In today’s article I cover the second floor of the second hall (what I will call Part 2) at the Weifang Generations Classic Car Museum. This hall consists mostly of foreign cars, though one rather special and unique Chinese car does make an appearance!
Mercedes-Benz W126 380SE
This particular car used to be a government car in Beijing. Beijing plates starting with A8 are government vehicles. We have met such a car before.
Mercedes-Benz R109 Lorinser
Mercedes-Benz R129
Mercedes-Benz W114
This is a rather special W114 as it still has inspection stickers up to 1996. The W114 was reasonably popular in China during the 1970’s and 1980’s though most are long gone.
Mercedes-Benz W116 450SEL
It’s highly likely that this car has been in China for quite a while, a fair number were brought in by foreign companies and the Chinese government and can often be seen in old photos and films taken in Beijing and other large cities.
Mercedes-Benz W108 280S
Rolls Royce Silver Spur
This particular Silver Spur likely spent its early years in the US before ending up in China as it has a “Preferred Customer” sticker from an establishment in the US on the windscreen. I’ve seen other cars with Chinese registration plates and similar stickers before.
Jaguar XJ6
This XJ6 has black license plates from Shantou in Guangdong Province. Black plates indicate it was owned by a foreigner/foreign enterprise. Shantou had a wide variety of cars wearing black license plates.
Nissan President Sovereign
A rather rare thing as it is left-hand drive. There were apparently around 300 Presidents produced in left-hand drive from factory but I suspect this might not be one of them. Comparing to this LHD President which has a proper LHD windscreen wiper arrangement, the one in the museum has the RHD windscreen wiper arrangement, leading me to suspect it may have been converted to LHD after being produced. Either that or the factory just fitted the wrong wiper layout. This is not the only President in China either, there are several more located around the country.
Hummer H2 Limousine
An odd but nevertheless imposing car to have in a museum. License plates of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province.
Bentley S1/S2
No word to describe this car except STUNNING!
Rolls Royce Silver Shadow
Jaguar Mark VIII/IX
Lincoln Town Car Limousine
This Town Car wears black plates from Wuxi in Jiangsu Province. It was registered until at least 2010 and still has a rather special sticker pasted in the windscreen.
These passes were used during the 2010 Shanghai Expo. Cars that had them were allowed to enter Shanghai without having their vehicles inspected at checkpoints whilst those without could be subject to inspections. These stickers are still a fairly common sight today but as older cars are scrapped they are becoming rarer and rarer.
Cadillac Brougham Limousine
Just beautiful. License plates of Weihai city in Shandong Province.
Lincoln Town Car Limousine
License plates of Shaoyang in Hunan Province.
Hummer H2 Limousine
Another imposing beast.
Mercedes-Benz V123 230E Limousine
The W123 and V123 were produced in limited numbers by FAW in Changchun.
Mercedes-Benz W110
A very pretty little Mercedes.
Mercedes-Benz W186 300
A very handsome big Mercedes.
Shanghai SH760A Limousine
Your patience is well deserved for this is an extremely rare Shanghai SH760A limousine. We know that a few of these limousines were made but we really don’t know who made them. If WHEN I go back to the museum again I will ask if I can pop the hood to see if the VIN plate gives away any clues! The Station Wagon versions of the SH760 series for example were made by around 3 different manufacturers that we know of.
This concludes Part 2 of my visit to the Weifang Generations Classic Car Museum, stay tuned for more in the coming days!
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