Wednesday, September 23, 2009

OHIO - American Motorcycle Association Hall of Fame Museum







American Motorcycle Association Hall of Fame Museum
13515 Yarmouth Drive
Pickerington, OH 43147
(614) 856-2222
Features: An international collection of unique, offbeat and assembly line versions of many bikes.

America's Packard Museum
420 South Ludlow Street
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 226-1710
Features: This complex is located in a former Packard dealership and calls itself the "only full-time museum dedicated exclusively to the Packard Motor Car Company, it's products and philosophies." Among its offerings are a 1930 Packard Model 740 Open Front Town Car, '34 Packard Standard 8 Sedan, '35 Packard V-12 convertible, '42 Packard Custom Clipper Taxicab and a '53 Packard Henney Executive 7-passenger.

Canton Classic Car Museum
Market Avenue at 6th Street SW
Canton, OH 44702
(330) 455-3603
Features: There's a 1930s emphasis to this 45-vehicle collection with such marques as Marmon, Pierce-Arrow, Cord, Packard and Cadillac.

Charlie Sens Antique Auto Museum
Stare Route 95 & US Highway 23
Marion, OH 43302
(740) 389-4686
Features: (No Web site.) Exhibits more than 100 antique cars ranging from a 1903 Ford to a 1969 Corvair.

Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum
825 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106
(216)721-5722
Features: The facility is part of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The museum exhibits more than 130 antique and classic automobiles, motorcycles, and aircraft.

National Packard Museum
1899 Mahoning Avenue NW
Warren, OH 44483
(330) 394-1899

Features: A rotating collection of the iconic American marque, including cars and specialty vehicles created during the century of the company's existence. The first Packard motor car was built in Warren in 1899 at the Packard Electric Company's subsidiary plant, the New York and Ohio Co. Manufacture of a successful automobile brought about the formation of the Ohio Automobile Company, which evolved into the Packard Motor Car Co. in 1902. One of the early cars, the 1903 Model F, completed a a transcontinental journey that year to test and market its durability. It is on display here.

Snook's Dream Cars
13920 County Home Road
Bowling Green, OH 43402
(419) 353-8338
Features: This is a recreated 1940s Texaco gas station that sets the stage for visitors to see a car collection presented within period scenes ranging from a 1930s general store to a racetrack from the 1960s. The collection features models from the 1930s to the 1960s, including models from the likes of Cadillac, Ford, Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, Packard, Kaiser, Willys, Jaguar, Triumph, MG and Lotus.

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