FAMOUS ROCK STAR LOANS KEARNEY CAR MUSEUM HIS PRIVATE COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILES
KEARNEY, Neb. (KSNB) - The American Automobile Experience has received six classic cars from Metallica’s front man.
James Hetfield, singer and songwriter for heavy metal band Metallica, is loaning his private six car collection to the car museum in Kearney. His classic cars came from the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Blueprint Engines and local Kearney donors reached out to the Los Angeles car museum and struck a deal to have Hetfield’s cars on loan for a year.
Pete Stout, Director of Business for Blueprint Engines, said the vocalist wanted to take his cars on a tour much like how Metallica goes on tours.
“He is a huge car guy and he wanted to be able to share some of his private collection with the world,” said Stout. “Here at the American Automobile Experience here in Kearney, we’re excited to have this fabulous display of vehicles here for a year.”
James Hetfield Collection in Kearney:
- 1932 Ford Roadster aka “Blackjack”
- 1936 Auburn 852 Speedster aka “Slow Burn”
- 1936 Ford Coupe aka “Iron Fist”
- 1937 Ford Coupe aka “Crimson Ghost”
- 1937 Lincoln Zephyr aka “Voodoo Priest”
- 1956 Ford F-100 aka “Str8 Edge”
Petersen Automotive Museum Mechanic Alex Munoz said his favorite car from the songwriter’s collection is the ‘Slow Burn’.
“If you made a root beer float into a gem, that’s what that car looks like to me,” said Munoz. “There’s no wrong angles, the paint is beautiful, the stance is gorgeous and I think that’s where a lot of these cars, it’s the wow factor and to me that ‘Slow Burn’ has the biggest wow factor.”
Hetfield’s private car collection is available to see at the American Automobile Experience in Kearney during normal operating hours.
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