Hershey PA 6/30/2106- Day Two

On our last day in Hershey PA  we went to the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum.  Their collection is impressive and while we have been to several automobile museum, this one has many things we have never seen, including the Benton Harbor, Tucker and several old buses.  The variety in the museum is extensive and besides the types of vehicles shown below also included scooters, electrics bicycles vehicle accessories and ornaments.  The museum contained a lot of information. We have tried to show the make of the vehicles shown to allow the reader to research further if they are interested to do so.  We leave in the morning for West Point NY.

1895 Benton Harbor
Oldest Operating Automobile Built in America
Likely the First Automobile Built in Michigan

1910 Otto

1913 Ford

Model T

'C' Cab Delivery Van

1910 Brush

Model D

Car was fitted with coil springs at all four corners and

wooden axles and wooden frame..

1905 Cadillac Model E

Cadillac pioneered the interchangeability of parts

prior to the Ford Assembly Line

1929 Ford

Model A Roadster

This particular vehicle was purchased in 1929

by Frank Hartmaier.  He drove this car his entire life.

(Over 400,000 miles)

Upon Frank's death, it was willed to the museum and arrived in 2008

1927 Ford Model T

Runabout Pickup

1930 Du Pont

Model G

1948 Tucker

1964 Land Rover

Model 109 Dormobile

These were camper conversions.

1929 Stearns-Knight Model 6-S

These vehicles were 5 X the cost of a Ford Model T

1914 Stearns-Knight

Model SK6

Used Sleeve Valve Engine

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1948 Tucker

 

These were prefabricated, delivered on a flatbed,

and arrived ready to start business, dishes and all

This diner served 10 people total

We sat on the bus that Forrest Gump

waved goodbye to his beloved Jenny

(Tom Hanks was not present today)

1912 White Truck

This is the oldest running motor coach

in the world.  It has flame lit headlights,

solid rubber tires and a hand

crank for starting.

1951 Checker

(Same company as the Taxi Cab)

1929 Yellow Coach

1927 Fageol

2500 were built, and only 5 are known to still exist

 

 Greyhound had the double decker scenic bus
Trailways to stay competitive made buses with full services
found only on airlines.
This driver and hostess worked together,
later married and finish their career working the same
bus together

Yep...that is Herbie, The Love Bug

Walt Disney had 11 of these built to shoot the movie.

This is car #10.  Only 3 are known to still exist today.