I took a trip in time today

[Rodney Bullock]

It's been awhile since I have been so excited. It takes alot for me to be surprized. Today I was in heaven. i took a trip with some friends of mine to the roaring twenties museum. In Madison county today. I had such a great time I did not want it to end.

I stopped in a junk yard in Culpepper before going to the museum( I needed some interior light switches) Then off to the museum. I took some friends of mine and they were so shocked to see cars that they had only seen in magazines. They saw Chandler's, Durant's, hupmobles, Essex, Studebakers, Dodge brothers. The list goes on and on. I will attemp to show you pic's however there was so much I did not get pic's of because I was listening to Ms. Martha our tour guide talk about her fine collection. All you guyu's that are in Virginia should be here twice a year.

[1940plymouth]

Thanks for the photos, sure sounds as if you guys had a great time

[Rodney Bullock]

Here are some more shots. She also had radios, washing machines. Every kind of antique you could name.

[Rodney Bullock]

She had this thing called a fly swat that was a windup device used to keep fly's off food at the dinner table in the 20' and 30's All the hood ornaments you can name with hub caps from the 20's and 30's

[Rodney Bullock]

Hey Bob these cars were so old that our 1940 Plymouth would look like a modern era car next to them.

[Niel Hoback]

Great pictures, Rodney, thanks for posting them.

[dezeldoc]

Looks like a good time was had Rodney, fun to see all the history.

[oldodge41]

Great pics! Looks like a neat place to visit.

[Dennis Hemingway]

Thank You for the great photos.

Dennis:cool:

[moparbenny]

i always wanted to go there thanks for sharing the pics:)

[RobertKB]

I have been to a couple of similar museums in my neck of the woods. I just love the unsophisticated museums like that as the items seem more real than in a sterile setting. Thanks for posting the pictures of your trip. Places like that really are a time machine and make you realize that we are all products of our past. That is why I like the feel of an original car or one kept reasonably close to original. It literally transports you back in time.

[Rodney Bullock]

RobertK I wish I could have taken you and alot of my forum friends there. She had this parlor, in it were toys, chairs, pictures of here family. She said that her family had been there(on that location) since the 1600. She said the king of england appropiated the land for them. Her staoy is a great one. She said that during the hay day of sunday driving. She would have 100 people waiting to tour the place. This museum is not far from Skyline drive and Lurray taverns. I feel so lucky to know her. I am going back in the spring. She had this Canadian car there I know you know what this car is, it had a very interesting story behind it. I got a chance to touch it;)

[Rodney Bullock]

She also had tractors and buckvoard wagans. The tractors were steet wheel and rubber. I did not know that Kauser Fraser had a walk behind plow as did Graham paige. THESE CAR MAKERS WERE INTO FARM EQUIPMENT.

[Chester Brzostowski]

Very cool, I didn't know such a place existed near us. I will have to take a trip over.

Tks Chet...

[Jim Yergin]

Rodney,

Glad to hear you had a good time. I am sorry I couldn't join you. I ended up having to go into the office and work.

Our local woodie club visited the place about 15 years ago. Glad to see it is still in operation.

Thanks for posting the pictures.

You mentioned Luray Caverns, have you been to the car musuem there? It is quite a collection.

Jim Yergin

[busycoupe]

Rodney, the museum looks fascinating! I pass through Virginia occasionally. Could you give us an address or website for the museum so that we could find it?

Thanks,

Dave

[Rodney Bullock]

http://roaring-twenties.com/roaring_twenties.htm Let's see if this works. You know I should try to keep this to myself;) Naw, I'll share

[busycoupe]

Thanks! I'll put it on my "must see" list.

Dave

[moparbenny]

I know this is an old post ..(people on the hamb don't like it when.i do this but this was one of my favs so oh well..) how do they keep the cars from going to pot when they are parked on gravel like that? hartung's cars were on gravel..and they were not in the best of shape..when they got out of his barn..do they rotate them? sprinkle ferry dust? what is there sercet?

[Joe Flanagan]

Rodney, did you go to Leon's?

[Plymouthy Adams]

my barn is pack dirt floor..I park my cars in there but on a moisture barrier....I have a few out of doors..lot of cars here had never seen the inside of a shop/garage except for repair work, most spent their time out on the road and lots spent their time on dirt and later were resuced from a field or a dirt floor barn..I would say as long as the car is off the dirt and you have room for air circulation..its not as bad as one thinks..kinda like your house..the crawl space is ventilated..in the old days none had vapor barrier plastic..

[moparbenny]

my barn is pack dirt floor..I park my cars in there but on a moisture barrier....I have a few out of doors..lot of cars here had never seen the inside of a shop/garage except for repair work, most spent their time out on the road and lots spent their time on dirt and later were resuced from a field or a dirt floor barn..I would say as long as the car is off the dirt and you have room for air circulation..its not as bad as one thinks..kinda like your house..the crawl space is ventilated..in the old days none had vapor barrier plastic..

thanks tim, i thought they might have a way to keep the air to circulate so the moisture can esape..when i would read about the hartung collection the barn would flood alot and the cars would be up to there rockers in water. i don't think old lee roy figured to much on drainage:(

i would like to have a bigger shop one day..but doing a big slab is going to cost a lot...plus once the county finds out if you got a slab in your building it's now "permanent" and your property taxes go up:( but was most important to me is that my califorina dry 37 ford panel truck stay that way:cool: i would say that i want my mopars to stay califorina dry but i don't have any:D they were rusty when i got them the will be rusty when the next guy gets them:D:rolleyes:

[Don Coatney]

I know this is an old post ..(people on the hamb don't like it when.i do this but this was one of my favs so oh well..)

This is not the HAMB. I personally think it is great when old threads come to life because it shows me that you are doing your own homework and not asking others to do the forum search, looking for information that has been posted many times before. Keep bringing these old threads to life

[Rodney Bullock]

I will try to get back there this summer. I have not been in touch with Ms. Martha. I have to call her. If gas prices contimue to fall another trip might be in order. Hey Joe, I am planning a trip to Leon's in a week. I have been liquidating all that stuff down the country. I am almost finished:)

[mach0415]

I think its cool that Essex made a truck. The 1920s and 1930s are my favorite era. I attribute that to spending time with my grandfather as a little kid, looking at automobile pictures of this era. He was born in 1917, so he remembered a good many of these cars and had an appreciation for them. Years later, so do I.

Edited June 10, 2012 by mach0415