Charlie’s Arthur’s Seat Auto Museum in Purves Rd is just 1.5k from the summit of Arthurs Seat displays over 50 motor vehicles, motorcycles and model cars housed in a 1940’s style garage and showroom. The museum offers visitors the opportunity to take a journey through the rare and unusual, a mixture of new and old concepts and plenty of memories.
Vehicles on display include the brilliantly built chauffeur driven 1913 Ford Model T, the immaculately presented 1954 Hudson Super Wasp, 1949 Plymouth and a 1950 MG 'Y'. Charlie’s museum now has a new collection of remarkable model planes and ships made from recycled aluminium cans. Some of the ships on display are the Titanic, the Queen Mary and the Bismark and range up to almost 4 metres in length whilst the planes include a DC3, Spitfire, the Catalina Flying Boat and the Red Baron all produced by local Rosebud resident Alex Hose.
What vehicle seats 6, has an air-cooled 2.5 litre V8 engine that sits in the 'boot'?
Under the bonnet of course!
It's European and was released in the early sixties by a company who first started producing cars in 1897.
The engineer behind this unique vehicle was Dr Hans Ledwinka, a close personal friend of the Dr Ferdinand Porsche (something sounds familiar).
The two frequently exchanged ideas on engine and car design.
Well, do you know? Do you want to know?
To find out visit Charlies Arthurs Seat Auto Museum in Purves Rd Arthurs Seat, phone 5989 6320, where you can see this particular vehicle and over 50 more cars and motorcycles all on display with model cars and car memorabillia for sale.
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