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Cadillac’s phantom V12
Feast your eyes on an engine that never existed: the 1967 Cadillac V12. This engine that never was is on display at the General Motors Heritage Collection in Sterling Heights, Michigan. (GM’s...
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Inside GM’s private car museum
One of the finest car collections in the world is not open to the public. But Motor City Garage got a look inside just for you. The General Motors Heritage Center is housed in an anonymous brick...
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Driving history at the Henry Ford Museum
The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan has repackaged and repurposed its automotive collection in a new exhibit in 2012 called Driving America. MCG regards the automotive collection at the Henry...
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Inside GM’s private engine collection
Here’s a companion piece to the recent MCG story on the GM Heritage Collection. In the first installment we featured a few of the cars. This time around we’ll focus strictly on some of the engines on...
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A visit to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum
The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum in Auburn, Indiana is one of the great institutions of the collector car world—and one of MCG’s favorite car-gawking destinations. Here’s a big photo essay....
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A final* visit to the Walter P. Chrysler Museum
*Okay, this probably isn’t a final, final visit to the musuem. At least we hope not. But it is one last visit in the museum’s current state. Here’s a brief explanation and a large photo gallery....
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A visit to the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum
Here’s Rick Voegelin with a guided tour of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California. If an editor could choose any reporter in the biz to do a story on NHRA’s fabulous drag...
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A visit to the Studebaker National Museum
There’s more to South Bend than Notre Dame football. The Indiana town is also the birthplace of Studebaker, and today it’s the home of the Studebaker National Museum. The Studebaker brothers were...
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A visit to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum
In the infield of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, you’ll find one of the finest auto museums in the world. Here’s the cook’s tour with a big photo gallery. The Hall of Fame Museum in Indy is one of...
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A Visit to the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
MCG pays a visit to a great Detroit historic landmark and one of America’s top car guy destinations: the Ford Piquette Avenue plant. The Ford Piquette Avenue plant differs from other car museums in...
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American Legends at the Gilmore
A fine new exhibit at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan puts the spotlight on historic Midwestern hot rods. Dennis Lesky of the Ionia Hot Rod Shop is the guest curator for this...
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A visit to the Gilmore Car Museum
Actually, the Gilmore isn’t a single car museum—it’s a big, beautiful campus with lots of great automotive attractions. Mac’s Motor City Garage pays a visit. When MCG visited the Gilmore recently...
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Video: Corvette Museum rescue
Here’s a quick video summary of the vehicle recovery operations at the National Corvette Museum. Unless you’ve been living in a sinkhole, you’ve heard all about the calamity at the National Corvette...
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Miller Motors of Ypsilanti to become the National Hudson Museum
Miller Motors of Ypsilanti, Michigan, the world’s oldest Hudson dealership, will soon become the National Hudson Motor Car Company Museum. Here’s more. The Hudson Essex Terraplane Historical...
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A visit to the Crawford Auto Aviation Collection
MCG travels to Cleveland to tour one of the oldest and greatest car museums in America, the Crawford Auto Aviation Collection. Here’s our report with a big photo gallery. The Crawford owes both...
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Detroit’s Incredible Hidden Car Collection
Mac’s Motor City Garage visits the amazing, not-so-secret classic car collection of the Detroit Historical Society. Join us for a guided tour. MCG would like to thank David Marchioni, collection...
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A visit to the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum
Here’s Rick Voegelin with a guided tour of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California. If an editor could choose any reporter in the biz to do a story on NHRA’s fabulous drag...
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A visit to the Studebaker National Museum
There’s more to South Bend than Notre Dame football. The Indiana town is also the birthplace of Studebaker, and today it’s the home of the Studebaker National Museum. The Studebaker brothers were...
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A visit to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum
In the infield of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, you’ll find one of the finest auto museums in the world. Here’s the cook’s tour with a big photo gallery. The Hall of Fame Museum in Indy is one of...
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A Visit to the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
MCG pays a visit to a great Detroit historic landmark and one of America’s top car guy destinations: the Ford Piquette Avenue plant. The Ford Piquette Avenue plant differs from other car museums in...
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