Events

First Event in a Long Time!

After a long hiatus due to COVID, we welcomed visitors to the museum! We followed Covid protocol with our guests. In spite of the need for masks and temperature checks, everyone had a great time.  Members of the Porsche club and the Ferrari club were in attendance.

Private holiday party time!

The Malamut Museum recently hosted a private holiday party. The museum is available for private functions and charity events. Contact us to schedule your private event!

Happy Birthday Mike!

We had a big party at the museum for Mike’s birthday. Guests were treated to a delicious lunch and entertainment. Mike picked up a guitar and jammed with the band.

SoCal Vintage BMW Meet at Woodley Park

This past Saturday we brought out 3 cars to the SoCal Vintage BMW Meet at Woodley Park. Cool fall weather returned for the show. It was a nice break from all the wind and fires of the past week. We actually had a few sprinkles. The show was well-attended. We took home Driver’s Choice wins for Best Early Model and Best of Meet for our ’56 502 cabriolet.

Fuji Raceway Visit

We took some laps around Fuji Raceway in race-prepped Toyota FRSs. Great cars!

Greetings from Japan

Greetings from Japan! We took in several car events on this trip, among them a great air-cooled VW show and driving race cars around Fuji Raceway.

Open House

Yesterday we welcomed several clubs to the museum for a visit. Those in attendance were the Alfa Club, Porsche Club, Corvette Club, and the Woodies Club, among others. Out back, we put together a camping display with some of the trailers and campers that we have in the collection. Our general store trailer made its first appearance as being part of our collection. More on that in another post. We finished off the event in the early afternoon with pizza and chocolate chip cookies. For more photos from the event, check out https://flic.kr/s/aHsmHwvdpW

15th Annual Vintage Japanese car show

BIG turnout at yesterday’s 15th Annual Vintage Japanese car show in Long Beach. We brought out the Toyota 2000GT and the ’67 Toyota S800. We were featured in the Toyota display. We’ve posted a few more photos from the event on our Flickr page. Check them out here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmHcH1dk

Garage Style Magazine Rally

There are so many events that take place during Car Week in Monterey, some of them not so well-known. We took our latest Datsun Z purchase on the Garage Style Magazine Rally.

Japanese Invitational at Pebble Beach

We brought several cars to the Japanese Invitational at Pebble Beach this year. Not shown in the photos but were there – ’91 Acura NSX and the brown ’72 Suzuki.

Bringatrailer Alumni Gathering at Laguna Seca

One of the events we took part in during Monterey car Week was the Bringatrailer Alumni Gathering at Laguna Seca. We have purchased and sold several cars through BAT over the past few years. We brought our ’54 Jaguar XK120 to be on display for preview while it runs on auction through their site. The auction closes today at 2:15 PST. Place your bids! https://bringatrailer.com/li…/1954-jaguar-xk120-roadster-15/

100 Years of Bentley visit Malamut Museum

Monterey Car Week Prep

The first batch of cars we have heading to Monterey for Car Week is ready to go!

Group from Belgium Visits Malamut Museum

Today we welcomed a group from Belgium on the tail end of their tour of the western US.

San Marino Concours 2019

Last Sunday we brought out the Euro spec ’74 Porsche RS to the San Marino Concours. Usually we bring vintage Japanese cars to the show but there was no Japanese class this year. This year was a hot one with temps in the mid 90’s. Good turn out! Check out more photos from the event at https://flic.kr/s/aHsmEa8VV9

Ramshorn Rally 2019

Malamut Museum featured in Hot VWs Magazine

Hot VWs Magazine did a nice feature on the museum in their June 2019 issue.

Luftgekült 6

Last weekend we took part in Luftgekült 6, an event for air-cooled Porsches. This year it was held on the Universal Pictures back lot. This event is really top-notch. We brought out the 1958 356 Speedster Super.

Car Night group visits the Malamut Museum

Last night we welcomed the folks from Car Night for a visit to the museum.

Malamut Kübelwagen visits set of Westworld

The 1942 Kübelwagen returned this week from the set of the show “Westworld”. It arrived with some “artistic” Hollywood mud splatters on it.

Motortrend visits the Malamut Museum

We had some folks from Motortrend drop by this afternoon. They were checking out our vintage Japanese cars and making selections for the vintage Japanese show that takes place in Monterey in August.

Spring Cleaning

Spring cleaning! This past week we pulled the majority of the cars out of our “vault” to give the cars a little exercise. We did some rearranging as well. We’re getting some new projects lined up for this year.

Cars and Cookies

We recently had a small group schedule a visit to the museum. They visited yesterday for cars and cookies 

Route 66 National Parks Tour

Hello from the Route 66 National Parks Tour! We brought the ’65 Mustang GT convertible out for the tour. First stop was Grand Canyon. In Bryce Canyon, there was still snow on the ground. The car completed the tour with no issues!

Eshelman heads to Jay Leno’s Garage

We recently loaned our 1956 Eshelman to Jay Leno for a segment on his TV show. Looks like Jay had fun with it!

Malamut ’53 Dannenhauer & Stauss Cabriolet heads to Amelia Island

The ’53 Dannenhauer & Stauss Cabriolet is just about ready for a trip across the country to Amelia Island.

Dannanhauer and Stauss was a German custom coach builder based out of Stuttgart, Germany. They created new bodies with a distinct Porsche flavor on a Volkswagen platform and mechanicals.

Malamut Museum featured in Japanese magazine Daytona

We recently received a copy of the Japanese magazine Daytona from our friends in Japan. The issue we received ran a feature on the museum. Pretty cool!

Museum visit: Roadster Nationals Group

Last week we welcomed a group that was in town for the Roadster Nationals.

Malamut cars on display at the Petersen Museum

The vintage Japanese car exhibit at the Petersen Museum has recently been updated to include our Toyota 2000GT. Other cars from our collection on display include the Mazda Cosmo, Mazda R360, Suzuki Jimny, Subaru 360, and the Honda 360.

15th annual Malibu Christmas Woody Parade

Last weekend we had the ’41 Chrysler Barrel Back Woody out for the 15th annual Malibu Christmas Woody Parade. The Woody Parade ended at Malibu Village, where Woodies filled the streets. Guests enjoyed live music by southern California party band, The Hodads. Holiday food and drinks were also served. Given the recent devastating fires in Malibu, the Woody Parade had special meaning this year as the community came together.

Porsche minis added to the collection

This week we received a delivery of some of the smallest cars in one of the biggest trucks. They’re kid cars! Aren’t they cool?! The craftsmanship on these miniatures is pretty amazing.

The 904 is battery powered. It even makes the right engine noises from a built-in mp3 player and speakers under the rear deck. It also has a working horn and lights. The race car is gas powered but we’re not sure what kid would be strong enough to handle the steering wheel! 

Hill Fire: Too Close for Comfort

We had a little excitement yesterday when the Hill Fire started up the street from the museum. It was very windy. The fire blew through but kept a safe distance from the museum.

Malamut Museum unveils new logo

We have a new logo! We brought our old friend Louis Lum out of retirement to put something together for us. Louis worked on logos for Bank of America, Singapore Airlines, and Alitalia, among others. Thanks Louie!

Malamut ’55 Mercedes takes part in the 300 SL Classic

This week for four days (November 4-8), we’re participating in the 300 SL Classic. The event drives 1000 miles of the best backroads that northern Arizona has to offer: from Scottsdale to Winslow to Sedona to the Grand Canyon and back to Scottsdale. All Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Coupes “Gullwings” (1954-1957) and Roadsters (1957-1963) are eligible for the 300 SL Classic.

Rally Nippon 2018 with the Toyota 2000GT

This week we are taking part in Rally Nippon with the Toyota 2000GT. Last year the rally ran in Japan. This year the organizers decided to bring the rally over to California for a tour to celebrate their 10th anniversary. This video is from the rally introduction and starting line. The event took us through Monterey and a run through Laguna Seca, among other places. Lots of great cars, roads, and people on this event. Check out the video of the Toyota 2000GT taking a lap around Laguna Seca!

More Malamut cars heading to Tarantino movie set for “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

Another batch of cars is heading out for the weekend to another set for the Tarantino movie “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”. The VW driver training car is supposed to be in a scene with one of the celebrities driving it.

Malamut Museum welcomes Gull Wing Group International

Today we welcomed members of Gull Wing Group International with their visit to the museum. The parking lots were full of 300sl Gull Wings! It was quite a site to see so many in one place. Be sure to check out the video!  Gull Wing Group International is in town this week celebrating their 50th annual convention in Pasadena, CA. It was great having all these special cars and the great people who drove them drop by for a visit. Here’s a few additional photos from yesterday’s event.

Museum’s Porsche Tractor competes in all-Porshe tractor race at Rennfest VI

Great fun at the Porsche tractor race yesterday at Rennfest VI. We took first in class! Thanks to Steve Van Den Hemel for the Le Mans start photo. There were two races: one Saturday and one on Sunday. It was definitely one of the highlights of the weekend. Look for the arrows pointing out Mike going down the track in this video! (footage by Matt Chambers) https://vimeo.com/292544865

’51 Porsche goes to Rennfest

Hello from Rennfest VI! We are up at Laguna Seca for the weekend celebrating all things Porsche. We had our ’51 Porsche on display. Mike will also be driving the Porsche tractor in the all-Porsche tractor race that is being held on both Saturday and Sunday.

Malamut Museum cars take part in inaugural Japanese Invitational

We sent several cars to the inaugural Japanese Invitational in Monterey, CA. It was a great show featuring some pretty unusual cars. It’s good to see vintage Japanese cars finally getting some recognition during Car Week at Monterey.

’51 Porsche Best in Class at Quayle

We took “Best in Class” at the Quail in Monterey this week with the ’51 Porsche. Check out this short clip of the car on the grass.

’57 VW Deluxe Microbus makes show debut with a win!

’51 Porsche takes Class Award and Mayor’s Award at Carmel

Monterey Car Week is in full swing! Yesterday we were out at the Concours on the Avenue in Carmel. We took the Class Award & The Mayor’s Award with the ’51 Porsche.

More cars for Hollywood

We recently sent out a few more cars for another Tarantino movie shoot. Photos by collection manager Neil Torrey.

Malamut Museum cars to be featured in “Ford vs Ferrari” movie

This has been the summer of movie cars for the museum! This current batch of cars is on its way to a film shoot for a new Matt Damon movie. The working title of the movie is “Ford vs. Ferrari”.  The movie from 20th Century Fox will star Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as engineer and racing driver Ken Miles. According to Variety, the film focuses on Shelby and Miles’ effort to turn the GT40 into a Le Mans-winning machine. The movie is set for release on June 28, 2019.

Ramshorn Rally 2018

We recently brought the 911 RS Porsche hotrod up to the Ramshorn Rally. The 2018 Ramshorn Rally route is an accumulation of several motorcycle routes that were scouted and run in the last couple of years. This year we explored western Colorado with the opening night in Gateway Canyons Resort. Our route took us as far south as Santa Fe, New Mexico. We drove the famous San Juan Hwy that crosses Coal Bank Pass, Molas Divide and Red Mountain Pass. The twisty road along the rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River is an amazing road. We went from red rocks and desert to 11,000′ passes above timberline.

Roadtrip to Jamul

We recently took an endurance one day road trip to Jamul, CA to pick up some new acquisitions for the museum: a 1967 Toyota Sport 800, two vintage Honda motorcycles, and some memorabilia. The traffic on the way was a little rough. Jamul is south east of San Diego. Pulling a trailer also limits the options for saving time. We left the museum at 11:30am and didn’t return to the museum until almost 2am! We think the purchase was well worth the drive. The car and the bikes are all in beautiful condition. Check out the video of the Toyota leaving its former home.

Malamut cars to be featured in Monozukuri exhibit at the Petersen Museum

We’ve loaned several pre-1970 Japanese cars to the Petersen Museum for an upcoming the exhibit: Monozukuri. It’s an exhibit on vintage Japanese cars. The show opens late May. To learn more about the exhibit, please visit this link to the Petersen Museum.

Luftgekühlt 5

We brought the Porsche 911SC RS Tribute car out this past weekend to Luftgekühlt 5, a show for air-cooled Porsches.

The Luftgekühlt brand is the brainchild of two-time Le Mans winner Patrick Long and noted Southern California creative director Howie Idelson. A true Porsche happening, Luftgekühlt is an experiential car culture event centered around a tightly curated list of historically significant or interesting cars.

History buffs will be aware that the initial series of aluminum-bodied 356 models were constructed at an old sawmill in Gmünd, Austria. As a tribute to that, the show took place in a lumber yard in Torrance, CA.

La Jolla Concours

We brought the Mazda Cosmo and the Mazda 360 out for this past weekend’s La Jolla Concours event. Former owner of the cars and all around great guy, Glen Roberts, was also at the show. Glen restored the cars. While at the show, he made some adjustments to the Cosmo and also talked the cars up with the judges. The Cosmo ended up taking first in class. You can’t have two “first places” in the same class. The 360 took second place. It must have been difficult for the judges to make a decision because they are both perfect cars.

Discovery Channel TV shoot

The Discovery Channel was at the museum doing a shoot for a new show that they have coming out soon. We can’t announce the show name as of yet because Discovery hasn’t announced it publicly. It sounds like it will be an interesting program. We will announce when the show will be aired soon!

Holy Land 1000

Last month we shipped the green ’64 Porsche (the same car that was in Japan for a rally) to Israel for the Holy Land 1000 Tour.

Approximately 60 vintage cars participated in this unique road event. Driving 1000 miles through the land of Israel in six days allowed participants to experience the remarkably diverse culture, climate and topography of Israel.

The tour departed the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv, through the beautiful terrain of the Negev desert, the snow caps of the Golan Heights, then dropping to the lowest point of earth – the Dead Sea. We then visited the Red Sea town of Eilat, drove along the Sea of Galilee and visited the must-see cities of Jerusalem and Nazareth. Our voyage took us through mainly rural areas where the driving and roads were top notch.

Porsche Rally Palm Springs

We recently took part in a Porsche rally in the Palm Springs area. We took the recently acquired Porsche RS tribute car. This car is currently one of the favorites in the collection.

SevenStock Mazda Show

We brought our Mazdas out to the SevenStock Mazda show this past weekend at Fontana Speedway. In addition to all the great cars on display, Mazda brought several race cars out of their collection and drove them on the racetrack at speed.

The Peninsula Tokyo Rally Nippon 2017

We recently took part in the The Peninsula Tokyo Rally Nippon 2017 with the 1964 Porsche 356 C that we shipped to Japan. The event brought classic-car enthusiasts from around the world together. The 4 day journey took us through some spectacular scenery across the highways and hillside passes of Honshu Island from Kyoto to Tokyo. The rally spanned a total of 1,000 kilometers, or 620 miles. 80 pairs of drivers and passengers of beautifully restored vintage cars took part in the event.

Our Renault Caravelle is off to a new home

The collection at the museum is constantly evolving. We do from time to time sell cars to make room for new acquisitions. The Renault Caravelle is off to a new home. Well, it’s going back home actually as the person who sold us the car bought it back.

1964 Porsche 356 C is heading to Japan

The 1964 Porsche 356 C was recently undergoing some last minute preparation before shipping off to Japan. We’ll be participating in a rally with the car this month.

The Citroën 2cv gets some love

2-day Open House is a big success!

This past weekend’s 2 day open house will go down as one of the best. We had a large group from Belgium that was on a tour half way across the US and made the museum one of their final stops on their long journey. They shipped over 80 cars from Belgium.

In addition to the group from Belgium, we also welcomed members from PCA, the Corvair Club, several members from Bringatrailer, The Checkered Flag 200, AACA Socal, Central Coast British Car Club, the Petersen Museum
and several others.

Fiat Dino at The Quail

We brought our recently refreshed Fiat Dino to The Quail in Monterey. The car was originally red but we chose to paint it in a period correct Fiat blue color. The car took first in class!

Beautiful 1951 Porsche 356 Coupe added to the collection

While in Monterey for Car Week earlier this month, we won this beautiful 1951 Porsche 356 Coupe at auction. The car was built by Lewis Hauser and Pete Archibald of Karosserie Ltd. We’re excited to have this car as part of the collection.

Museum purchases rare and historic Volkswagen collection

We’re excited to be adding this collection of very rare Volkswagens and a Zundapp motorcycle with sidecar to the museum collection. Special thanks to John Salona for his help in finding and acquiring this rare historic collection!

Low-mile 240z featured in Touge Rally 2017 coverage

Mike and the low mile 240z were again recently featured on the bringatrailer website. This time it was for coverage on the Touge California Rally – a rally event for classic Japanese cars. Check out the story here along with some great photos from the event.

Malamut Museum featured on Bringatrailer.com

The website “bringatrailer.com” recently ran a feature on their site about our museum. Bringatrailer is one of our favorite websites. We have added several cars to the collection that have been purchased through their site. Check out the feature here.

Touge Rally 2017

We are excited to announce that we have teamed up with BaT Auctions to drive our 31K-mile 1970 Datsun 240Z in the Touge California today. We recently won the car on a bringatrailer.com auction. Touge California is the premier vintage rally for Japanese cars in North America. The third annual running takes place today in Southern California. If you are driving in the Touge, please find our blue Datsun 240Z and say hello to us!

San Marino Concours 2017

Today we brought a couple of Japanese cars from the collection out to the San Marino Concours. We took home a 3rd in class for the Mazda Cosmo and First place for the Mazda R360.

Ramshorn Rally 2017

We brought the Porsche 930 Turbo up to Montana for the Ramshorn Rally. We’ve added a few miles to the car over the 5 day driving event for air-cooled Porsches. Check out this video clip from the event! Click here.

Pismo Vintage Trailer Rally 2017

Open house: Cars & Coffee After Party – March 25, 2017

Cars and Coffee After Party: We had a really big turnout for yesterday’s open house at the museum. After the local Cars & Coffee event, the Corvair Club, Corvette Club, and several people who were attending the event caravaned over to the museum for a visit. The collection of cars parked along the streets outside the museum was just as fun to check out as the cars inside. The museum provided pizza and snacks to all.

1965 Ford Mustang added to the collection

We recently purchased this 1965 Ford Mustang from original owners John and Demetra. The car had been in the family for 52 years. Demerta drove it, her husband drove it and their two sons drove it. It had served the family admirably over those years. Demetra had a remarkable journey with this car. It took her several months to finally purchase a much loved Mustang, but she wanted air and the first group was a 6. When she saw this car In front of Hutchings Ford in Arcadia, CA. she made a quick left turn and the rest is history. The car had air, was a great color and had the distinction of a white stripe. As a young female, all car salesman wanted to sell her a pink or light blue car….She resisted and hit the jackpot with “her car of choice”. Demetra and her husband are getting older now, therefore, thought it is time for the car to find a new home, rather than just going to Ralphs for milk. We will give it a good home. We will keep it original and only plan to tidy things up a bit.

Palms to Pines 2016

November 18 – November 20

We recently took a Porsche 356 on the “Palms to Pines” run with the SoCal 356 Club. Saturday included the classic drive to Idyllwild for which the Palms to Pines event is named. We enjoyed the fall foliage on the scenic drive over the mountain roads designed with the 356 in mind – not for the faint of heart!

Saratoga Museum pays us a visit

Members of the Saratoga Museum in New York were in town this weekend. They stopped by the museum for a visit.

Art Center Car Classic 2016

We brought 3 cars out to the Art Center Car Classic this past Sunday: the 1956 BMW 502 Cabriolet, the 1963 VW 23-window bus and Eriba Puck trailer, and the 1956 Dannenhauer & Strauss Cabriolet. It was a fun day spent among good friends and some great cars.

The Chris craft boat arrives – October 15, 2016

The Chris craft boat arrives.