History Alaska - Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum - Lot of PICS!!

recently took at trip through parts of Alaska, including Fairbanks. if you do not enjoy looking at beautiful original & amazing cars & trucks go to another thread now. this museum offers you a step back in time.

 

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Thank you Joker! That is a fine collection of cars, many of them came from some of the very early collectors, the 1906 Compound is one of my favorites. Bob

 

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Awesome!
All the vintage womens clothing on display with the cars is certainly diffrent.

 

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Thank you so much for sharing these photos,I love to seeing all the brass era cars. HRP

 

Wow! really amazing,thanx for posting.

 

glad to share - Alaska amazing place to visit

 

Beautiful pics of beautiful cars. Thanks for sharing.

 

That looks like a great museum....thanks.

 

-It's an awesome museum. I was just there myself a month or so ago, and I was very impressed. It's not just some warehouse filled with old cars- the building was purpose-built for it, and they sure didn't spare much expense.

And the cars aren't just cars, they're significant examples of the car. The Compound is, as the sign says, one of only two or three known to exist, the 1898 runabout is the one and only example of that car, ever, the Sheldon is significant to Alaska, having been handmade by a resident, and so on.

On top of that, they actually drive them. All but the "more delicate" ones, as they say, are kept in running condition and driven periodically- and that includes the Stanley Steamer, the 1908 electric runabout and the Caddy with the V-16.

Basically, if you're a car guy visiting Alaska, make sure you get up to Fairbanks and stop in for a visit. It's worth it.

Doc.

 

Thanks for taking the time to post and share. A lot of interesting history in that collection.

I'm always amazed that so many "new ideas" really aren't, someone [often in an isolated setting] came up with them years ago but they never made general use at the time for one reason or another. Some times it took improvements in production methods or key component material tech to make them durable, practical, commercially viable, and "acceptable".

 

Thank you!!....Great photos.

 

I was up in fairbanks just about 8/9 months ago. It was closed at the time. This was almost as good as actually going! Thanks.

 

Very Cool!

 

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neat little park next door

 

Nice collection. Love Alaska, lived there for almost 10 years.

 

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JJ - you did a great job of showing the essence of the museum. I'm one of the docents there so if any of you guys are there on a (summertime) Tuesday evening I'll show you around. Only open on Sunday during the winter.

 

Great Museum, thanks for the tour.

 

evening - remember, up there evening light lasts a long time.

 

if you go to a auto museum, show or swap be sure to take pics and post them here

 

We got the tour of that museum last year on our Living The Dream trip to Alaska. I gotta say that we were very impressed by the quality of the exhibits. It's a must stop in Fairbanks.

BB

 

have fun

 

Banjeaux Bob, a member here, is a volunteer at Fountainhead.