Yesterday, Inland Mopars Car Club monthly activity was a visit to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. If you haven't had an opportunity to visit, you're missing one of the great museums of both automotive history and of our hobby. If you have been there before as an individual, you really need to try to set up a group tour so you can get one of the museum docents to fill you in on so many details you may miss on your own. We were very fortunate to have Bill Wildman lead our tour. His stories and details about the museum's ground floor exhibits add so much to the experience. Plus, your group gets discounted admission, special parking on an upper level of the parking garage where your rides are both safer and more secure than parking with the general public, and free parking if you arrive in the brand vehicle of your club. Here's some pics from our visit yesterday. Give me some time to add all of them as there's about 60 or so. Enjoy:
This is a re-creation of the blacksmith shop that the first automobile ever made in Los Angeles came from - and this is the actual vehicle. The maker later obtained his Engineering degree and worked for the Dodge brothers. View attachment P2252559_edited (Small).JPG
An American underslung - great example of the early "two-box" design. Unfortunately, the design had terrible weight distribution with the engine behind the front axle and the passengers sitting directly on top of the rear axle. View attachment P2252558_edited (Small).JPG
