Heritage Motor Museum - UK

dgupta · 14th August 2012, 05:07

Hi Bhpians

I recently visited the Heritage Motor Museum at Gaydon in UK. This museum is located in the same complex as the head quarters of Land Rover and Aston Martin. Link to the museum site here.

A little bit about why and how I ended up at the museum. I work at the JLR Coventry office and happened to go down to the Gaydon site for some work when I discovered that JLR employees can visit the museum without a ticket

. The next few months were spent in shooting lame excuses at my manager to visit the Gaydon office which did not materialise

. Finally I decided to drag along my poor family to the museum who were here to visit me for a week. These pics were mostly clicked by my nephew and hence I don't have any pics of the descriptions of the cars, I will try and post as much trivia as possible from what I remember. Hope you guys like the pics. This post has the F1 and sports car section covered. I will soon upload the pics of vintage and record breaking cars.

Pan Views

F1 cars

Jackie Stewart's car. I was spell bound by the sheer character and monstrous stance this car had, especially when it was parked beside the Jaguar F1 car. Hell now I know why "those were the days"!! Just look at that cylinder ducked below the rear wing. Any ideas what is that cylinder for ??

Sports Cars

Aston Martin LeMans

TVR 2001 LeMans

Some other sports cars

benbsb29 · 20th August 2012, 13:12

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Argyll · 25th August 2012, 22:25

The silver tank at the rear is the engine lubricating oil scavenger tank used in conjunction in a 'dry sump' system.

Here is a slightly clearer image of the rear of the car when it first arrived at our museum on loan in Scotland about to go on public display -

dgupta · 26th August 2012, 00:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Argyll

The silver tank at the rear is the engine lubricating oil scavenger tank used in conjunction in a 'dry sump' system.

Here is a slightly clearer image of the rear of the car when it first arrived at our museum on loan in Scotland about to go on public display -

Thanks Argyll, time to research a bit more on this!

Some more pics from the museum

One of the most hideous mod cars I have ever seen, I prefer the original Rangie

balajird · 20th December 2012, 23:35

Nice Pictures dgupta, thanks for sharing. I like the quote from Calvin & Hobbs

14th August 2012, 05:07	#1
dgupta BHPian Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Mumbai Posts: 69 Thanked: 71 Times	Heritage Motor Museum - UK Hi Bhpians I recently visited the Heritage Motor Museum at Gaydon in UK. This museum is located in the same complex as the head quarters of Land Rover and Aston Martin. Link to the museum site here. A little bit about why and how I ended up at the museum. I work at the JLR Coventry office and happened to go down to the Gaydon site for some work when I discovered that JLR employees can visit the museum without a ticket . The next few months were spent in shooting lame excuses at my manager to visit the Gaydon office which did not materialise . Finally I decided to drag along my poor family to the museum who were here to visit me for a week. These pics were mostly clicked by my nephew and hence I don't have any pics of the descriptions of the cars, I will try and post as much trivia as possible from what I remember. Hope you guys like the pics. This post has the F1 and sports car section covered. I will soon upload the pics of vintage and record breaking cars. Pan Views F1 cars Jackie Stewart's car. I was spell bound by the sheer character and monstrous stance this car had, especially when it was parked beside the Jaguar F1 car. Hell now I know why "those were the days"!! Just look at that cylinder ducked below the rear wing. Any ideas what is that cylinder for ?? Sports Cars Aston Martin LeMans TVR 2001 LeMans Some other sports cars Attached Thumbnails Last edited by dgupta : 20th August 2012 at 04:53.
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Argyll BHPian Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Glasgow. UK Posts: 37 Thanked: 48 Times	Re: Heritage Motor Museum - UK The silver tank at the rear is the engine lubricating oil scavenger tank used in conjunction in a 'dry sump' system. Here is a slightly clearer image of the rear of the car when it first arrived at our museum on loan in Scotland about to go on public display - Attached Thumbnails
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20th December 2012, 23:35	#5
balajird BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 460 Thanked: 63 Times	Re: Heritage Motor Museum - UK Nice Pictures dgupta, thanks for sharing. I like the quote from Calvin & Hobbs
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