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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 08:56 AM
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The AACA Museum in Hershey PA is good and a few years back I went to the Blackhawk Museum in Danville CA near San Fran. I remember they had a Tucker on display. There also used to be a nice one in the Fort Meyers Sarasota area right across from the Ringling Mansion but can't remember the name.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 10:00 AM
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Floyd Garrets musle car museum in Sevierville Tn is a good one.Also National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Ky.Since I am a Corvette fan this one is one of my favorites.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 11:33 AM
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The Nethercutt Museum in Sylmar CA.

Big buck foreign/domestic classic cars, also hood ornaments, theater organs, band organs, musical instruments.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 02:47 PM
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The old state prison in Deer Lodge, Montana has a very nice old car museum. The prison tour is interesting, too.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 02:52 PM
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Sussex, New Jersey - zoo, museum, animals

They have a lot of cool things, including cars and motorcycles.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 03:20 PM
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It's not that big but there is a stock car museum located on the grounds of the Darlington Raceway just outside of Florence, SC. Not sure but it used to be called the Joe Weatherly Stock Car Museum. I haven't been in a very long time but it was a neat place.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 06:03 PM
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Hayes truck and tractor museum in Woodland Cal.(few miles out of Sacramento) Neet trucks and farm machinery
 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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When my Dad was alive, he scheduled for my Wife and I and my Mom to visit the Merle Norman Museum in Sylmar, California.

The waiting list back about 15 years ago was a year. They have a "Dress Code" which as I recall was what I would term "Business Casual". Absolutely no Levis, T-Shirts or Tennies.

The Collection is beyond amazing with mostly 1 of a kind vehicles. Each Car is driven to Merle Norman events every year so they have some wear, but they are all muilti-million dollar plus vehicles.

Not my real insterest but I was glad to have gone. Unforgetable.\

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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 11:30 AM
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Studebaker museum in South Bend, Ind. Say hello to Touchdown Jesus while you are in town.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 03:54 PM
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Central Texas Museum of Automotive History in Rosanky TX. About a 45m drive from Austin TX. If you time it right you can also do the car show and swap meet there at the same time

Central Texas Museum of Automotive History - Rosanky, Texas

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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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The Norwich Car Museum in Norwich, New York, is amazing. It's in a small town about an hour outside of Greene, NY, which is just outside of Binghamton. It's incredible. Mostly '20s and '30s models, with a few oddball trucks. I recall a milk truck (maybe a Divco?) and an old fire engine. There's also an excellent antique airplane collection. The highlights of the auto collection are the revolving exhibit that features a different year of vehicle every year (it was '57 when I was there in March of '08), and a Dusenberg.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Mayo
The old state prison in Deer Lodge, Montana has a very nice old car museum. The prison tour is interesting, too.
Mayo, you beat me to it by over a year! Yup, the museum in Deer Lodge is an excellent place to visit.....but not stay (prison)
 
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 05:46 PM
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henry warps pioneer village--minden nebraska!! there is just not enough room on this page to describe, so, punch it up on computer!!!
 
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 06:57 PM
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Harrah's old collection is still in Reno, NV at it's own museum. Fantastic place. See James Dean's Merc from Rebel Without a Cause!
 
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 09:05 PM
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This isn't really a museum, but Fast Lane Classic Cars in St. Charles, MO is a fun place to visit. Entry is free, you can look at all the cars, and they are all for sale if you so desire. They also have a great gift area with lots of scale model cars.

I would also recommend the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis. They don't have very many cars but they have a lot of trains to view and you can clamber onto a few of them.
 
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