The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum welcomes stainless fleet from the Crawford Museum

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The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, located within the hallowed halls of the famed (and former) ACD plant in Auburn, Indiana, has recently welcomed the stainless steel collection from Cleveland, Ohio’s, Crawford Auto Aviation Museum, whose facility is currently being subjected to a restoration of its own.

As you might have guessed, most of the cars in the display are the big three stamped from the Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation: a 1936 Ford sedan; a 1960 Ford Thunderbird; and a 1966 Lincoln Continental convertible. The backstory of these vehicles has been well documented, as well as the history of the fourth car included in the display: a 1981 De Lorean. According to the CAAV, this particular De Lorean is the very first production car to have left the assembly plant in Northern Ireland.

The stainless steel collection will be housed and available for viewing at the ACD Museum through the fall of 2012.