Amazing collection! Metropole Classics, Druten, The Netherlands
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- Опубліковано 1 гру 2024
- This place absolutely blew my mind! An astonishing array of classics, from microcars to supercars, with everything in between! More Gibbs Aquadas than you'll ever have seen, more Amphicars too! A Fiat 600 Multipla taxi was a favourite. One floor is cars for sale, the other the owner's private collection. WELL worth a visit. metropoleclass...
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I never knew I needed an Englishman to show me the interesting places in my own country but now I do. The next destination for my car club to meet has been sorted. 😅
Exactly me too. Never heard of this museum but going definitely to visit
To be fair, I was tipped off by my Dutch friends. It hasn't been open long.
The fact that HubNut blanks a 300SL for a Goggomobil is exactly why we love HubNut! Thoroughly enjoyed this, and I really MUST go!
This has got to be one of the best walk arounds yet - superb collection.
It’s fun to see lots of vehicles never sold in the US! Greetings and many thanks from San Antonio Texas.
What an incredible collection! Never seen such variety, thanks for sharing with us!
Brilliant work Mr. H what better way to spend a Saturday morning than having a guided tour of a remarkable collection. Much thanks!
Enjoying the mix of Camper, Travel Vlog (another strength of yours) as well as the usual stuff at the unit. Really like to see you do some longer documentary/ history nerdy style car history one off's as your with your magazine background and well researched articles should produce some real gems.
What a great trip you have taken us on HubNut. Absolutely superb tour of rare and obscure vehicles. I must say your off the bat knowledge is astounding considering the diverse nature of cars and vans. Thank you so much.
2:20 Not surprised you never seen a Diplomat Coupé before. They made a grand total of 374!
It has a Chevrolet 5.4L (327) small block, a down carbed version of their race version with all forged internals (crankshaft, camshafts, connecting rods and pistons) because the standard cast version kept breaking on Autobahn runs.
What a impressive museum and collection, this has to be added to my list to visit one day if I am in the Netherlands, moment I saw the Fiat Taxi I thought Hubnuts new family car!
Thanks for sharing this experience.
I’ve never heard of this place Ian. It looks amazing and well worth a visit. As I actually live in the Netherlands I’m going to definitely take a look.
@Paul Fellows That’s a great idea Paul.
I live 20 minutes away from this town and didn't know this existed. Planning a visit asap
The Cosmo was the first Mazda rotary but the lovely NSU Spider was the first production rotary car.😀
i have a rotary neckar jagst 2
Love these, whether it’s a museum or a show I always find them quite relaxing to watch 👍😎
Amazing place, with some amazing vehicles. Thanks for the tour 👍
Ahh, The 600 Jolly❤. My Parents hired one of those for a trip down the Amalfi coast when I was about 10 (about 1972). Enormous fun! I think my dad knew the owners of the hire company (he was originally from Positano and could get 'mates rates' on just about anything). What memories!
Thanks so much for the guided tour of the most magnificent car/truck museum that I've ever seen. I am a great fan of the Micro-car era including the 2CV's and I'd love to be locked in this Museum for a day. Great presentation albeit rushed for yourself, but thoroughly enjoyable.
Lovely Jubbly, what a very impressive collection of cars, thanks for highlighting so many of them Mr HubNut.
BMW 02 cabriolet was made by Karmann, the later 02 targa top was made by Baur.
Kromhout was a Dutch company based in Amsterdam. I think the old factory building still exists but it has been converted to a restaurant. Kromhout also made ships engines and busses. They made Gardner engines under licence.
Wow what an amazing place ,thanks for taking us for a tour.
Amazing, thank you so much for this video. I just love those DAF cars, I very nearly had a Day 33 for my first ever car and I have loved them since I first rode in one. If you ever find yourself in Thailand then you must visit the Jesada Technic museum which has the worlds largest collection of microcars and just a staggering collection of cars, motorcycles, buses and planes. All owned by two brothers, its free and I was very lucky to meet one of the owners when I was there and he showed me many of the private areas and then took me out for lunch! He said he started adding microcars because kids love them, and amazingly there are many of the microcars that kids are allowed to sit in. It's on about the same scale as Metropole, but with an area for planes and a couple of helicopters also! The most popular car there seems to be a Delorean, and visitors are welcome to sit in it also.
WOW, WoW, Wow. What a fantastic place. I don't think I will ever get there in person. So thank you very much for taking me and others on your visit. Appreciated. See you in the next one. 👍👍👍👍
Insanely brilliant gathering of vehicles. Particularly enjoyed the gaggle of floatables therein and the delightful commercials. A splendid treat indeed.
The first thing I was amazed about was all the vast area of brick paving outside. You then said he made his money doing paving, among other things. What a gob smacking display. Thanks so much for bringing it to us Mr Hubnut and also to your friends for facilitating it. 😳
I have watched tis video when it first came out and just watched it again and it's no less fantastic! Awesome!!!
At 50 minutes, I had to pace myself about 10 minutes at a time. Even so, I was sad when my visit to the museum was over. Such a found of knowledge about SO many cars, coach builders, and distinctive features. A joy to watch. An oddball, but I enjoyed the Crosley fire truck (at ~15:00, visible again later). As it happens, Cincinnati was the early hub of manufacturing fire engines. Fire departments were all volunteer, b/c nobody wanted to pay the taxes to pay for firefighters and equipment. The Chicago fire in 1871 sparked (pun intended) a change in thinking. Horse-drawn wagons were standard fare. But horses couldn't pull trailers of water up the hills in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, etc. Ahrens-Fox Manufacturing had the bright idea to use the internal combustion engine - viola - and began manufacturing fire engines in Cincinnati in 1913. Crosley was made in Cincinnati, Ohio. The owners probably knew each other. The tiny Crosley would be useful in narrow streets of many European cities - including where this one wound up in the Netherlands. Now, back to my re-run.
Bloody hell Ian I'm tired from walking round Oulton Park circuit twice today and now I'm having brain meltdown with all this lovely stuff your showing me 😀
Another car museum for my European road trip next year 😎
That motercycle front end van was a BSA, very popular with local grocers and other village shops in the late 40's, early 50's for obvious reasons, driven on a M/C licence often on L plates, but no reverse gear. A step up from the trade bike for the delivery lads.
Many Italian and French manfactures produced right hand drive trucks and cars in the days before Alpine roads had Armco barriers on mountain roads, the driver was on the drop side so it was easier to see and judge the road edge to the thousand foot plus drop. It was the late 70's and later before barriers were installed. Not that they would stop a truck from going over so are still popular today with some hauliers.
What a collection of cars, thank you for showing them for us 👍😀
I think when you say, ' l have never seen one of those before', we have all been lucky to stumble upon this 💎.
Thanks, I never heard of this, am going to visit it soon hopefully. But visitors should beware it is only open on saturdays.
What a nice way to spend a Saturday evening - thanks Ian, much appreciated!
Wow what a vast array of classic cars & commercials that I have ever seen in one place & in a UA-cam video. I completely agree with Ian's statement of "Mind Blown!!!". I have never seen or heard of quite a few of the cars before, but it is nice that they still exist. Yet another great video from Hubnut.
What a fantastic museum, thanks for showing us the delights within. 👍
Marvellous! 51 Minutes... running away like nothing. A really amazing spot; I have to go there when I'm in the Netherlands. Thanks for showing this to us...
My dad owned a James Handyvan. He drove it from Surrey to South Devon with a calf in the back when he and my mother moved to Devon in 1951.
I was enjoying the unusual variation of the vehicles on display and I was noting that there were some that you see in almost every museum or collection and some that were interesting and unique, but that never really grabbed me....and then there was a flash and hello!! There's one of my favourites of all time - an Alfa Romeo Montreal.
I have always drooled over these beasties and on Christmas Day in 1991, I walked down to the petrol station on the corner of my street to grab a bottle of milk and while I was paying for it, just happened to glance through the open door to the workshop and saw that hooded pair of headlamps looking back at me. I couldn't stop myself and ran to look at it even before I'd asked permission! I not only looked it all over, I got to sit in it! It was a customer's car, so I could not take it for a drive, but seeing it and being able to sit in it was still the best Christmas present I'd had in a very long time.....and I still class it as one of the best. Those eyelids actually retract up inside the nose cone when the lights come on, but she definitely looks better with them down. There were very few built and I know of only 12 in this country.....and none have been at any car shows I have been to in years.
The early Alfas, Ferraris, Jaguars and such on the top floor would be worth more than a king's ransom nowadays, let alone the up-spec late model Mercs, Grosses and the earlier roadsters. To see that he also collected Cinque Centos and Citroens and some more (now) rare "people's cars" (not just the VW), just makes the owner appear more of a genuine bloke to me. He's obviously a self-made man and would have started off with something 'generic' and so it's obvious he would still have a soft spot for them. Good on him!
And many thanks to YOU, Ian, for taking time out to capture them all. It was a true treat. All the best.
Loved the square 6 door Fiat bus! Great look round that collection, thanks.
What a singular and varied collection! Thank you for this visit...
Absolutely fantastic video Ian 👍unbelievable beautiful cars what a fantastic museum
What an absolutely amazing place.....and not a typewriter in sight!! It's a credit to your determination and skills in editing to make a video of that length and to keep me enthralled right until the end with that dinky bus.
What a great Museum. Added to my go to list
Looks like i need to make patios for a living though. Apparently you get really stinking rich doing that
Great! I'm dutch, and it's not that far away from where I live. I need to admin I never heard of this place. I'm gonna do a visit soon.
A good variety of different types of cars. Some rare models on show too. I live in New Zealand. You mentioned driving a Cadillac car that is displayed in this show in New Zealand at one time. The Mercedes-Benz cars are magnificent there in the museum. Thanks for posting this. From Carl.
The grey 2cv could be a Belgian produced
car for the Swiss market.
The lights on the frontwings
are tipical for the Swiss market.
The Sahara was a short time ago on a French auction.
It is really an incredible
collection.
What a fantastic tour! Many of those cars I'd never seen, nor heard of, before...The Crosley ladder truck was hilarious; the earlier Crosley cars in the States were sold in hardware stores, and powered by a flat-twin engine w/ about 14 BHP (Waukesha, I think). The four-cylinder COBRA engine was next, until they changed over to the CIBA (Cast-Iron Block Assy.) This engine went on to find applications in boat racing (44 cu. in. inboard hydroplanes), and outboard motors (Fageol, Crofton, Homelite, and Fisher-Pierce ultimately). That red 'vette is a 1974-77 "soft-tail" model; 1978-82 had a fastback...
The thing on UK plates that you said was terrifying was a Gibbs Humdinger. A big 4x4 multi person vehicle using the same principles as the Aquada. I worked on the Aquada for a couple of years.
What a mind blowing collection indeed!. Such variety and so interesting to watch. Thanks so much for recording this collection! :)
A stunning collection. I was riveted from start to finish of the video!
What an enjoyable tour! Thank You so much.
Fantastic tour, thanks for showing us such an incredible collection.
Wow... just wow... my mind is thoroughly blown too... no words... Got to go there, some day, that's for sure!
Added my long overdue subscription to your excellent channel. I'm a big fan of late 60s/early 70s family cars, an enthusiasm kindled by a childhood spent in the back of a series of cutting edge Citroëns owned by my parents. This looks like a must see location.
I was there. This was an incredible collection of cars. I don't think there's anything like this here in the UK
Ian's as excited as a dog with two dinners! Great video.
Yes, the Alfetta was rear wheel drive and rear gearbox. Lovely balanced car, drove one for years.
An absolutely adorable tour, thank you Ian!
OMG what an amazing collection.
That Lotus Etna concept car looks so amazing.
Wow, had to take a Second look at the 'Janus.' (My Favourite of Roman Gods.) Two Faces. Amazing little Car..!
In fact a Warehouse of Amazing Cars.
Thanx for uploading this one..!! Cheers kim in Oz. 😎
Ian truly a neat find. The Fiat RHD lorry you spotted was common in Italy when I passed through in the early 70's. Something to do with narrow mountain roads.
RHD Fiat tractor units featured in the Italian Job film.
Now because of HubNut I never thought a great a deal about pantograph wipers! ;)
Hi Ian, thanks for the tour, what a great collection.
Amazing collection of cars I like how they themed the downstairs sales hall with the Royal Dutch Shell petrol station
the Renault at 18 minutes is very like the one my nephew owns which was bought new by Dame Nellie Melba -I think it is an AM model but not 100% sure. he also has a Peugeot 172 Quadrilette that wouldn't look out of place in this museum.
This is a great display of vehicles
probably..the best video you have ever made...🙂🙂🙂🙂
The reason the fiat lorry is r/h/drive is because of narrow mountain roads ,easier for driver to stay close to edge of road, my Italian uncle had one in the 60's
Yep, agree with that, heard the same reason
@@darrendixon9534 A friend of mine's uncle had an early RHD Beetle in Switzerland for the very same reason. In the 50's road edge barriers were often minimal so it was nice to be able to see where the edge was!
another great video has always Ian and miss hubnut and hublets and hubmutts 👍
Wow! Lots of cars coming straight from the Tintin albums. Very nice collection.
I live in the Netherlands and didnt know this museum. Ill hold off on watching this video so i can first go take a look myself!
Mind boggling collection. Definitely worth a trip over.
Great museum and great tour.. Many thanks.. Strange not a single Spyker in sight!!
There is at least 1 Mimi Contessa in a garden centre near Batley in W Yorkshire.... It's on a plinth and other micro cars and garden equipment hang from the rafters. It was a relief from the "overcrowded Christmas browsing in a drafty polytunnel" event last Dec.
WOOW!!!What a collection!!I'm havin' a hard time pickin' up my jaw from the floor.....Great vid,thank you.
This is the best video you've made so far. Even my wife enjoyed watching and she's the opposite of a car nerd. Unlike me. Fantastic stuff. Must visit myself some day. Extraordinary collection.
Loved the comment on the rubbish indicators on the AC Ace
I think the inspiration for that Steyr came from Tatra ( VW nicked all the plans and engineering when they invaded Czechoslovakia and then somehow invented the beetle)
If you’re ever in the Czech Republic Skoda and Tatra museums are well worth a visit
The Steyr 50 was already on the market when the Beetle was just commissioned (1936).
Interesting! Thanks. I know nothing about them but was fascinated.
Amazing collection, never heard about it before. Thanks!
Wow you really do unearth some gems Ian. You did the same in NZ. Great to see and I hope one day to experience them all myself!
I've been a big fan of the Porsche 928 since the mid 1980s aged 7 or 8 but I never paid much attention to the rear wiper. 😲 Interesting video. Loved the old Citroens as per usual.
Some pretty amazing vehicles there! You are right about the Sahara - like hen's teeth. I've only ever seen one. Someone I know worked on the Gibbs vehicles. It's probably because of him that the Aquada had a Rover K series engine. He also worked on the David Brown Automotive Speedback. Once it was finished, the chap decided he wanted to go into production. "If we'd known that we would have built it differently."
Wow what an amazing collection of lovely cars 🚗
Great video of a great collection. Your extensive knowledge excels. Great fun to watch this.
A Benz 3 wheeler replica was built by an engineering company in Yorkshire (as a side project for the staff when work was quiet) I delivered it from London to Museum in Germany in the early 1990's, I wonder if it's the same one?
I went there a few years ago when it was by appointment only for the private collection without the trucks. I see a lot has changed. Since the collaboration with Potomac at the beginning of this year, the collection is open to the public.
The Renault Ondine was the posh spec for the Dauphine range and was offered between 1961 and 1963 - it featured a 4-speed gearbox, but I don't think it was sold in the UK. So if you wanted a 4-speed Daupine in the UK you had to opt for the Gordini.
Great video Ian what a place to visit, your overseas vlogs are so interesting you take us viewers to places where most of us wouldn't go or don't know about .regards Stephen.
The fiat multipla was the grand daddy of the van.
Ooh, seeing an unspoiled MX-6 just warms me heart. They were all tuned to hell in the mid-2000's. Great video, as usual. Yet again, some cars I've not seen before.
What a collection, loving all these European rarities
Wow . I need to go there , Thanks Ian
The Diplomat Coupe was, if i recall correctly, coachbuilt from sedan shells. I have a huge thing for the 5.4 liter version, using a Chevy racing engine.
Slightly Victoresque in places. I wonder if there were any shared components.
Hubnut - you have excelled - thanks 👍
Wow really great videogreat knowledge of all different vechiles keep up the great work
We used to see queues of those Fiat Multipla taxis outside Naples airport in the 60s and early 70s. Never rode in one though.
Most impressive and enjoyable.
Thankyou very much for sharing sir.
Nice one. That 50 minutes went by with pleasure!
The 2600 cc V8 engine in the Frua designed Glas was made out of two 1300cc engines from the 1304, which was the bigger version of the 1004 engine with the first cambelt. The belt has no spanner and the tension of the belt is regulated by shims under he cylinderhead.
Great museum tour Ian,so many vehicles to take in,the bonneted Scania attracted the nickname in Australia as the Gumboot.
5:16 the Fuldamobil was also made under licence in Greece too, in two versions, by different companies, the Attica and the Alta
What a great museum, my friend had a Berkley 3 wheeler with a motor bike engine, you had to put your foot in the bonnet to kick start it.