World’s MOST Unusual Cars EVER made, Found In One Warehouse

World’s MOST Unusual Cars EVER made, Found In One Warehouse | Barn Find Hunter

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Episode 127: In this episode of "Barn Find Hunter," Tom gets a private tour of the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, TN by the man himself, Jeff Lane. Those most remarkable part of the Lane museum is not available to the public eye. It's the private stash of one-off makes and models buried in the basement and warehouses surrounding the museum. Stick around to find out what is hidden within.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:19 2/3 Scale Mini Cooper's
1:36 Martin Aerodynamic
2:31 DB Panhard Race car
2:48 Skoda
3:36 Citroen Traction Avant
4:52 DKW (Audi)
5:27 Martin Stationete
6:42 Martin City Car
7:05 Errikson Aluminum bubble car
7:51 Skootavia Tripousse
8:23 World's largest Military vehicle
9:29 Citroen (Reverse) 2CV
10:10 OPEN Citroen 2CV
11:19 Hoffman
12:05 King Midget
13:00 Outro
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@Hagerty Жыл бұрын

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@Anna.Jurczyk 4 ай бұрын

❤️❤️😊

@_topikk_ Жыл бұрын

If you want to turn this into a series and let Jeff tell you the story of every vehicle in his collection, I promise I will watch every damn episode.

@DANGMOE Жыл бұрын

same

@VRavTech Жыл бұрын

Same, omg

@paintballmonkey666 11 ай бұрын

I second that

@babaganoush6106 9 ай бұрын

several episodes on the Citroens; 2cv, Ami, Visa, DS, AZU250, Dagonet? yes please

@Anna.Jurczyk 4 ай бұрын

❤️❤️😊

@jenniferwhitewolf3784 Жыл бұрын

This place deserves a 3 or 5 hour tour video. I want to see the whole collection!

@bill392 Жыл бұрын

Jeff Lane has so much knowledge. I hope he has documented all those details. Every car has a story and interesting history, just amazing stuff.

@yeeyee2203 Жыл бұрын

He has probably quite literally forgotten more than most people will ever know about the history of vehicles.

@ghost_rider221 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy listening to someone who is very knowledgeable in his craft..i also enjoy the history that he is able to tell of each car..i think the story is just as important as the car itself..thank you for sharing

@jf2176 Жыл бұрын

100% agree.

@guysumpthin2974 Жыл бұрын

Great Speaker !! No drama , no lies , just the facts , not afraid to say “we dont know” . Very concise, with a genius level of understanding what matters . A+++. No fake ego , no idolatry (not worshiping the cars , just displaying them) , just not enuf people like this (especially around big car collections)

@edwardwerick2420 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for preserving the BARC 60 amphibian. Thats" Barge Amphibian Resupply Cargo" and rated at 60 tons payload. I am a Vietnam era Army veteran and I was trained to work on these when I was stationed at Fort Story, Virginia. The sound of the four Detroit Diesel 6 cylinder 2 stroke engines running a full governed speed is something I will never forget! BTW you forgot to mention the crab steering feature of these machines. The steering mast was formed like a motorcycle handle bar and it had a locking pin in the center which allowed each side of the bar to move separately when it was disengaged. Pulling back on each bar together would turn the rear wheels to the right as well as the front wheels causing the BARC to side-step to the right. Pushing the bars forward would have the opposite effect. It was an odd sensation and took some getting used to.

@patrickshaw8595 Жыл бұрын

That's awesome. I am a total gearhead and US military machinery buff going on 65 years now and I never even heard of them before. Thanks. I learned something today therefore I'm not dead yet!

@edwardwerick2420 Жыл бұрын

@@patrickshaw8595 You are welcome, Pat. It was great seeing that behemoth. It brought back some memories for sure. The drivetrain in that thing was unbelievably complex. Everything ran through shafts.

@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 Жыл бұрын

Repent to Jesus Christ “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭9‬:‭1‬ ‭NIV‬‬ ht

@bigsexymuthashutyomouth2546 Жыл бұрын

@@edwardwerick2420 Thank You For Your Service and WELCOME HOME SIR!!!

@glennllewellyn7369 Жыл бұрын

@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 ?

@edrannou3914 Жыл бұрын

This place is amazing. Kudos to Mr. Lane for preserving these gems and sharing them with us.

@thekingsilverado3266 Жыл бұрын

Most of us real car guys woulda shot em all between thee headlights and put em out of their misery.

@Joe_Bidens_hair_fetish Жыл бұрын

@@thekingsilverado3266 that's literally the opposite of what "real" car guys would do, but maybe someday you could be a real car guy too. We appreciate the engineering, the stories, and the history of vehicles like these.

@thekingsilverado3266 Жыл бұрын

@@Joe_Bidens_hair_fetish I am not a car guy so you are right I am a truck guy and maybe one day you could afford a real nice truck and appreciate the engineering of not getting stuck in the seat of some tiny death trap with 4 rubber tires. Besides where I come from men are Sasquach size not girly size.

@Joe_Bidens_hair_fetish Жыл бұрын

@@thekingsilverado3266 cringe

@TheJayant911 Жыл бұрын

Yup large and in charge kinda guy u are😮

@Carchaeology Жыл бұрын

Absolutely spectacular! I love Jeff and his enthusiasm for the odd. He and I did a trade years ago, a double ended Honda Civic for a very odd little electric car. One day I hope to visit and get the tour!

@moodberry Жыл бұрын

I used to live in Nashville, and for sure if I go back I will visit the museum. But I was SO impressed by Jeff Lane's knowledge. He knew every car and the details on each one. One smart dude!

@benjaminrcross Жыл бұрын

Didn't even scratch the surface of what they have at LMM. I planned a family vacation around visiting Lane, and the entire family (including my wife) loved it. The staff are genuinely friendly and a joy to shoot the breeze and ask questions. If you like cars as oddities, cars as works of art, cars as engineering curiosities this is the place to go. They also have a collection of unusual motorcycles and pedal bikes on display.

@censport Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! It was good chatting with you too.

@jasminbrnjak6505 Жыл бұрын

Where are they located

@AdamsYoutubeAccount Жыл бұрын

@@jasminbrnjak6505 Nashville, TN.

@wi.dave3812 Жыл бұрын

I concur with your comment, great place to visit

@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 Жыл бұрын

Repent to Jesus Christ “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭9‬:‭1‬ ‭NIV

@moparedtn Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jeff Lane for being such a great steward of the hobby. Without people like you, we wouldn't have nearly the resources available for people to see real-life history - that we can actually experience and witness! *TOM* - Hopefully there's a "Part 2" of this visit to Lane? Heck, make it 3! Great stuff that needs more time and exposure! (Now, get your butt back to Davin's shop and help that poor boy with that old race car you two started on!) - Ed on the Ridge

@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 Жыл бұрын

Repent to Jesus Christ “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭9‬:‭1‬ ‭NIV‬‬ D

@moparedtn Жыл бұрын

@@ka3097 The people and the stories behind the cars is what the hobby is all about to me - well, and owning something that takes me back to younger times.

@piratescove4 Жыл бұрын

Let's all take a moment to appreciate the joy this guy gets to feel each day going to work on the vehicles.

@mrsockyman Жыл бұрын

What's brilliant about this place is the curator is knowledgable in the pieces, not only in a "this piece is on the floor therefore I must study this piece" but in a genuine "every car has a story and I want to share" way that I'm sure thousands of people have for their own machines handed down through generations

@DennisH22A Жыл бұрын

This should be a mini series. I could watch this and listen to the guy talk for hours. And he barely scratched the surface

@rjs2005 Жыл бұрын

I went to the Lane museum last year, and I'm already planning my return trip. Such an amazing place!

@Yora21 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I don't think you can do this place justice in just one day. And I'm not even much of a car guy.

@blownspkr Жыл бұрын

Their stories make these vehicles even more amazing

@frankhoward7645 Жыл бұрын

11:22. Left out the weirdest things about the Hoffman. I saw this car in 2008 when it was in Georgia and I'll never forget it. The front wheels don't steer at all as they always point straight ahead. There's no storage under the enormous parcel shelf because the motor is mounted on a swing arm which also carries the rear wheel. When the steering wheel is turned, the entire swing arm including the motor pivots left and right. Bizarre! Great video. Thanks for posting it.

@waynecreech Жыл бұрын

Tom's show is the best thing on Hagerty.

@thetruthisonlyperspective4872 Жыл бұрын

That's funny... Jason Camissa is the only think that makes the channel worth watching.

@michaelmaas5544 Жыл бұрын

Hagerty puts out a lot of great productions. I appreciate them funding shows so we can see crazy collection like this!

@jessebaca2750 Жыл бұрын

He likes to touchy-feely cars too much😬

@hkhvr13 Жыл бұрын

@@thetruthisonlyperspective4872 jason made me start watching Hagerty but I truly enjoyed this segment. Tom is pretty damn great.

@patriottowing4973 Жыл бұрын

WOW WOW WOW …..very cool You could film the next 15 episodes here, what an amazing place

@leololauzone Жыл бұрын

How refreshing to have a "good bad"-on-the-weird-side collector genuinely brilliant. No cringe, just pure passion and encyclopedic knowledge! Thanks!

@DopravniPoradce Жыл бұрын

3:00 - AWWWWWW, the black Octavia!!! What a beauty!

@garneauweld1100 Жыл бұрын

Truly one of the best transportation museums on the planet. I stop by every time I pass through Nashville because there's always something new and interesting. There's a lot here so you don't want to rush it. I would allow at least a full morning or a full afternoon or both. A very memorable experience every time I visit.

@robertparker3172 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating.

@tobycatVA Жыл бұрын

@@robertparker3172 LoL This one word comment was going to be mine, but I tacked an extra thought on. Glad I did so I didn't seem to copy another Spock fan? I'm guessing.

@lanceprzybyla7662 Жыл бұрын

@@tobycatVA 😂....lol...👍

@stereolababy Жыл бұрын

this should be an hour long i want to see all of it!

@MichaelMSchofield Жыл бұрын

An hour... I could watch this guy talk about every single car in that complex for days strait and not get bored.

@scottbeck7762 Жыл бұрын

haha...no they want you to visit

@MichaelMSchofield Жыл бұрын

Fair point

@Tman76 Жыл бұрын

Amazing. Being the curator of a museum like this would be a dream come true.

@videovisions Жыл бұрын

The fact that he knew so much about each one was amazing. He certainly enjoys his work.

@jameshaley8162 Жыл бұрын

I Thank you both, Tom for showing this to us...and to Jeff for preserving automotive history.

@thekillercapricorn6334 Жыл бұрын

This show could easily be 4 hrs long and it would seem like 30 min. Amazing

@ChrisLoew Жыл бұрын

The BEST car collection I have seen in my life, worth taking a whole day to explore. The basement tour only happens once or twice on certain days so plan ahead.

@racang Жыл бұрын

This is an amazing museum, to think there are so many different cars that have been constructed, either by individuals or companies that you never hear, I think I could spend weeks just looking at the history. Great work.

@TheGamingGeek2001 Жыл бұрын

Such an incredible collection, and Jeff's knowledge and care about each and every car is beautiful to hear. I'd love to spend a few days wandering this whole museum

@funone8716 Жыл бұрын

If there aren't more episodes of this place I'll cry

@SnowDawg Жыл бұрын

Outstanding Barn Find Hunter! Tom and Jeff Lane are kindred spirits with interests in the usual and often forgotten. I bet these two could talk for hours about peculiarities in a cars. This entire episode made me smile! Thank you - Sno Dawg from Philadelphia

@smukkaki Жыл бұрын

I've been to this museum once when I first visited Tennessee, the amount of just strange crazy vehicles they have is awesome. I definitely recommend any car lover to check them out cause you won't be disappointed.

@johngardner2807 Жыл бұрын

I LOVED this tour! I have seen many of these cars,in my lifetime(I'm 70 yrs old.),and I always marveled at the ingenuity of them.

@jasonhill69 Жыл бұрын

We have a membership there. It's always a great place to visit. Seems like there is something new there every time we go. They also have several activities throughout the year for folks to get more involved with the displays. Jeff is a wonderful person for sharing all these wonderful machines for the public to see.

@yapabilir Жыл бұрын

Hello friends.... I try to dimple repair and some new things for my car and I make video that's and put this videos in KZfaq, I try make a KZfaq channel...I hope everybody will like that's and I can help to somebody about repair of give ideas !!!!!!

@garage2cv Жыл бұрын

I've spent a day with Jeff Lane at his museum many years ago. I keep a wonderful souvenir from that day !

@robrain4330 Жыл бұрын

This is the coolest museum i have ever seen.The knowledge this man has is amazing i hope he has been sharing it with an apprentice. Good stuff

@FrankPSF Жыл бұрын

Now that was fabulous! Thank you all so much for sharing these historic vehicles with us!

@doster59 Жыл бұрын

Please give us more! This video is too short! WE WANT MORE!

@TammereMusic Жыл бұрын

This is one of those videos I wish were longer 😢

@rhinox0110 Жыл бұрын

Man I'd love to come visit this place it looks wonderful.

@Z-Twinturbo Жыл бұрын

I could spend hours in a place like this. All so interesting! We really needed more of this museum!

@scratchbuiltreplicas824 Жыл бұрын

THIS EPISODE SHOULD BE 2 HOURS!!

@marty922 Жыл бұрын

Man, I hope this guy has written all that info down. An absolute wealth of knowledge.

@970357ers Жыл бұрын

That landing craft at 28mph must be one hell of a sight and experience!

@theburger_king Жыл бұрын

“We bought this on eBay” 💀💀💀

@davidartina5022 Жыл бұрын

It is without doubt one of the best collections in the world and looked after by the nicest people. I recently travelled all the way from the UK to visit and wasn’t disappointed. And there is much more there than this video shows. Is a must visit if you are on the same continent let alone state or city.

@farmfinds Жыл бұрын

Wow, what an amazing collection of oddballs and one-offs!

@hippiedave9076 Жыл бұрын

Lane Motor Museum is a fantastic place... there is SO much there that no video can touch on all of it. Thanks for this!

@LYLEWOLD Жыл бұрын

Wow, what a cool museum. That two-fronted 2CV is such an awesome example of the creativity of days past. Resources were limited, and they needed a solution, bureaucrats weren't there to tell them they couldn't do this or that. They (all the old creatives) followed their needs and passions. Love it.

@all-flat-engines Жыл бұрын

Love Lane museum, but this gave me an entirely different appreciation to know Jeff Lane (the owner) has this much knowledge/love of cars, I appreciate this quirkily little place all the more Thank you!

@katerspam Жыл бұрын

The presenter shure had a "hands on experience", touching ALL the cars they talked about 🙈😆

@oambrosia Жыл бұрын

They're not exactly "museum pieces"....oh wait🤣🙃

@katerspam Жыл бұрын

@@oambrosia hahaha 😅

@sonkor7334 Жыл бұрын

I think this is the best episode i've ever watched on barn find hunter , such a heart warming beautiful cars that takes you to the good old days thank you TOM ❤

@djquinn11 Ай бұрын

What a cool collection. The guy’s enthusiasm and passion for collecting is awesome.

@cornpowa Жыл бұрын

This place is great! I was on a trip in Nashville four or five years ago when one day I happened to pass by a sign for the museum. On a whim, I decided to add it to my list of places to check out later on in the week. I'm glad I went early in the day. The place is huge and has loads to see!

@lanceprzybyla7662 Жыл бұрын

Dang!!! I used to travel to Nashville a few years ago a few days a month...wish knew it was there!!! Time for a road trip!!

@danieloshaughnessy8476 Жыл бұрын

Affordable family friendly museum, with a surprisingly phenomenal bicycle collection, and kids play area! Situated in an old bread factory. Just note middle of the summer is rough as the building does not have air-conditioning! I will be back!

@censport Жыл бұрын

It does have air conditioning, just not very efficient air conditioning. It's on the to-do list.

@joeysplats3209 Жыл бұрын

This is one of the best 13 minutes I've spent on anything.

@davidw7531 Жыл бұрын

I was just here! What a wonderful place, I was running around like a little kid, so excited. Well worth the visit for the gearhead in your family. Truly the most unique collection I've ever seen.

@beatglauser9444 Жыл бұрын

A friend had a Skoda convertible. It was actually an older and prettier model that the one shown here. At the beginning I saw one of my absolute fauvorite oddball cars: The Tatras. The models of the late Fifites were exotic but really beautiful. With the three headlights, the special front fenders and an aircooled engine in the back.

@tonyking9235 Жыл бұрын

WHAT A NICE COLLECTION. NICE TO SEE THE UNUSUAL. THANKS FOR SHARING.

@victorcontreras3368 2 ай бұрын

Wow, what an unusual and rare collection. Kudos for taking the time and interest to show us these fine cars! Without this, many of us would never see or even hear of such unique cars and ideas 💡

@akesha4138 Жыл бұрын

What is truly impressive about this presentation is the production quality. From precise editing to camera angles, blocking and flow it shows true excellence in line with the outstanding subject matter. Pro quality all the way, well done!

@danielulz1640 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE weird cars! You could do a year's worth of videos at that place (and I wish you would).

@AV20242 Жыл бұрын

I loved this video, I am glad these cars are in a great place, This person knows everything about them.

@mcconn746 Жыл бұрын

It is amazing how much he knows about that many cars. Mr. Lane has an incredible memory.

@geoff3610 Жыл бұрын

Glad to see another Geoff/Jeff giving and getting so much love!

@danielday713 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Lane has such great energy. A mental age commensurate with his age. The enthusiasm of a teenager.

@Frontseat_Driving Жыл бұрын

Wonderfully put!

@nalinux Жыл бұрын

Amazing to see so many Citroen, even a Visa :)

@kaptnkarl01 Жыл бұрын

I went to this museum several years ago when the wife and I took our mothers to the Grand Ole Opry. I just saw it as we drove by and decided to check it out. And I am so glad I did. It is every bit as awesome as it is unique. Well worth the effort.

@kittycorner8526 Жыл бұрын

When I saw one of those LARCs in Vung Tao, Vietnam in 1970, I thought I'd never see another one. Wow! They're so big and loud, literally EVERYONE on the street stops and stares at it as it goes by. Four huge 2-stroke Detroit motors like those used in earth movers. Totally awesome vehicle.

@stephenswift9868 Жыл бұрын

I’ve said it before but we need longer videos! I could have watched a hour of this!

@daemon.mythos Жыл бұрын

Now this is my type of Automotive Collection...Weird, Unusual, and Quirky.

@TheMaxt305 Жыл бұрын

Loved every minute of this! Would love to see more of the collection.

@Sjalabais Жыл бұрын

The dedication and open-mindedness of Jeff Lane is impressive. Imagine remembering all these facts with spirit!

@jannwilkins5631 Жыл бұрын

This was fun to watch. Thanks for sharing.

@jamiebray8532 Жыл бұрын

Tom please put out some more stuff from this museum. He's got some awesome stuff!

@mikemason4987 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely entertaining and fun to watch! I love these little-known vehicles. Thank you for sharing!

@tomasdubinskas Жыл бұрын

What a great video, I was surprised when it came to the end so fast, felt like only few mins passed.

@nunyabusiness4651 Жыл бұрын

Ive seen this place on Aging Wheels. He reviewed several of their vehicles. They have super rare and obscure stuff for sure!

@AjGalloway95 Жыл бұрын

That amphibious monstrosity is amazing. Humans are awesome

@pietdebeer7972 Жыл бұрын

what a joy to watch this. Thank you both.

@sniffinclose Жыл бұрын

Best show yet out of a lot of great shows! Makes me wanna go to the States and Nashville just because of this... LOVE IT! Great job. 👍😍

@reedstemen Жыл бұрын

My friend and I have gone here a couple times, amazing collection. I want to make the 400 mile drive there in our Saab Sonett, seems like an appropriate trip.

@stuartkseels Жыл бұрын

What an absolutely remarkable collection. I could spend a week in there!

@johnsalmon119 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful works of art, I remember most of the European models (I’m from England) and I’ve driven a few,but wow!non as amazing as these.thank you so so much for keeping and looking after so much history. You sir are the greatest…

@BeExcellent21Another Жыл бұрын

This is stunning, thank you so much for sharing!

@dianamruri Жыл бұрын

I didn’t want this ep to end. So much interesting cars

@tri-eye5554 Жыл бұрын

I sure wish this video was an hour longer.

@studiocalder818 Жыл бұрын

Exceptional. This collection reminds me of the Righini Collection in Castelfranco Emilia. Righini was a car junkyard passionate about cars, and in that area he started collecting treasures from the end of the II WW, including the first Ferrari built, which was called Auto Avio. Later he bought an uninhabited castle and brought all the cars there. A must visit if you are in Emilia Romagna

@flovanhoorn5444 Жыл бұрын

@ 10:18 min, the blue car. A Citroën Visa. I absolutely LOVE these cars Born to late to drive em. I had to do with a Nissan Almera for my first car. Stil a very good car, but the Visa i would love to own.

@The-Real-Blissful-Ignorance Жыл бұрын

Tom, you could do a 10 part series on this place!

@yapabilir Жыл бұрын

@craigmonteforte1478 Жыл бұрын

another great video Inregards to the King Midgets i have often seen them for sale on Ebay over the last 15 to 20 years very reasonably priced in Various Condition but what i like to refer to as very restorable and mostly Complete and /or Original

@patrickseals5746 Жыл бұрын

What cool history. I could listen to this guy all day. So much knowledge. Impressive. Thanks for sharing.

@mikestirewalt5193 Жыл бұрын

What a privilege to see such rare and interesting vehicles! Thanks for posting this.

@kevinfleming9919 Жыл бұрын

Love that place! Coolest vehicles you will find ranging from military, one offs, planes, movie vehicles like the one wheeled vehicles driven in "Men In Black", and even fan powered cars/canoes/and bicycles! There are even displayed vehicles in the parking garage. Wish I could have driven my Durango up into the huge military transport and gotten a picture of how small it would look inside it! BTW, that "flat piece of metal" hanging on the rack beside it is a whole car they drove over and pancaked into a couple inch thick wall hanging! lol!

@Frontseat_Driving Жыл бұрын

That's right I'm pretty sure the anniversary 911 I looked at in the garage thinking it was a visitor's car was in this video at 1:20!

@autka_me Жыл бұрын

Looks like it's awesome place. 0:39 lovely Tatras, pre-war models were infamous for bad handling, during WWII nicknamed 'nazi killers' as they were rear engined, powered with huge V8 and weren't exactly sticking to road that well. Their unconventional looks got many high officers attention, and many of them died in crashes, to the point that there was official order forbidding officers to drive them. Just before war Tatra's main designer Ledwinka was suing Porsche for "borrowing" a lot of his designs, but then WWII happened. Tatra is still there, making heavy trucks and is third oldest car maker with uninterrupted history. 3:00 Skoda Octavia from 1950s is probably as rare now as it was back in the day in Chicago, but I remember them on roads in then Czechoslovakia when I was a kid. 4:55 I might be wrong on that one, but it's Auto Union 1000 - model that superseded DKW 3=6 6:49 Concept of doors and inside looks very similar to BMW Isetta from 1950s, I wonder if there was some "borrowing" going on there 9:41 That's interesting, there was 2CV with 4 wheel drive powered by two engines one in front and on in back, that had almost unaltered 2CV body - called 2CV Sahara. It might seem funny at first but as a car designed for very harsh driving conditions ingeniously allowed to keep driving even when one engine had catastrophic failure.

@justRORIRARU Жыл бұрын

The Isetta came to my mind too... 0.3l bike engine. Ermenegildo Preti meant he built that inspired by a military glider he helped constructing in ww2. Seeing this makes him look like a copy cat ;)

@autka_me Жыл бұрын

@@justRORIRARU there were companies in the past that claimed that it's not the same it just have similar 'look and feel' ;)

@murraystewartj Жыл бұрын

Never have I been so disappointed that a video ended - seemed like it was just getting started.

@scottjordan6569 Жыл бұрын

I love that collection, it is wonderful to see so many cars that you have never heard of before.

@seandoole6504 Жыл бұрын

Interesting to see that Hoffman made it into another museum! Used to be at the Bruce Weiner microcar museum.

@pdcichosz Жыл бұрын

DAMN I want to visit Lane even more now. And it's so amusing to watch a walk through the basement of a 'weird' car collection from the European's perspective, seeing cars that I regularly see on the streets and listening to someone explaining what Skoda is and that it still exists today :D Awesome.

@rais1953 Жыл бұрын

Yes except that nothing remains of Škoda except the name. They're just Volkswagens.

@pdcichosz Жыл бұрын

@@rais1953 I think the people of Mlada Boleslav would disagree.

@rais1953 Жыл бұрын

@@pdcichosz I'd like to think you were right Piotr but they are built on VW designs with VW engines and here in Australia VW engines have a terrible reputation. A member of my family replaced the engine in their VW twice before getting rid of it and buying a Toyota.

@pdcichosz Жыл бұрын

@@rais1953 I know. What I meant was that despite being built on shared platforms and engines, they still have their own designs, a factory and the brand associated with their nation. That's not badge engineering, which is 'just the name' slapped on the exact same car.

@rais1953 Жыл бұрын

@@pdcichosz True it's not badge engineering, Škoda vehicles have distinctive styling. I like them actually but knowing Australian experience with VW engines I wouldn't risk buying one.