The National Car Museum of Iran

January 6th, 2008


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The National Car Museum of Iran opened in 2001 in Karaj which is a city about 20 km west of the capital Teran. The museum has an amazing collection of classic vehicles which were owned by the last Shah of Iran who was exciled and died in 1979. The collection includes several beautiful Rolls Royce’s including a Siver Spirit, Phantom III, IV, a Stutz Blackhawk, several Ferraris including a 500 Superfast, and 365GT BB, a Maserati Ghibli Coupe and even a Mercedes Benz 500K which was owned by Hitler . The cars were hidden underground and even pushed into water when the Shah fled Iran, they have since been found, restored and put on display.

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  • ' rel='nofollow John Ingham

    Do you have the address and or phone number of the National Car Museum in Karaj? I plan to visit Tehran in April/May and would like to visit the museum but am having difficulty finding its address.

  • ' rel='nofollow Wattsy

    Try contacting http://www.iranmiras.ir/e-main.htm they may have some contact info

  • ' rel='nofollow Majix

    It’s really one of the most amazing car collection in the world, because of some unique cars in this collection, such as M-Benz 500K which is the only one that remained of this kind! and it not owned by Hitler, It was a gift from him to the crown prince of IRAN the late Mohamad Reza Pahlavi. The other is Panther Lazer which The Panther has built only ONE of this type! and many others… and these cars were not hidden underwater or ground! they were in ROYAL Garage.
    The Museum is not located in Karaj but it is in 11th of Karaj Special Road (Jadeh Makhsoos Karaj).
    if you are interested for more info. please contact me, and please correct the aboe mentioned info.

  • ' rel='nofollow Ale_from_Spain

    I would like to see more photos of this collection and talk about this collection =D My e-mail is alespejor @ gmail . com

    Regards!!

  • http://www.madle.org' rel='nofollow Jurgen

    would like to contact the museum and ask for the VIN (chassis number) of the Stutz Blackhawk.
    It could be added to the Stutz registry:

    http://www.madle.org/eregist.htm

  • ' rel='nofollow Ian

    Majix is right – the museum is not in Karaj, more on the western outskirts of Tehran – between km 10 & 11 on the Karaj Makhsus (Special) Highway, close to the Saipa and Iran Khodro car factories. If coming from Tehran, it’s on the slip road on the right hand side. There’s a sign in Farsi above the front gate, with a picture of an old Rolls Royce on it. If you pass the Porsche dealership you’ve gone too far.

    The Makhsus Highway starts a Azadi Square (the one with the big monument) then runs west passing the northern edge of the Mehr Abad Domestic Airport.

    Museum is open Saturday to Wednesday from 0900-1530hrs. It was closed when I went yesterday (Friday) so not sure what the collection is like, but will try again soon.

    Hope this helps.


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