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Title: Brooklands Museum plus Mercedes Benz world
Post by: pscocoa on 22 May 2012, 22:39:44

I need to get some faulty garden lights sorted out and cannot be arsed doing it myself - just so happens the supplier is at Brooklands Weybridge so have an excuse for full day out.

http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/ (http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/)

http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingdom/mpc/mpc_unitedkingdom_website/en/home_mpc/mercedes-benzworld.flash.html (http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingdom/mpc/mpc_unitedkingdom_website/en/home_mpc/mercedes-benzworld.flash.html)

Title: Re: Brooklands Museum plus Mercedes Benz world
Post by: ozzycat on 22 May 2012, 22:43:45

 :y :y i dont know any excuse for a day  out tut tut  :D :D :y go for it mate

Title: Re: Brooklands Museum plus Mercedes Benz world
Post by: GastronomicKleptomaniac on 22 May 2012, 23:02:50

Brilliant day out - if you can justify spending the money on one of the AMG driving courses, go for it too - I had an hour hooning about in a CLK63... :y

Title: Re: Brooklands Museum plus Mercedes Benz world
Post by: pscocoa on 23 May 2012, 16:28:34

photo problem - will sort out later

Title: Re: Brooklands Museum plus Mercedes Benz world
Post by: pscocoa on 24 May 2012, 23:12:05

Remaining bit of Brooklands track & Test Hill

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/428.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/429.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/426.JPG)

Bit of a Peugeot project

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/440.JPG)

Workshops as they used to be:

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/434.JPG)

A VX

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/vxbrooklands.jpg)

Title: Re: Brooklands Museum plus Mercedes Benz world
Post by: pscocoa on 24 May 2012, 23:20:38

VC10 - Brooklands built


(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/389.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/390.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/388.JPG)

Other air related:

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/380.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/381.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/392.JPG)

Title: Re: Brooklands Museum plus Mercedes Benz world
Post by: pscocoa on 24 May 2012, 23:24:59

Bike collection:

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/358.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/359.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/361.JPG)

Bus collection

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/395.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/396.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/398.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/399.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34956042/402.JPG)

Title: Re: Brooklands Museum plus Mercedes Benz world
Post by: henryd on 24 May 2012, 23:32:48

Looks very interesting,nice pics :y :y

Title: Re: Brooklands Museum plus Mercedes Benz world
Post by: Terbs on 25 May 2012, 00:19:05

It is a good day out....I sat in the cockpit of the VC10...I also have a framed picture of that aircraft landing at Brooklands ....Concorde experience great too. :y

Title: Re: Brooklands Museum plus Mercedes Benz world
Post by: Kevin Wood on 25 May 2012, 11:15:55

It was a pretty full day out even before the buses turned up. :y A great reminder of all the things we used to be able to achieve in a range of different disciplines, but haven't got a cat in hell's chance now. :(

It says a lot about how we've "progressed" that half of the site is now a Tesco, and the other half the offices of a German car manufacturer.

Title: Re: Brooklands Museum plus Mercedes Benz world
Post by: GastronomicKleptomaniac on 25 May 2012, 17:17:04

Have they still got the old airport crash tenders?

Title: Re: Brooklands Museum plus Mercedes Benz world
Post by: pscocoa on 25 May 2012, 20:12:10

Quote from: GastronomicKleptomaniac on 25 May 2012, 17:17:04

Have they still got the old airport crash tenders?

Here is a list of Aviation related vehicles including crash tenders:

http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/explore/aviation-related-vehicles/ (http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/explore/aviation-related-vehicles/)