LLANGOLLEN MOTOR MUSEUM
Quirky Car Garage History Collection in Wales
Just
off the road which follows the River Dee (A542) a mile to the west
of Llangollen,
a turn off onto a rutted narrow lane, leads to a former
car repair garage between the Llangollen canal and the tree lined river
bank, the Llangollen Motor and Motorcycle Museum. Though as a description “museum” is
perhaps less apt than collection. At a museum one expects arranged displays
with historic context in a curated formal setting. The family owned and
privately run motor museum in Llangollen is more a jumble of stuff in
a car garage, with parts shelves and a long narrow garage space cramed
with cars, motorcycles and motoring memorabilia. The collection began
with the current owners’ grandfather and parents who were avid
collectors or perhaps hoaders. There’s something fascinating and
charming about it - just check your perception of a "museum" at the door.
The
collection of more than 60 vehicles of assorted variety from 1914 to
the 1970s
at the Llangollen Motor Museum is less historical display,
than it is a look into a motoring past, featuring a rare Humphrey and
Concours prize winning 1962 Triumph TR4, a 1935 Imperial Motorcycle displayed
in the Millenium Dome, an impressive and perhaps only surviving 1935
Standard 500 "Jubilee" Model which commemorated the 
75th Jubilee of King George
V and Queen
Mary,
the oldest motor drawn Caravan in Britain, Ford Model T, several
Austins, Citroens
and
Rovers.
Motorcycles
in
the collection
include Norton, Triumph and BSA. A curious collection of pedal cars
compliment the motor cars. Two displays represent motoring in the 50s
and life in
the 1940s. Many of the vehicles are still road worthy and go out motoring
from time to time. Reference guides of cars and parts are available
for research
and a
small exhibit
presents
the plans and development of the nearby canal system.
Visiting Llangollen Motor Museum
The
Llangollen Motor Museum car collection is open daily 10am to 5pm
from March to October. Admission is £4.00 for adults £3
for children with a family ticket available for £7.50. Fitting
with its car garage environment, many parts from the classic cars
and supplies mostly from the 1960s are available for sale, for spares,
accessories, enamel signs and general collectibles. Why not begin
your
own collection? © Bargain
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