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I'm finally getting off my butt and uploading more of the pics from my recent roadtrip. This was actually on the 2nd day of the trip. We stopped off at the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA. Great place to visit. I'll let the pics do the talking. This will be a multipage thread since I did take a bunch of pics!

Bunch of Porsche's as the opening exhibit. They have a rotating exhibit for the entrance. This time was Porsche's











These cars were in the "Vault". That's a lower level that costs extra to visit. Well worth it! Amazing cars down there














Not normally into cars of this era, but this Rolls was beautiful. Very imposing.


Beautiful Bugatti. Amazing lines








At the entrance of the Ferrari room















































I liked this pic!

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Moroccan Supercar. I'm not normally into supercars, but this one was pretty unique. Great lines. Details on the car in one of the pics below








More my style. The ridiculously rare 1963 Stingray Split Window. This was the 2nd generation of Corvette, but the 1963 had the split rear window. One year only and incredibly sought after

















The gold plated 1980 Delorean. Not a fan. I guess this was a special offering with American Express. American Express planned to sell 100 of these to their Gold Card Members for $85,000. Sizeable amount of money today, and insane amount of money in 1980. Only 2 were sold, so obviously crazy rare























One I'll always be partial to. A Pontiac GTO


Chevy Corvair


Amazing Barracuda


Pretty imposing old cop car.


I'd be scared if I saw that front end in my rear view mirror


Neat old pickups











One of these days, I'll get a ratty old muscle car that I don't care about cutting up, and put in a supercharged engine like this.

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No prizes for guessing what this is




The legendary Hudson Wasp


Owned by one of the ZZ Top members. Really neat


The legendary Hudson Wasp





The actual car from the 1st Blade Runner movie. This was actually a running driving car











I was trying to be funny and asked one of the employees which dictator owned this car. As it turns out....It was Saddam Husseins. It had a very interesting history. The guide said it was basically driven out of Iraq by unknown person/persons to Jordan and abandoned at a Mercedes dealership during the war. The dealership didn't know what to do with it, not to mention the weird legality of it. They tried to give it back to the new Iraqi government after the war, but the government there didn't want anything to do with it. So after a lot of bureaucratic wrangling, the Petersen Museum was able to acquire it. Pretty cool story





No prizes for guessing this one either














Nikita Krushchev's limousine that was gifted to Yuri Gagarin after he became the 1st human in space














James Hetfield's (Metallica) car


Incredibly rare and highly sought after Dodge Daytona with the 426 Hemi. They generally go for around $600,000 at auction








Really unique Citroen ABS bodied car. I guess they made these for 21 years. Had never even heard of it








Boring

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But wait, there's more...




This car was actually made by Dupont. Looked incredibly fast


We were wandering around and things suddenly looked strange. We realized we had wandered into the electric car section. Since neither myself nor any of my car friends can stand electric cars (no offense to anyone who owns/likes them) and we started gagging, we pretty much walked right out. Which is why my only pic from that section is blurry. This section looked like it had a lot of detail with suspended frames, electric motors, cutaways etc. I'd say if someone is interested in electric cars, it'd be a great and educational place to visit (not me)























Really weird looking 4 door Porsche. Not just saying that because I don't care for 4 door cars. It actually had weird proportions





Movie car section. I've always wanted one of these, but the only one's affordable are serious projects. A 1950 Mercury "Lead Sled", from Cobra. Stallone owned this











This was really cool. Still had all the attachments from the movie.


One of the Terminator movies, don't recall which one


We were quite disappointed that they didn't have the scan light on. That would have been cool

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And the final batch..

This was the centerpiece of the Museum collection. All one of one works of art.















The most incredible and beautiful car I've ever laid eyes on. it was the centerpiece of this exhibit, and I can see why. I can't even begin to describe how imposing and beautifully designed this car was. It was huge even by modern bloated car standards. Looked like a locomotive bearing down on you. One of one coachbuild Rolls Royce Phantom 1. Can't even begin to imagine what it would have cost for the museum to obtain this








A beautiful Cadillac concept








Amazing Plymouth concept. Pity they never produced this























This was quite possibly one of the best highlights of the tour. Didn't know she was here until we walked up to this section. One of only 2 surviving actual cars used for the movie. This one was completely destroyed, but the current owner purchased her from the junkyard and rebuilt her. She came back just like in the movie. And trust me, this car looked quite sinister.

















More French weirdness


My purchase from the very fun Museum souvenir store. Alaska doesn't have a front license plate requirement, so you can put anything you want on the front. However, a cop buddy of mine recommended against this one on my 1988 Trans-Am. He said it looked way too real, and I'd probably get pulled over since the front and rear plates obviously wouldn't match. Pity. Guess I can put it on when I'm stationary next time we're having a car meet


Another one of the Phantom 1

[shankar.balan]

Thanks a lot. Lovely thread and a great motivator for me to go visiting. That 4 door Custom 911 Porsche must have been like a pre cursor to the Panamera of today. The other pieces of automobile history portrayed in your pictures are a real pleasure to see and study.

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Spectacular thread. Dash of everything, truly a feast for the yes and a proper brain-food. The KITT is, was and the DeLorean will always stand the test of time and be etched in an enthusiast and fan's soul forever. The KITT was simply a spectacular one, and it still gives me goosebumps to see that that in fruition.

Cheers!
VJ