Lane Motor Museum

On the afternoon of Sunday, June 2nd, we visited the eclectic collection at the Lane Motor Museum https://www.lanemotormuseum.org/. I have seen several of their vehicles on different broadcast television shows as well as a couple of the more popular YouTube automobile enthusiast channels. They had approximately 150 vehicles on display but they have over 500 vehicles in the total collection. As is always the case I don’t try to photograph every vehicle, it gets overwhelming very quickly. Instead, I like to share images of some of the vehicles I find interesting for whatever reason.

Of course we had to do our typical collection of images taking advantage of every photo-op and available cut-out.

The Lane Collection includes two of my personal favorite Japanese Kei Cars (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_car), the Mazda Autozam AZ-1 and the Honda Beat.

Love the Autozam AZ-1 and its gullwing doors. They are fairly rare with just over 4,o00 produced.
The Honda Beat is less rare with just over 33,000 produced. It is a true convertible and probably a little more practical, if that is a thing with a Kei car. Honey favors the Honda Beat while I stay true to my Mazda Zoom Zoom and favor the Autozam AZ-1.

The micro car collection at the Lane Motor Museum is very complete.

This 1956 Peel Trident was featured on American Top Gear and was driven by Rutledge Wood around his home town.
Either that’s a huge iPhone or the really small tire on the Peel Trident.

How about the only 1961 Chevrolet Corphibian ever produced. An actual amphibian version of the Corvair Loadside Pickup.

This is a 1919 Leyat Helico. Amazing what people dreamed up before being distracted by television and smart phones.

It is a tandem seating for two and looking at the ergonomics, people must have been a lot smaller in 1919.

One of the more prolific makes in the collection is the Tatra. This 1947 Tatra T-87 Saloon was a particularly nice example. Tatra vehicles are manufactured in Czech Republic to this day.

The Lane Motor Museum is a non-profit and is housed in the former Sunbeam bakery. It was an interesting collection and we recommend you visit when in the Nashville area.