The seed for this year's holiday destination was planted at Retromobile in 2013 when we came across the Louwman museum stand and picked up a leaflet. 'Hmm, must go there some time' So, as seems to be the norm our family holiday has been arranged around a visit to a car related destination.
Of course, after a bit more digging it was possible to find and fit a few other car related visits in to the schedule. One thing I came across was some sort of meet/show/event at a place called the 'Autotron' on the middle Sunday of our time away. The venue is what was at one stage an important car museum that seems to have folded or been incorporated into the Louwman collection some time ago. The buildings are now used to house events/exhibitions. Unsure as to exactly what we were going to we soon discovered it was basically a bit of an autojumble a bit like the restoration shows at Stoneleigh. So, not the outdoor classic show we were possibly hoping for but there were a large number of ianteresting cars for sale as well as 'stuff' so worth looking round for a couple of hours. Lots of interest in the car park too and that's where I'll start.
Once inside we ambled around and I did my best to try and grab some pictures despite the bad light and the completely oblivious meanderings of other people. As far as I could tell nearly all of these cars were for sale, either via dealers or privately.
Seemed to be an old boy selling this diesel 404 and trailer tent combo
This was a suprise to see!
Minty Alfa
Wankel Spyder!
This had me feeling my pockets for loose Euronuggets.
Desirable foreign model!
'I went all the way to Holland and all I saw was a crusty old Herald.'
There was a second shed for the two wheel enthusiasts, including a cyclemotor club.
Of the shiny cars I think this is the one I'd have most liked to have taken home.
Back out to the car park, I made a quick solo pass up and down the rows to see what else was hiding while the women folk sat in the car.
This will appear in the 'spotted' section at some point as it overtook us on the way there. But then arrived after we did.
As SpottedLaurel said in his recent Francais report, its funny how when you're abroad British cars seem more interesting. This one wins for not being on minilights and not being plastered with typical tat.
Sports* cars.
Hnnng!
I've not really managed to reduce the number of photos I took and as there's over 80 I won't post them all so you'll probably find a load more 'honey's' if you click on the album link.
http://s198.photobucket.com/user/sethke/library/Holidays/2014/Holland/AutotronRosmalen
Fortunately in many ways, as this wasn't a massive show, it meant that there was time in the afternoon to wander half an hour down the road to Eindhoven and the DAF museum.....