Owls Head Museum pays homage to America’s iconic Corvette
Owls Head Fire Department members Dakota Pritchett and Eliot Scott proudly display one of the department’s vehicles at the All American Cruise-in. Scott said they thought it would be nice to represent the fire department at a community event. “It’s a good recruitment tool, too,” he said. “All fire departments, and not only ours, needs members. There’s a shortage nationwide.” (Photo by Chris Wolf)
A 1954 Corvette. (Photo by Chris Wolf)
Tobey Stinson. (Photo by Chris Wolf)
National Corvette Museum curator Derek Moore. (Photo by Chris Wolf)
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Ever wonder what a Corvette looks like without its skin? Now you know. (Photo by Chris Wolf)
A 1932 Ford Lowboy. Oldest known surviving hot rod built in the state of Maine. (Photo by Chris Wolf)
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Shelby and Chloe Connolly ready themselves for a ride in a 1915 Model T. (Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
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1937 Buffalo Fire Truck belonging to Thomaston Fire Department. It was the first new fire truck that Thomaston purchased. It stayed in service until the early ’90s and is still owned by the Fireman’s Association. (Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
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Owls Head Fire Department members Dakota Pritchett and Eliot Scott proudly display one of the department’s vehicles at the All American Cruise-in. Scott said they thought it would be nice to represent the fire department at a community event. “It’s a good recruitment tool, too,” he said. “All fire departments, and not only ours, needs members. There’s a shortage nationwide.” (Photo by Chris Wolf)
A 1954 Corvette. (Photo by Chris Wolf)
Tobey Stinson. (Photo by Chris Wolf)
National Corvette Museum curator Derek Moore. (Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
Ever wonder what a Corvette looks like without its skin? Now you know. (Photo by Chris Wolf)
A 1932 Ford Lowboy. Oldest known surviving hot rod built in the state of Maine. (Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
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(Photo by Chris Wolf)
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(Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
Shelby and Chloe Connolly ready themselves for a ride in a 1915 Model T. (Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
1937 Buffalo Fire Truck belonging to Thomaston Fire Department. It was the first new fire truck that Thomaston purchased. It stayed in service until the early ’90s and is still owned by the Fireman’s Association. (Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
OWLS HEAD – The weather could not have been more perfect and a lot of tops were down at the Owls Head Transportation Museum’s All American Cruise-in held over the long July fourth weekend, both Saturday and Sunday, July 6 and 7.
What’s more American than muscle cars, classic cars, and hot rods, said Toby Stinson, director of the New England Auto Auction and special events at the OHTM.
“Our celebrated marquee today is the Chevrolet Corvette,” he said. “The museum had several Corvette clubs represented at the Cruise-in.”
They included the Acadia Region Corvette Club and Corvettes of Coastal Maine.
“We also had corvette clubs from New Hampshire and Massachusetts,” he said. “We also have representatives here from the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and its curator Derek Moore, who narrated a special line up we did of cCrvettes from 1954 up through 2014.”
Though the iconic Corvettes were the featured automobile, any car was welcome to drive in and be put on exhibit. Classics lined the lanes, the crowds never diminished and exhibitors rolled in and out of the museum lot.
Museum-goers were treated to rides in hot rods and classic automobiles by museum staff.
Classic airplanes were on display. And biplane rides were popular all day long.
It was a good weekend for car enthusiasts to cruise, peruse and talk shop.
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