[Leica] IMG: - PESO - Mullin Automotive Museum

[ISILVERMN at aol.com (ISILVERMN at aol.com)]

Clayton and Philippe,
 
Thank you for the kind words.
 
Regarding the Schlumpf Collection, it all comes down to cubic  dollars.  
Peter Mullin's wealth gives him the ability to spend unlimited  dollars on 
his 
collection.  He recently purchased a Bugatti Type 57S  Atlantique for 
$30-$40 Million (just arrived in Oxnard, and then there's this  one - the 
Brescia 
Bugatti raised from the bottom of Lake Maggiore after resting  here 
submerged for 75 years.
 
_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Brescia+Bugatt
i.jpg.html_ 
(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Brescia+Bugatti.jpg.html)
 
 
_http://tinyurl.com/3deo4b9_ (http://tinyurl.com/3deo4b9) 

Very Best Regards,
 
Ira Silverman
Irvine,  CA
 
 
  
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 From: ISILVERMN at aol.com
To: lug at leica-users.org
Sent: 5/28/2011 9:53:21  P.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Subj: PESO - Mullin Automotive Museum


Who would have thought that after 40 years in the commercial nuclear  power 
industry, its now busier than its ever been, what with the so-called  
nuclear renaissance and a small incident at Fukushima.  I've had darn  
little 
time available for hobbies, but try to make the best of it.
 
I recently  visited the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, CA, ( 
_http://www.mullinautomotivemuseum.com/_ 
(http://www.mullinautomotivemuseum.com/)   ) 
and it was an unbelievable experience. Housed in an industrial park with  
limited access (2 weekends a month and 2 groups each of those days), once 
you 
 go through the doors, you're at the Paris Auto Show of 1939, with some 70  
mostly  French vehicles of the Art-deco period in immaculate  condition (a 
few are intentionally unrestored).  Would you believe 30  Bugattis?   A 
sampling:
 
 
1939 Delahaye 165 V 12 Cabriolet:

 
_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Delahaye1.jpg.
html_ 
(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Delahaye1.jpg.html)
 
 
_http://tinyurl.com/3f37suw_ (http://tinyurl.com/3f37suw) 
 
 
 
Exhaust detail of the same::

 
_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Delahaye2.jpg.
html_ 
(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Delahaye2.jpg.html)
 
 
_http://tinyurl.com/3omv4dl_ (http://tinyurl.com/3omv4dl) 
 
 
1938 Hispano Suiza Dubonnet Xenia:
 
_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Hisso2.jpg.htm
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(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Hisso2.jpg.html)
 
 
_http://tinyurl.com/3b3z5yd_ (http://tinyurl.com/3b3z5yd) 
 
 
1939 Bugatti Type 57C Aravis Roadster:

_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Bugatti1.jpg.h
tml_ 
(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Bugatti1.jpg.html)
 
 
_http://tinyurl.com/3c4qqkr_ (http://tinyurl.com/3c4qqkr) 
 
 
1935 Hispano Suiza J12 Drophead Coupe:
 
_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Hisso1.jpg.htm
l_ 
(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Hisso1.jpg.html)
 

_http://tinyurl.com/3c26l46_ (http://tinyurl.com/3c26l46) 
 
 
1934 Voisin C27 Aerosport:
 
_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Voisin1.jpg.ht
ml_ 
(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Voisin1.jpg.html)
 
 
_http://tinyurl.com/3emh58h_ (http://tinyurl.com/3emh58h) 
 
 
1934 Voisin C27 Grand Sport Cabriolet:
 
_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Voisin2.jpg.ht
ml_ 
(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Mullin+Museum/Voisin2.jpg.html)
 


_http://tinyurl.com/3eytv44_ (http://tinyurl.com/3eytv44) 
 
 
I plan on adding to this gallery as time permits.  I hope you enjoy  them.  
Comments and critiques are always welcome.
 
Very Best Regards,
 
Ira Silverman
Irvine, CA