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Florida Hot Spot: Dezer Collection Museum comes to North Miami

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The Dezer Collection Museum in North Miami, Fla., transports guests back to the inception of one of mankind’s greatest inventions — the automobile. Featuring cars spanning back to the turn of the 20th century, the museum’s American Classics exhibition highlights … More »

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New Model A Ford Museum to be world’s largest

The new Ford Model A Museum at campus of the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Mich.

A new Model A Ford Museum — touted as the world’s largest public museum dedicated to the 1928 through 1931 Ford Model A — will have its grand opening ceremony on May 18 in Hickory Corners, Mich., from 9 a.m. … More »

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America’s Car Museum adds Wildcat prototype, Ridler Award winner

1964 Buick Wildcat prototype.

LeMay – America’s Car Museum, in Tacoma, Wash., has added two donations: a fiberglass 1964 Buick Wildcat prototype and the Ridler Award-winning hot rod Ferrambo. More »

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Ferrari GTO and Cobra Daytona Coupe to share spotlight at Simeone museum

The Simeone Automotive Museum's Cobra Daytona Coupe and Ferrari GTO will be featured Feb. 23, 2013, during a Demo Days presentation.

A Ferrari GTO and Daytona Cobra Coupe — two of the world’s most desirable race cars — will be featured at the Simeone Automotive Museum in Philadelphia, Pa., on Feb. 23 in a very special indoor Demo Day. Beginning promptly … More »

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Babe Ruth’s ride hits a home run with owner

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Texas man buys 1948 Lincoln Continental that was the last car Babe Ruth ever owned, and very likely the last car he drove. More »

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Petersen Museum to preserve LA legacies

This 1963 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III is the latest in a long line of vehicle donations in the Petersen Automotive Museum.

LOS ANGELES – The Petersen Automotive Museum recently received two outstanding vehicles to add to its world-class collection of more than 400 vehicles. “Double Dozen” a hand-built roadster whose design is based on a 1933 Ford, and an immaculate 1963 … More »

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Superstorm Sandy: A Hurricane & the Hobby

Although the Vintage Automobile Museum of New Jersey still stands, the inside is devastated from mud and salt water damage following Hurricane Sandy. The building will have to be gutted and restored and the cars rebuilt or scrapped.

After 12 long years, the Vintage Car Club of Ocean County finally fulfilled its dream of opening a car museum in Point Pleasant, N.J., on Sept. 15. Less than three weeks later, that dream washed out to sea, almost literally, when Hurricane Sandy came crashing into the United States’ East Coast on Oct. 29. Just one example of the superstorm’s impact on the old car hobby. More »

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On the Yellowstone Trail: A visit to the LeMay museums

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Mark Mowbray, executive director of the Yellowstone Trail Association, took time out on his summer journey along the Yellowstone Trail to visit two classic car museums near Tacoma, Wash. The following is his blog post about the visits:   Day … More »

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