The Bubblecar Museum
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 9:01 pm
So, Family_tone (featuring jr_tone, muvva+favver_tone and better_half_tone) went (of their own free will*) to the Bubblecar Museum near Boston, Lincs this morning.
It will surprise no one to hear that it's a bit odd. It used to be on the A17 near Newark (ish) and relocated a couple of years ago to the other end of the A17, on a camp site. Whether it's better or bigger or smaller or anything else than the previous site I can't say, as despite driving past it quite often for nearly 10 years I never managed to be passing when it was a: open, and b: I had more than 10 minutes to spare. But finally, after at least 13 years of planning, I finally made it. And I left my camera at home.
So, please excuse the rubbishness of this write up and my terrible attempts to document everything using my phone. Some came out ok, some didn't. It doesn't help that it's mostly laid out so you need a fish eye lense to capture more than a headlight or hubcap in one shot, nor that (with a couple of exceptions) you're basically only allowed to look at things exactly head on.That said, it's £3 to get in, and there's a brilliant wagon outside, and also a mouldy looking late BX which I liked.
Citroën Belphégor by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
So here we go:
A knackered Hen's tooth Zündapp Janus. I got quite excited about this, as you can see from the picture quality, and total number of pictures taken. (1)
Zündapp Janus by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
B:
Berkeley by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Berkeley by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Berkeleys by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Bonds by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
This Suzuki was ace but I've forgotten the model and I'm in a bit of a rush to throw post up this qual* content.
Ace Suzuki thing by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Suzuki thing by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Suzuki thing by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
IMG_20140824_103704 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Rocking horse for scale:
Scootacar (?) by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Trojan:
Heinkel by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Ok, more later. Apologies again for overall crapness, but OOH TINY CARZ.
It will surprise no one to hear that it's a bit odd. It used to be on the A17 near Newark (ish) and relocated a couple of years ago to the other end of the A17, on a camp site. Whether it's better or bigger or smaller or anything else than the previous site I can't say, as despite driving past it quite often for nearly 10 years I never managed to be passing when it was a: open, and b: I had more than 10 minutes to spare. But finally, after at least 13 years of planning, I finally made it. And I left my camera at home.
So, please excuse the rubbishness of this write up and my terrible attempts to document everything using my phone. Some came out ok, some didn't. It doesn't help that it's mostly laid out so you need a fish eye lense to capture more than a headlight or hubcap in one shot, nor that (with a couple of exceptions) you're basically only allowed to look at things exactly head on.That said, it's £3 to get in, and there's a brilliant wagon outside, and also a mouldy looking late BX which I liked.
Citroën Belphégor by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
So here we go:
A knackered Hen's tooth Zündapp Janus. I got quite excited about this, as you can see from the picture quality, and total number of pictures taken. (1)
Zündapp Janus by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
B:
Berkeley by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Berkeley by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Berkeleys by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Bonds by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
This Suzuki was ace but I've forgotten the model and I'm in a bit of a rush to throw post up this qual* content.
Ace Suzuki thing by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Suzuki thing by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Suzuki thing by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
IMG_20140824_103704 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Rocking horse for scale:
Scootacar (?) by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Trojan:
Heinkel by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr
Ok, more later. Apologies again for overall crapness, but OOH TINY CARZ.