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Old 04-22-2005, 06:32 PM   #1
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Well, yesterday I had an extra hour to spend in Geneva and I decided to invest the 12 CHF needed to access this museum. It is acutally the biggest of it's kind in Switzerland: 14'000 square meters and 400 cars. Opened in 1995, right now the visits dropped quite a lot! Just to give you an idea, I was there ALONE! It's a paradise of course when you visit such a big place alone, but very sad, because it means it will soon close. So if you will be in Geneva in the near future, pay it a visit untill it is there
it's worth your time if you are a vintage cars lover.
It is not really my case, not for the pre-1960 stuff I'd say.
Actually I was there for the Miura LOL but I took some extra pics... not many of them and the light was really bad.. even the tripod couldn't help that much, I beg your pardon for the picture quality :bah:

here are the pics, click!
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Old 04-22-2005, 06:37 PM   #2
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Very nice! I like the colors on the cars as well as the cars!
http://www.swisscarsightings.com/mus...seeauto008.jpg

http://www.swisscarsightings.com/mus...seeauto039.jpg

Oh BTW what car is this?
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Old 04-22-2005, 06:43 PM   #3
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I forgot to add this in the first post: not really beeing an expert on old cars, and having no time to take pics of all the car's infos, for most of them I am definitely clueless ops:
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Old 04-22-2005, 06:50 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by TT
I forgot to add this in the first post: not really beeing an expert on old cars, and having no time to take pics of all the car's infos, for most of them I am definitely clueless ops:
Ah no problem. I looked at the info chart thingy and it looks like it says Taleot Lang.
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Old 04-22-2005, 06:56 PM   #5
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LOL you are smarter than me, I didn't even check if it was possible to read. I think it is actually a Talbot Lago, wich is the manufacturer. The model is the second line, something like T 35 C
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Old 04-22-2005, 06:58 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by TT
LOL you are smarter than me, I didn't even check if it was possible to read. I think it is actually a Talbot Lago, wich is the manufacturer. The model is the second line, something like T 35 C
Yay I am smarter than TT! That car is such a beast in its "shell"
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Old 04-22-2005, 07:02 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by dani_d_mas
There are some really nice Ferraris (Daytona, Testa, Dino, 275GTB...) and Lambos (LM02 and the always-awesome Miura ). The Mercs roadster... is a 300SL Roadtser??? It's very beautiful!!! And the red Renault 5 Turbo... it's perfect!!!

I went there 5 or 6 years... or even more time ago, but it was closed... and the only thing I could see from the door was a red Ferrari F40! If you say the museum will be closed... I'll try to visit it next time I go there.
Yes the striped F40 I suppose. Wich I got at the dealership and now should be back with its owner in Monte Carlo I think.

As for the Museum, already now the shortened the opening times I think: Monday and Tuesday it is closed for instance. Wed and Fri: 15:00 to 20:00 and Sat-Sun - 10:00-18:0.
But as I said, judging by the "load" of visitors I saw the other day, its future isn't bright
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Old 04-22-2005, 07:49 PM   #8
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Nice way to kill some time, TT!

The cars looked to be in pretty good shape, which is not always so in car museums. The highlights for me were the Miura, the 250GT Lusso, the 275 GTS and the Daytona Spider!
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Old 04-22-2005, 08:36 PM   #9
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I'm suprised you haven't been there before - especially considering a Miura is sitting inside I also really like the Lusso, still a beautiful shape
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Old 04-23-2005, 06:55 AM   #10
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Same here.. no idea why I didn't checked it out... but you know it's the typical stuff you see every day and always say "one day I should check it out" LOL
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Old 04-23-2005, 08:01 AM   #11
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Nice .. Love the Ferrari's
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Old 04-23-2005, 01:00 PM   #12
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TT is that a big ass dent in the rear left of the Miura
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Old 04-23-2005, 01:31 PM   #13
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I think you're right. I hadn't even noticed... That's unacceptable for a museum.
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Old 04-23-2005, 01:34 PM   #14
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Of course it is.. it was painfull to look at it
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Old 04-24-2005, 01:50 PM   #15
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Must be amazing to take pics in a car museum without people running in front of the camera. I hope they can keep it open for another year, so I can visit it during the next Geneva motorshow

Some impressive cars this museum has. Too bad for the big dent in the Miura
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