Helck Family Collection: Old 16 on Display at the Henry Ford Museum in 1962
Since 1997, the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan has been the home of Old 16, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Thirty-Five years earlier, Old 16 made its first appearance at Henry Ford's annual sports car review exhibit documented in the January 28, 1962 issue of Detroit News Sunday Pictorial and the 1962 Sports Cars in Review program.
The documents are courtesy of The Helck Family Collection.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
The Detroit News Sunday Pictorial, January 28, 1962
1962 Sports Cars in Review
Comments
Nice coverage of Old Sixteen!
Keep up the good work,
=rdsieber
Nice to see these 1962 pictures of Old Sixteen. Is it still on display at the Henry Ford Museum?
Where is Old Sixteen these days? Who owns it? Hey Howard you haven’t bought it yet?
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From Howard Kroplick
Old 16 is owned by the Henry Ford Museum and is currently on display:
http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/three_legendary_racers_at_the_henry_ford_museum
Old Sixteen may not be for sale, but you can see David Wasserman’s monumental depiction in metal of that historic car at the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville. Or you purchase a coffee mug featuring that image on line at http://www.tincanman.bigcartel.com