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Collection
The museum has over 200 cars spread over four galleries.
Gallery 1 showcases cars built during the 1890s & 1900s,
Gallery 2 features cars from the 1910s to 1930s,
Gallery 3 the 1930s through to the 1950s, and
Gallery 4 displays cars from 1950 onward. Gallery 4 also includes race cars.
Each gallery is linked by a themed "street", featuring vehicles as well as faux shop fronts. me. Each gallery is linked by a themed "street", featuring vehicles as well as faux shop fronts.
Celebrity owned cars include:
Elvis Presley's 1973 Cadillac Eldorado,
Frank Sinatra's 1961 Ghia L6.4,
John F. Kennedy assigned 1962 Lincoln Continental,
John Wayne's 1953 Chevrolet Corvette.
Movie featured cars include:
1892 Phillion Road Carriage, from The Magnificent Ambersons,
1912 Rambler 73-400 Cross-Country, from the 1997 version of Titanic,
1949 Mercury Series 9CM, driven by James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause.
The collection includes examples from marques such as:
Auburn,
Bugatti,
Cord,
Duesenberg,
Ferrari,
Franklin,
Jaguar,
K-R-I-T,
McLaren,
Mercedes-Benz,
Pierce-Arrow,
Porsche,
Rolls-Royce and
Stutz.
Also on display is one of three 24kt gold plated DeLoreans built for American Express,
a "Jerrari",
a Jeep Wagoneer fitted with a V-12 Ferrari engine and formerly used for winter driving by William F. Harrah, and
the only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion car.
The one-of-a-kind Phantom Corsair is also displayed at the museum. |
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