The Roaring Season

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I was particularly fond of this 1:43 scale model of Ivo Grauls' Camaro. Grauls was a Belgian touring car racer who favoured American V8 cars, and put this Camaro on pole for the 1971 Spa 24 Hours. It was a very quick car. Grauls was tragically killed in this car when he was involved in a shunt at Chimay, Round 5 of the Belgian Touring Car Championship when lapping a slower car.

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One of my favourite cars in the museum. I love tiny cars, and this incredible Moretti 750 Gran Sport was just the ultimate. The pics don't do its diminutive size justice. I did think I'd like to buy one, until I did a little research. One sold at RM Sotheby's a couple of years ago for US$132,000.

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RM Link here: [url]https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/mo16/monterey/lots/r191-1953-moretti-750-gran-sport-berlinetta/380028[/url]

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Another oddity.

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Wooden body buck from beautiful Chrysler V8 powered Facel Vega, another manufacturer of the era to produce European GT cars with American V8 power. Facel Vega was French.

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This custom Bugatti, based on a pre-war Type 57 chassis, was one of the more interesting cars in the collection for me. Frustratingly, it was displayed in such a way it was nearly impossible to get a good photo capturing its eccentric bodywork. The rear in particular, including the back glass, is extremely interesting. I took several photos but none really did the car justice.

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[quote="ERC"]Steve, you have inspired me to add this to my bucket list. I thought I'd already knocked off 99% of the items on it. What else is left?

Monterey/Laguna Seca and driving an old type double decker bus! Great stuff and many thanks.[/quote]

Yes I was surprised by the quality of this museum Ray. I wasn't really planning to go, but we were staying relatively close, and I wanted to see the buildings and local architecture as much as the museum itself.

Steve, you have inspired me to add this to my bucket list. I thought I'd already knocked off 99% of the items on it. What else is left?

Monterey/Laguna Seca and driving an old type double decker bus! Great stuff and many thanks.

I was really surprised to see this incredibly rare mid-engined Bizzarrini included as part of the display.

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I quite enjoyed this diorama celebrating the old Spa pits.

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Apologies for the blurriness.

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I'm pretty sure I built a 1:24 scale model of this car when I was a kid.

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