Wanted to check for local places I haven't seen yet. Found this site and figured I'd share. https://automotivemuseumguide.com/museums-by-state/
Wow, great info. like many businesses, only can keep doors open if visitors continue going. see many that I never knew existed. Thanks
Agreed! These are the things where 'you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone'. Support those who try to share and educate. I never knew Penske had one in PHX for example. It would be nice to get HAMBer's reviews here too.
This is what retired people do in the winter months, walk around car museums and say "what the hell is that?' My girlfriend just said "Great " and rolled her eyes...I think she is fibbing. Thanks for the link.
Thanks for the link! I just put this at the top of the places to see bucket list, in retirement, and moved the largest ball of yarn to the bottom!
I’ve got a car museum not even a half hour away from my house and I haven’t been there since I was a kid. My father in law and I are planning to go soon. I’ll have to search New Hampshire as I’m going on a quick vacation there in june
Hello, Having been chosen to display my old Lion’s Dragstrip movies I filmed from 1957 to 64, I was proud to be ***ociated with the original Grand Opening and design of the Lion’s Dragstrip Museum, the first one. My films were running all day and night in a continuous dvd being played on a giant 80 inch screen on the wall of the warehouse hot rod/drag racer displays. These old films had never seen the light of day, other than a video VHS I made for my brother. As a matter of fact, they are the only clear color action films designating this time period of early drag racing. Prominently displayed on a wall… I called it the Hunter-Hill Acala Roadster corner. (We had originally wanted to have smaller monitors sporadically placed next to the racers I had films back then from 58 to 64. That would have given the visitors information from old historic films.) My movie camera was a 16mm point and shoot. A fixed lens did not allow telephoto photos or filming, so many of them were from the stands or side of the dragstrip. But, they are clear and show the early drag racers in action. There are some old 8mm films taken by others, but the grainy images and fuzzy development of the early 8mm films caused the faded, blurry action. My own 8mm movie camera years later still did not compare to the point and shoot 16mm color movie camera images. The Lion’s Dragstrip Museum is located in the Price-Transfer warehouse complex in Carson. It is on the border of Long Beach and Carson, near Dominguez. A stone’s throw away from the Bixby Knolls hot rod cruising area and a few mile from the old Lion’s Dragstrip. It is part of the whole m***ive property of the Price-Transfer company. They are ***ociated with the giant containers we all see on ships and contain the items everyone buys at one time or another. But, the drag racing museum is a part of the property. All posted photos are videos on You Tube. Jnaki The set up days were fun as the new drag racers rolled in their compe***ion cars. The empty building became alive with displays and banners. It was a wing of the already fabulous amount of cl***ic cars and the largest compilation of early Willys Coupes, Sedans, Panel Trucks and one of the only 1940 Willys Station Wagon woodies in the whole USA. The 50’s diner is functional and for large events, serves great food reminiscent of those 50s-60s diners and drive-in restaurants. The whole displays of historic cars and trucks is amazing. From hot rods to custom cars and stock cars that bring back the images we all had as teenagers. They are all showroom fresh and are driven to some events in So Cal. Along with the displays, the afternoon was punctuated with a cacklefest of the top So Cal drag racers restored race cars. Car show-museum quality builds still making the sound and aroma we all remember when those fuel cars started up and raced. The sound and fumes “blowing in the wind…” Note: Currently, the museum is a central part of So Cal hot rod history and is open to the public. (Call for access and entrance times.) The displays have been turned over and now a newer section of early drag racing is evident with a life size starting complex built in the museum corner. A simulation Lion’s Dragstrip scene. They had a second grand opening two years later and the whole complex has grown with new displays and structures. The last giant adjoining warehouse complex is supposed to be a drag boat display from the local Long Beach Marine Stadium where a lot of Lion’s Dragstrip racers ventured on the water for a different type of racing. Hopefully, they will use my old drag boat racing films to high light the powerful action in the pits and on the water. YRMV
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