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A book on French car museums? Explore here our selection of illustrated books on passenger car museums, including the Schlumpf Collection.
Schlumpf - The intrigue behind the most beautiful car collection in the world
The fabulous collection of cars brought together by two French brothers, Hans & Fritz Schlumpf consists of hundreds of the most beautiful cars ever produced. The ' "Schlumpf affair" is perhaps one of the most famous stories in the car collectors world, covered extensively by the media in the mid-1970s when the collection was seized by the trade unions and later by the French government. The Schlumpf brothers were accused of fraudulent actions to obtain their collection - but following extensive research by the authors of this book, the true story behind the collection is revealed.
Ard and Arnoud op Weegh spent many years investigating the Schlumpf affair, and discovered many previously unpublished documents which prove that the Schlumpf brothers have been wrongly accused over the years. This book is written to tell the true story behind the collection, and also to rehabilitate the Schlumpf family. The book is beautifully illustrated with some rare photographs, and features many of the beautiful cars that make up the Schlumpf collection.
Author:
Ard op de Weegh, Arnoud op de Weegh
Specs:
160 pages, 26 x 22 x 1.6 cm / 10.25 x 8.7 x 0.63 in, hardback
Illustrations:
173 b&w and colour photographs
Publisher:
Veloce Publishing Ltd (GB, 2018)
Schlumpf - The intrigue behind the most beautiful car collection in the world
This book shares the valuable collection of the Schlumpf brothers, whose collection of 427 beautiful classic carsincluding 122 Bugatis - made it Europes most exciting auto collection. Now known as the National Auto Museum of France, this amazing collection is presented in this book for all the world to see.
Author:
Wolfgang Drehsen, Halwart Schrader
Specs:
182 pages, 30.5 x 22.5 x 1.6 cm / 12 x 8.9 x 0.63 in, hardback
L'automobile a bouleversé l 'histoire de la France et profondément marqué notre imaginaire collectif. Grâce à cet ouvrage richement documenté, retrouvez tous les modèles mythiques, des plus prestigieux aux petites voitures populaires, qui font jalonné la merveilleuse épopée de l 'industrie automobile française et dont la seule évocation suffit à nous rendre nostalgique.
