Thanks to the efforts of Ghislain Mahy and his family,
- the irreversible persuasion of the then Crown Prince, later King Albert II,
- plus the coincidence of ministerial responsibilities of Minister Louis Olivier, who was in charge of Public Works
- and Chairman Herman De Croo, for eight years at the head of the Belgian Department of Transport,
....in 1986 in Brussels a wonderful anniversary palace transformed into a treasure trove of automotive history, colorful, pedagogical and evolutionary developed.
This created an impressive collection of cars from all over the world, old, some electric, steam drive or combustion engine.
Ghislain and his sons Hans and Ivan, kept the collection a hobby project, devoid of commercial purpose.
Every year, five cars were restored. The collection includes several Belgian brands:. Minerva, Germain, FN, Imperia, Fondu, Vivinus, Nagant, Belga Rise, Miesse.
The majority of the Autoworld cars on display are from the Mahy collection, with 1,000 cars - one of the largest car collections in the world.
http://www.autoworld.be/het-museum
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