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Old 01-02-2011, 05:47 PM
 
Location: Virginia
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Attention car lovers: There was an interesting article in the Post today. The American History museum will put two historically significant American automobiles on display from its archives. But instead of letting the curators pick the cars, they're asking the public to vote. See link below to vote. See the Post for photos of the ten choices. (Sorry I couldn't find a link online with the photos)

The candidates include:
* a 1903 Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout (the first car built on an assembly line in the U.S., well before the Ford Model T);
* an 1880 steam-powered trike built in Massachusetts;
* an 1894 Blazer (the first American-made automobile to hit New York City, built by a Tiffany-trained watchmaker);
* a 1948 Tucker (pioneering many advanced safety features and the subject of the 1988 Jeff Bridges film); Personally, I hope this one wins, because this is one car I'd like to check out!!
* a 1929 Miller supercharged Indy race car, which set a 143 mph speed record and prompted Detroit to press race organizers to ban superchargers;
* a 1953 Glasspar fiberglass sports car
* two modern examples of green propulsion from General Motors: the EV1 and the 1987 Sunraycer solar-powered prototype.

Smithsonian asks public to vote on cars for American History display — Autoblog
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Old 01-02-2011, 06:12 PM
 
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If the criteria is "historical signifigance", then one of them MUST be the Model T. That's the car that started it all.

I'm still thinking about the second.

Hey Caladium, there is a guy in Alexandria that has several Tuckers that can be viewed. I read about it on the Automotive forum....I'll go see if I can find the thread.
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Old 01-02-2011, 06:18 PM
 
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If the criteria is "historical signifigance", then one of them MUST be the Model T. That's the car that started it all.

I'm still thinking about the second.

Hey Caladium, there is a guy in Alexandria that has several Tuckers that can be viewed. I read about it on the Automotive forum....I'll go see if I can find the thread.
Oooh! Oooh! I would LOVE that!!!!!!
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Old 01-02-2011, 06:21 PM
 
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here it is:

https://www.city-data.com/forum/autom...-virginia.html
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Old 01-02-2011, 06:23 PM
 
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OMG, this is the best news so far this year (of course, the year is only 2 days old, hee hee). How did I not know about this museum?
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Old 01-02-2011, 06:32 PM
 
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What? No Ford Pinto and no AMC Pacer? The injustice is astounding!
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Old 01-03-2011, 10:42 AM
 
Location: Virginia
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What? No Ford Pinto and no AMC Pacer? The injustice is astounding!
LOL, actually I think the Pinto should be in the Smithsonian. I'd go see it!

Maybe that could be the theme of the next museum: The Great Ideas and Duds Museum. Seriously, it would really draw a crowd. Wouldn't you go to see the Pinto, "New Coke", airplanes that didn't fly, and other such bombs???? Let's put it next to the Udvar Hazy!
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Old 01-19-2011, 07:21 AM
 
Location: Home is where the heart is
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Maybe that could be the theme of the next museum: The Great Ideas and Duds Museum. Seriously, it would really draw a crowd. Wouldn't you go to see the Pinto, "New Coke", airplanes that didn't fly, and other such bombs???? Let's put it next to the Udvar Hazy!
I like this idea for a museum, but even more I like the idea of putting more Smithsonians out near Dulles. The American History Museum has so many artifacts sitting in storage. We need an AHM annex out by Dulles to showcase some of those things.
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