MOTO-SCAT

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.

Suzuki name: clue is on the rear of it.

(Fronte GC)

I like the Berks. ALOT.

Phone worst for posting actual content. Aye Fronte. That's the one! Spotters badge in post.

Regardless of authoring maladies, the Fronte is superbly cool. I would love one to come & live in my garage.

Yes, it was ace. Like a really clever persons 126 or more interesting version of that very similar Honda thing.

As I mentioned, the layout of the place is such that everything's a bit crammed in, but I managed to get some decent pictures of the odd one. Before those though, here's some more general rammel:

GO GO GO! by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

Bonus Heinkels:
Heinkels by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

Heinkels by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

Excess Buggage:

BUGz by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

Bugz by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

Now, this I liked - a 4 wheeled Bond Bug:

The best 4 bug 4 bug far by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

Apparently it was an idea they gave up on pretty quickly. Not sure if the odd headlight pods put them off.

Some interesting arses rear aspects of cars I managed to miss from the front:

IMG_20140824_103711 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

Utter mystery this one. Might be a Reliant?:

No idea by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

This Inter Autoscooter(?) was beautiful, I took loads of pictures and only 2 came out, and even one of them was shaky. URGH.
Apparently you could fold the wheels in to make it even tinier, so you could stick it in a wardrobe or something (all furniture enquiries purchasing to IKB please).

Inter Autoscooter by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

Inter Autoscooter by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

Upstairs there's a kind of mezzanine full of invalid carriages and scooters. At least one of the party was getting slightly grumbly, so I paid even less attention to these, bet here's the glut of what I managed.

(Matching hearing aids available in the gift shop)

Apparently the Tomcar is an Israeli commercial off-road utility vehicle. BEEFY.
IMG_20140824_104551 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

IMG_20140824_104601 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

IMG_20140824_104609 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

IMG_20140824_104614 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

Excellent French pair (minimal baguette space, etc)
IMG_20140824_104621 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

IMG_20140824_104641 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

IMG_20140824_104717 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

Suzuki-based Pink Panther thing:
IMG_20140824_104629 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

A fleet of Bambys:
Bambys by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

The only photo that came out of the Solyto was the one of the period* tabs on the dashboard:
IMG_20140824_105148 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

But here's some more Berkeley to please the masses:

IMG_20140824_105336 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

IMG_20140824_105345 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

So all in all, decent. Although all 3 non-dead generations of my branch of the Lloyd family were a bit grumpy that the museum sold off their Norddeutsche Automobil und Motoren 600 a few years ago.

Untitled by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

Wow. Now, there's a whole heap of inadequate and miserable motoring experiences. Any idea what the finned red thing is next to the Fronte (88PEPT)?

Seth wrote:Any idea what the finned red thing is next to the Fronte (88EPT)?

Frisky Family Three, innit.

Great to see they still have the Suzuki. I've never asked them if they know more about it, but I reckon it could well be one of the early evaluation cars brought in:

Suzuki evaluation cars - Fronte, GX and Van by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1974 Suzuki Fronte GC by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1974 Suzuki Fronte GC by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

That looks like quite a high quality visit for £3. I remember visiting equally strange little car 'museums' out in the middle of the countryside when I was a kid. Used to love it.