The Schlumpf Obsession photos

[Nick]

Many years ago I was given a fascinating book called The Schlumpf Obsession Inside a Legendary Treasure House , showing what greed and the unacceptable face of capitalism can do.

This year whilst driving to Croatia for a holiday I was able to fulfil a dream and visit the museum in Mulhouse France.

In many ways it is sad as these cars should be on the road and the collection put together by the two brothers Hans and Franz Schlumpf had more in my opinion, to do with showing their wealth than for any love of cars.

However, there is no denying that the collection is incredible.

Apologies for the photos of some of the collection they were taken on a phone and in many cases due to the screen brightness I was unable to actually see what I was taking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEDAH_lZaBU

My favourite Bugatti Type 55

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuesAP28_QY


My favourite Mercedes 300sl gulwing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrcAUBvIaaY

Bugatti engines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buMmBxXMWRY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QdFzK9vkiw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDgoWN8t5Ic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8dnvM_U_B0

 

[Jack]

Simply incredible Nick, thanks..

 

[Nick]

Simply incredible Nick, thanks..

Glad you liked it, my wife said it was the most amazing car museum she had been round, and believe me she has dragged me round quite a few

If you ever get the chance to read the book The Schlumpf Obsession that is equally fascinating co written by a wonderful character Jenks.

From Wikipedia

He spent his summers touring Europe and his winters in a succession of 'digs' in England; Jenks eventually settled near Crondall in Hampshire in a tiny run-down house with no mains electricity or water, largely full of his archives and of parts of vehicles he was 'fettling'. He was legendary in the sport for the lack of basic domestic amenities in his home; to Jenks nothing mattered but racing. He became accepted as the 'elder statesman' of British racing journalists due to his closeness to the teams and drivers, his conversational writing style and his obvious and enduring passion for the sport.

DSJ loved to race and drive Porsche cars and coined the term wischening (pronounced as if in German) for the manner in which one may corner successfully in a Porsche 356.[3] He later adopted an E-Type Jaguar as his work transport, although at home he had assorted decrepit vehicles including an elderly Mercedes-Benz saloon, a Citroën 2CV and others.

His most famous competitive outing was as navigator for Stirling Moss during the 1955 Mille Miglia; his article With Moss In The Mille Miglia is generally acknowledged as a classic of motor racing journalism. His book The Racing Driver was based on his experience as navigator and is a true classic worthy of any motorsports literature collection. His "pacenotes" while on this event were pioneering, leading up to today's use of pacenotes in rallying.

One of Jenks' most famous exploits was road-testing an unregistered, unsilenced and very much not road-legal Lotus Formula Two car on the roads near his Hampshire home on Christmas Day 1958, the logic being that the roads would be quiet and few police would be active.