Gilmore Car Museum

Scouting Benefit at Gilmore Car Museum

You may have heard me say it before: You never know what you will see at a Wednesday night Gilmore Car Museum cruise-in.

The Great Race pits classic car against classic car in a race through several states, passing through Kalamazoo and ending in Traverse city.

Every Wednesday night in spring and summer, the Gilmore Car Museum throws open the gates at 5 p.m. and welcomes anyone who wants to participate in a weekly classic car cruise-in.

One of the great events you can attend in order to be amazed by artists and their work is ArtPrize in Grand Rapids.
Now, in a way, ArtPrize has come to the Gilmore Car Museum.
A 1940 Pontiac has just been added to the collection at Gilmore, and it does not even have an engine...

It's your chance to see Janis Joplin's 1964 Porsche 356, but don't wait! The appearance of the late rock star's psychedelic coupe lasts through October 9, 2016 at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners.
The car, which Joplin apparently bought used, was white...

Now is your chance to step back into rock and roll history, and all you need to do is take a country cruise to Hickory Corners. Janis Joplin’s psychedelic painted 1964 Porsche will be on display at the Gilmore Car Museum, beginning October 1st...

I recently visited a car museum out of town. A friend and I planned several hours to visit the museum because, after all, we didn't want to miss anything.
When we arrived and walked in, we realized it wouldn't take long. The museum was built into a storefront...

Car enthusiasts probably already know there are a limited number of Tucker automobiles on the face of the earth. About 50 of them were built at the Tucker factory in Chicago - the factory that cranked out the futuristic cars which were the vision of Preston Tucker.

When I was about 15, my stepfather took me out in his 5-speed Honda sedan. We sat in a parking lot in first gear, where - over and over - he made me start from a stop to get the feel of the clutch/gas dynamic.