Photos from Mercedes museum

[coldplugs]

Photos from Mercedes museum

We recently spent a few weeks in Europe and managed to visit a few outstanding museums. We went to the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart and also took a plant tour there, visited the Schlumpf Collection in France, the IBM museum in Sindelfingen, the Sinsheim museum (Germany) and saw the Ralph Lauren collection in Paris. (The Sinsheim was absolutely stunning.)

I'm finally digging through the pictures and am constantly being reminded of what a lousy photographer I am but some of this stuff may interest a few folks here.

Here are a few random shots taken at the Mercedes museum. I'll post others as time permits.

This had (iirc) a DB603 aero engine.

M25E engine from the W25 GP car of 1936. 473 bhp from 289 cubes.

An awful shot of one of the most famous documents in racing history. This is Denis Jenkinson's scroll used by Moss & "Jenks" in the '55 Mille Miglia.

Alfred Neubauer's diary.

The "100mph" car transporter. (Actually a replica)

300SL chassis

Don't remember what it's from but I liked it.

Neubauer's daily driver. Really!

The lunch room at the museum.

The powertrain plant.

(Not sure why the bottom 4 pics don't show. (Forum limit on the number of images?) but the links appear clickable)

 

[aeronca65t]

Re: Photos from Mercedes museum

Wow! Neubauer had a nice company car there!

Great photos of some very interesting places and artifacts(including Jenks notes).

And more importantly, great inspiritation.
Lin is retiring in 7 weeks and after that we are hoping to have more traveling time. Probably not in '12 due to all these new grandchildren we are getting, but for sure in '13.
Would like to see the Schlumpf Collection.
I was not familar with the Sinsheim Museum but it sure looks keen!
I'll have to start planning a trip.

You've set the bar high! :thumbsup:

 

[PC]

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...(Not sure why the bottom 4 pics don't show. (Forum limit on the number of images?) ...

Yup. Forum limit for a single post. But you can put them all in one thread. Just cut those links from the initial post and make another post.

here'ya go

The lunch room at the museum.

The powertrain plant.

 

[NutmegCT]

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woohoo - great pictures! M-B museum is one of my targets for my next trip over there.

What did you think of the IBM museum? They had a "touchy" situation there in the 1930s.

Tom

 

[Mickey Richaud]

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What a treat, John! Color me green!

 

[coldplugs]

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...
Lin is retiring in 7 weeks and after that we are hoping to have more traveling time. Probably not in '12 due to all these new grandchildren we are getting, but for sure in '13.
Would like to see the Schlumpf Collection.
I was not familar with the Sinsheim Museum but it sure looks keen!
I'll have to start planning a trip....

Retirement is a big deal and certainly warrants a trip! Our trek wasn't as expensive as I'd expected. We rented an apartment in a "cheap" section of Paris rather than use a hotel so we could prepare many of our own meals etc. This had the side benefit of making us experience French grocery stores and outdoor markets which was great fun. We stayed with friends in Germany which is the ultimate in cheap travel.

Travel within Europe by train was easy and we had the novel (for us) experience of a 3 hour trip at 120mph.

The Schlumpf Collection was amazing. I know you like Bugattis and they have the largest collection in the world. I had never heard of the Sinsheim either - our German friends suggested it and I was totally stunned when we saw it. Planes, cars, trains, chainsaws, tractors, tanks, artillery, sewing machines, and boats!

Tom - the IBM museum seemed to be mostly a play area for old IBM guys, of which I'm one. It's in the old (punched) card manufacturing facility. I'll post a few pictures at some point. They have a good collection of unit record gear, typewriters, clocks, and smaller mainframes.