Monday, April 13, 2026

AACA Automobile Museum

 While we were in Hershey Pennsylvania last month we visited the
If you love old cars, this is the place for you.
3 stories of cars on display, some are here permanently, some cars leave and are replaced with others.
The museum is immaculate they have a huge variation of cars and the staff is so nice and helpful.

There are some interactive displays for the young and the young at heart.


Turn the wheel!
We are pretending to drive a Tucker 48.
When you turn the steering wheel the center headlight comes on and moves as you turn the wheel.
Tucker Engineering designed this feature, known as the 
"Cyclops Headlight" 
to improve safety when driving into turns in the dark.
The light only turns on when steering 10 degrees in either direction from center.
The radio plays as you "drive" and plays advertisements and music from the 1940's.
I am not old enough to remember this.


Did you know this?
The word "jalopy" first appeared in print around 1925 as a "cheap. old or broken down automobile".
It's many variations also include jalupie, jaloppy and jalopi.
Some think the word is derived from Jalapa, 
a town in mexico to which many old broken down vehicles were taken. 


1932 Ford A


1927 Ford Model T Tudor

The Big T Roadster 23 Ford "T" Replica


1896 Benton 5 Passenger Sedan


1911 Buick Model 26 Roadster


1930 Ford Model A Coupe

1932 Ford 3 Window Coupe

1959 C1 Corvette

1941 Chevy Master Deluxe 2 Door Sedan

1947 Pontiac Torpedo Convertible 


This is less than half of the pictures I took...
I'll spread this out and show some more of the cars soon.

10 comments:

eileeninmd said...

What a great car museum! They are all beautiful cars.
Take care, enjoy your day and happy week.

Jim and Barb's Adventures said...

Oh my gosh, how cool is that?!?!? Love those old T's and A's!

Dicky Bird said...

That is a cool museum! Well curiated and cared for exhibits.

Marco Luijken said...

Hello Debbie,
This is fantastic. What a great pictures of all these wonderful cars.
So very nice to see these oldtimers. I think you both have a great time there, this is a playground for all human.

Many greetings,
Marco

The Furry Gnome said...

Some pretty interesting old cars there!

Hena Tayeb said...

Oh wow.. look at all those wonderful cars.

Lowcarb team member said...

Amazing cars, looks a great place to visit.

All the best Jan

Anonymous said...

My husband would have loved something like this. He always enjoyed going to car shows and looking at all the old cars and trucks

Chrissy T said...

My hubs would love this!

Beatrice P. Boyd said...

We have also visited this car museum and enjoyed it as much as you did. There is also another equally interesting one in the same area and it’s housed in a former mall.