The first special display was a collection of vintage Harleys owned by musician Dan Auerbach. Dan says that one of the things that attracts him to a bike is that "there's a story that goes along with it." The bikes on display are from 1937 through 1950 and, although all have been mechanically restored, none have been stripped of their stories. The 1937 EL in the third picture is the oldest on display and the first Harley Dan ever owned. He rode it along the entire Natchez Trace Parkway which makes me like him even more.

The X-100 was Subaru's response to the 1973 oil crisis. The body is an airplane wing tank and the single taillight is from a 1955 Ford Thunderbird. Alex Tremulis, the X-100's designer, had once headed up Ford's styling studio. The goal of 100 MPG was achieved -- once. On August 5, 1980, the car covered a little more than 100 miles at 55 MPH using a single gallon of gas, but by then the crisis was past and future plans were scrapped.

Beyond the X-100 is BRAT serial number 001. Putting those rear-facing seats in the back allowed Subaru to call it a car and beat a tariff on light trucks. I still have an inexplicable urge to climb into one of those seats at every BRAT sighting.

All Crosleys are kind of rare but pre-war Crosleys many times so. The tan car is a 1939 Crosley Transferable. Next is a Smart Car roadster with 101 HP and a fully retractable top. The pieces above the doors are removable. The Mini is a Brazilian fiberglass version that weighs more than the steel versions because of excessive bracing dictated by headquarters. Shortly after reaching the point in his life where he could afford the Lotus Europa he'd always dreamed of, a museum patron was diagnosed with a terminal illness. The museum helped with restoring the car so that he was able to enjoy some track time in it. His widow donated the car to the museum.

Tommy Womack sang the title track. That's him with the mic in the second picture. The guy at the right of the picture is Bill Lloyd. I mention that because Bill is a Long Players kingpin and doesn't really show up in any other picture here. Same with Steve Ebe on drums. The guy with the headband in the next picture is Dez Dickerson. A member of Prince and the Revolution, he sang backup and played the guitar solo in "Little Red Corvette". That's Walter Egan in the next picture with Long Players Steve Allan and Ross Rice in the background. Egan, who once toured with Petty, had his biggest hit in 1978 with "Magnet and Steel". I apologize for being unable to remember what songs Dez and Walter performed. Although "You're Gonna Get It" had plenty of good songs on it, only a couple (e.g., "I Need to Know") were hits and familiar to the crowd. More familiar stuff, from other Petty albums, followed a short break.