Flint Sloan Museum Car Show

[Frosty]

I spent Father's Day morning walking around the Flint Sloan Museum car show. It is typically held in downtown Flint, on the grounds of the Sloan Museum and Flint Cultural Center. However, the last couple of years, the Cultural Center has been doing extensive re-modeling and modernization. So the show has been moved temporarily to nearby Crossroads Village. Crossroads Village is a collections of late 18th century and early 19th century buildings. They preserve and teach that old technology and have turned the place into a working village setting. Historic buildings from all over Genesee County have been moved and preserved in Crossroads Village. They have a narrow gauge stream train, a paddle wheel cruise boat, a 100-year carousel, a steam-powered saw mill and apple cedar mill. In 2009, Crossroads Village was the set for the feature film Alleged, which is based on the infamous 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial. It starred Brian Dennehy as Clarence Darrow and Fred Thompson as William Jennings Bryan So it is rather unique backdrop to host a car show.

 

Model As along Main St.

 

 

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This black '55 convertible belongs to a friend of mine. He spent close to 15 years restoring it. When he bought it was in pieces. He has a matching black 4-door sedan that belonged to his parents. He also owns a third '55 wagon be plans to resto-mod.

A Concord with Cobra 5.0 motor!

A '54 Pontiac sedan (not a wagon) converted by Barnette into an ambulance. This vehicle was in service until 1989 in South Dakota!

A Packard funeral flower car - very rare!

A Hudson convertible!

A working 1902 curve dash Oldsmobile ! I have actually ridden in this car before. It is the oldest car I've ever ridden in. It's also extremely quiet. It's a 1-cylinder too.

A German tracked vehicle from WWII

The chapel at Crossroads Village

The sawmill

A real ice house - before there was modern refrigeration. They would cut ice blocks from local frozen rivers or lakes and fill it up over the winter and then sell the blocks of ice over the spring and summer.

Orchard mill - they produce cedar in the fall

Pontiac was Oakland companion car company - here is

Pontiac was Oakland's companion car company. Here is Buick's - the Marquette!

Edited June 22, 2021 by Frosty

[Ringo64]

Definitely unique spot and awesome spot for a car show!

[64 kiwi boni]

wow frosty, great mix of cars, tractors and very well presented old buildings 👍

[JUSTA6]

Amazing pic's, thankz for sharing

[Frosty]

Here an another fun vehicle from the Sloan show. Jerry Taubman's Upside Down 1985 GMC Rally Van.

 

BTW - it drives upside down and backwards!

[Ringo64]

Those upside-down vehicles are crazy  . Wonder what non-car people think of them. Probably scares the poop out of them

[Frosty]

It's sorta like the motto to Roadkill, they have fun with cars and people laugh, point and stare!