5 Jun
Fun day here in Nashville. Weather is great, Campground is good. All is well!
This morning we headed south through town to the Lane Motor Museum. If you have followed our travels before you would know I have a passion for cars and motorcycles. I always have. Historically I have always been a MOPAR guy but I have a huge appreciation for all classic cars including early European cars which is the forte of this museum. At home I don't have the room or the finances to collect cars but if I did I would drive them! Show them off to everyone because others also appreciate the old classics. Doreen knows me too well. We were driving in Helena Montana in 2017 when I pulled over and parked. She asked what I was doing and down the street I spied a 1971 Ford Pinto which I owned. Although not a "classic" I had one in high school, building it up from the scrap pile and rebuilt it back to "near-new". When I saw that one parked along side the street in Helena just had to have a look at it!
I could go on for hours about my vehicles and my passion for vehicles, but for the sake of brevity I won't. But when I get the opportunity to tour a museum of old cars I will usually try. Today was the day.
The Lane Motor Museum was founded by Jeff Lane, a Michigan native, in 2003. His collection started with 75 vehicles and has grown to over 500 now. The museum's mission is "to collect, preserve, document and interpret and eclectic and technically interesting collection of cars and other transportation-related objects."
We paid a small admission fee and entered the museum which appears to be an old warehouse of some sort. They have a video introduction to the tour but we missed the first part that talked about the building. After the video we headed around the collection. The first area was Fiats. I took literally hundreds of pictures here but will just highlight a few, well maybe more that a few...!
A 1948 Simca-Gordini Type 5. That is a rotating driveshaft between your legs, so watch yourself!
A 1964 Citroen 2CV.
The European cars are smaller and would be a challenge for me!
The museum had a kids area with hands-on, coloring, etc
A 1947 Bouffort Three-Wheeler ProtoType
There are many three-wheeled cars here.
1946 Hewson Rocket. Made in Hollywood by Coachcraft.
This vehicle is a one-of-a-kind that was auctioned off in 1959 for $650
1969 Fascination. One of a few propeller-driven cars here
The museum contained a section of unique motorcycles
A 1958 Innocenti Lambretta 150 LD Series II
with a Strategic Air Command and Barksdale Air Force Base sticker
A 2007 Snow Hawk Jr X 120 - cross between a snowmobile and a motorcycle!
A 1996 McLean Wheel - that could be an interesting one to ride!
The 1979 Renault LeCar! I worked with a guy that drove one of these to work every day!
It sported an air-cooled 1397cc 4-cylinder engine, 4-speed manual tranny and original cost was $3495
1932 Helicron propeller-driven car
1961 Von Dutch "Rocket Car" made from the belly tank from an F-86 Sabre fighter
Bicycle area
1970 Coyote from A.J. Foyt and the 1970 Indy 500
1956 Volkswagon Beetle with a ThermaDor Car Cooler.
It was a "swamp" cooler that used evaporation to cool incoming air. You had to add water to it.
1942 Tatra ProtoType Aeroluge (Replica). This was a World War II propeller-driven Czech military vehicle on skis!
Various unique military vehicle on display in their garage area,
We could have spent much more time here and if you ever get the opportunity to visit the Lane Motor Museum I recommend you do.
From the museum we headed towards Hattie B's Chicken for lunch. Last year when we came through Nashville we stopped at a different Hattie B's. It was so busy I let Doreen out and she went in and we took it back to the campground. This year we went to a different Hattie B's closer to the museum and it was bust too, but we did find on-street parking for the big ol' brown truck so we went in, or should I say we got in line!
Hattie B's is a family-run restaurant chain originating in Nashville and specializing in spicy hot fried chicken. They are only open certain hours and they are always busy! On Sundays they are only open from 1100-1600 hrs. Needless to say there was a line, out the door and down the parking lot!
They have cold water stations in the parking lot for those in line.
The line moved fairly quickly but strategically positioned along the way was their menu!
Before we knew it we arrived at the front door and were headed inside.
Doreen ordered their no-heat chicken with cole slaw and potato salad, and I ordered hot chicken along with black-eyed pea salad and fries.
Believe me this chicken is as spicy as it looks!
Half of it went home with us for dinner tomorrow!
We filled the big ol' brown truck with diesel on the way back to the campground. The cheapest diesel we could find on Gas Buddy was $5.399 and $125 later she was full. The good news is we got right at 12mpg towing from Lexington KY.
Tomorrow we take the KOA Campground shuttle downtown to enjoy some music and libations on Broadway St in downtown Nashville!
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