Sudha Cars Museum

Sudha Cars Museum

Sudha Cars Museum
Location within Telangana
Location within Telangana
Established 2010
Location Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Coordinates 17°21′25″N 78°27′16″E / 17.3569907°N 78.4544072°E / 17.3569907; 78.4544072
Founder Sudhakar Yadav
Website sudhacars.com

Sudha Cars Museum is an automobile museum located in Hyderabad, India.[1][2][3][4] The museum displays "crazy cars" that resemble everyday objects. These cars are handmade by Sudhakar Yadav who started it as his hobby in schooldays and opened the dedicated museum in 2010.

Exhibits

Sudhakar Yadav had an inclination towards motor cars and mechanics since childhood. He created his first car at the age of 14 collecting the necessary articles from junkyards. His name was in the Guinness World Records in 2005 for the largest tricycle. On 1 July 2005 he rode the largest tricycle in Hyderabad which had an overall height of 12.67 metres (41.6 ft). The tricycle's wheel diameter was 5.18 metres (17.0 ft) and the length was 11.37 metres (37.3 ft).[5][6] Yadav and his museum are mentioned in the Limca Book of Records and have also been featured on Ripley's Believe It or Not![7]

All the exhibits of the museum accompany a plaque giving information of the make of the car, the time it took to manufacture and the maximum speed it can attain. The museum also has the smallest double decker bus in the world which can accommodate 10 people. Twelve different motor cycles in small size are on display of which the smallest is 33 centimetres (13 in) in height and can be driven at the speed of 30 kilometres per hour (19 mph).[7]

Yadav stated that some of the cars are created keeping special occasions in mind. For Women's Day, he designed a car shaped like a handbag and stiletto that was powered by a 6cc engine. For Bal Diwas (Children's Day), he designed cars based on a pen, pencil and sharpener. A condom shaped car was unveiled to commemorate World AIDS Day.[8]

The homemade cars cost around GB£1,000–GB£1,800 (₹85,000–₹150,000) for manufacturing; but are not for sale. The cars are often brought out of the museum for road shows where people can see them being driven.[9]

Exhibits at the museum
Car shaped like a handbag 
Car shaped like stiletto heels 
Car shaped like a shoe 
Car shaped like a helmet 
Car shaped like a camera 
Car shaped like a toilet 
Car shaped like a condom 
Car shaped like a couch 
Car shaped like a burger 
Car shaped like a Shivlinga 
Car shaped like a computer 

See also

References

  1. ↑ Goyal, Anuradha (18 May 2013). "Strange sites". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 Aug 2016.
  2. ↑ Rush, James (2 July 2013). "Wacky Races! Indian inventor builds around 700 weird and wonderful road legal cars in the shape of everyday objects including a huge burger and an over-sized tennis ball". Daily Mail. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sudhakar attempts another record by designing 26-ft tall car". Indian Today. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Samal, Itishree (11 January 2013). "Wacky, hand-made cars in Hyderabad museum". Rediff. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Largest tricycle". Guinness World Records. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "India man eyes record with 26-foot-high car". BBC. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  7. 1 2 "India's own version of Ripley's Believe It or Not; this car museum in Hyderabad has it all!". The News Minute. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Frederick, Prince (26 September 2014). "Cause crafts car". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 16 Aug 2016.
  9. ↑ "Crazy car museum: Sudhakar Yadav's collection of homemade vehicles". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
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