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Author: Ard Op De Weegh ,
Arnoud op de Weegh
Publisher: David & Charles
Imprint: Veloce
ISBN: 9781787113091
ISBN 10: 1787113094
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 15 August 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
It's an intriguing story. - Kieron Fennelly. Originally published in Dutch last year, the story and contents of the world's best car collection. - Classic Cars. There are some good historic shots. - Classic & Sports Car. The book is well produced and is a worthwhile addition to your bookshelf. Certainly worth the asking price. - VSCC Bulletin. If you want to read a fantastic, true story about automotive enthusiasm, then read this 160pp hardback book. - Iain P W Robertson, Freelance. The story is intriguing, and the collection is given good space, even for those who don't care about their enigmatic owners. - Classic Car Weekly. An interesting and worthy volume. - The Automobile. Here's a long overdue book on the incredible Schlumpf Museum (now officially France's national automobile museum), from Veloce Publishing. Although most car nuts know the outline of the story of the Schlumpf brothers, Hans and Fritz, this book by father and son team, Ard and Arnold op de Weigh goes into massive amounts of detail and tells the true story of the Schlumpf Affair. In addition to the story about the discovery of the massive stash of cars, it tells the tale of woe of the financial troubles that nearly led to the loss of the entire collection along with some beautiful photography. As well as being a great book on the subject its aim is to clear the family of any wrongdoing and is a rightful collection to this beautiful collection of cars. Immense effort. - TKC. As well as unravelling cover-up, this book gives detailed accounts of the legendary vehicles in the collection ... which makes fascinating reading in itself ... This book has a real double edge - espionage, social prejudice and miscarriage of justice, plus in-depth accounts of just what grew into the most beautiful collection in the world Highly recommended. Old Bike Australasia Fascinating stuff. Big End/All Torque
It's an intriguing story. - Kieron Fennelly. Originally published in Dutch last year, the story and contents of the world's best car collection. - Classic Cars.
It's an intriguing story. - Kieron Fennelly. Originally published in Dutch last year, the story and contents of the world's best car collection. - Classic Cars. There are some good historic shots. - Classic & Sports Car. The book is well produced and is a worthwhile addition to your bookshelf. Certainly worth the asking price. - VSCC Bulletin.
Author Information
From a very young age Ard was obsessed with cars, visiting showrooms and car events with his father to see the most beautiful cars ever built. Becoming addicted to the heady mixture of gasoline and oil, as he grew older his love for the automobile continued to grow. In 2008 Ard wrote his first automotive book, “The Fate of the Sleeping Beauties” together with his son Arnoud, to whom he has passed on his love of cars. Father and son have travelled around Europe for many years, seeking out the most beautiful cars, and have discovered some extraordinary barn finds, many of which feature in the book. In 2009 Ard and Arnoud were asked to write about the fabulous Schlumpf collection and the intriguing story behind it. At first they declined, because there were already many books on the subject. However, as they started to investigate the history, Ard and Arnoud discovered that the ‘Schlumpf affair’ was actually very different than originally reported. The pair decided to write the book to tell the true story behind the affair, with the hope of exonerating the Schlumpf Family and giving them the credit that they deserve - “Schlumpf - The intrigue behind the most beautiful car collection in the world” was the result.
