Collings Foundation
{{short description|Aviation and automotive preservation foundation in Massachusetts, United States}}
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| established = {{start date|1979|df=y}}
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| location = Stow, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| founder = Bob Collings
| ceo = Rob Collings
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The Collings Foundation is a private non-profit educational foundation located in Stow, Massachusetts, with a mission dedicated to the preservation and public display of transportation-related history, namely automobile and aviation history.{{Cite web|url = http://www.collingsfoundation.org/in_background.htm|title = Collings Foundation Background|accessdate = 8 April 2012|last = Collings Foundation|authorlink = |year = n.d.|url-status=dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121025160550/http://www.collingsfoundation.org/in_background.htm|archivedate = 25 October 2012}} The Collings Foundation is headquartered at a small private airfield in Stow that includes a small museum that opens for special events and pre-scheduled tour groups.
The American Heritage Museum, a collection of military vehicles, is located on the grounds of the foundation. The organization also has a satellite operations base at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, primarily housing its Korean War and Vietnam War jet aircraft and helicopter collection.
The Collings Foundation operated two touring collections of historic military aircraft: The Wings of Freedom Tour and The Vietnam Memorial Flight. The Wings of Freedom tour ended in 2023 after the organization grounded their WWII aircraft.
The Collings Foundation sold vintage warbird rides to the general public through a flight exemption until permission for such flights was revoked by the Federal Aviation Administration following the fatal 2019 crash of the foundation's B-17G.{{cite news |last=Owens |first=David |date=March 25, 2020 |title=FAA says owner of World War II bomber that crashed at Bradley, killing seven, did not take safety seriously and can no longer carry passengers |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-faa-says-collings-foundation-cannot-carry-passengers-20200325-twq2alj7i5gztllf6h4p22mjyi-story.html |url-access=limited |work=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Connecticut |access-date=March 26, 2020 |quote=The permission Collings operated under required it to comply with specific conditions, and the FAA found that it “was not fulfilling several requirements” or satisfying its policy of maintaining “a culture of safety.”}}
History
The organization was founded in 1979 by former Data Terminal Systems chairman Robert F. Collings and his wife Caroline Collings.{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Ronald |title=Data Terminal's Exiting Executives |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/437263883 |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=Boston Globe |date=6 May 1983 |page=41}}{{cite news |last1=Ranalli |first1=Ralph |title=Foundation Maintains a Rare Collection |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/444293625 |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=Boston Globe |date=9 September 2007 |page=5}} {{asof|2020|4}}, Caroline Collings continues to serve as financial director, while son Rob Collings is the CEO and chief pilot of the foundation.{{cite web |url=https://www.collingsfoundation.org/the-foundation/staff/ |title=Staff |website=The Collings Foundation |accessdate=April 8, 2020}}
On July 4, 2013, the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation founded by Jacques Littlefield and located in Portola Valley, California, donated their entire collection of military vehicles to the Collings Foundation. A year later, the Collings Foundation auctioned off 120 of the vehicles to fund creation of a new museum at their headquarters.{{cite news |url=http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2013/11/silicon_valley_tank_collection.html |title=Silicon Valley tank collection heading east to The Collings Foundation in Stow |author= |date= 11 November 2013 |newspaper=The Springfield Republican |agency=AP |accessdate=11 March 2016}} The remaining vehicles are now the centerpiece of the American Heritage Museum in Stow, Massachusetts.
In 2015, the Stow Planning Board questioned the educational merit of the proposed museum. The educational purpose was needed in order to allow the planned {{convert|60000|sqft|adj=on}} museum to be built on land that was zoned for residential use.{{cite news |url=http://stowindependent.com/planning-board-wrestles-with-collings-museum-application-july-29-2015 |title=Planning Board Wrestles with Collings Museum Application ... |author=Needle, Ann |date=29 July 2015 |newspaper=The Stow Independent |access-date=11 March 2016}}{{cite news |url=http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/08/05/plans-for-museum-to-house-the-ex-littlefield-military-vehicle-collection-stalled/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807182242/http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/08/05/plans-for-museum-to-house-the-ex-littlefield-military-vehicle-collection-stalled/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 7, 2015 |title=Plans for museum to house the ex-Littlefield military vehicle collection stalled |author=Strohl, Daniel |date=5 August 2015 |newspaper=Hemmings |access-date=11 March 2016}} The Planning Board rejected the foundation's application in August 2015{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2015/08/31/proposed-military-museum-shot-down-stow/QHi10qK0wcftsaUIOfcy8H/story.html |title=Proposed military museum is voted down in Stow |author=Sweeney, Emily |date=31 August 2015 |newspaper=The Boston Globe |access-date=11 March 2016}} but a settlement was eventually reached in July 2017 and construction of the museum was completed in 2018. The museum held a "preview" opening in October 2018 and fully opened in May 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.collingsfoundation.org/american-heritage-museum/|title=Collings Foundation American Heritage Museum|date=23 January 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.telegram.com/news/20190502/american-heritage-museum-celebrates-grand-opening |title=American Heritage Museum celebrates grand opening |author=Jonathan Phelps |date= 2 May 2019 |newspaper=Worcester Telegram |access-date=5 May 2019}}
The foundation acquired 9 of 25 airplanes for sale from the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in exchange for helping the museum out of bankruptcy in May 2015.{{cite news |last1=Njus |first1=Elliot |title=Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum Reaches Deal to Keep Spruce Goose |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/2015/07/evergreen_aviation_space_museu.html |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=OregonLive |date=21 July 2015}}
The organization's B-17G Flying Fortress crashed in October, 2019, killing seven of the thirteen people on board. In March 2020, the organization's permission to carry passengers was revoked by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), citing “notable maintenance discrepancies” and a failure to maintain a “a culture of safety” leading up to the crash.
In 2023, it traded a Stearman PT-17 to the National Museum of the United States Air Force in exchange for a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.{{cite news |last1=Riley |first1=Lisa M. |title=National Museum of the USAF welcomes PT-17 to its collection |url=https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Upcoming/Press-Room/News/Article-Display/Article/3487432/national-museum-of-the-usaf-welcomes-pt-17-to-its-collection/ |access-date=9 November 2023 |work=National Museum of the United States Air Force |date=8 August 2023}}{{cite news |title=NMUSAF Museum P-47D Thunderbolt Moves to The Collings Foundation |url=http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/nmusaf-museum-p-47d-thunderbolt-moves-to-the-collings-foundation.html |access-date=9 November 2023 |work=Vintage Aviation News |date=12 September 2023}} The following month, an original Nieuport 28 owned by the foundation was damaged in an accident.{{cite news |last1=Cotter |first1=Sean |title=World War I-era plane crashes during museum event in Stow |url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/17/metro/world-war-i-era-plane-crashes-during-museum-event-stow |access-date=9 November 2023 |work=Boston Globe |date=17 September 2023}} Later that year, it announced it would be ending its Wings of Freedom tour and grounding its aircraft.{{cite web |last1=Godlewski |first1=Meg |title=Collings Foundation Grounds Air Tour for WWII Aircraft |url=http://www.flyingmag.com/collings-foundation-grounds-wwii-aircraft |website=Flying |access-date=3 December 2023 |date=30 November 2023}}
Collection
=Aircraft collection=
==Airworthy aircraft==
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- Bell UH-1E Iroquois{{cite web |title=Bell UH-1E Iroquois |url=http://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/bell-uh-1e-huey |website=Collings Foundation |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Bleriot XI – replica{{cite web |title=1909 Bleriot Type XI (Replica) |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/1909-bleriot-type-xi |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Boeing PT-17 Kaydet{{cite web |title=Boeing PT-17 Stearman |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/boeing-pt-17-stearman |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Boeing PT-17 Kaydet{{cite web |title=Boeing PT-17 Tuskegee Stearman |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/boeing-pt-17-tuskegee-stearman |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Cessna UC-78 Bobcat{{cite web |title=Cessna UC-78 Bobcat |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/cessna-uc-78-bobcat |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Consolidated B-24J Liberator "Witchcraft"{{cite web |title=Consolidated B-24J Liberator |url=http://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/consolidated-b-24-liberator |website=Collings Foundation |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Curtiss Headless Pusher{{cite web |title=1909 Curtiss Pusher |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/1909-curtiss-pusher |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}{{cite web |title=1910 Curtiss Pusher |url=http://century-aviation.com/essential_grid/1910-curtiss-pusher |website=Century Aviation |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Curtiss Model F{{cite web |title=1914 Curtiss Model F Flying Boat |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/curtissfboat |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}{{cite web |title=1914 Curtiss Model F Flying Boat |url=http://century-aviation.com/essential_grid/1914-curtiss-model-f-flying-boat-2 |website=Century Aviation |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk{{cite web |title=Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/curtiss-p-40b-tomahawk |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Curtiss TP-40N Warhawk{{cite web |title=Curtiss TP-40N Warhawk |url=http://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/curtiss-tp-40n-warhawk |website=Collings Foundation |access-date=7 February 2022}}{{cite web |title=TP-40N 'Warhawk' |url=http://americanaeroservices.com/P-40Ngrphc2.html |website=American Aero Services |access-date=8 February 2022}}
- Douglas A-1E Skyraider{{cite web |title=Douglas A-1E Skyraider |url=http://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/1e-skyraider |website=Collings Foundation |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk{{cite web |title=McDonnell TA-4J Skyhawk |url=http://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/mcdonnell-ta-4j-skyhawk |website=Collings Foundation |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Grumman FM-2 Wildcat{{cite web |title=Grumman FM-2 Wildcat |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/grumman-fm-2-wildcat |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Grumman TBM-3E Avenger{{cite web |title=Grumman TBM Avenger |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/grumman-tbm-avenger |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat{{cite web |title=Grumman F6F-3N Hellcat |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/grumman-f6f-3n-hellcat |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Lockheed P-38L Lightning "Pudgy V"{{cite web |title=Lockheed P-38 Lightning |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/lockheed-p-38-lightning |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Lockheed T-33{{cite web |title=Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star |url=http://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/lockheed-t-33-shooting-star |website=Collings Foundation |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II{{cite web |title=F-4D Phantom |url=http://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/f-4d-phantom |website=Collings Foundation |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe "White 1" – Reproduction{{cite web |title=Messerschmitt Me 262 |url=http://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/messerschmitt-262/ |website=Collings Foundation |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Morane-Saulnier MS.500 Criquet – pained as Fi 156{{cite web |title=Fieseler Fi-156 Storch |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/fiesler-fi-156-storch |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Fiesler-Morane-Saulnier MS-500 Criquet, c/n 4621, c/r N156FC |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=39371 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=8 February 2022}}{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N156FC] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N156FC |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=8 May 2024}}
- North American A-36 Mustang{{cite web |title=North American A-36 |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/north-american-36-apache |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- North American AT-6 Texan{{cite web |title=North American AT-6F Texan |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/north-american-6f-texan |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- North American B-25J Mitchell "Tondelayo"{{cite web |title=North American B-25 Mitchell |url=http://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/north-american-b-25-mitchell |website=Collings Foundation |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- North American F-100F Super Sabre{{cite web |title=North American F-100F Super Sabre |url=http://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/north-american-f-100f-super-sabre |website=Collings Foundation |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- North American TF-51D Mustang "Toulouse Nuts"{{cite web |title=North American TF-51D Mustang |url=http://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/north-american-tf-51d-mustang |website=Collings Foundation |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- North American TP-51C Mustang "Betty Jane"{{cite web |title=North American TP-51C Mustang |url=http://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/north-american-tp-51c-mustang |website=Collings Foundation |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Supermarine Spitfire IX{{cite web |title=Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/supermarine-spitfire-mk-ix |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Vought F4U-5NL Corsair{{cite web |title=Vought F4U-5NL Corsair |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/vought-f4u-5nl-corsair |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Waco UPF-7{{cite web |title=Waco UPF-7 |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/waco-upf-7 |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
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==Static aircraft==
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- Lockheed T-33{{cite web |title=Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/lockheed-t-33-shooting-star-static |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10{{cite web |title=Messerschmitt Me 109 |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/messerschmitt-me-109 |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Wright Model EX "Vin Fiz Flyer" – Replica{{cite web |title=1911 Wright Vin Fiz (Replica) |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/1911-wright-vin-fiz-replica |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
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==Aircraft under restoration==
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- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 44-83785{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Boeing SB-17G Fortress, s/n 44-83785 USAF, c/n 32426, c/r N207EV |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=72063 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=8 February 2022}}
- Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina{{cite web |title=Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/consolidated-pby-catalina |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Douglas A-26B Invader{{cite web |title=Douglas A-26 Invader |url=http://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/douglas-226-invader |website=Collings Foundation |access-date=7 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226010508/http://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/douglas-226-invader |archive-date=26 February 2015}}
- Fairchild PT-19{{cite web |title=Fairchild PT-19 "Tuskegee Airmen" |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/fairchild-pt-19a-tuskegee-airmen |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-8 "White One", Werknummer 931 862{{cite web |title=Focke Wulf Fw 190 F-8 |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/focke-wulf-fw-190-f-8 |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}{{cite web |title=FW-190 "White One" |url=http://americanaeroservices.com/fw-190-white-one_Page.html |website=American Aero Services |access-date=8 February 2022}}
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 "White Two"{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Focke Wulf Fw-190D-9, c/n 210096, c/r N190CF |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=61283 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=8 February 2022}}{{Failed verification|date=February 2022}}
- Grumman G-21 Goose{{cite web |title=Grumman G-21 Goose |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/grumman-g-21-goose |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}{{cite web |title=Grumman JRF-2 'Goose' |url=http://americanaeroservices.com/GrummanJRF-2Goosegrphc2.html |website=American Aero Services |access-date=8 February 2022}}
- Nieuport 28{{cite web |title=Nieuport 28 |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/nieuport-28 |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}
- Piper L-4H Grasshopper 43-30426 "Rosie the Rocketer" (flown by then-Major Charles Carpenter in France, 1944).{{cite web |title=L-4 Grasshopper |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/piper-l4-grasshopper-rosie-the-rocketer |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=7 February 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Hogan |first1=Jackson |title=La Pine man restoring plane flown by 'Bazooka Charlie' in World War II |url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/la-pine-man-restoring-plane-flown-by-bazooka-charlie-in-world-war-ii/article_a23f6ba6-8dc3-5f33-8ec0-14fef3911121.html |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=The Bulletin |date=31 March 2019 |quote=In 1944, U.S. Army pilot and artillery spotter [Major] Charles Carpenter was in France, fighting in the 4th Armored Division of Gen. George S. Patton’s 3rd Army, when he had a crazy idea...Carpenter strapped three bazookas under each wing of his 1944 Piper L-4H, a frail reconnaissance plane not typically used for combat, flew over the German army and blasted multiple Panzer tanks and armored cars north of the town of Nancy. It earned him the nickname “Bazooka Charlie.”...75 years later, the Piper L-4H — nicknamed “Rosie the Rocketer” — has found its way to a rural garage near La Pine, where it’s being restored by a retired engineer.}}
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=Automobile collection=
==Brass era==
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- 1901 Oldsmobile Curved Dash
- 1904 Franklin Type A Roadster
- 1906 Pope Waverly Electric Carriage, original un-restored
- 1906 Stanley Steamer Touring Car (20 hp)
- 1908 Cadillac Open Roadster Runabout
- 1913 Ford Model T Touring Car
- 1913 Mercer Speedster Raceabout (replica)
- 1914 Stutz Bearcat
- 1915 Buick Touring Car
- 1916 Chalmers Model 120 Sedan
- 1916 Chevrolet Baby Grand Touring
- 1916 Oldsmobile Model 44 Touring Car
- 1919 Willys-Sterns Knight Touring Car
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==Roaring 20s==
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- 1921 Marmon Model 34 Speedster
- 1924 Ford Model T
- 1926 Chevrolet Woody Depot Hack
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==Classic era==
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- 1927 Rolls-Royce Springfield Phantom 1 Phaeton
- 1928 Packard Model 533 Sedan
- 1928 Chrysler Model 72 Roadster
- 1928 Packard Phaeton
- 1928 Pierce Arrow Series 81 Limousine
- 1929 LaSalle Model 2H
- 1929 Pontiac Model F Cabriolet
- 1930 Cord Model L29 Convertible Coupe
- 1931 Studebaker President
- 1932 Duesenberg SJ Dual-Cowl Phaeton
- 1935 Packard Model 1208, Convertible Sedan
- 1936 Auburn Boat-Tail Speedster
- 1937 Cord Model 812 Phaeton
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==Celebrity cars==
- 1940 Cadillac Limousine V-16, owned by Al Capone, original un-restored
==Indianapolis 500 cars==
File:Trevis-Offy Indy car, 1961 - Collings Foundation - Massachusetts - DSC07063.jpg
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- 1961 Trevis/Offy – Trevis team car, sister car to the 1961 winner. Ran Indy 1961–1964.
- 1972 Gurney Eagle/Turbo Offy – Leader card Spl. Team car. Ran Indy 1972–1974.
- 1979 Porsche Indy – The factory race car that smashed all track records before being banned.
- 1980 Penske PC-9/Cosworth DFX – Mario Andretti's Michigan 500 winner. Ran Indy.
- 1980, Qualified second with Mario Andretti. Also driven to victory by Rick Mears at the Copa Mexico 125.
- 1987 March/Buick – Rich Vogler's best Indy effort
- 1995 Lola/Ford XB – Michael Andretti's race winning car
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==Other race cars==
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- 1996 Rilley & Scott MkIII/Ford winner of the 1997 Rolex 24 hours of Daytona
- 1990 Nissan 300ZX- Factory team car winner of the 24 hours of Daytona, 12 hours of Sebring and the Drivers and constructors championship
- 1993 Porsche RS America- Rolex 24 and Sebring 12 hour veteran, the first team car of Champion Porsche
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==Sprint cars: 1920s–WWII==
File:Thomas Special sprint car, 1936 - Collings Foundation - Massachusetts - DSC07066.jpg
File:Studebaker powered midget car, 1946 - Collings Foundation - Massachusetts - DSC07081.jpg
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- 1932 Crager-Ford
- 1932 Gemsa Ford
- 1936 Thomas Spl.
- 1937 Offy 270 ci.
- 1937 Rutherford – winner of over 300 races!
- 1937 Ranger-Aircraft Engine
- Drayer-Ford
- Riley Four Port
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==Sprint cars: post WWII-1950s==
- 1950 Ford/Offy
==Midget racers: 1930s-1950s==
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- 1936 Sowers- a rare Offy derivative
- Caruso-Offy 110 ci. supercharged by Maserati
- Studebaker
- Elto Outboard
- Indian
- (3) Ford V-8/60
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==Military vehicles==
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- 1917 Vim "Camp Devens Express"
- 1916 Ford Model T ambulance
- 1942 Ford Jeep, GPW Willys MB
- 1943 White Motor Co. M16 half-track
- M1917 6-ton tank (American version of the Renault FT)
- Panzer I. A
- Panzer V "Panther" Ausf. A. only running Panther in the USA
- Mercedes G4 staff car
- Vickers Mk. IV light tank
- Sherman turret trainer
- M3 Lee
- Matilda MK.II tank
- Sd.Kfz. 10 1-ton – German half-track personnel carrier/prime mover
- Leichter Panzerspähwagen Sd.Kfz. 222 armored scout car – Germany
- BMW R75 motorcycle and side car
- M3A1 scout car
- M5A1 Stuart light tank
- VW Kübelwagen Type 82
- Schwimmwagen Type 166
- T-34/76 Tank
- Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Ausf. D armored half-track
- Sd.Kfz. 2 Kleines Kettenkrad "track-cycle"
- LCVP "Higgins Boat"
- Cromwell I tank
- Jagdpanzer 38t Hetzer
- M4A3E2 Sherman "Jumbo" tank
- M16 MGMC half-track
- M8 Scott
- M22 Locust airborne tank
- M18 Hellcat tank destroyer
- A34 Comet
- IS-2 Iosef Stalin
- SU-100
- Sd.Kfz. 8 12-ton German half-track
- Kommandogerät 38
- V-1 "JB-2 Loon"
- M8 Greyhound
- LVT(A)-4 landing vehicle
- M29C Weasel
- Daimler Dingo Mk1
- M3 Gun Motor Carriage
- M7 Priest SPH
- M26A1 Pershing
- M24 Chaffee
- M39 armored utility vehicle
- M2A1 Bradley fighting vehicle
- ZPU-23 anti-aircraft gun
- M41 Walker Bulldog
- M48 Patton
- PT-76 amphibious tank
- T-72M
- M551 Sheridan
- M60A1
- T-55
- MAZ-7310/Scud-B missile launcher
- ZSU-23-4 SHILKA anti-aircraft tank
- 2S1 GVOZDIKA
- M1A1 Abrams tank
- QinetiQ TALON robot
- iRobot PackBot
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==Trucks and farm vehicles==
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- 1909 Peerless steam tractor
- 1915 Walker electric truck
- 1920s International Harvester
- 1931 Diamond T truck
- 1931 Chevrolet Model C cab-truck
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References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.collingsfoundation.org/}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Io3QWY4Nc The Last Flying B-24 Bomber (Collings Foundation)] via YouTube
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