I hope this is not a repost, I'm new here. I was recently at the Henry Ford Museum in Detrioit. Here are a few pictures of interest. The Goldenrod, Ohio George's Willys, and an old flathead rail.
Cool stuff. For some reason, I hadn't seen any pics of the restored Goldenrod. Just a few progress shots here and there. They did a great job with it!
That FED is in the latest Hot Rod, and one a couple of months back had a feature on the restoration of the Goldenrod. Neat museum, I need to go visit one day.
Great place to spend a winter afternoon. Some pretty cool examples of human ingenuity in that building
I couldnt believe how much stuff they fit in there. Its the coolest room hands down. did you get to see the HUGE engines in the back?
this is the one I know of, not far from me in pa.. check out the front axle on this thing.. seems to look like the same ch***is to me?
All the article says is... Its the Buck & Thompson slingshot, owned, and kept in his barn in Illinois since '63, they donated it to the museum in 1989, but its only just been restored, the car is all original with the exception og the machine turned body & windshield.
I've been twice now. The museum has an example of everything from the industrial age. And Yes, he has some complete steam engines in there that are absolutely huge! Even a Complete Hydro-Electric power plant. Of course there are a lot of significant cars but don't expect it to be just about cars! Here are a few more pics of some more significant ones. Dan Gurney's LeMans Car with the Gurney Bubble. Cool example of early hot rodding A Barris Custom Merc. (Sorry for the poor Picture) Indy Car?
I do know that the Henry Ford Museum has the world's largest square footage for a Teak wooden floor. Yes more useless information.
Sorry to tell you this but Henry is dead. From their website "The Henry Ford is an independent, not-for-profit organization. We depend on ticket purchases, income from our gift shops and restaurants, and tax-deductible contributions and memberships for support."
I came back to the "D" for Thanksgiving, and Friday we went to the Henry Ford, an annual tradition for us to pick up a Christmas tree. I got pix of the rail and Willy's on my camera phone, they weren't there when I was there last (September?), FWIW, even though we are going to be living in Tennessee, I'm still renewing my HF membership because it's SO worth it. Jay
My High School graduation present in 1968 was a trip to The Ford Museum with my Dad. Everyone needs to see what is in there! There are some great cars but the other day to day items need to be looked at well. The floor is great, so are the colums with the heating system.
we have been there twice it is a really neat place if i remember correct greenfield village is right next door and they also had some incredible stuff. my wife,daughter and i made some little candlesticks with some overhead belt driven lathes i believe that were over 100 yrs old . really incredible place and worth the trip
If you love history, then you cannot miss this museum. Henry Ford original 999 racer and many many examples of motoring. To me, the place is almost sacred. I go every time I get to Detroit for the Autorama.
They had a great exhibit over the summer. Rock stars, cars and guitars. Got to see Jimmy Vaughns *****in Caddy, Billy Gibbons Cadzilla, some cool guitars. The pantera Elvis with a Bullet hole in it. I moust have spent 1/2 hour going over Jimmys Cadillac
You need more than a day to see that place in my opinion. We took the kids a couple years ago and they didnt want to leave either! For me personally, I spend a couple hours inside Lamy's. My Diner (Phillips) is the sister diner to theirs and I really liked being able to take measurements and see what it is supposed to look like. The family loved all the pods for each decade and also the space age house. I wish I could find one of those to put in the back yard! Great place. http://www.hfmgv.org/museum/aal/lamys.asp
In terms of vehicles of all kinds, except maybe aircraft, the Henry Ford blows the doors off the Smithsonian! -85% Jimmy
This last time I went I told the wife and daughters to go shopping at the mall while me and my son went to the museum. I spent the whole day there. I any of you do go, plan on a least two days. Greenfield village is next door. The "Town" is comprised of buildings that were moved on to the property and everything is as period correct as possible. They have the Wright Brothers bicycle shop there, the house Henry Ford grew up in and his school.
The museum is its own not-for-profit ins***ution. Ford (as in Ford Motor Company) seperated itself from the museum in the 1970s. At that time, the Dearborn Inn (across the street) was also owned by Ford and it was sold to Marriot Corp. The proceeds from that sale became the finanicial foundation for the museum to operate independantly. I was involved with the car collection at the museum from 1996 to 1999 and responsible for getting the famed Old 16 1906 Locomobile racecar into the collection. The collection also has another 100+ vehicles (and lots of other cool stuff) that are stored in a warehouse in downtown Detroit. Unfortunately, most of these cars have not seen the light of day in over two decades. If you have not been to the museum, it should be on your must see list of things to do next time you are in Detroit.
GZ, thanks for the explanation. We were there in '06, lucky to have been father's day for the show in Greenfield Village. I was impresssed with the Wills St. Clair, as a friend has one. He later told me it was a gift from Wills to Henry that Henry gave his misstress. When she was tired of it it was placed in the museum for the world to see.
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