Just when you think you've seen it all, you open your eyes to the sight of 800 Model T Fords, all in one place! That's what happened to me in Richmond, Indiana early this week, when Model T...
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A couple of centuries ago (or so it feels) my then employer, Trans Global Films, sent me to Munich to unearth old film footage for a BMW infomercial. I spent many hours in the basement of BMW...
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I never had a chance to meet Art Astor but we do have something in common. A 50-year broadcasting veteran, Art is also a renowned classic cars collector. I'm a 50-year veteran of automobile...
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by Philip Powell on February 13, 2008
Hidden in the vaults of the great automobile museums are many treasured examples of rare automobiles not yet seen by visitors. Some await their turn to be exhibited, others have yet to be brought into...
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by Philip Powell on December 08, 2007
Europeans boast of glamorous sports cars, F1 champions, ingenious economy sedans, but we North Americans have our own specialty vehicle: the pickup truck. Okay, it's not pretty and was intended as...
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If the LeMay Museum continues to receive gifts such as this one, its future as a world-class museum is assured. The car is a 1950 Daimler Drophead Coupe known as the "Green Goddess" and has...
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by Philip Powell on October 15, 2007
The fabulous architectural plan you are looking at is the future Pavilion and Show Field of "The LeMay - America's Car Museum®," which, when finished, will be the largest and most...
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The citizens of Los Angeles and its visitors will once again have an opportunity to spend an evening with a knowledgeable guest at the Petersen Museum. On Tuesday, October 16 Charles Gould will...
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"The Rich Are Not Like You and Me" goes the saying. This became painfully obvious when reading the entry information for the LeMay Museum's Grand Tour 2008, a road trip from Paris to...
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It must be the weather. Two major museums are opening, within a day of each other, special displays featuring American convertibles. I've already reported on the Petersen Museum's event in a...
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With their entertaining weekly newsletter the good people of "Hemmings" have again made me aware of something I hadn't known, in this case the existence of "a superb online museum...
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It never occurred to me that someone might create a museum for tow trucks, especially as their reputation has been diminished by those whose job is to haul away our parked vehicles: you return to your...
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by Philip Powell on February 17, 2007
My, how time passes. Way, way back when... I was a staff announcer at radio station CKFH in Toronto. Totally dedicated to motorsport, I was given a weekly slot for race and rally news. Thus I received...
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by Philip Powell on February 13, 2007
Making an auto museum pay for itself isn't easy when expenses include restoration, maintenance, and the purchase of rare vehicles. The Astor Classics Event Museum has found a solution by renting...
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Since Jay Leno's personal car collection is off limits except to a fortunate few, the TV star's doing the next best thing, for which we should all be grateful. Jay's Garage is a weekly Web show in...
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by Philip Powell on October 16, 2006
I often think of starting a classic car museum here in Sidney, BC. Great tourist attraction. A few minor problems get in the way, though. I have no cars to contribute, no funds to begin such an...
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Sometimes I look around and ask "where the heck was I?" Certain events in North American culture went right over my head. So I could easily have overlooked the Petersen Museum's celebration of the...
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