{"id":2852,"date":"2019-09-20T13:24:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T12:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/?p=2852"},"modified":"2021-06-17T21:38:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T20:38:39","slug":"henri-malartes-private-motor-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/?p=2852","title":{"rendered":"Henri Malarte’s Private Motor Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Frenchman near Lyon started a collection of antique motorised vehicles, and after purchasing a Chateau to display them in, opened to the public in 1960. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le Chateau de Rochetaille-sur-Soane was built in the 12th Century, damaged over time and rebuilt and modified in 1904, and purchased in 1959 by Henri Malatre to display his collection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collection is primarily vehicles made in or around Lyon, a City once famous for car constructors that have now disappeared, such as Rochet-Schneider, Luc Court and Berliet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It does include some original vehicles, a Fort Model T, the Popemobile used during the Popes visit to Lyon, Adolf Hitler’s staff car from 1945, and various famous racing cars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n