Has your house become a motorsport museum?!
#1
Posted 10 January 2006 - 17:42
How does it look in your home?
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#2
Posted 10 January 2006 - 18:25
#3
Posted 10 January 2006 - 19:39
Hamilton and C type at Le Mans, Fernley painting of D50 with Moss sitting chatting to Collins and Hawthorn, ltd. ed. Macleod painting of Gilles sideways through Casino, "blue print" drawing of Frogeye Sprite on my walls.
Large book cases of books videos and DVD's, firmly held down to terra firma by a number of die cast models (healey 3000, Merc 300SLR and Rennwaggen etc.)
Regards
David
#6
Posted 10 January 2006 - 22:02
Luckily, I don't possess a digital camera, so you'll all have to just imagine the teetering piles of books, papers, files and notes: at the moment there's more floor covered with them than not!!
#7
Posted 10 January 2006 - 23:24
Rick
#8
Posted 10 January 2006 - 23:28
Rick
#9
Posted 11 January 2006 - 02:06
#10
Posted 11 January 2006 - 05:08
Originally posted by oldclassiccar
This was at the previous house, I'm slowly building back up at the new place...
Rick
Bluddy hell! A rolled gold tragic!
Onya!
#11
Posted 11 January 2006 - 05:17
According to the wife, Tony Kanaan's helmet or a collection of 1-43 scale Super Champion 917's aren't shabby chick enough to go in the bed room.
oldclassiccar: That flag of the Brabham is cool. Does it show the full car?
#12
Posted 11 January 2006 - 05:48
Mind you, derrière the camera are two walls of bookcases, with at least 10 books common to David Beard's pic earlier.
#13
Posted 11 January 2006 - 06:42
I HAVE MY HELMET , GLOVES FOR THE KARTING I USED TO DO (FORMULA YAMAHA )
I HAVE A COLLECTION OF 1:43 MIDDLE-EAST RALLY CARS , ABOUT 10 CARS .
A SPECIALL PLACE FOR THE BOOKS - NOW MAINLY ON THE 34-39 ERA
AND A VIDEOS & DVD COLLECTION AS WELL .
I USED TO PARK MY KART THERE BUT NOW ITS ONLY MY ALFA-ROMEO .
GOOD DAY
DUBY
#14
Posted 11 January 2006 - 07:49
The Brabham on the wall is a single duvet cover that reminds me, I've got some 1970s F1(ish) curtains around here somewhere to go up
I must have been about 30 when those earlier pics were taken, its not quite as mad at the new house, yet...
R.
#15
Posted 11 January 2006 - 17:02
#16
Posted 11 January 2006 - 17:08
#17
Posted 11 January 2006 - 17:15
#18
Posted 11 January 2006 - 17:23
#19
Posted 11 January 2006 - 18:39
I'll probably get in trouble, but that's ok. I have a long, long way to go to catch up with you guys.
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#20
Posted 11 January 2006 - 18:40
Originally posted by Vanwall
Mind you, derrière the camera are two walls of bookcases, with at least 10 books common to David Beard's pic earlier.
But rather more elegantly arranged...
Oldclassiccar.....are you open to the public?
#21
Posted 11 January 2006 - 18:43
hehe maybe, once the room in the new house is fully kitted out in the style of the old place
(thats if I've not been kicked out of the house and living in the garage by then of course...)
R.
#22
Posted 11 January 2006 - 20:52
Not sure how they could be shown anonymously though!
#23
Posted 11 January 2006 - 21:02
#24
Posted 12 January 2006 - 01:16
Originally posted by David Birchall
Vanwall, you really should let me in there to, aah, tidy it up a bit
Erm, bit embarrassed. The pic was taken a while ago, along with a whole lot of others around the house, to burn onto a CD and file at work in case of an insurance claim. We're in a prime bushfire area here.
#26
Posted 12 January 2006 - 20:46
Whenever any one visits remotely interested on cars it takes ages to get them out of the room!
Robert
#27
Posted 12 January 2006 - 21:26
#28
Posted 12 January 2006 - 22:55
YES ! !
I'll post before- and after-organization photos
—if there ever is an after.
#29
Posted 13 January 2006 - 00:36
Originally posted by West3
West, what is the bottom left car, aside the Mac?
cj
#30
Posted 13 January 2006 - 05:15
#31
Posted 13 January 2006 - 07:42
Originally posted by red stick
Looks like a GMP model of Dan Gurney's 1966 Lola T70.
Yes, indeed!
#32
Posted 13 January 2006 - 08:21
#33
Posted 13 January 2006 - 09:00
Tell us more about that trophy in your house...the cup from Albi.
#34
Posted 13 January 2006 - 11:01
#36
Posted 13 January 2006 - 11:17
Originally posted by Hieronymus
Stefan
Tell us more about that trophy in your house...the cup from Albi.
This trophy was given to me in 1998 from the Depailler family after my visit in Clermont. It was the last of one they have what makes me very proud. First I thought Patrick Depailler has got it for the victory with the GT at the >>Criterion de Cevennes<< back in 1968. Now I know that PD has got it for fastest lap in F3 race at Albi on October 20, 1968. The race was won by Henri Pescarolo and DP was off after problems with the carburetor. In fact Depaller and Cevert have had the same lap time which was finally becomes fastest lap, Cevert gave the trophy to Patrick.
#37
Posted 13 January 2006 - 16:12
I don't have pictures of the actual look of the room (now being evicted to make room for my newborn baby ) but here are some images of my pieces, they don't show all of them, because it's been a while since I took these ones but you get the idea:
cj
#38
Posted 13 January 2006 - 21:06
Not included: the mags in the spare room - 20 years of Autosports, 10 years of Motor Sports, a few dozen GPIs, a bound volume of Speedworld, a complete run of Octane and Graham Gould's mags and a box full of Classic Car Africas and Automobile Historiques.
#39
Posted 13 January 2006 - 21:43
After all, I only have
1. Two-thirds of a bookcase full of my 100 or so motoring books.
2. The walls of our tiny landing occupied by display cases for my 100 or so 1/43 models
3. The window cill in our bedroom which is full of 'Matchbox' sized cars
4. The box files on the bedroom floor with 5 years' worth of Motor Sports, various Octanes and Classic & Sports Cars, complete runs of Historic Racing and Historic Race and Rally, various goodwood programmes etc
5. Another Five years of Motor Sport in the loft
6. Most of the boxes for my car collection as they are more saleable with the box
etc
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#40
Posted 14 January 2006 - 20:42
Well, same here!Originally posted by ensign14
Mine's more of a library than a museum...
Here is my 'purpose-built' bookshelf with glass doors:
If we take a closer look at the lower section:
Part of my magazine collection:
Finally my bedside table with BRM Vols 1-2, Mon Ami Mate, plus and a photo book signed by Zsolt Baumgartner:
#41
Posted 14 January 2006 - 22:35
So I won't insult the term "museum"
#45
Posted 15 January 2006 - 08:26
Various bits & pieces ;)
Autocourse - Automobile Year - Black Books - Biographies
Motor Sport 1962-1991 (1979-85 bound in black at bottom right)
I need a new (bigger) bookcase...
Rob
#46
Posted 15 January 2006 - 09:48
#48
Posted 15 January 2006 - 17:23
Right now, the living-room walls are covered with Classic Team Lotus calendars and with posters of The Italian Job, Audrey Hepburn, Steve McQueen, Castelotti, Fangio, Birkin, Petoulet and Behra. Above and next to my desk I have drawings of 1920s-30s Bugattis, Alfas, Hispano-Suizas, Delages, etc.
A couple of pictures I had on my walls in Brussels. Now they are still wrap in boxes but they will go on walls asap we move to a house:
This one was in grand-father bedroom when he was a kid:
If my wife allows it, I plan to make some re-prints of old racing pictures and turn the walls black&white
#49
Posted 15 January 2006 - 17:40
Originally posted by Stefan Schmidt
This trophy was given to me in 1998 from the Depailler family after my visit in Clermont. It was the last of one they have what makes me very proud. First I thought Patrick Depailler has got it for the victory with the GT at the >>Criterion de Cevennes<< back in 1968. Now I know that PD has got it for fastest lap in F3 race at Albi on October 20, 1968. The race was won by Henri Pescarolo and DP was off after problems with the carburetor. In fact Depaller and Cevert have had the same lap time which was finally becomes fastest lap, Cevert gave the trophy to Patrick.
Me jealous, never. Just m two all time favourite drivers, in the same sentance, with the same trophy, jealous doesn't begin to cover it!! Your a lucky man.
Now explain, how do you guys dust this lot!!!?? I hope to unpack my stuff real soon, the troubles of moving house
#50
Posted 16 January 2006 - 20:50
oldclassiccar
that's what i call a museum...
cheers marty