Secret collection rotting away in Detroit
We all know Detroit is the famous motor city, and it is home to a lot of collections of rare cars. But you know where some of the rarest cars are?
They're hidden away in a crumbling warehouse on an all but abandoned army base in the industrial area of Detroit by the river!
The Detroit Historical Society warehouse is tucked away on an old run down army base near Historic Fort Wayne. If you manage to find the unassuming building, you can request a tour. Inside you'll find aisles upon aisles of "stuff". This ranges from old furniture, billboards, clothes, menus, German WW2 flame thrower, lots of sports memorabilia, jewelry, radios, etc. (Seriously, they showed me an entire drawer of Babe Ruth signed baseballs, at least a dozen in that one box). They collect lost and forgotten things, sometimes donated, and hold them in this warehouse for museums to use later. But the really cool thing is their automotive warehouse!
Detroit is the motor city, so in the early 1900s, everyone was making cars, even if they were only able to make 1 or 2. In this warehouse you'll find some of these rare contraptions (like motorcycle car thing that sits 4, it's on 40" tires, has an inline 16, and it's the size of a 1 ton pick up), or rare concepts (such as the only 2 1965(?) mustang 2 concepts. You'll also find some less exciting concepts (3rd Gen firebird convertible) and a bunch of ordinary cars from over the century. Seriously, I saw like 5 80s dodge caravans for some reason. They also have some cars that belong to famous people (Lee Iacocca's Lincoln Continental).
It's been a few years since I've been, but I was amazed and spent 4 hours walking around this freezing warehouse. If you get a chance, go check it out.
Not my video, but it shows some more.