WOW Museum

We checked out the World of Wearable Art (WOW) museum in Nelson. The wearable art is pretty interesting, and you can see plenty of pictures with some Google searches.

The museum also has an amazing collection of classic cars. Some highlights; sorry, I don’t remember the make/model on many of these.

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This car had some of the most elaborate fins ever.

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An early VW Beetle.

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Triumph Spitfire

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Mini Cooper

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This Mini Cooper set the land speed record for its class of car (not sure how the classes are determined). Apparently the idea was hatched by a couple of Kiwis over a beer. This article’s a bit out of date – they upped their record in 2016.

Project 64 (Mini Cooper)

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Beyond the front showroom was a big warehouse with lots off additional cars. I like that a Smart Car makes the floor.

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1971 BMW. My brother Steve owned a very similar (if not the same) car at one point.

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Back to the Future.

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1967 Ford Mustang; Steve McQueen car.

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Future stars in the shop.

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