Volo Auto Museum
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The Volo Auto Museum is an automobile museum in the Chicago suburb of Volo, Illinois, USA. It is part of a larger antique mall.
A visit to this collection is a must for visitors in the greater Chicago area. The museum is set in beautifully landscaped gardens, and contains an awesome exhibit of collector's autos from Vintage to modern classics, with the main focus being American cars of the 1950-1960 period. Be prepared to spend the whole day here and then plan to return. The antique Mall is an awesome collection of stuff sold at reasonable prices and any collector will find something from his area of interest here. Unique to this museum is that many of the vehicles on display (in four large buildings) are for sale. A military-oriented "Armed Forces Exhibit" was added fairly recently. Cars on display are mostly from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The museum and antique mall are together a family business begun in 1960 as a furniture store.
The museum also features cars (some original and many replicas) from famous television shows and movies. These include:
- KITT from Knight Rider
- Bluesmobile from The Blues Brothers
- The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard (television show)
- police car from RoboCop III
- replica DeLorean from Back to the Future
- replica DRAG-U-LA from The Munsters
- Christine from Christine*
- cars from The Fast and the Furious
- replica van from Scooby-Doo
- replica (Don Currie-built) Batmobile of TV's Batman
- moped used by Peter Parker in Spiderman
- the Daytona driven by Don Johnson in Miami Vice
*As told by an employee,Christine was recently sold in 2008 to a private collecter.
The replica Batmobile is notable as it signed by George Barris and the signage around it refers to the Barris-built Batmobiles. However, there is no mention that this is a non-Barris replica.
Some of the so-called "star cars" are also available for purchase.
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