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The Barnyard
3534 Sierra Hwy
Acton, CA  93510
661-269-5267
661-298-0839
818-383-0404
Keep your eyes on the look-out for this place as you cruise down the freeway. . . I LOVE places like this!  An outdoor emporium of chuck wagons, buggies, wheels, antiques, old cars, etc.  I bought some old Ford tools and came away happy!  Must see.  Featured HotSpot Sept 2005.
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Vintage Automobilia
604 Main Street
Cambria, CA  93428
805.927.7800
Vintage Automobilia is a perfect example of why I started this website!!!  Peter has collected automobiles and transportation related antiques since 1954.  His place is GREAT and full of books, art, old magazines, toys, models, posters, rare parts, etc.  Worth the trip!  Featured HotSpot May 2005
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Blackhawk Museum (Behring Auto Museum)
3700 Blackhawk Plaza Circle
Danville, CA 94506
925.736.2280

www.blackhawkauto.org
A MUST for any motorhead. Two spacious Auto Galleries display about 90 historically significant automobiles- mostly one-of-a-kind, dating from the turn of the century.

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Towe Auto Museum

2200 Front Street

Sacramento, CA 95818-1107
916.442.6802

www.toweautomuseum.org

Extensive display of Ford automobiles (the largest in US??); displays cover – 1896-1940s and include racecars and hotrods in addition to daily drivers.  Worth the trip!

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J A Cooley Museum
4233 Park Blvd
San Diego, CA 92103-2512
619-296-3112
The J.A. Cooley Museum has on display 15 cars from 1886 through 1933 and 25 categories of antiques represented by collections such as model trains, cast iron toys, spittoons, tools, cuckoo clocks, license plates, World War I posters, phonographs, typewriters, and cameras.  Cars include:  three-wheeled 1886 Benz, 1895 Benz Velo, 1899 Mobile Steamer, etc.
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Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum
2040 North Santa Fe Ave.
Vista, California 92083
800.587.2286
Okay, this one is a stretch because there's no Porsches or racecars, mostly tractors, farm equipment, blacksmiths, and Civil War re-enactors, but they do have a 1917 Maxwell Touring Sedan. . .  so what the heck. 
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Hayes Antique Truck Museum

1962 Hays Lane
Woodland, CA  95776

530.666.9700

www.aghistory.org

The Heidrick Ag History Center introduces visitors to the marvels of agriculture, and commercial trucking through 130,000 square feet of interactive, one-of-a-kind exhibits featuring the latest in museum and attraction technologies. The cornerstones of these exhibits are the Fred C. Heidrick Antique Ag Collection, the world's largest and most unique collection of one-of-a-kind antique agricultural equipment and the Hays Antique Truck Museum, also recognized as the largest of its kind in the world.

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