Found this car museum while on holidays on the Mornington Peninsula.
Well worth a look if you are down that way.
Not just cars but heaps of other historic Australian stuff.
Probabley posted before, but here it is again.

Looks like a pretty good lil collection. Will have to check it out next time im down that way.

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That`s a V8 in the back of "What"??? (the black thing i mean)

& i`m pretty sure this museum was on telly a while ago,,, maybe on that "collectors" show yeah???

Nice & thanks for posting & the pics & etc
cheers
Matt

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

That would be a Tatra.

I was thinking tatra, but havn`t seen too many of them to nail it for sure,,, that`d be pretty damn rare down around this lower hemisphere

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

I have seen a few around over the years. There is one getting around Canberra lately.

For those that don't know here is one plucked from the web...

Nice bonnet bulge ion the Clubby stretched roadster.

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I went there about 20 years ago and it was impresive then , now it looks brilliant . Good to see someone is getting all the odd mini's that businesses used for advertising too , just need him to get more sheds and display them out of the weather .

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Thanks for posting, I have been going down that way for years and have never been in, now I will!

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Member: International Mini Model Collectors Club

The shortened minis were part of a stunt group that used to do the country ag show circuit.

They performed acrobatics by jamming on the brakes and rolling them end over end.

Havn't heard of tthem for well over ten years now.

Mike

I think those ones are still up near Lismore Mike (though they look similar without the cages) , they were owned by a family of speedway racers there and had round roll cages covering them . They also had a mini van called Matilda which had two engines and would split apart and drive seperately . Last I heard they were sitting in a shed as one of the son's was going to revive them but hasn't yet .

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All three, the stretch leyland, shorty and the one with twin steering were on display at Charlies Auto Museum. They were all out the front and looked like they had been there for a while.

I went there about 8 years ago. Well worth a look

I've been there a few times. I looooove that Tatra. An identical one sold at the 2009 Grand Prix Shannons Auctions for $8000. (Before the auction I floated the idea with Sarah and she said "Urgh, it looks like a cockroach and is LHD! No way!")

I assumed the auction Tatra was the one from the museum, but can't be if it's still there. So there is (or was) at least two in Victoria.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2