Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Sinshiem Auto Collection - American cars

Sinshiem museum, possibly one of the best technical museums in the world, had a large collection of American classic cars, with special focus on the 1950's. https://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/en/

Overview

Looking down on a pair of Corvettes and a Harley.

Simplex - America La France ~ 1914/15

1915 Simplex

Stutz Bearcat ~1915

1937 Cord 812. My ultimate dream car. These magnificent, streamlined, front-wheel drive cars were truly ahead of their time and they paid the ultimate price. They were just too different from the rest of the pack and so were shunned by customers. Cord folded in 1940.

The stylish 1935 Auburn 851 roadster.

Auburn 851. Auburn actually owned Cord, along with the luxury car manufacturer Duesenberg.

1956 Chevy

1958 Chevy

Cadillac

A Cadillac lines up on the runway.

Cadillac

Still got the fins but just a little more restrained in 1961

Ford Thunderbird

Ford Thunderbird

Cadillac Eldorado

Another Cadillac Eldorado

Cadillac

Chevrolet Corvette. Not only an extremely attractive car, it also pioneered the use of fibreglass.

For more photos of our visit to the spectacular Speyer and Sinsheim Technical Museums, see here:
More photos from our visit to Speyer and Sinsheim
Speyer aircraft and military: https://militarymuseum.blogspot.com/2020/05/speyer-technical-museum-germany.html  
Sinsheim aviation and military: https://militarymuseum.blogspot.com/2020/05/sinsheim-technical-museum-germany.html
Motorcycles: https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2009/08/auto-technik-museums-at-sinshiem-speyer.html
Microcars: https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2009/08/sinshiem-micro-car-collection.html
European cars: https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2009/12/speyer-and-sinshiem-auto-collection.html
American cars: https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2009/12/sinshiem-auto-collection-american-cars.html