caister Castle Museum 114 Canvey Island Transport Museum (Castle Point) 114 Jim Clark Museum 115 Cloverlands Model Car Museum 115 Classic_Car_Museum_Guide_P3.indd 5 26/12/19 4:24 PM Craven Motorcycle Museum 116 Crich Tramway Museum 116 Cotswold Motoring Museum and Toy Collection 117 Coventry Transport Museum 118 David Brown Tractor Museum 118 David Coulthard Museum 119 David Silver Honda Collection 119 Design Museum London 120 Dover Transport Museum 120 Dundee Transport Museum 121 Dunsfold Collection (The) 121 Ferguson Family Museum 122 Filching Manor Motor Museum (Foulkes Halbard Collection) 122 Ford Heritage Centre 124 Glenluce Motor Museum 124 Gloucester Museum & Archives/Gloucester heritage 125 Grampian Transport Museum 125 Haynes International Motor Museum 126 History on Wheels Museum 132 Ipswich Transport Museum 133 Isle of Man Motor Museum (Cunningham Collection) 134 Jurby Transport Museum 135 Lakeland Motor Museum 135 Llangollen Motor Museum 137 Lanchester Museum, Library & Archive 137 Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum 138 London Bus Preservation Trust (Museum) 139 Maldon Museum of Power 140 Manx Transport Heritage Motor Museum 141 Milestones Museum 141 Moray Motor Museum 142 Murrays Motorcycle Museum 143 Museum of Lincoln Life 143 Museum of Liverpool (Transport) 144 Museum of Transport Manchester (GMTS) 144 Myreton Motor Museum 145 National Motor Museum Beaulieu (The) 164 6 CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM GUIDE: MOTOR CARS, MOTORCYCLES AND MACHINERY Classic_Car_Museum_Guide_P3.indd 6 26/12/19 4:24 PM National Motorcycle Museum 170 National Museum Cardiff 172 National Trust Carriage Museum (The) 173 Northwest Museum of Road Transport 173 North Yorkshire Motor Museum (Matthewsons) 174 Oakham Treasures Tractor & Farm Museum (Bristol) 175 On Your Marques 175 Oxford Bus Museum and Morris Motors Museum 176 Pallot Steam, Motor & General Museum (The) 177 Patrick Collection (The) 178 Riverside Museum of Transport (Glasgow) 178 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) Museum 180 Sammy Miller Museum 181 Scaleby Hill Vintage Motorcycle Museum/Mike Barry Museum 183 Science Museum (The) 183 Science Museum Wroughton 185 Scottish Vintage Bus Museum (The) 186 Shuttleworth Collection (The) 186 South Yorkshire Transport Museum 189 Stanford Hall (Motorcycle) Museum 189 Streetlife Museum of Transport 190 Stonehurst Farm Motor Museum 191 Studio434 191 Swansea Bus Museum 192 Ulster Transport Museum 193 Whitewebbs Museum of Transport 194 Williams F1 Museum/Conference Centre 195 Wirral Transport Museum & Heritage Tramway 196 Wythall Transport Museum 196 4 Beyond Britain 209 Bibliography 240 6 CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM GUIDE: MOTOR CARS, MOTORCYCLES AND MACHINERY CONTENTS 7 Classic_Car_Museum_Guide_P3.indd 7 26/12/19 4:24 PM ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Specific thanks to the Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum, Bicester Heritage, the British Motor Museum, Bugatti Trust, Haynes International, the Lakeland Museum, National Motorcycle Museum, National Motor Museum Trust, the Shuttleworth Collection and the Australasian Motor Museums Association. Thanks and acknowledgements to all the museums who assisted with content listings and photography and offered proper tea and homemade cake – all paid for! Acknowledgements to staffers at Classic and Sports Car, Practical Classics, and Classic Cars for verbal opinions. Thanks to Alan Ward – classic tractor and classic car fettler, engineer, and friend. A salute to Alex Rankin my old Saab mate, Robin Morley for the same and also to James Walshe for his kindness and enthusiasm. Likewise to Richard Gunn. A salute also to Tom Donney and his Saabs in the USA. Thanks are due to my Citroën DS-owning grandfather Tom, and to my car enthusiast father Francis. And for her patience and support, thanks are due my wife Anna, who tolerates the memorabilia and the wallowing in nostalgia. Photographic Notes: Unless stated otherwise, all photographs are by the author. Please note: The author Lance F. Cole has no connection to ‘Lance Cole Photography’ or such named website or entity. Classic_Car_Museum_Guide_P5.indd 8 07/02/20 6:43 AM INTRODUCTION J-P Wimille’s Bugatti T59/50B on the start line at Prescott when it arrived for display at the Bugatti Trust Museum, returning to Prescott after eight decades. Classic_Car_Museum_Guide_P3.indd 9 26/12/19 4:24 PM

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