Re: The Walter Chrysler Museum

Posted by Mr.Pushbutton  On 2012/5/30 17:58:12

Randy-I finaly watched this, had to wait until I was at home. They spelled "Chrysler" wrong, as you indicated. They also have it confused in the front piece with the Chrysler Museum of art in Virginia, this is the Walter P. Chrysler museum in Auburn Hills, MI. I was on staff there from February of 2005 until December of 2008, when Chrysler hit the skids (again).
I see several examples of my work there, the "Rods and mods" show was a big project for me, those are the rodded cars you see in the presentation. I can tell that the pictures were taken mostly in 2007 by where cars are located and what is not there, the new 2nd floor banners we had designed and made. Many of the pictures of cars on the second floor look so bare. I wrote many of the vehicle labels, edited and amassed all of the technical specs for 300 labels in 5 weeks!
It is a beautifully put together museum, and a monument to the real "car guys" at Chrysler at the time it was built, 1998-2000. Bruce Thomas should be singled out, he was a driving force, as was the late Otto Rosenbusch, the savior of Chrysler's history.