KEARNEY — Less than one week after changing its name and adopting a new business model, The American Automobile Experience — formerly Classic Car Collection — has opened a new display of custom vintage Fords and Lincolns from the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
Earl Joy, a board member of the American Automobile Experience, gently dusts one of the six custom cars on loan from Metallica heavy metal rocker James Hetfield. The cars have a combined value in excess of $1 million.
Earl Joy, a board member of the American Automobile Experience, gently dusts one of the six custom cars on loan from Metallica heavy metal rocker James Hetfield. The cars have a combined value in excess of $1 million.
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A transport crew carefully unloaded and then rolled each of the James Hetfield cars into the American Automobile Experience on July 2. Hetfield is co-founder of the Metallica heavy metal rock band and loans his cars to museums so many fans can enjoy seeing them.
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Al Young, a volunteer at The American Automobile Experience, takes a look at the interior of one of the six James Hetfield custom cars on loan at the Kearney car attraction.
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A ‘36 Ford Coupe “Iron Fist” at the Kearney automobile museum.
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This ‘37 Ford coupe is known as “Crimson Ghost.”
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The ‘56 Ford F-11, “Str8 Edge.” Heavy metal artist James Hetfield of Metallica owns the six cars on loan to the Kearney American Automobile Experience and personally supervised their customization.
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A ‘36 Auburn 852 Speedster “Slow Burn.”
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A ‘37 Lincoln Zephyr, dubbed “Voodoo Priest,” at the American Automobile Experience in Kearney, is among the vehicles of Metallica’s James Hetfield on display.
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This ‘32 Ford roadster, “Blackjack,” is part of the Hetfield collection.
A collection of Metallica’s James Hetfield’s cars are on display at The American Automobile Experience museum in Kearney.
Earl Joy, a board member of the American Automobile Experience, gently dusts one of the six custom cars on loan from Metallica heavy metal rocker James Hetfield. The cars have a combined value in excess of $1 million.
