Shepparton Museum of Vehicle Evolution: Classic Restos - Series 54

[@carlmoll3345]

More please. That was great but clearly a lot more to see. Thanks, carl

[@smiddysmidton8313]

Well done to all involved, amazing job.

[@jimclarke1108]

Cool, learning Australian motoring history👌

[@grahamcockerill2406]

Unfortunately the holden museum in echuca is closing in march Fletch. Aussie Graham.

[@adriandehoon1785]

That's fantastic. The amount of STUFF, haha, looks like the place to go to in shepp. The old Bedford bus in the background takes me back to school day in the Yarra Valley with McKenzie in Healesville 😅 good one, Fletch

[@bondisteve3617]

Thanks.

[@michaelguerin56]

Thank you Fletcher, Jade et al. An excellent transport and technology museum by the look of it. Great progress.

[@honorrolls5415]

Thanks Fletch since I live in Fort Wayne Indiana USA it was great to see such an incredible museum as always watch your show every week. Best host

[@306champion]

The term "A Furphy" is interesting. A local historian not too far from Shepp told me the story just a couple of days ago. The Furphy Tank was used to empty the latrines on a regular basis at a military training camp down Melbourne way, (maybe Broadmeadows). Blokes used to have a yarn nearby and because the Furphy tank was full of *#^t, the term "telling a furphy" was born. Dick Clayton is well remembered, Dick did all the announcing and supplied all the gear for the Stanhope Dairy & Machinery Field Days, a lovely bloke. I was hoping to see a 1418 or 1924 Benz truck or two in the lineup. The old Benz made a lot of blokes a lot of money in their day and would have been the most seen truck on the Hume in the 60s to 70s.

[@ScottTurner-t2c]

I LOVE Chevs,,,but Honestly,,I reckon Buick had it all over em in the mid 50's.

[@markfletcher7244]

Well perhaps rightly too, as the Buick was the higher echelon, featuring more advantages than the base Chevrolet. Cheers.

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

Car Museums baffle me no end. How do they even pay the bills let alone pay staff? They don't physically make anything or do anything on a commercial productive level. They're just a flash carpark. The infrastructure costs a bomb, the price of entry doesn't even cover electricity let alone anything else. I just don't get it how they survive. Am I missing something like a tax dodge, hedge fund, money laundering.... 🤔🤯

[@jb7591]

Most diversify to supplement income & to broaden the experience. For example, the sale of merchandise at 50% + margin while others will offer a food & beverage service or a combination of both. This is a trend not indigenous to car museums rather a broader market trend amongst small retail businesses.

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

@@jb7591 Mate, look at this place. Do you have any concept as to how much this building costs let alone to run? That my friend is a metric fukton of T Shirts and Cafe Lattes!. Get a grip.

[@beyondcitylimits]

@@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt The place has a lot of solar, led lights and it's fairly dark inside. It also has a costume museum in the same building, but I think a significant part of the income would be rent from the antique store out the front as seen at 1:14

[@jb7591]

Dude, that particular museum gets funding from council & a few other benefactors. In addition, the building is owned by a family trust, so no rent is paid. Happy to help with any other confusion you have.@@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt