All Entries in the "Museums" Category
1939 Delahay Type 365 Cabriolet
There is a point when a car is so wonderful it is no longer just a car. Its beauty may transform it into sculpture. Its power may make it a racing icon or its ownership may make it a historical artifact. This car is arguably one of the most beautiful in the World. We found [...]
Not a Barn Find…It’s a Lake Find!
Today, it seems everyone wants to discover a Barn Find. The desire to find that rare hidden away vehicle that no one has seen for decades. Most of us dream of a forgotten Cobra, Corvette or Hemi. I challenge you to dream a little bigger. How about finding a multi-million dollar car at the bottom [...]
Peterson Automotive Museum
If you are ever in the Los Angeles area do not leave without visiting the Peterson Automotive Museum. I don’t care how many times you have been there, go again. It is always changing and always thrilling. We will give you a much more in depth coverage with video at another time but here is [...]
Mullin Automotive Museum
Southern California has no shortage of great car places. Hot rod shops, cruise-in places, historic custom car builders, collectors and of course the best of car museums. It is all but impossible to pick the best one. On a recent trip to the Golden State we had the very rare opportunity to visit the Mullin [...]
Building a VW in a “glass house”
This is a Collector Car site and we mostly focus on Muscle Cars. To some, even a VW is a collector car and for most of us anything car related is of interest. This video is neither about classic cars or even American cars but it will be of interest to any gearhead. If you [...]
History of Ford
I recently found this graphic which although it never mentions many historical events I find important it does provide an interesting brief history of the Ford Motor Company. It was prepared by www.carinsurance.org.
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum; Legendary Collector Cars TV Episode 5
Although we focus on Muscle Cars and Hot Rods most of the time we still love the old classics and like to share some of our favorites with you from time to time. This Episode of Legendary Collector Cars TV takes you on a quick tour of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum in Auburn IN. [...]
Episode 4: Walter P. Chrysler Museum; Legendary Collector Cars TV
This Episode of Legendary Collector Cars TV takes us to the Walter P. Chrysler Museum outside Detroit, MI. When we visited the Museum it was quiet and beautiful. Although smaller than you would first think it does contain a wide variety of cars. I was hoping for more cars but the quality of what was [...]
New Feature: Legendary Collector Cars TV, Episode 1: GM Heritage Collection
We are always trying a new way to bring our stories to you in the best way we can. Today marks the beginning of Legendary Collector Cars TV. These will not be every day or even every Post but they will provide you with more video and audio of the cars and activities that we [...]
GM Heritage Collection
We all have “Bucket Lists” of all those things we want to do or accomplish before we die. Some are momentous and will likely never be achieved while others are much less so but still very important to us. One such item on my Bucket List was to visit the GM Heritage collection. It is [...]
Henry Ford Museum
Katrina and I have been on the road recently and visited some of the most impressive car museums in the Country. Over the next few weeks we will be taking you inside the private, not open to the public, GM Heritage Collection, the Chrysler Museum and the Auburn, Cord Duesenberg Museum. In addition we will be [...]
Chevy Convertible Collection Video
This is a follow up video from our visit a few weeks ago to the Dennis Albaugh Private Collection in Ankeny, Iowa. At least one of every Chevy Convertible from 1913 up to 1975 is included in the collection. Unfortunately, the collection is only open to the public one day a year. Our private tour provided [...]
Indy 500 Museum, 100th Anniversary Winning Cars
On Memorial Day 2011 the Indy 500 celebrated the 100th year since the first Indy 500 Race was run. There were special events everywhere but in the Museum every winning car was on display! It was a spectacle that could humble any true race fan. Katrina and I were fortunate enough to be able to [...]
Dennis Albaugh Collection of Chevrolet Convertibles
I was a happy camper trying to decide which Yenko was best! Private car collections are often the most fascinating and the most difficult to visit. Friend Andy Snetselaar arranged for me to visit him at his “best job” in the car world. He is the curator of the Albaugh Collection in Ankeny, Iowa. I [...]
1954 Oldsmobile F88 GM Motorama Concept Car
Before there was a Corvette in 1953 there was the GM Motorama show that toured the Country. It was full of the most beautiful Dream Cars ever collected. In 1954 it included concept sports cars from each of the GM brands, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac, and this one from Oldsmobile. Each was similar in format [...]
Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II go to Muscle Car Museum
With a great deal of excitement and regret we delivered our 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II to the Floyd Garrett Muscle Car Museum in Sevierville Tennessee. One of our favorite cars will be on loan to the Muscle Car Museum for a year. Although it will give a lot more muscle car enthusiasts an opportunity [...]
Collector Car Tires-1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II
Here are the new reproduction Good Year F 70 x 14 belted Polyglas Collector Car tires. We are getting ready to take our 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II Dan Gurney Special over to the Floyd Garrett Muscle Car Museum for a year’s rest in his museum. The car is all original/unrestored and we drive it [...]
Collector Car Tires
Legendary Collector Cars is proud to announce that we are now a retail dealer for some of the best Good Year Collector Car tires you can find for your pride and joy. The OEM style tires are not for everyone or every collector car. We love BFGs and put them on every car we plan [...]
Smokey Yunick Hot Vapor Engine in Hot Rod Magazine
If you have been with us since the beginning you know that one of the first Feature Cars we introduced you to was the Smokey Yunick Hot Vapor Fiero and now it is back in Hot Rod Magazine. (You can even see our site listed as one of the “Sources” at the end of the [...]
Wellborn Muscle Car Museum in Alexander City Alabama
Since Muscle Car TV did the feature on the Tim and Pam Wellborn Muscle Car Museum in Alexander City Alabama we have been bombarded with requests for more information on the museum. First, the museum is even better than it looked on TV and you can get a preview of the entire facility on our [...]
Don Garlits Antique Car Museum
Don long ago we brought you photos from the Don Garlits Drag Racing Museum, today we are adding the Don Garlits Antique Car Museum. Either one of these museums is worth the visit but put the two on one site for one admission price and you have a Legendary Deal! I know a lot of [...]
Muscle Car TV goes to Wellborn Museum
By: Richard Fleener Mark your Calenders! Muscle Car TV will be broadcasting their visit to the Wellborn Muscle Car Museum in Alexander City, Alabama on May 22, 2010. We don’t make it a habit of telling you what is on TV but this is an exception. Tim and Pam Wellborn are friends and they have [...]
Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing; Ocala Florida
We recently visited the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing and its sister Antique Car Museum located on the same property. Both are fine museums but the real attraction are the Swap Rat dragsters in the Drag Racing Museum. Big Daddy Don Garlits is the Big Grand Daddy of Drag Racing. He has done a [...]
Muscle Car TV visits the Wellborn Muscle Car Museum
My friends over on Muscle Car TV tell me they just completed filming a great feature on the Wellborn Muscle Car Museum. It is scheduled to air on Spike TV May 22 and 23, 2010. This should be a great show you will not want to miss. You can see more on this museum by [...]
Another Great Private Car Collection
There has been an email going to car buffs for sometime now about a private collection of Chevrolet Convertibles in Ankeny, Iowa. Well, now you have an opportunity to see for yourself. This collector has one of every Chevrolet Convertible ever built up to 1975. If you want to see more, CLICK HERE.
Wellborn Muscle Car Museum
By: Richard Fleener We try to check out car museums when ever and where ever we find them. The smaller ones are often little more than a few poorly restored oddball cars displayed in a dusty environment. When we visit the bigger and better venues it is a real treat. A new museum will be [...]
Tim and Pam Wellborn’s Russwood Estate Aero Car Show!
By: Richard Fleener When Tim and Pam Wellborn invite car folks over for a visit they know how to do it right! During the 2009 Aero Car Reunion these Mopar collectors made even us humble Ford collectors feel special. The Wellborn Estate, known as Russwood, is a treasure in its own right but when you [...]
Floyd Garrett Museum Video
You may have missed our coverage of the Floyd Garrett Muscle Car Museum from a few days ago so we have added a video you might like. This serves as a good overview of the Museum but you should go to our web page on the Museum to see all the great photos of the [...]
Muscle Car Museum Tour; Floyd Garrett’s in Sevierville Tennessee
After going through the Floyd Garrett Muscle Car Museum in Sevierville, Tennessee I am all charged up to get back working on a project car. There are at least 90 excellent examples in the museum of why we all love muscle cars. Floyd Garrett is a well known and respected muscle car expert with a [...]
Nethercutt Collection and San Sylmar
The late J. B. and Dorothy Nethercutt assembled a World-class collection of cars, mechanical musical instruments and rare collectibles. Thanks to their foresight and generosity their collections are available to all of us to see for absolutely no cost. The Merle Norman fortune allowed for the Collection to be funded forever. It will grow and [...]
Top Ten Collector Cars; Fantasy Car Collecting
Fantasy Car Collecting I have recently visited a number of museums and private car collections and the thought crossed my mind; “If I had the money what would I buy?” It is a very difficult answer because so much depends on how much money you have and what you want to do with the cars. [...]
Alan Jackson’s Private Car Collection, Take a Tour
Have you ever wished you could visit some of the private collections of the rich and famous? I know it is a dream for many of us to see Jay Leno’s fabulous collection of cars but there are many more collections that are also worth seeing. Often these are tucked away in far distant locations [...]
1969 Yenko Camaro Dragster, Cliff Ernst Collection
We all know how special the 1969 Camaro is. Seems like it is the stand out favorite of most collectors and car geeks of all kinds. On top of the regular Camaro stands the ultra rare COPO cars. You know the ones. The ones, you go into the dealer and give him the magic hand [...]
Yenko Camaro Collection
There are collections of cars all over this Country that contain outstanding examples of what we car junkies lust over. One such collection is by invitation only and is located outside of Nashville, TN. It is the private collection of Clifford Ernst. At onetime it cantained the largest number of Yenko Camaros in the World. [...]
Riverside International Raceway Museum
In the mid 80s when I moved to Southern California the first thing I did was get season tickets to Riverside. It was a shrine for me. I grew up seeing it in movies and reading about it in magazines and watching races on TV. Within a few years I had my perfect season tickets [...]
Packard Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum is about only one kind of car, the Packard. It has the biggest collection of Packards and Packard memorabilia in the World according to staff at the museum. When we walked in we were impressed but once we started walking around and discovered there were multiple rooms of cars [...]
Trophy Girls make you smile! NHRA Museum
Trophy girls make you smile. In the 50s and 60s is was all about fast cars and beautiful women. (Or was it beautiful cars and fast women?) The photo above is the most famous of them all; Linda Vaughan. She was Hurst Golden Girl/Miss Hurst. She is still around today and has held up well. [...]
Talladega International Motor Sports Hall of Fame Tour
Last winter Katrina and I decided to go On Tour for a day in the ZO6. It is an easy 4 hour cruise from our home to the Talladega Speedway . We jumped on the interstate, set the cruise control and a way we went. It was a warm Southern December day but overcast. We [...]
Corvette Museum, Quick Tour and Video
If you are any where near Bowling Green and you are a car guy or gal you have to visit the holly ground of the Corvette Museum. We are outside Nashville and it is a short hour and a half away. I recently jumped into the ZO6 and buzzed up the Interstate for another visit. [...]
So-Cal Speed Shop’s Historical Belly Tanker Stripped Naked!
WE HAVE THE PHOTOS When we go on tour it is usually to a museum or an event. This time it was quite different but very exciting. We went to the So-Cal Speed Shop headquarters and took a tour of the shop. It is wonderful to see old cars and see history in a museum [...]
Lane Motor Museum; Need a Smaller Car for Great Gas Mileage? Check these out!
So you have had enough and you are going to trade the SUV in for a new small car? Had enough of the 10 mph on your Muscle Car? Think going to the river with your boat requires a second or third mortgage on the house? Want to give the gas station attendant the finger? [...]
NHRA Wally Parks Museum, Pomono CA
I just returned from a trip to Southern CA and a visit to the Wally Parks NHRA Museum. It reminds me that the best museum I ever saw is always the last one I visited! There are so many great ones out there and this is one of the must sees. It is small but [...]
