Category: Car Museums

Hongqi CA7560: The last of the 770’s

The CA7560 series was the last hurrah for the CA77x series of Hongqi limousines. The CA770 was produced between 1966 and 1981 and was succeeded in 1985 by the CA770G which was a lightly modernised CA770 equipped with a 5.7 liter V8 engine from Ford. The CA770G lasted until 1988 with only 25 examples being produced in those 3 years. Between 1991 and 1992 a possible variant called the CA770E was produced (unconfirmed). Then in 1992 the final iteration of the CA77x series was released – the CA7560. In this article I will discuss the CA7560 and its stretched variant – the CA7560LH.

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Trip Report: Taishan Classic Car Museum (Part 4)

The fourth floor of the Taishan Classic Car Museum houses a wide assortment of mainly foreign cars with everything from old Austins to a ZAZ. A rather beautiful Hongqi also makes an appearance but it is the only Chinese car on display.

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Trip Report: Taishan Classic Car Museum (Part 2)

The second floor of the Taishan Classic Car Museum consists mainly of cars from China and the USSR. Everything from old Hongqis to an example of almost every Shanghai model and all sorts of glorious Soviet metal.

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Trip Report: Taishan Classic Car Museum (Part 1)

The Taishan Classic Car Museum is the second museum owned by Zhang Yonglong, the other being the Weifang Generations Classic Car Museum that I have covered previously. His Taishan Museum is located on the north shore of Tianyi Lake (天颐湖) in the Tianyi Lake Resort Area, about 20km south of Tai’an city. The museum itself is a massive 5-storey building with each floor having a distinct theme. The collection is diverse and contains some vehicles that are very seldom seen in other museums in China. It is definitely worth a visit!

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Trip Report: Weifang Generations Classic Car Museum (Part 4)

In today’s article I cover the third hall (what I will call Part 4) of the Weifang Generations Classic Car Museum. Around 25 cars are on display in this hall and there is a wide variety of cars on display.

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Trip Report: Weifang Generations Classic Car Museum (Part 3)

In today’s article I cover the first floor of the second hall (what I will call Part 3) at the Weifang Generations Classic Car Museum. This hall consists of all sorts of trucks, SUV’s, guns and a rather special bus. We start with a tractor, a lovely old lady and the 1RMB note.

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Trip Report: Weifang Generations Classic Car Museum (Part 2)

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!

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Trip Report: Weifang Generations Classic Car Museum (Part 1)

Car museums are opening up seemingly everyday in China, one of the ones I paid a visit to during my last few months in China was the Weifang Generations Classic Car Museum in Weifang, Shandong Province. This museum is one of two museums owned by Zhang Yonglong, the other one is located in Taishan, Shandong Province, a couple hours southwest of Weifang. I visited both and will cover the Taishan museum in later articles.

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Trip report: Jinan Classic Car Collection

Earlier this year I took a trip around China to visit friends and of course search for cars. I also visited several Car Museums and collections that I will cover over a series of articles. In today’s article I will cover a semi-private collection in Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province. I have also used the “gallery” feature available to us on this website for the first time so that the scrolling length of the article can be shorter whilst still containing all the photos of the individual cars. Be sure to scroll through the gallery for each car! Let me know what you think of this new feature and whether I should continue using it in future articles! I have covered the Chinese cars first and finished off with the foreign cars.

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