Stahls Automotive Collection

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Stahls Automotive Collection
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The interior of Stahls Automotive Collection in December 2021
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Stahls Automotive Collection (the United States)
Location56516 North Bay Drive, Chesterfield Township, Michigan [1]
Coordinates 42°43′04″N82°48′17″W / 42.717745°N 82.804647°W / 42.717745; -82.804647
Type Automobile museum [1]
Key holdings Chrysler Turbine Car [2]
1934 Duesenberg Model J
Tucker 48 [1]
Collection sizeOver 90 cars
About 20 musical instruments [1]
Visitors5,000 (in 2014) [1]
FounderTed Stahl [1]
OwnerTed Stahl [1]
Website https://www.stahlsauto.com/

Stahls Automotive Collection is a private automotive collection in Chesterfield Township, Michigan, US. [1] It is the personal collection of Detroit native Ted Stahl, the chairman of fabric-based heat printer GroupeSTAHL in St. Clair Shores. [1] [3]

The collection contains over 90 cars housed in a 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m2) garage, [1] most of which are from the Art Deco era and the Great Depression. [4] The collection focuses mostly on American cars, including former makes such as Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, and Packard in addition to cars built by Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, and Ford. [1] [3] Stahls purchases vehicles largely based on their degree of innovative engineering and their importance to the development of automobile design. [4]

The oldest car in the collection is an 1899 De Dion-Bouton tricycle, and the first one that Ted Stahl purchased is a 1930 Ford Model A Roadster Deluxe. Among the most prominent cars in the collection are a 1934 Duesenberg Model J, a Tucker 48, and a handful of cars built for films, such as The Great Race, How the Grinch Stole Christmas , and The Reivers. [1] In 2021, the collection acquired a Chrysler Turbine Car, one of only nine to survive and one of only two in a private collection (the other belonging to Jay Leno). [2]

In addition to the cars, the collection also includes about 20 musical instruments, including a Wurlitzer theater pipe organ. [1] There is a separate "music room" featuring orchestrions and other automated musical instruments. [5]

The collection is open to the public at no charge on Tuesday afternoons, the first Saturday of each month, and every Thursday excluding the third Thursday during the summer. [1] Regular events at the collection include an annual Autos for Autism fundraiser, which benefits the Ted Lindsay Foundation, [6] [7] and a Veterans Day open house. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Anderson, Elisha (February 16, 2015). "Museum holds treasure trove of automotive history". Detroit Free Press . Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Streeter, Mercedes (May 7, 2021). "The New Owner Of The Chrysler Turbine Car Says It'll Actually Get Driven". Jalopnik . Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Davis, Dar (April 15, 2012). "See Motor City notables with Dar". The Herald-Palladium . St. Joseph, Michigan. p. F3. Retrieved January 28, 2022– via Newspapers.com Lock-green.svg .
  4. 1 2 "About Us". Stahls Automotive Collection. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Stahls Automotive Museum". Detroit Historical Society. August 7, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  6. ↑ Tuttle, Nicole (July 7, 2021). "Chesterfield Twp. car museum gears up for Autos for Autism event". The Voice. New Baltimore, Michigan. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  7. ↑ "3rd annual Stahls Autos for Autism event benefiting Ted Lindsay Foundation". WXYZ-TV. July 12, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Veterans honored at Stahl's Automotive open house Thursday in Chesterfield Twp". The Macomb Daily . Sterling Heights, Michigan. November 8, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
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