IN THE BEGINNING …….. by sangwann

IN THE BEGINNING ……..

Shot taken on 28th June – third day of our vacation.

After the castle we drove to the Mercedes-Benz Museum – and what a museum that is! I could have stayed there the whole day. This is just one of the oldies on show and it goes back to the late 19th century. Here Christine looks at the short description which was present near each vehicle.
Joke: Joe, now a senior citizen, was driving his old Mercedes down the freeway at an average of 15m.p.h when his mobile phoned. Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, "Herman, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on 280. Please be careful!"
"Hell," said Herman, "It's not just one car. It's hundreds of them!"
Many thanks for looking and for all the lovely comments, fav's and wishes on yesterday's photo.
Amazing image, looks like an overgrown wheelchair with trimmings. So far removed from current vehicles. Fav
July 26th, 2015  
How lovely. I can just picture what the roads were like when these were the height of fashion.
July 26th, 2015  
Great to see this old classic - very different from our 2015 Mercedes that we are so proud of - as someone was, of course, with this one!
July 26th, 2015  
Great shot of the beautiful old cars.
July 26th, 2015  
How wonderful to see a golden oldie restored :)
July 26th, 2015  
Wonderful to see this car Dione. A great shot
July 26th, 2015  
I would like to go to that museum. What an amazing antique motorcar. Thanks for the kind words. FAV
July 26th, 2015  
Great looking car
July 26th, 2015  
So interesting looking.
July 26th, 2015  
That must have given a lovely bumpy ride going by those wheel! Love the vintage feel here
July 26th, 2015  
Great capture, composition, lighting
July 26th, 2015  
Fascinating! Hard to believe cars once looked like that, and when you think about it, it really wasn't that long ago.
July 26th, 2015  
Wonderful shot...
July 26th, 2015  
Great shot of this beautiful old car. You have to visit once this one : http://www.louwmanmuseum.nl
Click on : ondekt de collectie
July 26th, 2015  
Beautiful capture of the early beginnings of the auto industry.
July 26th, 2015  
Great shot. Can imagine the difficulty you had dragging yourself away from this display. Your tour is certainly a huge contrast to our tour of New Guinea taken at the same time.
July 26th, 2015  
you've captured some great tones and textures here dione
July 26th, 2015  
Oh, you are right in our area!!!!!! We are in Ludwigsburg, just north of Stuttgart. Merzedes Museum is our go-to place on a rainy day, so I recognized it right away from your photo. Any trips to Ludwigsburg planned in the next days?????
July 27th, 2015  
How cool!! I'd love to have one of these to go putting around in!! They are so classy!! Great capture and of the car too!! FAV!
July 27th, 2015  
Many happy returns of the day to Christine.
Well captured, Dione, looks like a fascinating vehicle and a great place to visit.
July 27th, 2015  
July 27th, 2015  
Very cool shot Dione, congrats on PP!
July 27th, 2015  
cute little car
July 27th, 2015  
Kim
Incredible to see this antique car in tip top shape. Wonderful capture, and a funny joke.
July 27th, 2015  
Super image, love the joke! So pleased you got to the M-B Museum, Dione, it's great!
July 28th, 2015  
That looks like it was quite the sporty two-seater in its day!
July 29th, 2015  
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