Car Museums

  • Sacramento and the California Automobile Museum

    I left the wilds of Danville and headed further north to Sacramento to visit the California Automobile Museum. There current facility is being stretched to the max, but good news, by 2015 they will be in a larger and nicer… Continue reading

    Sacramento and the California Automobile Museum

  • Heading North–Blackhawk Automotive Museum

    It was time to leave the Los Angeles area and point the P71 northward.  I had spent a few days around the area and probably could have spent a month, but this is a road trip and it was time… Continue reading

    Heading North–Blackhawk Automotive Museum

  • The Petersen

    There is no automotive museum quite like it.  The Petersen publishing company’s legacy and homage to California automotive history and culture. I had the good fortune to have an entre to this gem of a museum by none other than… Continue reading

    The Petersen

  • Tustin, California and the Marconi Automotive Museum

    With Chip Foose and Jay Leno having blown me off…  just kidding. I took  drive to Tustin, to take a look at some 70 collector cars put together by Dick Marconi.  He moved his family from Indiana in the late… Continue reading

    Tustin, California and the Marconi Automotive Museum

  • It’s Not My Fault

    Look I know that I’ve revealed some of the special powers of the P71 to you folks, but really it has nothing to do with all the heat that is now where I am staying.  I kept the speed down… Continue reading

    It’s Not My Fault

  • Road Trips–Disappearing Museums and HOV

    So I really enjoyed the Penske museum and who wouldn’t.  It was time to check out some of the other ones listed in the Phoenix area. Next on my list was the Scottsdale International Auto Museum.  It was set to… Continue reading

    Road Trips–Disappearing Museums and HOV

  • Albuquerque and the Unser Racing Museum

    I had at least two more hours of driving ahead of me before I would reach Albuquerque.  It gave me time to see some more of the New Mexico countryside . After an hour or so I decided to take… Continue reading

    Albuquerque and the Unser Racing Museum

  • Truth or Consequences–Busted

    I left Las Cruses on the early side so I could take the back roads some before jumping on the Interstate heading north.  I went through the pecan orchards.  Acre after acre.  It was really something to see.  I think… Continue reading

    Truth or Consequences–Busted

  • Muscle Car Ranch–Chickasha, OK

    All was not lost in Oklahoma in terms of car museums, or things like car museums. The Muscle Car Ranch is quite the place as it is ah…well.  It is a place like none other.  Sixty-five acres of land where… Continue reading

    Muscle Car Ranch–Chickasha, OK

  • Dick’s Classic Garage–San Marcos, TX

    While it has been frustrating to discover how many of the car museums that I had researched on the Web were no longer in operation I had the help of my friend Dan to get to San Marcos and the… Continue reading

    Dick’s Classic Garage–San Marcos, TX