Henry Ford Museum.....

[bluefury361]

Ellie and I drove to Michigan this past weekend to attend my nephew's wedding. So we took advantage of the time to tour the Henry Ford museum.
Although I've been there many times it was long ago, and Ellie had never been. I did take her through Greenfield Village last year, which never gets old.

The museum did not disappoint. So many items to marvel at. Things like the worlds most powerful steam locomotive, The chair Lincoln was shot in, The "Rosa Parks" bus, The JFK Lincoln........ it goes on and on.

A few pictures. They only touch on what is there.

 

[bluefury361]

Some more........

 

[bluefury361]

still more.......

 

[bluefury361]

And, of course, the worlds largest tire. On I-94 in Dearborn.

 

[300rag]

A little bit of everything. I'll have to put that on my list.

 

[furyfinn]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

Thanks for the tour and the memory shaker Will. Can't tell you the number of timez over the yearz I've driven past that tire and seen arrows sticking out of the tread obviously shot from the freeway side, and they say when lookin' from the inside that theirs more bullet holez in it then you can count, funny stuff

 

[amazinblue82]

And, of course, the worlds largest tire. On I-94 in Dearborn.

Thanks for the tour and the memory shaker Will. Can't tell you the number of timez over the yearz I've driven past that tire and seen arrows sticking out of the tread obviously shot from the freeway side, and they say when lookin' from the inside that theirs more bullet holez in it then you can count, funny stuff

Ah the "Tire"...That's how we knew we were in Detroit (back in the late 1960's, traveling up from the midwest for summer vacation).

I really thought it was a rubber tire for an earth-mover or similar monster-chine..until I looked it up in the public library for a fifth-grade "book report" on it.

Wonder what's inside? Most recent local article:

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/bu...e-celebrates-th-rare-glimpse-inside/27650379/

 

[Big blubber]

Looks a great place to visit ,Really like the bus that's cool :yaayy:

 

[furyus 67]

Driven by it many times! As much of a car nut as I am you would think(or I do) I would go in. It's on my bucket list!!

 

[MrMoparCHP]

About 1996 I was on a job at the Ford Proving Grounds and had time one weekend so I went the the Ford Museum. Before I walked in the door I knew NOTHING about the museum, I was thinking it was a "Ford" museum full of different Ford cars, boy was I surprised and I'm glad. Defiantly on my to do list if I'm in the area.


Alan

 

[bluefury361]

Looks a great place to visit ,Really like the bus that's cool :yaayy:

It is the actual bus that Rosa Parks made her famous "stand" in. A center piece for the fabulous civil rights display. Found in a farmers field and used to store feed.

 

[Big blubber]

It is the actual bus that Rosa Parks made her famous "stand" in. A center piece for the fabulous civil rights display. Found in a farmers field and used to store feed.

That's cool I read about her ,I think she refused to give her seat up was that her :sSig_thanks:

 

[bluefury361]

That's cool I read about her ,I think she refused to give her seat up was that her :sSig_thanks:

"On December 1, 1955, after a long day's work at a Montgomery department store, where she worked as a seamstress, Rosa Parks boarded the Cleveland Avenue bus for home. She took a seat in the first of several rows designated for "colored" passengers. Though the city's bus ordinance did give drivers the authority to assign seats, it didn't specifically give them the authority to demand a passenger to give up a seat to anyone (regardless of color). However, Montgomery bus drivers had adopted the custom of requiring black passengers to give up their seats to white passengers, when no other seats were available. If the black passenger protested, the bus driver had the authority to refuse service and could call the police to have them removed.
As the bus Rosa was riding continued on its route, it began to fill with white passengers. Eventually, the bus was full and the driver noticed that several white passengers were standing in the aisle. He stopped the bus and moved the sign separating the two sections back one row and asked four black passengers to give up their seats. Three complied, but Rosa refused and remained seated. The driver demanded, "Why don't you stand up?" to which Rosa replied, "I don't think I should have to stand up." The driver called the police and had her arrested. Later, Rosa recalled that her refusal wasn't because she was physically tired, but that she was tired of giving in.
The police arrested Rosa at the scene and charged her with violation of Chapter 6, Section 11, of the Montgomery City Code. She was taken to police headquarters, where, later that night, she was released on bail."

http://www.biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715#montgomery-bus-boycott

 

[furyus 67]

My buddy's dad had a part in restoring that bus. Not sure what or how much. I know my buddy was very proud of it. According to him his dad worked for ma for some time and had a hand in designing the hardtop for the 1st gen viper.

 

[Big blubber]

"On December 1, 1955, after a long day's work at a Montgomery department store, where she worked as a seamstress, Rosa Parks boarded the Cleveland Avenue bus for home. She took a seat in the first of several rows designated for "colored" passengers. Though the city's bus ordinance did give drivers the authority to assign seats, it didn't specifically give them the authority to demand a passenger to give up a seat to anyone (regardless of color). However, Montgomery bus drivers had adopted the custom of requiring black passengers to give up their seats to white passengers, when no other seats were available. If the black passenger protested, the bus driver had the authority to refuse service and could call the police to have them removed.
As the bus Rosa was riding continued on its route, it began to fill with white passengers. Eventually, the bus was full and the driver noticed that several white passengers were standing in the aisle. He stopped the bus and moved the sign separating the two sections back one row and asked four black passengers to give up their seats. Three complied, but Rosa refused and remained seated. The driver demanded, "Why don't you stand up?" to which Rosa replied, "I don't think I should have to stand up." The driver called the police and had her arrested. Later, Rosa recalled that her refusal wasn't because she was physically tired, but that she was tired of giving in.
The police arrested Rosa at the scene and charged her with violation of Chapter 6, Section 11, of the Montgomery City Code. She was taken to police headquarters, where, later that night, she was released on bail."

http://www.biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715#montgomery-bus-boycott

Yea good on her she stood up for her rights , Shame on the bus driver

 

[furyus 67]

Incidentally The man also owned this beautiful 300 K. 413 Max wedge from what I heard.

 

[73Coupe]

I wonder how "they" kept track of the exact bus Rosa parks rode on that day. And who was there to document the bus that history was being made that day in 1955. I remember reading an article about the bus being stored on a farm, and how the owner knew of the bus's history and was waiting for the right moment to bring the bus to light.
Cool old rig tho...GM "old look". many of these had the "fruit salad" color combo in the day.
Detroit Diesel powered? I can only imagine the soot coming out the tail pipe from these rigs back in the 50's... same goes for the next generation of GM buses...the "fish bowl" a.k.a "new look" buses.

 

[Zymurgy]

I plan on going again some time soon. Probably my favorite trip as a young kid and enjoyed just as much in my late teens.

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

We'd all still be riding in clean non polluting electric street cars in stead of those nasty diesel belchin' bussez If the campaign hadn't started even before the end of WWII to replace them. And who pray tell manufacturez 98% of those busez? Might it be the General he askz? Think the trackz were ever even pulled up from Michigan avenue and Woodward in Detroit? Ask the Wayne and Oakland county road commissions what liez at the bottom of the pot holes during the spring thaw every year. In Long Beach, Ca. We used to be able to drop ah steer tire in the uncovered and still in use street car trackz and drive for miles and the trackz would keep us point straight down the road. The trackz were still there but some street carz had been converted to rubber tirez already but the electric cablez strung above the streetz were still supplying power to them. Then I think Standard oil joined the campaign too and here we are