Motor City Car Culture

Motor City Car Culture

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Travel, car museums, with a sprinkling of music - Volunteer Ford Piquette Plant, Pontiac and Canadian Transportation Museums and don’t be surprised at the occasional ice skating video 🇺🇸🇨🇦

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Electrum is an electric solar racing vehicle that was designed, manufactured, and raced by the University of Michigan Solar Car Team in the 2019 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, where it placed 3rd in the world. See it at the Roush Automotive Collection in Livonia, MI.

Sure the Ford Piquette Plant Museum is the birthplace of the Model T, but what about the letters before? Come see the other letter cars like this 1905 Ford Model C Tonneau. The museum in Detroit is open Wednesday - Sunday 10-4. Tours are at 10, Noon, and 2.

“Exit the Horse” exhibit at the Canadian Transportation Museum featuring the museum’s 1893 Shamrock and a 1897 Fossmobile replica on loan. The exhibit gives you insights into early Canadian automotive history. The museum in Kingsville, Ontario is open Tuesday – Sunday 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.

1906 Ford Model N Runabout at the Ford Piquette Plant Museum in Detroit. The museum provides the rare opportunity to see the Ford cars before the Model T. The museum is open Wednesday-Sunday 10-4. #fordmodelt #modeltford #fordmodeln #detroitmuseums #thingstodoindetroit #carmuseum

The Silver Dart project at ​⁠​⁠the Canadian Aviation Museum in Windsor, Ontario. It’s a half-scale replica of the Silver Dart flown from the ice of Baddeck Bay, a sub-basin of Bras d’Or Lake, on 23 February 1909, making it the first controlled powered flight in Canada.

How did people stay warm while traveling in cars 100 years ago? They put up the side curtains and brought along a heated stone or metal box with hot coals inside. The radiated heat would keep them warm. Seen at the Ford Piquette Plant Museum in Detroit.