Sometimes it's good to get out from under the hood and enjoy a little gearhead inspiration. And, for a limited time, you can do just&hellip;{"id":6070,"date":"2014-11-04T10:57:13","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T18:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/?p=6070"},"modified":"2014-11-04T10:57:13","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T18:57:13","slug":"amazing-automobiles-the-ultimate-car-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/04\/amazing-automobiles-the-ultimate-car-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Automobiles: The Ultimate Car Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sometimes it&#8217;s good to get out from under the hood and enjoy a little gearhead inspiration. And, for a limited time, you can do just that at the<\/span> <strong><a title=\"Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reaganfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0in Simi Valley, Calif. Yes, you heard that right. A classic Car event at the Reagan Library &#8211; where\u00a0you can now go to learn about and honor one of America&#8217;s most influential\u00a0presidents, and admire finished works of automotive art!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Anyone who appreciates the mystique of classic cars will appreciate<\/span> <a title=\"Reagan Foundation: Ultimate Car Exhibit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reaganfoundation.org\/details_f.aspx?p=LM2024ETAUTO&amp;h1=0&amp;h2=0&amp;lm=libraryandmuseum&amp;args_a=cms&amp;args_b=35&amp;argsb=N&amp;tx=3103&amp;sw=3103\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Amazing<\/em>\u00a0<em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">Automobiles: The Ultimate Car Exhibit<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <span style=\"color: #000000;\">running\u00a0from October 28, 2014 to May 1, 2015 and presented in partnership with the<\/span> <strong><a title=\"Petersen Automotive Museum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.petersen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Petersen Automotive Museum<\/a><\/strong>. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Petersen, incidentally, is currently undergoing renovations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Amazing Automobiles<\/em>\u00a0will include over 30 of the Petersen Museum\u2019s most stunning and memorable cars, displayed under the wings of Air Force One. Most of the vehicles are from the Petersen&#8217;s vault, so they&#8217;re not usually on display, and rarely, if ever, have they been\u00a0seen by regular museum visitors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The cars are divided into three galleries: Hollywood, Historic, and Heads of State. Each display is a unique and phenomenal glimpse of automotive history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Some of the cars in the\u00a0<strong>Hollywood Gallery<\/strong> include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1956 Jaguar XKSS owned by Steve McQueen<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a title=\" Jalopnik\" href=\"http:\/\/jalopnik.com\/5859519\/elvis-shot-this-car-because-of-a-girl\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1971 De Tomaso Pantera owned and shot by Elvis Presley<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Batmobile driven by Michael Keaton in <em>Batman<\/em> (1989) and <em>Batman Returns<\/em> (1991)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1966 Ford Thunderbird driven by Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in <em>Thelma and Louise<\/em> (1991)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>Heads of State Gallery<\/strong> includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1942 Lincoln Limousine used by Presidents Roosevelt and Truman<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: #000000;\">1938 Packard Super 8 Parade Phaeton used by Juan and Evita Peron<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pope John Paul II\u2019s 1998 Cadillac Papal Parade Phaeton<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And the <strong>Historic Gallery<\/strong> includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1981 Gold-Plated DeLorean DMC-12<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1913 Mercer Raceabout<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1939 Bugatti 57C Atalante<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1952 Ferrari 212\/215 Inter Spyder<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The galleries will be displayed at different times over the next six months so make sure you check the Exhibit&#8217;s calendar if there is a particular car you looking forward to!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":6079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1884,1877,1872,1873,142,1388,1858,1863,1126,1870,340,1865,1057,1859,1881,1875,1861,1883,1880,1864,582,1867,1860,1871,851,1866,841,1855,1879,1862,1869,1868,1854,1856,1857,345,1876,1882,1878,1874],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Elvis-Pantera.jpg?fit=636%2C412&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9nnZN-1zU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6070"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6081,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6070\/revisions\/6081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}