Tourism Detroit ? Cool trips while you in town ! A 1963 Ford Mustang II at the Detroit Historical Museum in Detroit. The private GM Heritage Center. Google it ! Amazing !!!! Well kept secret in Sterling Hts. FYI Google corvette museum in bowling green while you looking cool cars ! The hugely successful auto show at the New Cobo. Center is a must see world wide. The Henry Ford remains the states premier museum and has a heavy automotive underpinning. Its evolution of the automobile display is a solid foundation on which to build a multi-day tour for car & history lovers. The nearby Automotive Hall of Fame celebrates the industrys pioneers and heroes. The Ford Rouge Plant tour remains popular. Google Ford Rouge River amazing story ! I bet you did not know Adolf Hitler gave Henry Ford a medal for this plant . Henry traveled to NAZI Germany to accept it in public ceremony ! Put on the top of the list the Walter P. Chrysler museum in Auburn Hills, which houses three floors of classic and concept vehicles. Currently, you need a employee or contractor of Fiat-Chrysler, and occasional special events, to get you in un-escorted. The Piquette Plant in Detroit, where Henry Ford installed an early assembly line, is open to the public, but on a very limited schedule. It features a wonderful collection of Model Ts, but needs some work to get it General Public accessible safely. The Roush Automotive Collection in Livonia is a world class display of racing cars and equipment put together by legendary auto racer Jack Roush. It is viewable by appointment only, and during a few special summertime events. The Detroit Historical Museum has a very important collection of vehicles that are kept under protective bubbles at Fort Wayne, where the public rarely has a chance to see them. Got to know someone to get in here ! And the Detroit Public Librarys extensive archives of automotive history are also tough to access but worth the effort. Certainly not PUBLIC!!! The Alfred Sloan Private Collection in Flint. The Olds private collection with REO in Lansing. On a darker note, the ruins of Detroit Tour , including the old Packard Plant , Caddilac Book Hotel, Train Station , 8mile WALL, and Pontiac SilverDome.
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