The California Automobile Museum (CAM) will host Founders' Day on Sunday, October 2, 2011. This event will celebrate the history of the Museum from its humble beginnings; the public is invited and admission will be half price for the day. The CAM is also proud to announce that Edward Towe, (the former owner of the collection originally featured at the Museum) will be available for a meet and greet between 2:00pm and 4:00pm. Museum guests will also be offered free ice cream during those hours.
The history of the CAM started in 1982 when a group of volunteers came up with the idea of having an automobile museum in the Sacramento area. Within days of the initial meeting, the California Vehicle Foundation was incorporated and a year later it was approved as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
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The California Automobile Museum opens their newest rotating exhibit, American Muscle on April 9th, 2011. American Muscle celebrates Detroit's 1960s glory days of speed, sound, and style, when lightweight, mid-sized cars with big engines tore up American roads. The exhibit captures the colorful history of the muscle car, from its origins (whether you believe that was in 1964, 1955, or even 1938) to its sudden demise in the economy-conscious 1970s.
The exhibit will feature classic muscle cars including a 1964 Pontiac GTO, a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454, and a 1970 Plymouth Superbird, among others, and will run from April 9th through July 10th, 2011.
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Our newest exhibit, Dropped and Chopped, will explore the classic years of traditional rods and customs from 1946 to the 1960’s, focusing on Northern California’s influence. Notable cars on display will include the iconic “Lightning Bug,” the original “T-Bucket;” and the “Buddy Ohanesian” 1940 Mercury, built by Sacramento legends Harry Westergard and Dick Bertolucci.
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The 26th Annual Docent Training Class begins Thursday, January 6, 2011. The Museum is seeking men and women interested in automobiles and their history who wish to become docents. Docents are volunteer teachers/tour guides who interpret the Museum's
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Vendors will offer unique and hard to find automobile collectibles and accessories, including antique auto parts, tools, books, magazines, models and much more! Located next to the Museum at 2400 Front Street - parking in Museum parking lot, on the street,
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CPP’s new Complete Rear Dual Adjustable Coil-Over Kit is designed to convert your 1963-72 Chevy truck to a corner carving, performance driving vehicle! Our kit includes our new Totally Tubular Trailing arms, coil over springs and dual adjustable coil over shocks and all the mounting hardware to make this rear suspension
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Sue Vanderbilt in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville “Baroness;" the show car that she styled for the Feminine Show. When you look back at General Motors’ rich design history, one of the most talented individuals, who made her career as part of GM’s vaunted Creative Design Team, was the late Suzanne E. Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt was one of the original Damsels of Design – a group of eight, great talented female designers that the famed Harley Earl hired during the early days of the 1950s.
Throughout history, the Oldsmobile story has inspired many automotive historians with its rich and celebrated heritage which started right in Michigan’s capital city of Lansing.
I remember a particularly exciting year in 1978 when Oldsmobile introduced their new line of vehicles and automotive catalogues to the buying public. My first impression was that Oldsmobile was using 1978 to create a family-oriented lineup of new cars. The company used its advertising and marketing to highlight many traditional family values
The year 1966 was a great year for automotive sales in the U.S. Many car manufacturers were doing very well for the economy and in 1966 the average cost for a new Dodge vehicle sold for $ 2,280 and the price of gasoline for 32 cents a gallon.
The Chrysler Corporation was also doing very well within the automotive markets with its popular Dodge Dart models. The 1966 Dodge Dart models made their debut in Dodge dealerships on September 30, 1965.
Based on a 1956 Chevrolet 210 Sedan, this recently completed mild custom was built to showcase the timeless factory “Tri-Five” heritage. With a new GM Performance ZZ4 power plant backed by a factory-fresh GM 700R4 transmission, it is equipped with rack-and-pinion steering, four-wheel Wilwood disc
To ensure that Shelby American would have its 1966 GT350 models in dealerships when Ford released the new ‘66 Mustangs, Shelby ordered an additional 252 cars from Ford’s San Jose plant at the very end of 1965 production. These ‘change-over’ cars (often referred to as ‘carry-overs’) were essentially Shelby-spec ’65 GT350s, and received the same performance modifications,
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