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    • A PLAYBOY MANSION FULL OF BENTLEYS AND A MYSTERIOUS MURDER – PART 1
    • A PLAYBOY MANSION FULL OF BENTLEYS AND A MYSTERIOUS MURDER – PART 2
    • AERODYNAMICS ADD-ON, THE MIGHTY HISPANO-SUIZA BLOWER!
    • AH, MON FILS! THE BIGGEST RACING LEGEND EVER IS A NUN IN AN UGLY DUCKLING!
    • AMBITIOUS ART DECO ARTIST JACQUES SAOUTCHIK 
    • BARN FINDING FOR DUMMIES   
    • BIG SPENDER HIS HIGHNESS SIR JAI SINGH THE MAHARAJA OF ALWAR
    • BMW M1 HOMMAGE CONCEPT THAT FAILED TO REACH PRODUCTION
    • BUGATTI IN A BARN – ARE THEY STILL LANGUISHING OUT THERE?
    • CALL 9-1-1! A TALBOT-LAGO T150 C FIGONI-FALASCHI TEARDROP IS BEING SLAUGHTERED!
    • CHB WISHES YOU HAPPY HOLIDAYS, PERHAPS ON THE ROAD?
    • COACHWORK-LEGEND PININFARINA AND THE WEIRDEST FERRARI EVER! – PART 1
    • COACHWORK-LEGEND PININFARINA AND THE WEIRDEST FERRARI EVER! – PART 2
    • DOULIOU DOULIOU… LE MUSTANG!
    • GO WITH THE AIR-FLOW, THE AERODYNAMICS OF A ZEPPELIN…
    • GRANDIOSE PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE 2015
    • GUESS WHAT THIS IS! NO… NOT A REAL FISH, NOR NEMO
    • HAPPY NEW YEAR’S DIVE IN A VINTAGE HYDROPLANE
    • HAVE YOU HAD YOUR CAR BLESSED YET?
    • HENRI CHAPRON, THE VANGUARD AMONG THE GREAT FRENCH COACHBUILDERS!
    • HIGH CLASS FROM VANVOOREN
    • HOW A MURDER CAUSED THE FIRST CAR RACE EVER
    • HOW MUCH CASH IN OLD SOCKS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
    • HOW TO SHOW OFF? DO IT THE AMERICAN WAY
    • HURRAY! I FOUND THE WHALE THAT SWOLLOWED PINOCCHIO’S DAD!
    • I AM IN MECHANIC’S CLASS AT A SPOOKY BARN!
    • INTRO TO THE UP-COMING PININFARINA WEEKEND FEATURE!
    • LE CORNIAUD GANGSTER – UN CAPOLAVORO FRANCESE!
    • LE YACHT DE LA ROUTE AND BIKINIGIRLS
    • LOUWMAN WILL TELL YOU HOW TO PURCHASE A DREAM AUTOMOBILE! – PART 1 
    • LOUWMAN WILL TELL YOU HOW TO PURCHASE A DREAM AUTOMOBILE! – PART 2
    • MASERATI BUILT A SPACE SHUTTLE!
    • MERCEDES-BENZ 500K SPEZIAL ROADSTER PEARL BURRIED FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS!
    • MY KIND OF OFFICE!
    • OUT OF THE WAY! THIS ROAD-GOING JET SPITS FIRE! – PART 1
    • OUT OF THE WAY! THIS ROAD-GOING JET SPITS FIRE! – PART 2
    • PREWAR-STYLE DRIVING LESSONS FOR THE YOUNG BUGATTI DRIVER
    • PURDAH CARS, THE HISTORY OF TINTED CAR WINDOWS 
    • RABBI PIVERT AND THE GUM-POOL PARTY
    • SNOWMAN FOR THE SUPERCAR OWNER
    • SPEED, RECORDS, FINE AUTOMOBILES, A PLAYBOY AND ALL THIS IN A BLUE ENVIRONMENT… – AN INTRO
    • SWISS COACHBUILDING MASTERS – PART 1
    • SWISS COACHBUILDING MASTERS – 3
    • SWISS COACHBUILDING MASTERS – PART 2
    • THE AMAZING STORY OF THE ‘BUICKATTI’ 57S
    • THE ANTI BARN FIND RANT – PART 1
    • THE ANTI BARN FIND RANT – PART 2
    • THE ART DECO LOVING DANDY MAHARAJA YESHWANTRAO HOLKAR II OF INDORE – PART 1
    • THE ART DECO LOVING DANDY MAHARAJA YESHWANTRAO HOLKAR II OF INDORE – PART 2
    • THE BARN FIND OF AN ATALANTE-PART 1
    • THE BARN FIND OF AN ATALANTE-PART 2
    • THE BEST BOND CAR EVER, OR JUST A COINCIDENCE?
    • THE BRUTAL AMERICAN 20-LITRE V-4 FRONT WHEEL DRIVE CHRISTIE RACING CAR OF 1907 
    • THE BUGATTI 101C EX-CAGE SUPERSTAR!
    • THE COMPLETE MIURA FAMILY TOGETHER! – PART 1
    • THE COMPLETE MIURA FAMILY TOGETHER! – PART 2
    • THE COMPLETE MIURA FAMILY TOGETHER! – PART 3
    • THE FIRST SUPERCAR IN HISTORY? TAKE A LOOK AT THIS P400 BULL!
    • THE HAUNTED SALOON-PART 1
    • THE HAUNTED SALOON-PART 2
    • THE HOLY INSURANCE OF ST. CHRISTOPHER!
    • THE INDIAN LANCHESTER CAR HYPE
    • THE ITALIAN ALCHEMISTS – WHEN GENIUS AND VISION CAN CHANGE STEEL INTO GOLD
    • THE MOST FAMOUS INFAMOUS CARS – PART 1
    • THE MOST FAMOUS INFAMOUS CARS – PART 2
    • THE MOST FAMOUS INFAMOUS CARS – PART 3
    • THE MOST FAMOUS INFAMOUS CARS – PART 4
    • THE NICKEL AND SILVER PLATED STAR OF INDIA
    • THE S-TYPE INVICTA 4-SEAT TOURER – AN APPRECIATION
    • THE SPLENDID BUGATTI T57 PROTOTYPE GANGLOFF ROADSTER
    • THE SPORT OF SHIKAR, AT YOUR SERVICE YOUR HIGHNESS!
    • THE ULTIMATE FERRARI IN EXISTENCE
    • TWO YOUNG AMERICANS MAKING FAME IN PARIS
    • VEYRON IN HIS BUGATTI TYPE 51 
    • WAS THE FIRST CONCEPT CAR EVER THE BROOKE SWAN CAR?
    • WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD TOO MUCH MONEY IN THE BANK?
    • WHO KNOWS THE MEANING OF THE MERCEDES-BENZ SYMBOL?
    • WHY BUNNY DIDN’T CONVERT HIS BUICKATTI
    • WW2 DEVASTATED CHARLES CHAYNE’S T23 TORPEDO
    • YOUNG WOMAN IS LOOKING FOR THE VINTAGE CAR OF HER DREAMS 
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    • AN EXPERIENCE NEVER TO FORGET! – 1
    • AN EXPERIENCE NEVER TO FORGET! – 2
    • AN EXPERIENCE NEVER TO FORGET! – 3
    • AN UNEXPECTED 8C ADVENTURE THANKS TO FB…
    • ATALANTE MAKES HISTORY AT VILLA D’ESTE
    • BACK FROM PARIS! – PART 1
    • BACK FROM PARIS! – PART 2
    • BEACHIN AND ROARING ENGINES ALL THE WAY FROM ITALY
    • BONHAM’S BLUE CATWALK AT THE FREDERIKSEN AUCTION! – PART 2
    • BONHAMS INVISIBLE RUNWAY – PART 1
    • BONHAMS’ BLUE CATWALK AT THE FREDERIKSEN AUCTION – PART 1
    • BONHAM’S INVISIBLE RUNWAY – PART 2
    • CAN INTERCLASSICS BEAT RETROMOBILE? – PART 1
    • CAN INTERCLASSICS BEAT RETROMOBILE? – PART 2
    • CAN INTERCLASSICS BEAT RETROMOBILE? – PART 3
    • CHAPRON DANDIES AT PEBBLE BEACH
    • CHEEKY TRIAL RUINED THE GARDENS OF PALACE HET LOO-1
    • CHEEKY TRIAL RUINED THE GARDENS OF PALACE HET LOO-2
    • FORGET THE GERMAN MOTORWAY CIRCUIT! THIS IS PETROLHEAD HEAVEN!
    • HISTORIC GRAND PRIX ZANDVOORT
    • INVITATION TO FERRARIS 250 GTE/330 FOR THE LE MANS PARTY
    • ITALIAN PASSION BRUSSELS
    • JOIN ATHLON’S TOUR OF THE CENTURY
    • LET’S HIT THE TRACK AGAIN!
    • LONDON GOT ATTACKED BY VETERANS
    • MAINE RALLY – 1
    • MAINE RALLY – 2
    • MILLE MIGLIA 2016: IN BOCCA AL LUPO! – 1
    • MILLE MIGLIA 2016: IN BOCCA AL LUPO! – 2
    • MIURA AND PEGASO PARADISE
    • PREWAR WALHALLA AT THE HETZBERGER TROPHY
    • PREWAR WALHALLA HETZBERGER GALLERY
    • RENCONTRE INTERNATIONAL BUGATTI (PARADISE) MONTREUX
    • RM SOTHEBY’S PARIS ‘BARGAINS’
    • ROAD CIRCUIT AND A SECRET PORT TO WONDERLAND!
    • ROARING STREET PARTY IN THE STREETS OF VAALS-1
    • ROARING STREET PARTY IN THE STREETS OF VAALS-2
    • SCHLOSS DYCK MADE SOME NOISE…
    • SERIOUS BUSINESS AT TECHNO CLASSICA ESSEN – 1
    • SERIOUS BUSINESS AT TECHNO CLASSICA ESSEN – 2
    • SERIOUS BUSINESS AT TECHNO CLASSICA ESSEN – 3
    • SERIOUS BUSINESS AT TECHNO CLASSICA ESSEN – 4
    • SOME MORE CONCOURS DANDIES
    • STRØJER SAMLINGEN IS THE PLACE TO BE AND THE NEW HOME OF MY DEAR FRIEND THE HISPANO H6C!
    • TECHNO CLASSICA ‘BEST OF SHOW’
    • THE 100 MILES OF AMSTERDAM, DITCH DANGER… – PART 1
    • THE 100 MILES OF AMSTERDAM, DITCH DANGER… – PART 2
    • THE ALDEN SHERMAN CLASSIC GATHERING
    • THE DUTCH BUGATTI CLUB RALLY, THE PLACE TO BE
    • THE FINEST COACHWORKS AT THE PREMIER CONCOURS SUISSE – 1
    • THE FINEST COACHWORKS AT THE PREMIER CONCOURS SUISSE – 2
    • THE FINEST COACHWORKS AT THE PREMIER CONCOURS SUISSE – 2
    • THE FINEST COACHWORKS AT THE PREMIER CONCOURS SUISSE – 3
    • THE GRAND OPENING OF MUSEUM VOLANTE – A VANVOOREN COACHWORK PARADISE!
    • THE GRANDIOSE CHANTILLY ARTS & ELEGANCE CONCOURS RICHARD MILLE
    • THE GREAT ARTCURIAL MOTORCARS AUCTION CINEMA
    • THE INTERCLASSICS BRUSSELS PREMIERE WAS…!
    • THE MILLE MIGLIA AT ITS BEST
    • THIS YEARS BEST CONCOURS DANDIES OF HET LOO
    • WE TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL; UNDERGROUND FERRARI DINO FIND!
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    • ‘DANS SON JUS’, THE NEXT GENERATION
    • 540K SPECIAL ROADSTER WORKSHOP TOOLING FOR SALE!
    • A TRUE DRIVING PLEASURE IT IS!
    • AN ADDICTED 57S ATLANTE COMES TO HER SENSES, TIME TO CONFESS
    • ATTENTION! ROLLING BOUTEILLE DE RHUM…
    • ATTENTION, GET FAMOUS IN THE DUTCH CINEMAS WITH YR CAR!
    • ATTENTION, GET FAMOUS IN THE DUTCH CINEMAS WITH YR CAR! – NL VERSIE
    • CHB IS BECOMING FAMOUS THANKS TO PREWARCAR/POSTWARCLASSIC 
    • COUNTLESS GREAT PETROL HEAD FRIENDS AND MY DEBUT DRIVING A TEAL!
    • GET READY FOR CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE CHANTILLY ARTS & ELEGANCE RICHARD MILLE!
    • GRAB YOUR OLD SOCKS WITH CASH, THIS LAMBO CONCEPT ‘S’ IS GOING UNDER THE HAMMER! 
    • HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THE SAMILCAR – YOUR AMBITIOUS BLOGGER ; )
    • I STAND CORRECTED
    • JAMES BOND EAT YOUR HEART OUT – THE SPECTRE CAR BEING REVEALED TOGETHER WITH ITS PREDECESSORS
    • LOOK A CHB ACQUANTANCE FOR SALE!
    • LOST BUGATTI T44 APPEARS IN NYC!
    • MIURA I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU!
    • MY CLASSIC DRIVERS DEBUT – STARTING BIG IS THE BEST WAY!
    • MY MECHANICS APPRENTICESHIP!
    • NEWS BREAK
    • OTHER THAN THE LAGO MAGGIORE BUGATTI BRESCIA…
    • OUCH, THIS HURTS! – OR WAS IT ALL FAKE IN THE ITALIAN JOB? : (
    • OUR DELAHAYE 135M CHAPRON CABRIOLET MAKING FAME IN THE DUTCH CINEMAS!
    • PIC OF THE WEEK
      • DARE YOU?
      • POTW – A LIMERICK BREAK FROM NYC
      • POTW – ALFISTI DREAM MACHINE WITH MARIO TADINI AT THE GAISBERGRENNEN IN 1933
      • POTW-TRAVELING 1950s STYLE
      • POTW–LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGTHER
    • REMEMBER “THE ITALIAN JOB” AND THE SPECTACULAR DESTRUCTION OF A MIURA? IT’S NOW FOR SALE…
    • SEQUEL TO REARD’S BIKINI GIRLS
    • SHOPPING IN PARIS AT RM SOTHEBY’S
    • SHOW ME TO A HIGHER PLACE, TAKE ME TO OUTER SPACE!
    • SMOKING HORROR, THATS ALL I CAN SAY! POOR MIURA : (
    • THE AMILLION JOURNEY CONTINUES
    • THE AMILLIONCAR HAS ARRIVED! MEET MY RED AND MOST ELEGANT DRAGON/UNIKORN ; ) – PART 1
    • THE AMILLIONCAR HAS ARRIVED! MEET MY RED AND MOST ELEGANT DRAGON/UNIKORN ; ) – PART 2
    • THE BEAUTY OF SPOOKY BARN FINDS
    • THE DANISH TREASURE, SPEECHLESS!
    • THE ROAD ESSENTIAL FOR WIRE WHEES!
    • THIS IS WHAT WE PATROL HEADS LIVE FOR!
    • TOPLESS LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR SV ROADSTE
    • TWO ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER GHOST SHOOTING-BREAKS HAMMERED DOWN TODAY
    • VERY IMPORTANT PASSENGER ‘VIP SWAN’, WEEKEND INTRO
    • VERY PROUD!!!
    • WON’T STOP ROCKING, CHB IS EVOLVING…
    • YOUR ITALIAN AUTOBIANCHI HANDBAG?
    • “AH, MON FILS” – ADD-ON, 2ND BONUS FOR TODAY!
  • P/VOTW
    • HOW THE DUTCH USED THEIR BUGATTIS?
    • POTW – A FAMOUS FRENCH AUTOMOTIVE MOVIE-STAR ; )
    • POTW – A TRUE HISPANO-SUIZA PALACE FIND!
    • POTW – AN EXTRA 5X – TOUR OF THE MIURA PRODUCTION LINE!
    • POTW – DONT MESS WITH THE BEETLE!
    • POTW – HELP! ANIMALS ARE TAKING OVER THE WORLD!
    • POTW – OLD SCHOOL CAR-SHIPPING
    • POTW – PININFARINA’S FASHIONABLE X FISH : P
    • POTW – THE CHESHIRE CAT APPEARING ON A CADDY THIS TIME!
    • POTW – THE FREDERIKSEN AUCTION THRU ANOTHER EYE!
    • POTW – VANVOOREN COACHWORK PARADISE!
    • POTW PHOTOREPORT – THE AFTERGLOW OF THE BCN RALLY!
    • POTW X2 – CHAPRON BONUS
    • POTW X2 – SAOUTCHIK BONUS
    • POTW X4 – MIURA PRODUCTION LINE TOUR!
    • POTW X5 – TALKIN ABOUT COACHBUILDERS!
    • POTW X5 – SOCIALIST RESTORATION PROJECT!
    • POTW ‘CHALLENGE’ – AS IF HE JUST WALKED OUT OF A FAIRYTALE
    • POTW-OLDSCHOOL LIMERICK TIME
    • THE FIRST TRIAL IN HISTORY
    • VOTW-WHO DOESN’T REMEMBER ‘THE GRADUATE’?
  • STORIES
    • 10 HOURS NEXT TO STIRLING MOSS PART 1
    • 10 HOURS NEXT TO STIRLING MOSS PART 3
    • 10 HOURS NEXT TO STIRLING MOSS PART 4
    • 10 HOURS NEXT TO STIRLING MOSS PART 2
    • A TOW TRUCK THAT PROVES THAT EVEN THE BEST IS FUGITIVE
    • AMILLION’S BEHAVIOUR IS A BIT REBELLIOUS
    • CARS I HAVE FOREGONE – 1
    • FROM BIEN HOA TO BALD MOUNTAIN – PART 1
    • FROM BIEN HOA TO BALD MOUNTAIN – PART 2
    • FROM BIEN HOA TO BALD MOUNTAIN – PART 3
    • FROM BIEN HOA TO BALD MOUNTAIN – PART 4
    • GOOD INTENTIONS AND TARGETS FOR A SUCCESFUL AUTOMOTIVE 2016
    • HAPPY HOLIDAYS ON THE ROAD WITH A RACING CAR 
    • HISPANO WITH AMAZING DUTCH HISTORY
    • LA CLINIQUE DES CHOCS AND THE RUSSIAN PRINCESS
    • MYSTICAL BARN FIND DISCOVERY 
    • ONE DAY AT “TECHNIKMUSEUM SPEYER” IS NOT ENOUGH – 1
    • ONE DAY AT “TECHNIKMUSEUM SPEYER” IS NOT ENOUGH – 2
    • SEQUEL TO “BACK FROM PARIS! – PART 2”
    • SMASHING BARN FIND DELAGE D8 DROPHEAD SOLD FOR 25 POUNDS! 
    • THE AUTOBAHN KURIER, ANOTHER LAKE FIND… – PART 1
    • THE AUTOBAHN KURIER, ANOTHER LAKE FIND… – PART 2 
    • THE CAR THAT NOBODY WAS ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT FOR DECADES
    • THE INCREDIBLE UNKNOWN ATALANTE BARN FIND
    • THE REUNION WITH AN ICON OF A FERRARI…
    • THE STOLEN USTINOV HISPANO – 1
    • THE STOLEN USTINOV HISPANO – 2
    • WATCH OUT FOR THE BULLS WHILE BARN FINDING!
    • WHO LIKES A DIRTY CAR?
    • WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS OILY AND GREASY HOBBY?
    • WITH TWO TO ZELL AM SEE – PART 1
    • WITH TWO TO ZELL AM SEE – PART 2
  • VLOG
  • WORKSHOPS
    • A FUN PORT-TOUR WITH THE 135MS DELAHAYE AND THE WORKSHOP OF A SPECIALIST!
    • A WORKSHOP- SHOP… THE BEST WAY TO SPEND MONEY
    • BACK TO THE HISSO CANDYSHOP!
    • CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF THE WORKSHOPS!
    • CAPTURING THE TRUE TECHNIQUE
    • HISPANO-SUIZA HEAVEN ON EARTH – PART 1
    • HISPANO-SUIZA HEAVEN ON EARTH – PART 2
    • IT IS ALL ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS! ONE LIKE YOU HARDLY EVER GET TO SEE! – PART 1
    • IT IS ALL ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS! ONE LIKE YOU HARDLY EVER GET TO SEE! – PART 2
    • PRESS, BEND… AND MIND YOUR FINGERS!
    • THE THORNLEY KELHAM PALACE
    • THIS IS WHAT A LEGENDARY WORKSHOP LOOKS LIKE! – 1
    • THIS IS WHAT A LEGENDARY WORKSHOP LOOKS LIKE! – 2
    • UPDATE ON MY APPRENTICESHIP
    • WORKSHOP PITSTOP FOR THE NEEDED COMPETITION SERVICES

Louwman Museum newsletter

LOUWMAN WILL TELL YOU HOW TO PURCHASE A DREAM AUTOMOBILE!-PART 1 

06/01/201608/01/2016 ~ CRANKHANDLEBLOG ~ Leave a comment

Do any of you receive the Louwman Museum newsletter? If you do, you already know that in the latest edition one page has been written by your lovely CHB editor. There is only one minor thing… the newsletter is published only in Dutch, which not many people beyond the borders of my country will comprehend. Perhaps a good reason to learn some basics of the Dutch language? Anyway, the story is the first of many more that I plan to write for their newsletter. It is about my search and journey for my dream car, not a modern one obviously. If there are sufficient requests, I could possibly do a brief translation, if the museum agrees of course.

Now that I am talking about the Louwman Museum, a while ago I visited this great museum in The Hague, to have a meeting with the editors of the Louwman newsletter. The Louwman Museum is one of the largest, if not THE largest automobile museum in the world! If someone told you that they employ a kind of Ikea arrow system to lead you through this vast museum, then that person was right. The automotive world seems to make good use of some of Ikea’s ideas, because when I was working on the overhaul of a set of Lambo carbs, I noticed that… Continue reading

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