The collection in the museum is an eclectic mixture of old and new vehicles, with the newest being 2021.
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Our weeklong visit to Tasmania at the end of June this year included a few hours at the National Automobile Museum of Tasmania at Launceston. We were not expecting a large car & bike collection, Launceston being a small town with a population of around 77,000 (Tasmania has a population of 5.73 lakhs), but it turned out to be quite impressive.
The collection in the museum is an eclectic mixture of old and new vehicles, with the newest being 2021. The reception area itself is quite interesting, with a 1958 Messerschmitt KR200 and a 2008 Ariel Atom on display.
This KR200 is powered by a Fichtel & Sachs single cylinder 191cc engine producing 10 horsepower, enough to propel the 230 kg three-wheeler to a top speed of more than 90 kilometres per hour!
This 2008 Ariel, the Atom 3, is fitted with a Honda K20 engine as used in the Civic type R, fitted with the optional supercharger and weighs just 462 kg. This car is believed to be the only road registered Ariel Atom in Australia. Atoms are in production currently in the UK as well as under licence in the USA. There have been eight variants of the Atom, including the Atom 500, an extreme version, featuring a 3.0 litre V8.
Apart from this, the reception area has an extensive collection of model cars, memorabilia, collectables, books, old magazines and trinkets, some of which are for sale.
For entering the museum, one pays and gets these ‘tokens’, which open the entry door!
Here we go!
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