Heritage on Wheels: Vintage Car
Exhibition at Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
The Vintage car exhibition is
back again at the Nehru Science Centre, this year with completely different
models of cars and bikes of yesteryear’s. The exhibition, which opened on the
19th of March will conclude on the 7th of April to make way for yet another
fascinating and state of the art Mega Science (विज्ञान समागम) exhibition which is slated for its
opening on the 8th of May.
Automobiles of yesteryear’s have
always attracted huge eyeballs, no wonder why lots of our visitors throng to
this exhibition. These artistically crafted, elegant beauties, painstakingly
restored and maintained by their respective, passionate owners have no
parallels. Even while most modern car manufacturers announce new range of cars
every year, the craze for ageless beauties of yesteryear’s cars remains
unparalleled. The Nehru Science Centre, in collaboration with Vintage and
Classic Car Club of India (VCCCI), is organising the "Heritage on Wheels:
Vintage Car" exhibition at the Nehru Science Centre second year in a row.
On display are some 40 plus
ageless beauties (cars and motorcycles) manufactured during the period from
1900 to 1950s. The assortment of cars on display include the Rolls Royce,
Bentley, Humber, Daimler, Ford, Packard, Chrysler etc. These cars belong to the
period referred to as the golden age of design in which some of the cars are so
artistically designed and exquisitely engineered that they transcend mere
transportation to become works of art. The vintage cars on display can be
considered as rolling sculptures, and to see them is to think, “That car
belongs to an art gallery.”
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