Photos: Metallica rocker's cars on display
Earl Joy, a board member of the American Automobile Experience, gently dusts one of the six custom cars on loan from Metallica heavy metal rocker James Hetfield. The cars have a combined value in excess of $1 million.
A transport crew carefully unloaded and then rolled each of the James Hetfield cars into the American Automobile Experience on July 2. Hetfield is co-founder of the Metallica heavy metal rock band and loans his cars to museums so many fans can enjoy seeing them.
Al Young, a volunteer at The American Automobile Experience, takes a look at the interior of one of the six James Hetfield custom cars on loan at the Kearney car attraction.
This ‘37 Ford coupe is known as “Crimson Ghost.”
The ‘56 Ford F-11, “Str8 Edge.” Heavy metal artist James Hetfield of Metallica owns the six cars on loan to the Kearney American Automobile Experience and personally supervised their customization.
A ‘36 Auburn 852 Speedster “Slow Burn.”
A ‘37 Lincoln Zephyr, dubbed “Voodoo Priest,” at the American Automobile Experience in Kearney, is among the vehicles of Metallica’s James Hetfield on display.
This ‘32 Ford roadster, “Blackjack,” is part of the Hetfield collection.
A ‘36 Ford Coupe “Iron Fist” at the Kearney automobile museum.
James Hetfield, the lead singer of heavy metal band Metallica, "wants his cars to always be traveling, just like a band.”