I was fortunate to be an insider at this event and wished one person or organization would buy the entire collection and donate it to a museum. I first became familiar with Whitworth when I attended RM Auctions' The Originators auction back in 2006.

But on second thought I think it's just plain amazing that Whitworth cares enough to collect, preserve, and display all this for us to study first hand. At first I found it a bit strange and kind of a bummer that all these cars were going to be kept in a location that seemed like the middle of nowhere. It's been pretty interesting and exciting to see all these cars end up with one owner. I've been watching from the sidelines and hearing through the grapevine what Ralph Whitworth has been collecting over the last few years. This'll be home to the world's most impressive collection of mainly '50s-through-'70s-era hot rods, customs, drag cars, muscle cars, and related memorabilia.

Whether you're driving from California or Utah, your target destination will be the Flying A Garage, which sits next to the site of the soon-to-be-constructed America's Car Collection museum. If you're unfamiliar with the small desert town of Winnemucca, you will soon find yourself having the urge to take a road trip along Interstate 80 which runs through Northern Nevada.

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