Henry Ford Museum

[RSchnell]

I spent 4 days in Detroit hitting up Ford related sites which of course meant a visit to the Henry Ford Museum. In fact I was there within an hour or two of my plane landing lol. Here's some of the cars on display. Very highly recommended not only for the sheer size but vast array of topics under one roof. This is a small sampling of the 500+ photos I took. All photos shot with my dinosaur Nikon D7500.

 

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[meechum68]

Malco Willy's and a Tucker!!! That had to be so wicked to see in person! 

Thank you for sharing!

 

[mcs1056]

Next time you're in town (Detroit), try the Stahl Museum on the WAY northeast side of town. It's actually in New Baltimore, Michigan. It;s about an hour drive from the main airport.

A smaller version of The HenryFord, but it is PACKED with cars, antique music machinery (all functional), a mockup of the Apollo capsule, and a lot more. Watch a functional machine play two violins, a piano, and horns...all at the same time...with 1930's technology and crazy ingenuity. There's a car with a "mother-in-law seat"...on the outside of the car!

It's only open the first Saturday of each month. It's free, though they do like donations at the end. They have shirts and mugs available at the end, but it's not one of those "Exit Through The Gift Shop" places. The folks there are volunteers (I may be headed that way after I retire in June), and are full of kindly offered information about just about everything. I spent a half-hour talking with the guy in the Tucker/Chrysler Turbine room. 

I went once with friends, but will have to go back alone to move through more slowly. 

https://www.stahlsauto.com/

(Maybe) Interesting tidbit; I happened to be there with an engineer from NASA. Looking at the Apollo capsule, he told me that the "seats" had to be suspended from the top, as mounting them to the floor without too much added weight would have destroyed the re-entry heat shield during lift-off.  

[RSchnell]

2 hours ago, mcs1056 said:

Next time you're in town (Detroit), try the Stahl Museum on the WAY northeast side of town. It's actually in New Baltimore, Michigan. It;s about an hour drive from the main airport.

A smaller version of The HenryFord, but it is PACKED with cars, antique music machinery (all functional), a mockup of the Apollo capsule, and a lot more. Watch a functional machine play two violins, a piano, and horns...all at the same time...with 1930's technology and crazy ingenuity. There's a car with a "mother-in-law seat"...on the outside of the car!

It's only open the first Saturday of each month. It's free, though they do like donations at the end. They have shirts and mugs available at the end, but it's not one of those "Exit Through The Gift Shop" places. The folks there are volunteers (I may be headed that way after I retire in June), and are full of kindly offered information about just about everything. I spent a half-hour talking with the guy in the Tucker/Chrysler Turbine room. 

I went once with friends, but will have to go back alone to move through more slowly. 

https://www.stahlsauto.com/

(Maybe) Interesting tidbit; I happened to be there with an engineer from NASA. Looking at the Apollo capsule, he told me that the "seats" had to be suspended from the top, as mounting them to the floor without too much added weight would have destroyed the re-entry heat shield during lift-off.  

Appreciate the tip! I'm headed back that way in March so I'll be sure to check it out. I ended up driving across the state to visit the Gilmore Museum while I was in Dearborn. Well worth the drive! 

[Zen]

Looks really good, need to get myself there one of these days, been to Gilmore and that's a great place.

[Brian Austin]

I visited the Henry Ford in the late 1980s.  Saw a large miniature circus there that later found a permanent home in Florida.

[bytownshaker]

I was fortunate to win the Ford PTS Performance Challenge in 2014 and they sent all the winners to Detroit, they closed the museum for the night and we had full run of the place. we also went to the proving grounds and drove on the hi speed track. 

If you ever get a chance to tour the museum do it you won't be disappointed.