I visited the Louwman Museum in The Hague yesterday since it was rainy and I had nothing much important to do. If you're ever in the area it's well worth the effort, they had a pretty big collection and you can spend a few hours there easily. And a lot of the cars had historic race or rally stickers, so it's cool to know they still get driven like they're supposed to.
The main reason I went was the temporary exhibition of the Silver Arrow Mercedes-Benzes they had, those are in the first few pics. As far as captions go I'm only going off what I remember so apologies if you'd like to know what serial number any car was.
What's left of a streamlined MB. Construction looked exactly like an airplane, and extremely light weight.
Mercedes W154 cockpit (1938 nazi rocket)
Far to near: W25, W125, W154, W165 (smaller engined version of the W154 specifically built for the Tripoli Grand Prix)
That W165, 1.5 liter V8, 280ish horsepower.
The W25.
The rest of the collection:
Regal Colonial Coupe. This one was lowered. They put the suspension on top of the frame for "sport" handling.
Jaguar D-type. Pretty! And won the 1957 Le Mans race.
A lonely 1938 BMW 328
1939 Aston Martin Lagonda Le Mans works car
Lagonda M45R that won the '35 Le Mans 24h.
The main reason I went was the temporary exhibition of the Silver Arrow Mercedes-Benzes they had, those are in the first few pics. As far as captions go I'm only going off what I remember so apologies if you'd like to know what serial number any car was.
What's left of a streamlined MB. Construction looked exactly like an airplane, and extremely light weight.
Mercedes W154 cockpit (1938 nazi rocket)
Far to near: W25, W125, W154, W165 (smaller engined version of the W154 specifically built for the Tripoli Grand Prix)
That W165, 1.5 liter V8, 280ish horsepower.
The W25.
The rest of the collection:
Regal Colonial Coupe. This one was lowered. They put the suspension on top of the frame for "sport" handling.
Jaguar D-type. Pretty! And won the 1957 Le Mans race.
A lonely 1938 BMW 328
1939 Aston Martin Lagonda Le Mans works car
Lagonda M45R that won the '35 Le Mans 24h.
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