Camaro Exhibit Continues Through December October 19-27 the National Corvette Museum welcomes “Bumblebee,” star of the Transformers film, to the museum's Exhibit Hall. The Camaro is one of the actual “autobots” used in the first Transformers movie (2007), driven by actors Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox. The third film is currently in production and is set to release July 1, 2011 in 3-D. In addition to this popular head-turner, the Museum also has a number of other cool Camaros for your viewing pleasure now through December.
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Enjoy a morning of cool cars and photography, with local photography enthusiast, Bill Millard. Bill will guide you in the basic steps and skills needed to capture that perfect picture. Whether you are a classic car owner and want to photograph your cool ride or just interested in the art of photography - this class is for you! Students are asked to bring their own camera/supplies (including a flash and/or a polarizing lens if you own one). Students must be at least 12 years old (minors must be accompanied by an adult).
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Michael J. Barrett has been named the new Executive Director of the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum in Hershey. He was selected for this position by the AACA Museum Board Executive and Search Committees following a nationwide search.
Mike is an accomplished business and marketing executive with over 36 years of broad domestic and international experience, and proven ability to establish strategic direction and achieve results. Most recently he led a financial services organization in Southeast Asia, as their Group Managing Director. Prior to that, he served as CEO/President Chase USA, N.A., a JP Morgan Chase Subsidiary in Delaware. Mike has a BS in Economics and Business Administration and an MBA in Finance.
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Project CleanAir ’55, the emissions legal ’55 Chevy convertible Grand Prize Giveaway Car for the 2011 event season is making giant strides towards completion. The car, designed by Hermance Design, will make its grand debut at the Goodguys 2nd Spring Nationals March 11-13 next spring in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Rodger Lee and his team at Ironworks Speed & Kustom in Bakersfield, California have spearheaded the build and have been busy all summer mating the Experimetal ’55 convertible body to their beefy Tri-5 chassis. Ironworks has now finished the car’s initial phase of construction. It’s ready to head east where Kenny Davis Hotrods in Rogers, Arkansas will cover the body in bright red PPG paint.
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Switching Gears - The Model A It’s as if the venerable Henry Ford coined the expression: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” In this case, that would be in reference to the Model T. First produced in 1908, the car that made Ford famous worldwide and a wildly rich man. After all, the Model T was the first affordable American car - very durable and it got pretty good gas mileage. And who could argue with the numbers – by the end of its 19-year production run in 1927, the public had purchased a whopping 15 million of Ford’s “Tin Lizzy.”
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Scott Pruett, champion race car driver, to be keynote speaker
Sacramento, CA --- Scott Pruett, 2010 Rolex Grand-Am driving champion and one of the nation's most successful racers who has won multiple titles and races from Daytona and Indianapolis to Le Mans, will be the keynote speaker as the California Automobile Museum hosts its annual fundraising dinner on Friday evening, November 5.
Pruett claimed his third championship in one of the nation's premier sports car series while setting a record for the most wins in a single season and becoming the biggest overall race winner in the history of the Rolex Grand-Am series.
One of the great cars created in Detroit is the Ford Mustang presented to the public in 1964. At the helm of this creation and championing the cause was Lee Iacocca, then assistant general manager and a chief engineer, Donald N. Frey. Being Ford’s third oldest nameplate in production it has undergone several transformations and is now in its current fifth generation. Iacocca became President of Ford in 1970 arguably due to the phenomenal success of the Mustang.
The Ford Company came close to not making the iconic pony car at all. As the leading forces behind this vehicle Iacocca and Frey and his team would meet secretly outside the office at a motel and in the day in a storage room at Ford to work on the project as it had not yet been approved by top management.
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It is clear from the constant stream of anti-automobile enthusiast legislation across the country that, in order for the automotive hobbies to survive the present, let alone flourish in the future, hobbyists must work toward becoming more politically involved and effective.
To help in this effort, the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) and the SEMA Action Network (SEMA's car club and individual enthusiast outreach program) offer this guide to becoming a more politically effective auto enthusiast community. Our goals are simple. For our way of life to survive, hobbyists must:
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If you are looking for that hard to find part, a unique Christmas gift for the car enthusiast in your life, or you need to clear out your garage of parts, books, literature, and automobilia, come to the Petersen Automotive Museum Garage Sale and Swap Meet on Saturday, December 4, 2010. Filling the upper floors of the Petersen Museum's parking structure, the event will feature a mix of items from the Museum, along with a car sale corral and vendor area for those looking to sell vehicles and automobile or motorcycle items.
Bring your automobiles, motorcycles, and related parts, books, literature & ephemera to sell! Vendor booths are just $30 for a 15' x 30', and $20 for a 10' x 20' booth (sizes are approximate) with a limited number of covered spaces available for $10 more. Due to space availability, only automotive and motorcycle related items will be allowed. Table, chair, and power rental is available for an additional fee. For those wishing to sell their car, truck, van, race car, project vehicle, motorcycle, or other wheeled vehicle, spaces are available in the car corral for $30 per car or truck, and $20 per motorcycle. Any year, make, or model is welcome.
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In 1909, a woman's place was, indeed, in the home. Women would not have the right to vote for another decade. Few women drove cars, and some doctors had suggested it was dangerous for women to even ride in them, pronouncing that women became too excited at speeds of fifteen to twenty miles an hour and would be unable to sleep at night. There was also the danger of "automobile face" - a perpetually open mouth that resulted in sinus trouble.
But the fervor surrounding the automobile would not be embraced solely by the male gender and motivated by the spirit of adventure, Alice Huyler Ramsey sought to do what had never been done before - she became the first woman to drive across the country in an automobile.
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