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[Barry Boor]

Looking closely at the DFV engine that is on display at the Beaulieu motor museum where I have visited this week, I noticed that where the engine is usually stamped, it carried the number DFV MU5.

Can anyone give me a clue as to what this number means?

The words MOCK UP have been suggested!

Incidentally, Mal9444 and myself were particularly keen to see the new F.1 racing gallery but we're slightly taken aback by its relatively small size and somewhat small number of cars, though it was great to see the de Tomaso!

[Mal9444]

Well-known TNF member doing research for his latest restoration project.  Conew guess his name?

 

[Mal9444]

Incidentally, Mal9444 and myself were particularly keen to see the new F.1 racing gallery but we're slightly taken aback by its relatively small size and somewhat small number of cars, though it was great to see the de Tomaso!

Despite leaving both anoraks in the car, we couldn't but help noticing that while the Connaught on display is correctly labelled a B-type as driven by Tony Brooks at Syracuse, the accompanying photograph of T Brooks 'driving a Connaught in 1955' featured something entirely different.  The member of staff to whom we, in a genuine and generous spirit of helpfulness, pointed this out was of course absolutely fascinated and deeply grateful...

 

 

Edited by Mal9444, 03 April 2015 - 11:36.

[Roger Clark]

Well, it is Tony Brooks driving a Connaught at Crystal Palace 30th July 1955...

[Barry Boor]

Yes but their description says its a B type whereas the photo is of Tony in an A type.

[Doug Nye]

Thanks Barry - this is being brought to the attention of The Management for correction. Nice to see you there.

 

DCN

[Allan Lupton]

Yes but their description says its a B type whereas the photo is of Tony in an A type.

In my experience most museums have a labelling error that the lay visitor can easily spot, never mind the specialist!

[alansart]

In my experience most museums have a labelling error that the lay visitor can easily spot, never mind the specialist!

Even my wife spotted this one at the Le Mans Museum 

 

 

[Henri Greuter]

If it comes to categorically misidentifying cars in a museum:

 

Not one that will annoy many Europeans who fail to notice the error at all....

 

The Louwman collection in The Hague owns the Denny Moore built laydown Offy that raced at Indy for the last time in 1961, driven by Roger McCluskey, a red and black #22. The car had been fitted with nose cone and other front bodywork parts that were near similar to that of the classic TwinNostril Watson Roadster.

 

Even though I have pointed it out on several occasions that the car was a Denny Moore built Laydown and that Watson never ever built a Laydown car, they still keep on insisting that they have a Watson Roadster on display.....

Die Hard Indyfans will shake their head about such stubborness....

Having said that, the Museum owns a few Indy related artefacts I never ever expected to see in my life.

 

Henri

[AAGR]

And while they are at it, the NMM might try to rectify the major installation error on the Cosworth vee-6 turbo F1 engine - the GB - which they also have on display.

 

  What is it ? I'll leave the observers to work it out for themselves, but the clue is - 'turbochargers' ....

[Mal9444]

Thanks Barry - this is being brought to the attention of The Management for correction. Nice to see you there.

 

DCN

Doug: just for the purposes of clarity and avoidance of doubt... "The member of staff to whom we, in a genuine and generous spirit of helpfulness, pointed this out... " was affable, friendly and entirely courteous.  And later in the day we realised that something we'd told him wasn't correct, went to seek him out - and found him looking for us, complete with mini iPad on which he'd been doing his own research.  He even - when, anoraks still left firmly in the car, we casually remarked upon the fact - told us why the excellent little video clips of Grands Prix through the years are all accompanied by the unmistakable and wonderful sound of a BRM V16 in full song, rather than anything else. The vehicle that makes the noise is, we gather, in the workshop. Temporarily we hope. 

[Mal9444]

ANYWAY... does anyone know why the DFV on display is numbered MU5 - and is it a mock-up or is it a real engine?

[Doug Nye]

Mock-up block.  And entirely understood. The staff at Beaulieu are generally as enthusiastic and interested as any visitor.

 

DCN

[Vitesse2]

Even my wife spotted this one at the Le Mans Museum 

 

 

|It's probably just the angle of the shot, but am I the only one who thinks the picture of 'Macqueen' could almost be mistaken for a middle-aged Jochen Mass?