Museum
In the mid-1990s, Jack Miller, Paul "Skip" Ungrodt Jr, and Peter B. Fletcher opened the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum in the Miller Motors building. The museum considers the "crown jewel" of their collection to be the 1952 Hudson Hornet, known as the Fabulous Hudson Hornet, driven by Herb Thomas to his second NASCAR Championship in 1953. All together, the museum is home to 30 cars, ranging from a 1933 Hudson Terraplane K Series Coach to a 1991 Chevrolet Caprice police car, manufactured at the nearby Willow Run Assembly Plant. In addition to the cars, the museum collection includes "advertising, service, repair, and promotional items that were essential to the automobile business" of the second quarter of the twentieth century. The museum is open to visitors seven days a week, year-round, and is involved in many automotive events in Depot Town and nearby Riverside Park, including the Depot Town Cruise Nights, the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival, and the Orphan Car Show.
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