California Part 2- LA’s Petersen Automotive Museum

After driving around town for the first few days, we headed over to check out LA’s amazing and historic Petersen Automotive Museum.  The pictures do not do it justice but the gist is, this is a must see for any car enthusiast.  The Museum entails the typical historical details and stories about cars and the people who built them but the really interesting part is the guided tour of The Vault. The Vault consists of all the vehicles that are not on display as well as many of the vehicles on loan from benefactors. Unfortunately, there is no photography allowed in this section so we were not able to take any pics which just means you must come here yourself. Nonetheless, here is our coverage from the museum section which included a range of vintage and new vehicles.

Supercar

1989 Bugatti

1989 Bugatti

Racing vehicles

Baja 1000 Bronco

Vintage Baja 1000 Bronco – rebuilt with modern technology

Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Toyota Baja truck

Ivan “Ironman” Stewart’s Toyota Baja truck

Classic cars

Chavez Ravine

Chavez Ravine – Former ice cream truck is tribute to LA community bulldozed to make room for Dodger stadium

1950s Ford Hot Rod

1950s Ford Hot Rod

Meyers Manx dune buggy

Meyers Manx dune buggy

1934 Packard

1934 Packard

1954 Kaiser Darrin

1954 Kaiser Darrin

Ford Country Squire

Ford Country Squire

1937 Delage

1937 Delage

A real "woodie"

A real “woody” wagon

Homage to fins

1950s boat with Mercury outboard

1950s boat with Mercury outboard

Hollywood rides

 Mercedes-Benz from Hangover

Mercedes-Benz from Hangover

Batmobile

Batmobile

Suki's Custom Honda S2000 - 2 Fast and Furious

Suki’s Custom Honda S2000 – 2 Fast 2 Furious

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