Facts
about the European Car Museum
No museum beats The European Car
Museum when it comes to The Golden Age of Cars. That it is a simple fact. But the European
Car Museum is much more than the biggest collection af cars from the fifties.
We tell our guests the history of
civilization - about an era when industrial production increased year by year and the man
on the street got a share of the cake. The fleet of cars increased explosively, but the
moped and the motor cycles became common consumer goods too - and clockwork toys and ....
The showroom is crowdet to
bursting point with motor cycles, mopeds, tools, toy cars, booklets, posters, wall sheets
and more than 100 vehicles.
Part of the museum is furnished
with tables and chairs where you can have a coke, an
icecream, a sandwich or sweets which are all obtainable from our kiosk, you are also
welcome to eat your food.....
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BSA
Classic English motor cycle
from the fifties |
Moulding
tools for constructing side cars. On the picture moulding forms for diffe- rent parts of
the of the side car are shown. |
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Classic
Velo Solex moped from the fifties. |
Danish
manufactured dream car and caravan. The car is a prototype, but was never put into
production. |
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Milliongear
developed by the D.A.F. Factories. It's a brilliant variable wedge drive transmission
system handed by two pedals.
The gear is called a variomaticgear too. |
DAF with
the nickname "The Flying Dutchman". Because of the transmission system it was
claimed to be the greatest technical evetn since the Second World War.
The car was manufactured in
Holland and the model is from 1959 and had a maximum speed of 110 km/h. |
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