Saturday 20th of march we have visited "The British cars and Lifestyle beurs" in Rosmalen, Netherlands. Pictures
18-3-2010
Fritz Schlumpf tried to save his factories in 1976 by selling (a part of) his collection to Tom Wheatcroft. There was a witness at the negotiations. The transaction didn’t take place, because the French Government forbid it. Now it seems, that not the Schlumpfs were to blame for the bankrupt, but the French authorities. There were two victims: the Schlumpfs and the 2000 workers. The whole shocking truth in our new book, that has to come.
19-2-2010
On the Swiss TV and on the German channel Vox there was in january 2010 a documentary with Michel Dovaz and Ard and Arnoud op de Weegh. The famous Dovaz Collection is a hot issue in this documentary.
Ard and Arnoud op de Weegh had start to go to classic car clubs to tell carlovers about barnfinds. Untill now it's really a succes. They have visited allready:
And they hope they can contact a lot of other clubs and tell their story there. See Lecture Barnfinds for some pictures.
22-9-2009
Two of the cars from the malmerspach collection are allready in the museum of the Peter Mullin Automotive foundation. The blue Bugatti T40 was also standing on the concours D'elegance at Pebble Beach 2009.
22-9-2009
One of the Malmerspach cars is on his way to get in a concours D'Elegance condition. The lancia Dilambda chassisnumber #27306 is now in Holland. For more information: Malmerspach cars
21-9-2009
"Het lot van de slapende schoonheden" will be published by the english publisher Veloce and will be in the stores in 2010!
If you have already decided to buy the book, you can mail ard@opdeweegh.eu and then we'll put you on the list.
21-7-2009
Ard and Arnoud op de Weegh are busy writing the book about the Schlumpf affaire. If you have information about this affaire that is usefull please contact them. Everything is welcome!
This website is a joint effort of Ard and Arnoud op de Weegh, writers of "The fate of the Sleeping Beauties" and Herman Brouwer, editor of www.bugattibuilder.com and www.bugattiregister.com. In recent times quite a few classic cars have been stolen, and this website is an effort to trace these cars and bring them back to the owners. Please visit .www.stolenclassiccarregister.com where the process is explained.
This site will go live in about a week time, but already there is the opportunity to subscribe to the mailinglist.
26-4-2009
Bugatti T57 Ventoux ex Dovaz Collection for sale!
More info: cars for sale.
24-4-2009
We have published an article about the "Malmerspach Collection" in Automobile Quarterly.
VOL 48-4
More info: Schlumpf AQ on the left side.
15-1-2009
7-2-2009 Paris, retromobile.
A great barnfild will be auctioned. The Bugatti T57S Atalante #57502.
The car has droven only 42000 km!
Soon there will be pictures of the auction of this car on the website
9-1-2009
Our book is in the stores for almost 2 months now. We're getting very nice reactions from the readers. We thank them. It has been a pleasure writing this book!
Some articles about "Het lot van de slapende schoonheden":
