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Visit to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan on January 26, 2018. One of two 1968 Mustangs that were used for the famous chase scene in the movie Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen.
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Source: www.autoworldmuseum.com/about.html
Why build an automotive museum? Because one way or another, our lives are touched by the automobile. We remember our parents’ cars, the ones we traveled in with family, the ones we borrowed for our first car date, the first ones we bought. The fast cars, the junkers, the modified ones and the ones we rebuilt—all of them are tied to us in memory. We even dream of cars.
William E. Backer, former owner of Backer Potato Chip Company in Fulton, Missouri, looked back in time and found that a vintage automobile was a thing of fascination. His memories were of old country roads and two lane highways. Bill Backer was an engineer and a builder who loved to tinker. Having built a successful potato chip company, he looked back at the cars that were part of his childhood. Shortly after, he owned a Canadian 1924 Dodge Touring. Dark blue with black fenders and a cloth top. Bill drove his family around the back country roads of Callaway County, Missouri and felt himself touching fading memories.
Not long after he collected the Dodge, Bill had a 1909 Ford Model T. Soon after that, a 1930 Model A. Then a 1929 Cord, a 1931 Rolls Royce Phantom II, a 1957 Chevy Bel Air, and so on. By the mid 1990’s, the number of classic autos in the collection neared 100. Bill found a home for many of his classic cars in an old retail building in Fulton. The Auto World Museum Foundation was formed and a classic car museum was opened to the public. Ten years later, in 2006, the automobile museum was moved to its current home at 200 Peacock Drive in Fulton. It is a building dedicated to the history of vintage and modern automobiles as well as the history of Callaway County and Fulton, Missouri.
After his passing in 2008, his daughter, Vicki McDaniel, assumed leadership of the museum and the collection of cars. Since then, the collection of vintage autos has changed a little. However, her primary passion is for the presentation of antique cars and modern ones in a place that everyone can visit.
The presentation of cars and staging of the museum is the vision of Tom K. Jones, Artistic Director of TKJ Designs in Fulton, Missouri. His concept for the museum was a movement through time and a portrayal of the history of Callaway County, Missouri. Auto World Museum is a stage—a movement through history. Its deep black curtains, scenes from back when, panels of advertising and memorabilia will take you through a history of motion in time. At first, you will visit a period not that long ago, although some say 100 years is a long time. As you move in a clockwise direction through the museum, you will find enticing displays. The simplicity of family drives in the convertible. The decadence of Hollywood and its fancy cars. The sights and sounds of the drive-in as you watched from the comfort of your Studebaker or Corvair. You will ponder when gas prices were really, really low. Finally, you will find yourself nearing the future, with displays of alternative fuel vehicles.
Auto World Museum will spark your curiosity. We hope that you will find that our collection of vintage and modern automobiles fascinates you the way that it did Bill Backer. We hope you will continue the journey with us as we add to the collection over time. We would like to thank William Harrison for his dedication to the research on the autos in the museum.
Auto-Takumar 35mm 1:2.3 + Pentax attachment lens (step down ring to 58mm used and corrected vignetting in post)
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Farran Vintage Run, Co. Cork, Ireland - 17th of September 2017
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Bill said he found this by accident, it had been in a barn for bout 13 year with 13000 miles on it. This was also on a special tour we 3 had that normally don't happen - we was lucky this day.
Immer wieder gefällt mir der Z4 .. ja, auch in Aubergine .. ist mal etwas anders, aber ok! 😎👍
I always like the Z4... yes, even in aubergine... it's a bit different, but ok! 😎👍
Former Walmart in Town and Country (Ballwin), MO. This is a former Walmart with an unusual story...
In the early 1990s, a Super Kmart Center was proposed for this site. The plans were later changed in 1993 for Walmart to anchor the center and for Kmart still have three other chains they owned at the time (Builders Square, OfficeMax, and Sports Authority) be built in the shopping center. Super Kmart bailed on the site due to issues with store hours; the city had voted to ban stores from being open between 11PM and 6AM in the new development. Super Kmart, of course, wanted to run a 24 hour store.
While the Super Kmart had not been constructed or even had construction started, Walmart kept the plans for the Super Kmart store and modified them slightly. The Super Kmart store was planned to be 191,000 square feet while Walmart was 125,000 square feet. The downsized footprint came from removing most of the grocery side from the plans and letting smaller stores be built there. Walmart still kept the two main entrances in the plan (despite not being a supercenter), a canopy along the front, the triangle design above the entrances (just lacking canopies over them), and an auto center that wasn't a drive-thru set-up. The exterior is a weird mash-up between a Walmart and a Super Kmart as a result...
Walmart kept this store open until September 2009 when they moved to a new supercenter store nearby. Walmart's lease on the store did not expire until May 2015.
As of early 2017, the store is being converted into an At Home store and an Amp Up Action Park (indoor go-karts and lasar tag) location.
Sources
1) www.newspapers.com/newspage/141662475/
2) www.newspapers.com/newspage/141662499/
3) westnewsmagazine.com/2016/06/06/68009/at-home-store-set-t...
4) www.stltoday.com/business/local/go-kart-laser-tag-planned...
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