We were in Los Angeles this past weekend and spent some time at this place. I'm guessing the southern Californians on here will be aware of this. I thought it was pretty neat. It's a car museum where every Sunday they get a few cars out and let you ride around in them. You can't drive them, but you can at least take a ride. We were there Saturday, and they were getting the three cars that were going to be taken out on Sunday ready to go. The cars were a '62 Chevy Impala convertible, a '65 Mustang convertible, and an early '40s closed car that I couldn't make out the make of through the window.

The rest of the museum is pretty good, too, with the cars close together and no ropes or stanchions or whatever to prevent you from getting right up close the cars and looking inside. One of the staff told me that every car is registered and licensed and can be driven. There are no museum-only vehicles here.

It also turned out that they were featuring Oldsmobile at this time, so there were a few Oldsmobiles packed together in one corner and a display of Oldsmobile advertising on the wall in the entryway. They're holding an Olds show on November 18 to celebrate what would have been Oldsmobile's 120th anniversary. I would go if I were in the area.

A few photos from the visit. The museum is definitely recommended.

I would have liked to have copies of the two wall posters showing Oldsmobile history, but the gift shop didn't have them.

https://www.automobiledrivingmuseum.org/

 

I've driven by that place frequently, but never gone in (since I'm usually late for a business meeting). Pretty cool, thanks. I'm less than impressed by their math, however. 1897-2004 is not 120 years.

 

Wouldn't 2017 - 1897 = 120? Did I miss something?

 

They're holding an Olds show on November 18 to celebrate what would have been Oldsmobile's 120th anniversary, 1897-2017. Looks to be a cool place to visit.

 

Yeah, Olds stoped making cars (and history) in 2004...

The date range on that poster is 1897 - 2004. How about we visit there next year and see if they changed it to 121 years.

 

I concede to your impeccable observatory skills, totally missed that.

 

I guess it is like when somebody dies. You quit celebrating their birthday.

 

Unless you're George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.

 

Technically, that poster is not inaccurate. Oldsmobile just hasn't done anything notable (such as exist) in the last 13 years.

 

Also, to be technically correct, 2017 is actually the 121st year of Oldsmobile as you must count 1897 as the first year (or year 1). Therefore, the correct math for how many years it has been since Oldsmobile's founding is 2017-1896 = 121. Another way of putting it is that, if Olds were still around today and had made 2017 models, this would be the 121st model year for Oldsmobile if 1897 was the first model year.

 

Or Elvis...