Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum

[cecil]

I've always wanted to go here, finally made it there !


This is the original company showroom as it was over 80 years ago





E.L. Cords office

This was a great experience for me-If your ever in northern Indiana you should check this out.

[Gary Kulchock]

Wow! I can't believe how beautiful that showroom is. Dealers today need to see this. Thanks for the photos.

[Nacho Z]

Hey Cecil, thanks for the pics. A quick note. My wife and I were on our way back to WV from ND and wanted to stop in and see another car museum in the same town as this one. We were on a very tight schedule. We accidentally found the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg museum and actually went inside to get directions to the other museum. Now I wish we had more time to see this one.

The other museum had a lot of show cars, movie cars, race cars, etc. The other side of the same building was a WW II museum. In the same complex was a huge Vette shop. Did you go there too?

[cecil]

Hey guys, Glad you liked the pictures ! Nacho: there is another museum on the A-C-D grounds call NATMAS ( National Automotive and Truck Museum of United States ) that has cars and trucks built after WWII, and has a large room full of built model cars and truck also




We also went to the World War II Victory Museum and Kruse Automotive Museum that's about 5 miles south of the Auburn Museum on I-69-I think that's the one your thinking of.



If we had more time, I would have liked to go to the Studebaker Museum too. Thanks for letting me share my trip with you !
Cecil

[Nacho Z]

Yes Cecil, the Kruse museum is the one. We will have to make time to see the other museums on one of our next trips. Thanks again for posting the pics!

[The Mad Modeller]

Thanks for the pics. Can we say road trip for NCWVSM???

[cecil]

Sept 6, 2009 14:19:36 GMT -5 The Mad Modeller said:

Thanks for the pics. Can we say road trip for NCWVSM???

That sounds like a great idea Mad Modeller !! That's what we did...a couple of us "turds" from Scale Auto met up there, Next trip planned is going to be to the Henry Ford/Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI
If any one does plan a trip to Auburn, Indiana--try to spend 2 days there as there is way toooo many things to see in one day, I would have rather we went to the new Ford Flat Head Museum instead of the WW II Museum but I went along with the rest of the group.

[hotrod347]

cecil, when ya go to greenfield village, be sure to see the railroad display inside the museum. they have, if i remember correctly, a Chesapeake and Ohio mallet steam locomotive. the gal is gorgeous for an old work horse. also since your doin the museum runs, and in michigan soon, come to cleveland, ohio for the crawford museum, we have alot of nice cars and motorcycles there. like the hupmobiles and the cleveland made right here in well...cleveland. haha. also if you go to macedonia in summit county where i live a town over from, they have the garage building where they volunteers work on the cars/semi's/trucks/motorcycles/ and what not from the crawford. every now and then they have tours, it's open to the public. and i i remember correctly they have a 1920 something 8 seater White school bus they've been restorin for about 7 years now.

[hotrod347]

here's a recent update on to what they've aquired at the crawford since august
The Western Reserve Historical Society –
Crawford Auto Aviation Museum
Deaccessions August 1, 2009*
1919 Locomobile, tp.48, Series 5 Sportif
1930 Bugatti Type 44 Touring Car
1930 Pierce Arrow
1930 Belanger Indianapolis Racer
1949 Bentley
1927 Miller Race Engine
1939 Lincoln Zephyr Convertible
1973 Jaquar e-Type Series III Open 2-Seater
1975 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible Yellowbird
1934 Ford Model 40 Deluxe Coupe
1941 Mercury Convertible
1930 Chevrolet Truck
1964 Ford Galaxie 500 2-door Hardtop
1936 Pontiac Deluxe 6 Coupe
1922 Dodge Brothers Series I Touring
1949 Ford Model 98A Custom Convertible
1976 Cadillac Fleetwood
1963 Chevrolet Corvette 837 Coupe
here's what ya'll see at the garage facility in macedonia


if ya look closely in the bottom pic, you'll see the rear of the White( now frieghtliner as we all know it) school bus towards the front of the garage.

[cecil]

Thanks for the tip on the Crawford Museum Hotrod, If I ever go to Cleveland Ohio I would like to go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We've went to Cedar Point a few years ago.....I think we could smell Cleveland from there !
Cecil

[Eddie]

Sept 6, 2009 8:14:23 GMT -5 Gary Kulchock said:

Wow! I can't believe how beautiful that showroom is. Dealers today need to see this. Thanks for the photos.

I work in a car dealership and I wish it looked this good!