Smalles NY Int'l Auto Show Display Will be at the America’s Car Museum Booth
Exhibit presents a sliver of what’s to come at Washington state auto museum set to open next year
Apr 18, 2011
With momentum building for its 2012 Grand Opening, LeMay – America’s Car Museum(ACM), is bringing a tiny taste of its future to the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) in the Jacob Javits Convention Center.
America’s Car Museum is presenting an exhibit with “Le Petit Concours” vehicles — over 25 micro and mini cars in a 22,000-square-foot exhibit located on the Lower Level, Hall 1-E. Le Petit Concours will be on display April 22-24, 2011, during the first public weekend of the show.
ACM will have a nine-acre campus – with the four-story, 165,000-sq. ft. museum as the hub –including a massive show field to host everything from vintage car events to rock concerts and drive-in movies. There will also be a gift shop, banquet center and café, an educational center/library and rotating exhibits using cars, music, film and photos for displays such as “game-changing automotive inventions.”
“This is just a small taste of what a trip to America’s Car Museum will be like,” said LeMay President & CEO David Madeira. “Big or small, fast or slow, every car has a story, and all of us at America’s Car Museum are looking forward to sharing America’s car stories with our guests beginning next year.”
Twenty-eight micro and mini cars will be displayed, including such varied offerings as a 1967 Wankel Spider, a 1957 Goggomobil TS 400 Coupe and a 1932 Martin Aeroplane Factory Martinette. The oldest car of the group will be a 1919 Heyat Helico.
Micro cars are defined as those with 500cc or smaller engines, and mini cars have engines in the 501 – 1000 cc range. ACM, in conjunction with Teeny Tiny Productions of Chicago, has assembled this display of diminutive vehicles from around the country. Many of the micro and mini cars are privately owned and some of their owners will be at the booth to talk about their cars.
List of Le Petit Concours vehicles:
1967 Wankel Spider 1960 Mini 1958 BMW Isetta 300 1959 Velorex Oskar 1961 Midget Motors King Midget Model 3 1969 Fuji Heavy Industries 360 Sedan Deluxe 1959 Messerschmidt KR 200 1960 BMW 600 1957 Goggomobil TS 400 Coupe 1951 Crosley Motor Car Company Hook & Ladder Fire Truck 1947 Crosley Motor Car Company Sedan 1919 Heyat Helico 1952 Ansart & Teissere Cogolin 1965 Peel Engineering P-50 1932 Martin Aeroplane Factory Martinette 2000 Honda Insight 1962 Heinkel Trojan 200 1971 Honda 600 Coupe/AZ600 1960 Autobianchi Bianchina Transformable 1955 BMW Isetta 300 1957 BMW Isetta 300 1966 Citroen AMI6 1958 BMW 600 1959 Austin Healey Sprite 1973 Fiat 500-R Cinquecento 1965 Citroen 2CV Special 1972 Citroen AMI 8 break 1986 Owosso Motor Car Company Pulse Litestar
ABOUT LeMay - AMERICA’S CAR MUSEUM (www.lemaymuseum.org) LeMay – America’s Car Museum, set for a 2012 opening in Tacoma, Wash., explores how the automobile has fulfilled a distinctive role at the core of the American experience and shaped our society. The spacious Museum with rotating exhibits is designed to be the centerpiece for automotive history as well as an educational center and library. The campus also contains a 3.5-acre show field, theatre, café, a banquet hall and meeting facilities. To become an ACM member, volunteer or make a donation, visit (www.lemaymuseum.org)
