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DRIVE! Iconic American Cars and Motorcycles
Sep 08, 2018 – Feb 03, 2019
Some call them rolling sculptures, others the shape of speed.
Experience nearly two dozen legendary vehicles that defined the height of American automotive ingenuity in the new exhibition, DRIVE! Iconic American Cars and Motorcycles, presented by Advance Auto Parts.
The vehicles featured in the exhibition span over a half-century from 1912-1965 and included one-of-a-kind concept cars and celebrity-owned roadsters and motorcycles.
DRIVE! Iconic American Cars and Motorcycles was organized by well-known guest curator Ken Gross, former director of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
About the Exhibition
DRIVE! Iconic American Cars and Motorcycles was presented by Advance Auto Parts, with additional generous support provided by Ted Bastian, George and Harmon Logan, Roberts and Sandra Moore, Maury L. Strauss, Nicholas and Jenny Taubman, Tom and Mary Evelyn Tielking, and Barry and Libba Wolfe, as well as the following:
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![Arkay Packaging](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/logo-arkay-packaging.png)
![Grand Home Furnishings](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/logo-grand.png)
![EC Pace Company](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/logo-ec-pace-1.png)
![Blue Ridge Beverage Logo](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/logo_2.png)
![Lanford Brothers Co.](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/logo-lanford-brothers.png)
![MKB Realtors](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/logo-mkb.png)
![The Roanoke Times](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/logo-roanoke-times.png)
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SELECTED WORKS
![1960 Plymouth XNR, Collection of Paul Gould, Pawling, NY
Image ©2011 Shooterz.biz, Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1960-Plymouth-side-detail-view.jpg)
1960 Plymouth XNR, Collection of Paul Gould, Pawling, NY Image ©2011 Shooterz.biz, Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s
![1934 Packard Twelve Model 1106 Coupe (grille detail), Collection of Bob and Sandra Bahre, Oxford, ME
Image © Peter Harholdt](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Frist-Baher-Packard-grille.jpg)
1934 Packard Twelve Model 1106 Coupe (grille detail), Collection of Bob and Sandra Bahre, Oxford, ME Image © Peter Harholdt
![1959 Chevrolet Sting Ray Prototype (detail), Collection of GM Heritage Center, Warren, MI
Image © Peter Harholdt](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/59-Stingray-071.jpg)
1959 Chevrolet Sting Ray Prototype (detail), Collection of GM Heritage Center, Warren, MI Image © Peter Harholdt
![1934 Packard Twelve Model 1106 Coupe, Collection of Bob and Sandra Bahre, Oxford, ME
Image © Peter Harholdt](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Frist-Baher-Packard-OA-front.jpg)
1934 Packard Twelve Model 1106 Coupe, Collection of Bob and Sandra Bahre, Oxford, ME Image © Peter Harholdt
![1960 Plymouth XNR, Collection of Paul Gould, Pawling, NY
Image ©2011 Shooterz.biz, Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1960-Plymouth-back-side-view.jpg)
1960 Plymouth XNR, Collection of Paul Gould, Pawling, NY Image ©2011 Shooterz.biz, Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s
![1959 Chevrolet Sting Ray Prototype, Collection of GM Heritage Center, Warren, MI
Image © Peter Harholdt](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/59-Stingray-012r.jpg)
1959 Chevrolet Sting Ray Prototype, Collection of GM Heritage Center, Warren, MI Image © Peter Harholdt
![1934 Ford Model 40 Speedster (detail), Collection of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
Image © Peter Harholdt](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Edsel-Ford-Speedster-rear-3-4crop.jpg)
1934 Ford Model 40 Speedster (detail), Collection of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI Image © Peter Harholdt
![1934 Packard Twelve Model 1106 Coupe, Collection of Bob and Sandra Bahre, Oxford, ME
Image © Peter Harholdt](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Frist-Baher-Packard-front-3-4alt.jpg)
1934 Packard Twelve Model 1106 Coupe, Collection of Bob and Sandra Bahre, Oxford, ME Image © Peter Harholdt
![1934 Ford Model 40 Speedster, Collection of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
Image © Peter Harholdt](https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Edsel-Ford-Speedster-profile.jpg)
1934 Ford Model 40 Speedster, Collection of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI Image © Peter Harholdt
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