I said the same thing, in a smart ass fashion of course. Alex told me that since this was a rebodied race car it was designed to be constantly moving.

Alright some more pics from the music room.

Can you say 10 million dollar piano. It is amazing craftmanship, but I cannot remember who owned it and what they wrote on it.
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The player piano that was attached to it, played that original guys music that was put together by that composer himself. So it is like a guy I have never heard of and can't remember but still lives on with his actual music.
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Ok This thing is wild, is 3 violin player machine. it plays all 3 at once. Its vacuum powered. The ring at the top spins over the strings and the violins pivot out and the strings touch the ring while the fingers press the string for each note.
CRAZY stuff from like 1860
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Jeff,

I was with Rodger at the Nethercutt Museum yesterday.... Wait until you see some of the other pics (I know Rodger will post more).

Like Rodger said, the Bugatti in the pics is a former race car. The chassis/motor combo is the first ever winner of the Monaco Grand Prix. The car originally had no top. Some Rich guy is Paris bought the car, and had a new body commissioned (her was getting blown, or something)..... If I remember correctly, the rebody effort took place in the 1930's!.... Anyways, being a race-car, the engine was kept cool because the car was constantly moving. They added the fan to keep it cool since they don't typically drive it at race speeds anymore. This car has a top speed of ~175 mph. Alex has taken it to 100 mph.



--Eric

OK time for the Grand Salon. Some really nice stuff in here

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Some really nice stuff in here. Maybach and Duecenbergs. And some other caddies and other unheard of cars.

This 1934 packard was completely rebodied here at the Nethercutt. Some of the design styling are amazing. Alex our Tour guide rebuilt this body from just pictures. No buck or factory drawings. Just started building.

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My first thought when I spied the fan was "Holy sh!t! they must actually drive that thing!" I can't imagine what it would be like to see cars from that collection actually out motoring around.

Thanks guys for sharing the trip!

Jeff-

The First V8 production car. 1918 DeDion with Independent rear suspension.

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Double leaf springs with IRS
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Check out how smooth and flat the underneath of the aluminum hood is!!! I would of loved to see this car unpainted.

You thugs look out of place in there without a suit and tie on :lol: Loving the pics

I love the "belt" in the picture. It looks like a road trip fix with a ratchet strap.

Darren