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Chicago Auto Show ticket stubs good for half-price Volo Auto Museum admission

Volo Auto Mueum Press Release Posted on 2016-02-01

              Chicago Auto Show ticket stubs good for half-price Volo Auto Museum admission   VOLO — Planning to be among the hundreds of thousands who’ll take in the sights at this year’s Chicago Auto Show Feb. 13-21 at McCormick Place?   Hang on to those ticket stubs, and enjoy half off admission for more automotive excitement at the Volo Auto Museum. The offer is good for 30 days after the Chicago Auto Show closes, or through March 21, said Brian Grams, director of the museum at 27582 Volo Village Road.   The Volo Auto Museum w...

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Rename the Volo Auto Museum; Win $5000

Volo Auto Museum Press Release Posted on 2016-01-27

       Rename the Volo Auto Museum; win $5,000 “That name doesn't do justice to an attraction that winds through a half-dozen warehouse-size buildings, and whose exhibits include a roadside bomb from Iraq, a Bonnie and Clyde Death Car, and a 14-foot-tall animated King Kong.” – roadsideamerica.com, referring to the Volo Auto Museum in a recent story. VOLO — It might cost you the price of an admission ticket to gain the right inspiration, but it’s worth $5,000 to the person who comes up with a winning replacement for the name of a certain 5...

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Volo Auto Museum on South Beach Classics, Full Episode

Velocity Channel Posted on 2016-01-26

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South Beach Classics' features Volo Auto Museum

Volo Auto Museum Press Release Posted on 2016-01-15

       ‘South Beach Classics’ features Volo Auto Museum VOLO — The Volo Auto Museum will be featured on the popular reality TV show “South Beach Classics” at 9 p.m. CST Wednesday, Jan. 20, on the Velocity Channel. A crew visited the museum at 27582 Volo Village Road, Volo, in October. In the upcoming episode, one of the show’s stars, Ted Vernon, makes a $450,000 offer for one of the museum’s cars — a red, 1989 anniversary model Lamborghini Countach with just 900 original miles. Museum Director Brian Grams stands firm at $500,000. But he...

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Weekly Feature Video, The Founders First Car

Volo Auto Museum Posted on 2016-01-08

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Roadside America Sight of the Week

roadsideamerica.com Posted on 2016-01-04

          The Volo Museums, Volo IL The feeling of where does this place end? is strong at the Volo Museums. Officially, it's just the Volo Auto Museum -- but that name doesn't do justice to an attraction that winds through a half-dozen warehouse-size buildings, and whose exhibits include a roadside bomb from Iraq, a Bonnie and Clyde Death Car, and a 14-foot-tall animated King Kong. - To Continue the Story, Click Here The feeling of where does this place end? is strong at the Volo Museums. Officially, it's just the Volo Auto Museum -- bu...

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Weekly Feature Video, The First Car

Volo Auto Museum Posted on 2015-12-27

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Snowmobiles of yesteryear on display at Volo Museum

Denys Bucksten, Chicago Tribune Posted on 2015-12-27

  Today's high-powered, sleek and snarling snowmobiles reach speeds of 150 mph. Drag-racer snowmobiles exceed 200 mph. By comparison, the earliest snowmobiles, on display at the Volo Auto Museum, "hurtled" along at 20, 25 mph. The exhibit has just over two dozen vintage snowmobiles, from converted Model A and T Fords to a 3,000-horsepower rocket-powered snowmobile. The latter, made with NASA parts, left bemused visitors shaking their heads — as in "I wouldn't be caught dead riding that thing." The exhibit opened Dec. 26 and will r...

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Chicago Scene: Winter staycation ideas

WGN WEB DESK Posted on 2015-12-17

 

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Weekly Feature Video, Military Huey Helicopter

Volo Auto Museum Posted on 2015-12-16