I didn't know that the Detroit Historic Museum had an extensive car collection, the historic society has been collecting for 90 years

news story and video that is worth watching here: http://detnews.com/article/20110219/METRO01/102190368/Part-of-Detroit%E2%80%99s-history-kept-under-wraps

Part of the approximately 60 car collection are:

an 1870 Phaeton Carriage made for the worlds fair,
a 1963 Chrysler Turbine that would run on diesel fuel, unleaded gasoline, kerosene, vegetable oil and even tequila
a 1911 Ford Model T keeps company
a 1963 pre-production Ford Mustang and John Dodge's 1919 coupe.
A 1963 Cougar II concept car by Ford
A 1956 Packard Patrician: an aristocratic sedan, this was the last year for Packard. A 1947 Kaiser
A 1949 Buick Super 8:
a rare one of 7 built 1959 Chrysler Crown Imperial, with a 413 and a stainless steel top. When sold it was the most expensive American car, it went for about $7,500 when most houses sold for about $4,500

The society started collecting items in the early 1920s and obtained its first car in 1954 — a 1905 Cadillac Osceola donated by Henry M. Leland, who founded Cadillac and Lincoln.

Thanks to Marc for letting me know about this story!

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The Schlumpf Collection is on display in France at the National Museum in Mulhouse, the Cité de l’Automobile

The Schlumpf Collection may be the most prestigious car collection in the world. This is demonstrated by the two of the only 6 made Bugatti Royales, including the famous Coupé Napoléon, the 150 Bugatti, Hispano-Suiza, Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, Maserati, Maybach, Mercedes models, etc.

One of the Royales they acquired when they purchased the Shakespeare collection, in 1964, which was a total of 30 Bugattis and a gallery of those being loaded on a Illinois train is here: http://svammelsurium.blogg.se/2010/june/en-dag-i-illinois-1964.html

It was in a former Mulhouse woollen mill, with its typically 19th century architecture, that Fritz Schlumpf established his fabulous collection of 437 cars belonging to 97 different brands. With part of on display at the Cité de l’Automobile, it is certainly a must see if you get to France

www.collection-schlumpf.com/en/schlumpf/ learned about it from http://www.sportscardigest.com/schlumpf-collection-profile-and-photo-gallery

The collection was seized by the workers employed by the Schlumpf brothers, who had collected for years, and topped off their collection when Hispano Suiza needed to liquidate many of the Bugatti assets in 1963 after having purchased the Bugatti company. The Schlumpfs puchased Ettore Bugatti’s personal Bugatti Royale and many original spares and patterns—over the strong objections of the managing director and Roland Bugatti, Ettore Bugatti’s surviving son.

In 1971 the union of workers that had been restoring the cars, building restaurants, and a hotel that would have housed guests to the collection, went on strike, and years later the French government seized all of the Schlumpf assetts, including 437 vehicles. The strike was part of what forced the brothers to flee to Switzerland, echoing Bugatti's flight to Paris in the 1937 strike. Read all about it http://www.sportscardigest.com/schlumpf-collection-profile-and-photo-gallery

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Luxury Cars Modifications Of Ferrari Enzo

Ferrari Enzo Modifications
In the last 27 years, Uwe Gemballa has achieved the best world-wide reputation for refining Porsche cars. Now, the company manager from Leonberg near Stuttgart takes on a new challenge. The automobile manufacturer turns the most potent super sports car from Maranello, the Ferrari Enzo, into the GEMBALLA MIG-U1 – an individually produced edition, limited to only 25 cars. The core part of the overall makeover is the entirely re-engineered aerodynamics concept by GEMBALLA. Without any exception, the manufacturer produces all components in real carbon in order to combine lowest weight with highest material strength.

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Super Clean Hyundai Genesis Coupe

Great way to make the hot new Hyundai Genesis coupe body style pop with an incredible orange and black color combo. Created by Lux Motorwerks and Rides Magazine. Displayed at the 2009 Sema show.

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Dumped 2008 Cadillac Escalade on 26's

Ekstensive out of Texas showing off a bagged Cadillac Escalade on 26" Asanti wheels that they completed. Coverage is from the Heatwave car show in Texas.

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Sleek and Foxy Green Lexus IS350C

Nice coordination of colors featuring BASF R-M Foxy Green Paint & 20" iForged wheels. Put together by Fox Marketing on this 2010 Lexus IS350C which was completed for the 2009 Sema Show in Las Vegas.

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Range Rover Sport bagged on 26's

Great fitment of 26" Asanti wheels on this Range Rover Sport on display at the Sema show.

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2007 MUSTANG

2007 MUSTANG Mustang mania Face it, youre chompin at the bit to grab the reigns and gun the gas. If its any consolation, youre experiencing what more than 8 million buyers have felt since Mustang first kicked loose. It set the 60s a-swingin. Its inspired...

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Porsche Cayenne Vantage GTR2 TopCar

Porsche Cayenne Vantage GTR2

Tuning firm, TOPCAR, is slowly becoming a major player in the aftermarket industry for their works with a number of Porsche, BMW, and Bentley models they have worked on in the past 6 years.

Recently, the Russian aftermarket company announced that they were in the process of presenting a new aerodynamic body kit for the Porsche Cayenne Vantage GTR 2, using the Cayenne 2 model as its base.

Porsche Cayenne Vantage GTR2

With the new body kit, TOPCAR remodeled the Porsche SUV by adding a bevy of items, including a front spoiler bumper, a new bonnet, wide fenders, a rear spoiler bumper, and a diffuser, thereby turning it into a menacing piece of Stuttgart savagery. Likewise, all these parts were carefully made using high-grade items like carbon Kevlar and carbon fiber. On top of that, an engine upgrade is also still in the works, one that will see the Porsche Cayenne receive a major bump in power from 550 horsepower to 750 horsepower. Full details behind the improvement on the powertrain have yet to be released so we’re going to hold off on that end.

In the meantime, Top Car is already preparing the first seven models for its first customers with a total of only 50 units being made to ensure exclusivity for all of its prospective owners.

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unique modified - Car Engine Helicopter

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GRAND VITARA 2007 FULL MODIF

modifications applied in the 2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara is only on Grand Vitara modil body itself so do not touch the Suzuki Grand Vitara engine itself. in the interior we can see that adanaya LCD TV on a chair. and from outside the car we could see there was little change in the car Suzuki Grand Vitara 2007. but it still looks very nice car...

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Dartz Kombat T98 is a luxury SUV Range Rover Vogue

Dartz Kombat T98 is a luxury SUV Range Rover Vogue which has been modified by Armet Armored Vehicles owned by a Russian businessman, Armet Gurkha into a bulletproof car.

Dartz car design Kombat T98 luxury SUVs like the Hummer into. Not only is thrown bulletproof by arms of the AK-47, even this car did not catch fire by the explosion of grenades though.

This car body is made of thick steel while the glass using a glass with a thickness of up to 7 cm. Although heavy, with V8nya Vortec engine, this car was driven up to 180 km / hour.

According to information, this car sells for U.S. $ 200,000 or approximately IDR 2 billion more.

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Ford Mustang Car 2010

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Cool Limousines

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Lexus LF-A with Transparent

Take a look at the Lexus LF-A with transparent acrylic shell. It was shown at some car show, for display only obviously. But if there’s a universal acrylic shell in production, that will be great, you will see glowing cars on road at night.

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Honda Civic Modified

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Honda Civic Type R

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Body Kit Car Modification

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Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing 'Dragstar'

One of the most eye-catching vehicles to go on display at this week's 2009 Essen Motor Show is the Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing 'Dragstar'. Inspired from the classic 1956 Mercedes sports car, the dragster was built in Switzerland and is driven by Stefan Winter. It features a fibreglass body and a 6.9-liter engine that produces 1,050bhp with power transferred to the rear wheels through a three-speed automatic gearbox.

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OTOMOTIVE CONTEST

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