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Cloud Museum
Items at the Cloud Museum are the personal collection of Johnny Cloud. A long-time Bard, California resident who began the collection in 1989.
Mendenhall’s Museum of Gasoline Pumps & Petroliana
The Mendenhall Museum is a private collection located in California’s beautiful Santa Ynez Valley.
Moto Talbott Motorcycle Museum
Moto Talbott museum in Carmel Valley, California, features more than 170 iconic motorcycles from 17 countries, and is located on one of Northern California’s most beautiful motorcycle roads.
THE AMERICAN HONDA COLLECTION HALL
The American Honda Collection Hall showcases of iconic products that highlight the success of Honda in America
Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum
Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum is a great outdoor museum with fields of tractors
Deer Park Winery & Auto Museum
Deer Park Winery & Auto Museum consists of 3 different buildings with over 100 cars to see.
Pacific Bus Museum
The Pacific Bus Museum is the place for you to come see fully-restored running-and-driving buses from the 1930s to the 1990s.
Marine Corps Mechanized Museum
Located in Building 2612 on Vandegrift Blvd, the Marine Corps Mechanized Museum contains working Marine Corps transport and battle vehicles
National Museum of Golf Cars
The county’s first museum devoted strictly to the preservation and education of the golf car and utility vehicle.
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CALIFORNIA
California, a western U.S. state, stretches from the Mexican border along the Pacific for nearly 900 miles. Its terrain includes cliff-lined beaches, redwood forest, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Central Valley farmland and the Mojave Desert. The city of Los Angeles is the seat of the Hollywood entertainment industry. Hilly San Francisco is known for the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, and cable cars.
AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY
In 1867, a group in Los Angeles built what was likely Southern California’s first home-built horseless carriage, in a shop on West Fifth Street. The four-cylinder, gasoline-powered carriage, built by S.D. Sturgis and J. Philip Erie was tested on the city streets of LA in preparation for a trial run to San Bernardino. The vehicle operated with some success around LA, but continual mechanical issues prevented it from making the trip to San Bernardino.
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