{"id":7935,"date":"2010-02-07T18:59:29","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T01:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=7935"},"modified":"2010-02-07T18:59:29","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T01:59:29","slug":"sweet-rides-can-always-be-found-at-hershey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sweet-rides-can-always-be-found-at-hershey\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Rides Can Always be Found at Hershey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fsweet-rides-can-always-be-found-at-hershey%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F02%2FAACA-Camaro-Firebird-Exhibit.jpg&amp;description=Sweet+Rides+Can+Always+be+Found+at+Hershey\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[7935]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sweet-rides-can-always-be-found-at-hershey\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sweet-rides-can-always-be-found-at-hershey\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Sweet Rides Can Always be Found at Hershey\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sweet-rides-can-always-be-found-at-hershey\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Sweet Rides Can Always be Found at Hershey&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sweet-rides-can-always-be-found-at-hershey\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sweet-rides-can-always-be-found-at-hershey\/\" data-text=\"Sweet Rides Can Always be Found at Hershey\" data-desc=\"The Antique Automobile Club of America or AACA museum is a perfect place to spend a couple of hours while avoiding the chill of an East Coast winter. So, on a recent trip to Hershey, PA the wife and I thought we would try and do just that.\u00a0The museum\u00a0is an awesome facility with a great variety of\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AACA-Camaro-Firebird-Exhibit.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AACA-Camaro-Firebird-Exhibit.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7935]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7936\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"AACA Camaro Firebird Exhibit\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AACA-Camaro-Firebird-Exhibit.jpg\" alt=\"AACA Camaro Firebird Exhibit\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AACA-Camaro-Firebird-Exhibit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AACA-Camaro-Firebird-Exhibit-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AACA-Camaro-Firebird-Exhibit-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AACA-Camaro-Firebird-Exhibit-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Antique Automobile Club of America or AACA museum is a perfect place to spend a couple of hours while avoiding the chill of an East Coast winter.<\/p>\n<p>So, on a recent trip to Hershey, PA the wife and I thought we would try and do just that.\u00a0The museum\u00a0is an awesome facility with a great variety of vehicles. For just $10 you can relive the great history of transportation in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century. A very knowledgeable staff is always available to answer your questions as well as entertain you. You can even\u00a0hold a wedding here with the museum offering many different choices of locations for your reception. How cool would that be!?<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aacamuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Antique Automobile Club of America\u2019s Museum <\/a>opened its doors to the public back on June 26, 2003. Since then, it has been the home to many rare and historic cars. The museum is constantly rotating its inventory to keep things interesting so you never know what you might see.<\/p>\n<p>Currently on exhibit, through the beginning of April, are the <a class=\"highslide broken_link\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aacamuseum.org\/exhibitions\/camaros-firebirds.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Camaros and Firebirds<\/a> presented by Freysinger Pontiac GMC Buick. Over 20 vehicles are on display in this exhibit including a 1967 big block convertible Camaro, an all original unrestored 1969 ZL1 Camaro, a 1969 COPO Camaro, and a 1978 Firebird Trans-Am that was originally driven by Burt Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>The Museum also shares space with the Museum of Bus Transportation and the Antique Motorcycle Club of America. Both of their collections can be found on the lower level.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Hershey-Kissmobile-Cruiser.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7935]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7937\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Hershey Kissmobile Cruiser\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Hershey-Kissmobile-Cruiser.jpg\" alt=\"Hershey Kissmobile Cruiser\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Hershey-Kissmobile-Cruiser.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Hershey-Kissmobile-Cruiser-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Hershey-Kissmobile-Cruiser-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Hershey-Kissmobile-Cruiser-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parked outside the AACA Museum and waiting to greet us was the Hershey\u2019s Kissmobile. The Hershey\u2019s Kissmobile Cruiser is a 12-foot tall, 26-foot long custom-made vehicle resembling three Hershey\u2019s Kisses. Created in 1997, it has traveled more than 250,000 miles while raising donations for the Children&#8217;s Miracle Network.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Eagle-Express-Bus.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7935]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7938\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Eagle Express Bus\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Eagle-Express-Bus.jpg\" alt=\"Eagle Express Bus\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Eagle-Express-Bus.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Eagle-Express-Bus-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Eagle-Express-Bus-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Eagle-Express-Bus-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While wondering around the lower level I found an early 70\u2019s Eagle Model 05 Bus. It brought on one of those \u201cI remember when\u201d moments as I reminisced about\u00a0riding a bus very similar to this one to visit my great-grandfather when I was a munchkin. I had to stop and tell my wife the entire story of getting a\u00a0windup toy of the bus during a trip and my great-grandfather\u2019s cool shop; he was a gunsmith. I still have some of his tools in my shop.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1924-REO-Funeral-Hearse.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7935]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7939\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"1924 REO Funeral Hearse\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1924-REO-Funeral-Hearse.jpg\" alt=\"1924-REO-Funeral-Hearse\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1924-REO-Funeral-Hearse.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1924-REO-Funeral-Hearse-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1924-REO-Funeral-Hearse-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1924-REO-Funeral-Hearse-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seeing as I am the owner of a 1963 Cadillac Hearse, I am drawn to all forms of funeral coaches. This 1924 REO Funeral Hearse had me circling it for what must have seemed like forever to my wife.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1911-Indian-Isle-of-Man-Racer.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7935]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7940\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"1911 Indian Isle of Man Racer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1911-Indian-Isle-of-Man-Racer.jpg\" alt=\"1911 Indian Isle of Man Racer\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1911-Indian-Isle-of-Man-Racer.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1911-Indian-Isle-of-Man-Racer-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1911-Indian-Isle-of-Man-Racer-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1911-Indian-Isle-of-Man-Racer-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you like motorcycle race bikes, head to the lower level for the AMCA exhibit. Here you will find 50 great race bikes including this 1911 Indian Isle of Man replica racer.<\/p>\n<p>Check out these and a few more photos over in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/ViewEventImages\/AACA%20Museum\/\" target=\"_self\">MyRideisMe Picture Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, do you have a favorite memory of riding in an old family car or maybe even on a bus? Do you have a strange fascination with an unusual vehicle such as my love affair with hearses? Have you ever been to the AACA museum? 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