York Motor Museum

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 5 Oct 2011, 5:38 pm

#865462

I'll be going past that way tomorrow, is it worth dropping in ? if it is how much time should I allow?

I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

Andy Andy\'s Adventures

2,820 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 5 Oct 2011, 5:50 pm

#865471

Been many years since I last visited, but then was well worth the trip. I could have spent a full day there, but the missus only let me have halfd a day 🙂
Not sure if it's changed in size etc since then.

VolksVair Officially Full-On Dubber

252 posts · joined Apr 2010 · 5 Oct 2011, 8:18 pm

#865522

Its a small place, but you can get right up close to a lovely & original split window beetle, there is also some vw engines & transmissions that have been dissected to show the workings, well worth the look, I think i spent 2 hours in there

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1916baja Custom Title Time!

1,990 posts · joined Sep 2007 · 5 Oct 2011, 9:23 pm

#865534

GRRR York! I got lost there.... tiny little confusing one way streets!

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 5 Oct 2011, 10:56 pm

#865546

donn wrote:I'll be going past that way tomorrow, is it worth dropping in ? if it is how much time should I allow?

100 vehicles...

that would be a day at least... lol

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Lee

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 6 Oct 2011, 6:45 am

#865564

This is the webpage: http://www.yorkwa.com.au/Motor.Museum/

Their 1946 Beetle is the famous Therese Hanael Beetle, the first privately-owned Volkswagen to ever come to Australia. She had bought it from a British Officer of the Occupational Forces in Germany, and shipped it with her when she emigrated to Australia with her son in 1951. She was joining her husband Ted, who had been interned in Australia during the war. The Hanaels used the car for daily transportation for the next 10 years. In 1961 it was the result of a 4-month search by Volkswagen Australasia Ltd, when they were looking for the oldest VW in Australia to celebrate the 100,000th Australian VW.

In a ceremony at the Clayton factory, the then premier of Victoria, Henry Bolte, presented Mr and Mrs Hanael with the brand new 100,000th VW - in exchange for their '46. VW used the black '46 in advertising and promotion for a while, then the car was placed in the admin foyer at Clayton for a number of years. Later it was shipped to Sydney when LNC Industries took over the VW franchise. It went on a few display tours and sat in the North Ryde head office for a while as well as the showroom at Lanock Motors St Leonards (where I remember seeing it in the late '70s). At one stage it was damaged, so LNC took the opportunity to 'renovate' it and they resprayed it from black to a light grey/blue.

It was moved to Green's Motorcade Museum at Leppington in the early '80s when LNC sold it, where it sat alongside one of the last Clayton '76 Beetles. When that museum closed it went up to Gilltrap's Museum on the Gold Coast and it sat beside one of the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang film cars and Genevieve (from the 1950s British film). It was sold to Peter Briggs in the mid-'80s and moved to his mueum in York, where I saw it again in 1987. For a while he had a 'branch' museum at Fremantle and the '46 was moved there, but it closed a few years ago and the '46 has been back at York since.

It's probably the most historic VW in Australia. I believe a few VW enthusiasts have tried to buy it from Peter Briggs, but he is aware of its history and won't sell.

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donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 6 Oct 2011, 7:50 am

#865571

Well that's today taken care of I'd say, thanks fellas.

I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

1916baja Custom Title Time!

1,990 posts · joined Sep 2007 · 6 Oct 2011, 12:27 pm

#865593

He, he, sorry wrong york....

Uber Kafer Wolfsburg Wizard

414 posts · joined Nov 2009 · 6 Oct 2011, 2:20 pm

#865609

you can get so close to the 1946 beetle that someone has souvenired the oil bath air cleaner...

Was there several months ago, pretty horrified to see the roof plumbing was leaking and splashing all over the back of the car when it rained. Otherwise a very interesting museum and worth a few hours if you are in the area.

Kazandmyrtle Slammed & Awesome Dubber

92 posts · joined Dec 2010 · 6 Oct 2011, 6:42 pm

#865657

1916baja wrote:He, he, sorry wrong york....

York in the UK by any chance? I went to uni there....spent many an evening wandering around those one way streets (sounds dodgier than its meant!) 😂

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 7 Oct 2011, 1:05 pm

#865778

Great show, the old dub looks a bit run down and the pan with the cut away engine and gearbox had been relegated to an obscure back corner, a Toyota Corpna has also been labeled with the wrong year model I'm prety sure but still an impressive display, neat little town where I filled in a good part of the day😵

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1916baja Custom Title Time!

1,990 posts · joined Sep 2007 · 7 Oct 2011, 2:23 pm

#865788

yeah, beautiful place if your not trying to navigate a car around it..... I miss the uk, I'd love to go there again.

Kazandmyrtle wrote:
1916baja wrote:He, he, sorry wrong york....
York in the UK by any chance? I went to uni there....spent many an evening wandering around those one way streets (sounds dodgier than its meant!) 😂

VolksVair Officially Full-On Dubber

252 posts · joined Apr 2010 · 7 Oct 2011, 10:09 pm

#865871

That 100,000th VW that was swapped for the 46 model now sits in Geelong at Wolfsburg Automotive

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