JAXON Auto Museum

07/10/2022

12/02/2021

Even if you haven’t been a museum-goer in the past, if you love cars and the way they have shaped our history, these institutions keep automotive legacies alive.

11/24/2021

10/20/2021

Recently shared with us from Scott Dixon. The man behind the steering wheel is his grandfather, Barney Yonnick.

09/30/2021

1923 Ford Model T at the Piquette Avenue plant

09/18/2021

Steam and tractor show

09/15/2021

2021 Old Car Festival

08/11/2021

1923 Ford Model T alongside the Dolson Automobile factory. Charlotte, Michigan

07/11/2021

1909 Oldsmobile Toy Tonneau. Only one left of 150 made.

07/11/2021

1936 Ford deluxe

07/08/2021

In June 1924, the ten-millionth Ford automobile, the Model T, rolled off the assembly line. Ford immediately sent this vehicle on a cross-country tour along the Lincoln Highway promoting the company.

05/07/2021

05/07/2021

Enjoyed some windshield time with members of the Central Michigan T's last weekend as we drove through part of Jackson County.

04/24/2021

CASE MOTOR CAR

04/24/2021

EVERY CASE MOTOR CAR
RADITOR EMBLEM
HAS A STORY...
This radiator emblem belonged to a Case automobile that was manufactured by Case Motor Car Division of the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company of Racine, Wisconsin from 1911 until 1927. The J.I. Case Threshing Machine Company had been manufacturing grain threshers and steam traction engines since 1842. When they began producing automobiles in 1910, they used their famous Case Eagle for the radiator emblem. The emblem consisted of an eagle in white perched on a blue enamel globe with the word “CASE” in silver across the globe.

04/19/2021

BUSH AUTOMOBILE CHICAGO, ILL.

04/19/2021

EVERY BUSH AUTOMOBILE
RADITOR EMBLEM
HAS A STORY...
This Bush radiator emblem belonged to an automobile that was manufactured between 1916 and 1925. John H. Bush of Chicago, Illinois tried a direct-mail approach to selling cars, advertising and accepting orders that would then be passed on to a local manufacturer and received a Bush radiator emblem when it was completed and shipped to the buyer. As the multitude of automobile manufacturers began to be winnowed away towards the end of the 1920s, Bush had a harder time finding automobiles to take his emblem, and the company ceased selling cars by 1925. This black emblem reads “BUSH” in white script. Below in small gold lettering is “TRADE MARK REG./CHICAGO.”

04/15/2021

EVEN GROUCHO MARX HAS A STORY...
https://youtu.be/LZeXWX2aAM4

04/15/2021

EVERY DeSOTO AUTOMOBILE
RADITOR EMBLEM
HAS A STORY...
This radiator emblem belonged to the De Soto brand of cars that were produced by Chrysler from 1928 until 1961. The brand was named after 16th century Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto, credited as being the first modern European to cross the Mississippi River. De Soto’s helmeted visage appeared on many radiator emblems or hood ornaments on the De Soto line. This radiator emblem merely reads De Soto above a coat of arms. The emblem is a stylized version of the traditional Soto heraldry, the coat of arms is quartered, with eagles on the first and fourth, three locks in the second, and two locks in the third.