Question of the Day 2023-01-24

Now that the classic car collection at the old Imperial Palace parking garage is gone, where can I find other such exhibits?

The closest collection of classic cars in Las Vegas is at Classic & Collectible Cars, a family-owned and operated classic- and special-interest-vehicle dealership on W. Sirius Avenue a block east of Valley View Boulevard that's been in business since 1982. The big indoor showroom displays around 20 classic cars at any given time and the proprietors have appeared many times on the History Channel's "Counting Cars." Some of these cars can be rented by the public; C&CC also supplies classic cars for production shoots and location displays and appraises classic and customized cars.

A much bigger collection is on display in Laughlin, 90 miles south. It's Don Laughlin's Classic Car Museum at two locations in the Riverside Casino. They feature a rotating collection of 80 or so of "the world's most distinctive automobiles," some owned by Laughlin himself, an auto enthusiast and collector. The first-floor showroom is home to a variety of desert-racing vehicles. The main showroom on the third floor of the South Tower displays nearly 50 cars and motorcycles, all squeezed into every available square foot. Admission is free with a players card ($3 without). Like C&CC in Vegas, many of these cars are for sale.

Finally, if you ever make it as far as Reno, the granddaddy of Nevada classic-car museums is right downtown. The 34-year-old National Automobile Museum is located at 10 S. Lake Street near the corner of Mill and has been named by AutoWeek magazine as one of the top five automobile museums in the county and among the greatest 16 in the world. Most of the 200 cars on display in the museum come from the collection of the late Bill Harrah, who made a bit of money in the casino business.

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Debra Grimes Jan-24-2023

Classic Cars

The Shelby Museum has a handful of its own classic cars.

Dave_Miller_DJTB Jan-24-2023

When in Laughlin...

1 - At Don Laughlin's Classic Car Museum is a wall covered with WWII era license plates. They're part of Michael "Wizard of Odds" Shackleford's collection. 

2 - Take a trip to Kingman AZ, for the Route 66 Museum which has a cool mixed collection of cars including some electric cards from the early and mid 1900's. A short walk away is the Kingman Railroad Museum. Also kinda cool.

Reno Faoro Jan-24-2023

IMPERIAL PALACE

'YEARS ' AGO - the i.p.  had a great display upstairs . I believe  it was free.  Where those cars went ????????????????

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Kingman Classic Cars

To add to "Daves" post: There is also a classic car "dealership" between the "Powerhouse" (Route 66 Museum) and the Railroad museum on the other side of the street next to the "soda shop". They refurb and sell "classic" cars mostly 60s and 70s muscle cars.

VegasVic Jan-24-2023

@Reno

https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/question/classic-cars-imperial-palace/

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Original

The original collection at the Imp was amazing.  I particularly remember of room full of nothing but Deusenbergs.  Unfortunately, it then turned into a sales room and the collection for viewing really went downhill.  Glad I was able to see it at its best!

rokgpsman Jan-24-2023

Imperial Palace cars

The car collection at the Imperial Palace used to be free to see, one of the cool free things to do in Las Vegas for first-time visitors, kinda like the Ethel M Chocolate Factory and the $1million display at the Horseshoe downtown. And even when they started charging to see the IP car collection you could still get free passes pretty easy. I think it was owned by the man that owned the Imperial Palace, sometime after he died the display of cars went away, probably to various private collectors. Turns out he was something of a Hitler fan, had a collection of Nazi memorabilia if I remember right. And maybe the car that Bonnie and Clyde were killed in by federal agents.

Patrick McCann Jan-25-2023

Liberace Garage

There is also the Liberace Garage/Hollywood Cars Museum on Dean Martin Rd.

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