Antique Car Museum at Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC

1915 Ford Model T; it took only 93 minutes to assemble a Model T; the 10 gallon fuel tank is located under the front seat (whose bright idea was that!)

1957 Cadillac Eldorado; this car cost $13,074 new which was more than a Bentley or Rolls Royce Silver Cloud at the time

1928 Pontiac Sedan; this model debuted at the 1926 NY Auto Show and was an instant success with 1928 sales hitting 210,890

1950 MG TD; these models have no fuel gauge but a green light comes on when the tank is down to 3 gallons

1929 Chevrolet Sedan; Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was a Swiss-born American race car driver and auto engineer who was one of the six founders of the company

1929 Ford Model A; this model was the first American car to have safety glass in the windshield

1927 REO Flying Cloud; in 1923, REO introduced the Motor Pullman Car which had a drop-down sleeping extension, refrigerator and built-in gas range!

1928 Chandler Sedan; 1928 was the last year of Chandler production as the company went bankrupt

1916 Overland Touring; in 1909 there were more than 300 automobile manufacturers in the US

1959 Edsel Corsair; Henry Ford II, then-president of Ford and son of Edsel Ford was against using his father's name for the car but relented when market research showed the name to be popular

1932 Chevrolet Coupe; this car has mechanical brakes which could be unpredictable with Chevrolet not introducing more reliable hydraulic brakes until 1936

This 2 horse surrey was owned by Dr. Grove who owned the Grove Park Inn; his favorite drive was on Sunset Mountain above the inn and we'll testify that the roads haven't improved since Dr. Grove's journeys

1926 Cadillac Sedan; this car's list price was $4566 while the average household income in 1926 was only $2010

1922 American LaFrance Fire Truck; this fire truck served for 40 years; Asheville is the first known NC city to buy motorized fire trucks (1911)

1927 LaSalle Phaeton; on June 20, 1927 a LaSalle averaged 95.2 mph over 952 miles while the average winning speed at the Indy 500 that year was 97.5 mph

This Runabout is essentially a buggy without a top; this general purpose vehicle offered rubber tires for quieter and easier riding

1955 Cadillac Sedan; Elvis bought one of these and had it painted pink for his mother Gladys although she never had a driver's license

1940 Buick Century; the Century was capable of sustained speeds of 100 mph hence the name

1940 Packard Coupe; in 1921, Warren Harding became the first US president to arrive at his inauguration in an automobile, a Twin Six Packard

1925 Dodge Touring; John and Horace Dodge started by selling bicycles in 1896 before turning to cars (Chrysler bought Dodge in 1928)