Recently visited the Canton Classic Car Museum in Canton, OH. They have a 1937 Packard hearse and a matching 1937 Packard flower car. They say the cars were bought new by a funeral home in Vermillion, OH. in 1937 and have been parked side by side their whole lives. It's a nice museum with lots of cars and trucks, great photos, an unrestored fire truck, lots of good stuff and I think it cost us around $7 each to get in. Just an FYI if you're ever in the area. I grew up in Akron and had no idea the museum even existed, let alone the quality of what they have.
Canton Ohio Classic Car Museum
- Thread starter Scott Reinbolt
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Equally impressive is that the '37 A J Miller carved coach is powered by a V12. If memory functions properly, the pair was donated to museum by a Belden member, a prominent local family. I first visited those coaches when Bob Lichty was serving as museum curator in '94.
In the mid-'90s the Canton Classic Car Museum had a two story warehouse diagonally across the street where additional vehicle donations were stored. I distinctly recall another hearse and an S&S flower car on second level there. (Somewhere I have 35mm prints of them.) John Ehmer also visited this property during the same period.
In the mid-'90s the Canton Classic Car Museum had a two story warehouse diagonally across the street where additional vehicle donations were stored. I distinctly recall another hearse and an S&S flower car on second level there. (Somewhere I have 35mm prints of them.) John Ehmer also visited this property during the same period.
Ron Devies
PCS Ohio Chapter President, PCS Vice President
Canton
What about Canton PDs Flying Squad? Now that is something. Ohio Chapter has had a meet there before. Across the street under the Hilton is another nice dispaly.
What about Canton PDs Flying Squad? Now that is something. Ohio Chapter has had a meet there before. Across the street under the Hilton is another nice dispaly.