Walter P. Chrysler Museum Events

Walter P. Chrysler Museum Events:

Posted by Joe Lopez | Posted in Events | Posted on 01-04-2011

The Walter P. Chrysler Museum is pleased to announce our complete 2011 Lecture/Workshop Series comprised of six sessions highlighting a wide range of topics for die-hard auto enthusiasts as well as novice car owners.  The series kicks off Saturday, April 16 with The Art of the Auction, featuring RM Auctions and Auctions America by RM.

Where: Walter P. Chrysler Museum, 1 Chrysler Drive , Auburn Hills, MI 48326

Following are highlights of each program, which you will also find – along with online registration – by clicking here.  The attached form is provided for your convenience in registering via mail.

We look forward to seeing you.

The Art of the Auction
10 a.m. – noon Saturday, April 16

Non-Destructive Paint Repair Techniques
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21
$55 per person advance/$60 per person door (Museum members $50 and $55, respectively)

Chrysler Academy School of  Technical Training instructors will detail do-it-yourself techniques for repairing general paint finish imperfections such as dirt and bugs, light scratches and maintenance on both new and vintage vehicles like a pro.  Instruction will be held in the Museum’s theater throughout the morning, followed by small group demonstrations within the labs of the nearby training facility in the afternoon.  (Includes lunch in the Museum’s exhibition galleries.  Space is limited.)

70 Years of Jeep® Heritage
9:30 a.m. – noon Saturday, July 16
$13 per person advance/$15 per person door (Museum members $11 and $13, respectively)

Celebrate the Jeep Brand’s 70th anniversary by joining avid Jeep history buff and Chrysler retiree Larry Johnson for a look at the iconic vehicle’s evolutionary rise from military reconnaissance use to the transportation of choice in navigating all manner of terrain for millions of adventure-seekers.

Maintaining Today’s Cars
10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24
$10 per person advance/$12 per person door (Museum members $8 and $10, respectively)

If you’re a first-time vehicle owner or have a new driver in the family, this session is for you.  Protect your investment and avoid getting stranded by learning about required maintenance including checking the oil, safely filling the fuel tank and changing a flat tire.  Learn what dashboard warning lights indicate and how to handle roadside emergencies.  Tips and techniques presented in the session’s first half will be reinforced via hands-on demonstrations in the second half.

From Chrysler’s Vintage Master Tech Files
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26
$13 per person advance/$15 per person door (Museum members $11 and $13, respectively)
For more than 60 years, Chrysler dealership technicians have learned in-depth diagnostics and service procedures through a monthly training program that’s believed to be the longest running of its kind.  Master Tech courses – which are Web-based today – have advanced as much as the vehicles they highlight.  Join Steve Shugg, retired Director of Mopar® Sales and Training and Field Operations, for an entertainingly nostalgic look back at the then cutting-edge training from Master Tech’s earliest days via delightfully antiquated original filmstrips.

Model Train Clinic
10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3
$2 per person ages 5 and up with regular Museum admission ($1 for Museum members)
Celebrate the season with a stroll through the Museum’s Cars, Trees & Traditions exhibition and delight in a variety of trains running through elaborate landscapes on an oval track in Boss Chrysler’s Garage every holiday weekend with regular Museum admission, courtesy of the Stoney Creek Model Railroad Club.  Club members will host a Model Train Clinic Dec. 3 to work with young train lovers in creating lifelike scenery from everyday materials and provide tips to moms and dads about easy, inexpensive ways to start a model train tradition at home.

Click here to register online for any of the Museum’s 2011 Lecture/Workshop programs.  For additional information, e-mail events@wpchryslermuseum.org or call 248-944-0450.

Visit: wpchryslermuseum.org
Download the Lecture Workshop Registration Form

Walter P. Chrysler Museum

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Did you have an opportunity to we our last news/blog: "The Royal"

Chasing Classic Cars II “The Viking”

 

Chasing Classic Cars II “The Viking”

This time a road trip brings me to The Metal Works in Dewart, PA. This is artist Victor Yordy’s place of business. Being aware of Victor’s amazing work via articles and photos, I was invited to see for myself. I was not to be disappointed!

Victor Yordy is an artist. Art made of sheet metal bent into cars. He fixes old pieces of art, i.e. classic cars and he at times creates new pieces of art. Today, he has invited me to take a look at his latest work. It is not a prototype and is not a concept car. It is a “One of a Kind”.

Victor is completing this piece of art on commission. When finished, it will find its way to the home of a California man who plans on driving its wheels off. The owner and Victor have named the car “The Viking”. It will be a 2011” The Viking”.

The Viking is half complete. All the metal is straight, the fittings are right. Victor reports that it has an F 150 Ford truck motor, 6 Weber Carburetors and a Mustang 5 speed transmission with a Ford rear. Its wheels are 54 Buick hubs and brakes and Buick wheels. It will produce 426 HP. That should produce a bit of dust up. It hasn’t been decided at this time what paint to use, if any. He and the owner have discussed just buffing it to a high sheen.  

2011 "The Viking

I asked Victor how he learned this craft. He said that he is self taught, that he began as a 14 year old and has been at it ever since. He loves his trade and would not change places with anyone.

Victor’s shop is full of memorabilia. It is a photo journey with pictures of him and celebrities such as Jay Leno hanging on all of the inches of the walls.

 Victor was proud to share that this picture of himself and Jay> It was taken because they had both entered cars into the Pebble Beach Car Show under the Best of Paint category and that Mr. Leno’s car placed second.  

I hated leaving Victor’s place. It was so stimulating and inspiring. However, it was time for me to return home and plan the next road trip.

If you find yourself in the Dewart PA area stop in and visit Victor’s shop. You too will not be disappointed. Tell him Larry sent you! 

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Have you caught our latest news/blog  "How does an automotive museum that only owns two historic cars manage to pull it off? "

 

Do you like Art? Do you like Car Art?

Very rarely will we repeat an article. This is the exception. This article was posted long before we had any type of following. We would like to now introduce Hugo Prado to our readers and our followers. He is certainly worth the attention. 

All About Detail Classic Car News
Press Release  2/18/2011 

  HUGO PRADO with Jay Leno 

Born in 1952, Hugo Prado grew up in Miraflores a West Coast surfing suburb of Lima-Peru, South America. His main passion, other than car races and surfing, was drawing. Hugo's father, Carlos, was a race car driver and responsible for importing vehicles, such as VOLVO's, BMW's, FIAT's, etc. into Peru. "I was the most popular kid in our neighborhood”, Hugo comments, “since my father Carlos would bring a different car from work everyday"

After working as an illustrator in advertising, Hugo realized his life-long dream in 1989, when he decided to leave commercial art to become a full-time automotive artist and founded AutomotiveFineArt.com working in acrylic and watercolors sprayed through the airbrush. His original paintings usually take anywhere from three months to a year to complete. The 1931 Duesenberg and the Dale Earnhardt each took a year to complete.

His work can be seen on MOTORWEEK, and his prints have been sold on TV on QVC and auctioned by "The World Leader of Collector Car Auctioneers " KRUSE INTERNATIONAL. Among Hugo's noted collectors is JAY LENO, of the Tonight Show.

Our “in-house publishing capabilities” allows Hugo to publish his own limited edition Giclees on spectacular 8 color process. Being the artist he can match the color of his original art on all the published prints as no one can. 

"As an artist, I understand the meaning of quality and service. I provide my collectors with the best quality, from the original painting all the way to shipping”. This degree of commitment is part of what makes Hugo Prado's limited edition art prints so valuable.

Hugo Prado is available for private and corporate commissions. Galleries and collectors interested in commissions or in purchasing the prints please contact:

AutomotiveFineArt.com
9341 N. Nyberg Rd.
Hayward, WI 54843-6635
Phone: (715) 580-0404
E-mail: sales@automotivefineart.com
Web site: http://www.AutomotiveFineArt.com

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Please join us at All About Detail and see some of Hugo's work at our On Line Classic Cars for Sale Museum.

Make sure to review our last post  "What will you be driving when you are 101 years old?"

Where can you get that piece of sheet metal that you are missing for your rare vintage car? Who you going to call?

For many reasons I have not been a Facebook fan. I’m happy with my social life and do not need to meet people on the internet. At least that is what I thought.

I kept reading how you can promote your business by networking on facebook. So I tried it and it is true. Almost immediately I formed a group of Classic Car Lovers. And what a group they are. I will introduce them and new ones as they join.  

Victor Yody owns The Metal Works. If you review his site and you will shortly recognize that Victor is more than an owner of a business. He is a metalman, a real craftsman and artist. He doesn’t pound out metal for the run of the mill cars. He works on the very best. Take a look at some of his work:



1953 Maserati A6GCS Barchettad



In 1953, when Maserati upgraded the earlier A6GCS with a new aerodynamic body designed by Medardo Fantuzzi, they produced one of the most beautiful classic sports cars of the era.

As Adrian Monk says; "Here’s the thing", if you want to promote your business facebook will help you network.

If you need a piece of sheet metal to to fit that rare vintage car you now know who to call.


Please join us on facebook and network your business with us.

****Are Classic Cars Art?****

A lot of people look at cars as a vehicle that carries people from one place to another. They do not think of cars as an Art. They do not believe that cars can be a media for an artist to express themselves.So how can Car Artists and  Car Collectors defend their love for the Classic Car?

Like the man said, “pictures are worth a thousand words”. Please join us, “All About Detail” an “On Line Classic Cars for Sale Museum” for a slide show tour of our museum. We encourage you to take the tour and think about the artists behind the work.

.Unlike the art hanging in the Guggenheim, this art requires a Team. Foremost are the designers. These work with all types of media, sculptures, drawing, cad programming and more. Then there are the engineers who work with the designs and try to fit a mechanical working unit within the design’s parameters, no easy task. Many times the engineer’s and designers are forced into compromises. Lastly, the assembly team has to get all the pieces to fit and work.  

Isn’t it just wonderful when it all comes together? Did you notice the Ferrari 512T? If that is not art what is?

Cars do carry people from one place to another but when they do, they are "Moving Art". The Guggenheim will probably never hang a Classic Car on one of its walls. So if you want to view this art work you will need to visit a Car Museum or you can accept our invitation and visit our “On Line Classic Cars for Sale Museum”. 

If you are getting ready to sell your Classic Beauty please read my blog concerning proper pictures and properly worded details.

Web site offer free classified listing for private Classic Car Owners. It is a great place to sell or buy a Classic Car.

We also offer Broker/Marketing Services and Inspection/Appraisal Services.

1955 Packard Clipper Super