Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles

Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles

Discover Pennsylvania’s Transportation History at the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles! See vehicles of all types: gasoline, electric, and horse-drawn, including carriages, wagons, and sleighs. You will see ‘high wheelers” and “safety bicycles,” vehicle builder’s tools, and local historic roadside architecture. The museum is housed in the former home of the Boyertown Auto Body Works, which had continuous operations on this site from 1872 - 1990, and retains the factory setting, making it a unique and interesting setting for the vehicles.

Our featured series, Bumper to Bumper, brought to you by the Curatorial Staff at the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles, will showcase our vast collection and highlight some unique and rare pieces that we think you will love. Each episode will air on the third Friday of each month.

This channel is still in it's infancy! Thank you for your support!

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  • @petesacco3255
    @petesacco325527 күн бұрын

    Some of the best trout fishing is on pithole Creek I fished it many times.. no seeping of oil into it anymore

  • @jcsmixer
    @jcsmixer28 күн бұрын

    The plant was on Lancaster Ave. in Ardmore, which is RT. 30. My great-grandfather worked there in the 1920s. They built military vehicles, tanks I believe, during WWII.

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew93632 ай бұрын

    Passengers as dash-board. What an interesting idea!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew93632 ай бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/gX55laeghKrNac4.html

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew93632 ай бұрын

    Old is just a feeling! At least you ain't 1912 SGV (touring) old and decrepit!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew93632 ай бұрын

    The world's larges smokestack sounds really really interesting! I gots to go there!!!!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew93632 ай бұрын

    I love how the Hill Car is lurking in the background.

  • @christianmccollum1028
    @christianmccollum10284 ай бұрын

    From the interwebs :"The first person to build a working four-stroke engine, a stationary engine using a coal gas-air mixture for fuel (a gas engine), was German engineer Nicolaus Otto. This is why the four-stroke principle today is commonly known as the Otto cycle and four-stroke engines using spark plugs often are called Otto engines"

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew93634 ай бұрын

    Dang that blue beastie looks beautious!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew93634 ай бұрын

    Ugh.....Not knowing what "The Palestra, often called the Cathedral of College Basketball, is a historic arena and the home gym of the Penn Quakers men's and women's basketball teams, volleyball teams, wrestling team, and Philadelphia Big 5 basketball." is!

  • @TheSkitzodog
    @TheSkitzodog4 ай бұрын

    I always enjoy your presentations!!

  • @boyertownmuseumofhistoricv6764
    @boyertownmuseumofhistoricv67644 ай бұрын

    Thanks for tuning in!!!

  • @That_hasselblad_guy
    @That_hasselblad_guy4 ай бұрын

    Soo im doing research for a book I'm writing about Pennsylvania and motorcycle and this helped tremendously in research. Did you know light wasn't the only motorcycle manufacturer in pottstown there was also Mayo Damper Co. Building them

  • @boyertownmuseumofhistoricv6764
    @boyertownmuseumofhistoricv67644 ай бұрын

    We cannot wait to read your book! We actually do have a Mayo Damper bicycle on display. Another interesting Pottstown company!

  • @alexandereckert5939
    @alexandereckert59396 ай бұрын

    Great video, thorough. Grew up in Oil City and fished pithole with my father as a child.

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew93637 ай бұрын

    It is a really cool collection at Shively Motors. And - there is a really good road to road-trip on - Fannettsburg Rd, and PA Rt 533.

  • @AndrewHeller-jn7dx
    @AndrewHeller-jn7dx8 ай бұрын

    Great content. Some Feedback: Please mention that Boyertown is in PA; in the beginning; not in the back end of the vid. The 50's Rock Music in the background is distracting, disturbing; &, NOT needed; it's NOT a good choice, in my opinion! Also, these were essentially the same company that, for many years, had gone through many changes, until the name was more simply, being licensed, after many years, when the originating company; &, its' derivatives had disintegrated. The word had original meanings; &, then took on, evolved meanings. An extended video tour of the museum; &, your town's other attractions, would be nice.

  • @jameswhitcomb8908
    @jameswhitcomb89088 ай бұрын

    I had a customer decades ago who had moved to Atlanta to work in a harness shop. He had obtained sleigh bells antiques that he would bring in draped over his shoulders at Christmas. The quality of the bells was unforgettable…the most beautiful peel. Yes the trot of the horse would give a wonderful sound especially with the silence that snow creates. Merry Christmas

  • @chadowens1926
    @chadowens19268 ай бұрын

    I am from that area and another interesting fact about Pithole is, John Wilkes Booth was up in that area and Franklin at that time trying to make money from oil. but when he couldn't he moved back to Washington DC to continue his acting. So maybe if he would have made lots of money from the oil industry he wouldn't have traveled to DC and shot President Lincoln.

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew93638 ай бұрын

    In the drawings of manufacturing plants, the smoke coming out of the smokestack showed that the factory was working and producing goods!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew93638 ай бұрын

    IN the 19aughts and teens, it was such a big deal when a family took a car trip to the next town over - or even further - that it would be noted in the local newspaper.

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew93638 ай бұрын

    Cool Beans!!!! Thanks LIsa!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew93638 ай бұрын

    WOW!!!!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew93638 ай бұрын

    Funny you talk about old car dealerships when some of the museum members went on an adventure to two old car dealerships today!

  • @politicsoutwest
    @politicsoutwest9 ай бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/maqjto-ppNm_eZM.htmlsi=wdPIEIb237DBRw56

  • @politicsoutwest
    @politicsoutwest9 ай бұрын

    Alabama Power stole the Reddy Kilowatt concept from Huxley D. Kem, advertising manager for the Western States Power Company in Oregon in 1924.

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew93639 ай бұрын

    I wear Goodyear shoes for driving my Miata!

  • @Carol-gl3ww
    @Carol-gl3ww10 ай бұрын

    👌 Promo SM

  • @daviddownhill9700
    @daviddownhill970010 ай бұрын

    The song JEANS ON has the line I’VE GOT A TIGER IN MY TANK😀

  • @daviddownhill9700
    @daviddownhill970010 ай бұрын

    Also, kids put them on their sissy bar on their bicycles from what I understand.

  • @allenfisher2658
    @allenfisher265810 ай бұрын

    Most but not all US 19th century railroads typically operated on the right track where there were two, but then and now the engineer sits on the right side. Familiarity with railroads back then was such that it makes sense to me that some early automakers would copy that.

  • @allenfisher2658
    @allenfisher265810 ай бұрын

    Amazon has The Little Old Man Who Could Not Read new for $18.95. Maybe you're looking for an original edition.

  • @boyertownmuseumofhistoricv6764
    @boyertownmuseumofhistoricv676410 ай бұрын

    Off to Amazon we go! 😂

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew936310 ай бұрын

    Firefly Books in Kutztown is a great used-book store!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew936310 ай бұрын

    It is so easy to get lost in time within the library walls!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew936311 ай бұрын

    Safety first on the road to lung cancer!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew936311 ай бұрын

    how about the "tire" ash trays that we have!?

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew936311 ай бұрын

    Andy Warhol could not have used this - he once said that he could not do two things at once - after hitting a taxi in a parking lot - " I can't drive and leant to drive at the same time...

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew936311 ай бұрын

    I think that Leon has dusted that food about 1000 times!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew936311 ай бұрын

    Wheels and food - a great combination!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew936311 ай бұрын

    I miss the honor of preparing one of our museum cars for the Hershey Elegance.

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew936311 ай бұрын

    Last year I was there the day that the sky fell! It was a great day to shop for tarps.

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew936311 ай бұрын

    Harleysville Wal-Mart - every Saturday during the summer has a well-attended cruise in.

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew936311 ай бұрын

    ohhh - you missed sharing a picture of Matilda!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew936311 ай бұрын

    Seats from a car? Looks like we have a mission for the Hershey AACA Flea Market! Save some room in the trailer!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew936311 ай бұрын

    What happened to the great looking microphone?!?

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew936311 ай бұрын

    FAb hair Sam!

  • @allenfisher2658
    @allenfisher2658 Жыл бұрын

    Geez, I could smell the exhaust.

  • @allenfisher2658
    @allenfisher2658 Жыл бұрын

    Now that I've discovered your channel, I'm ready to cancel Netflix.

  • @bhimmler
    @bhimmler Жыл бұрын

    County Home Road…

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew9363 Жыл бұрын

    I heard it - Kendra's obligatory Star Wars reference!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew9363 Жыл бұрын

    Yes Sam- your fans love you!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew9363 Жыл бұрын

    Was this produced by Matt M? Sure sounds it!

  • @matthew9363
    @matthew9363 Жыл бұрын

    A Road Trip to Beckys! Sounds like a museum adventure to me!!!!!