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by **JPMINITUCSON** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:25 am

Count us in, too!

I worked for Bob Petersen (Motor Trend, Car Craft, Hot Rod, 4-Wheel & Off-Road, Guns & Ammo, Hunting Magazines) from 1980 - 1991.

Our offices were at the corner of Sunset & La Cienega. The studio where they shot a lot of the cars featured in Hot Rod and Car Craft was next door in what was Howard Hughes old digs.

Before Bob started the museum, he used to drive many of the cars in his collection to work where we would drool over them at lunch time.

Bob was a true American Original. He started the first hot rod show in LA, from which grew Hot Rod magazine. He was 16 years old!

He used to eat everyday at Scandia restaurant on Sunset Blvd. One day the owner told him he ate there so often he ought to buy the place. He did and made his wife Margie (a former beauty queen) the manager. And we were expected to have our business lunches there. I never acquired a taste for gravlax. We also had some wild office parties!

Bob had a great love of the west and owned a working cattle ranch just 45 minutes north of LA in the Leona Valley, just down the road from where Patty and I lived.

Bob was an avid hunter and adorned the office with his trophies, including a full size polar bear that greeted you when you got off the elevator. The legend has it that his guide's rifle jammed when the bear charged at them. Bob pulled out his Colt 45 and dropped him with one shot.

My last job at Petersen was to trim the fat from the manufacturing division and squeeze the contracts with printers and pre-prep vendors. Bob wanted to retire. From what would be a $450 million cash sale, he put in over $30 million into the Petersen Auto Museum. Bob passed away last March but has left a truly remarkable collection.

by **It Works** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:29 am

Wow small world. Cool story!

by **scuzzlepook** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:31 pm

by **danjmcs** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:42 pm

by **marcus** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:40 pm

by **danjmcs** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:53 pm

by **JPMINITUCSON** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:59 pm

by **danjmcs** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:23 pm

by **danjmcs** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:24 pm

Also, for those of you into "Hot Wheels", they just added a new Featured Exhibit called "The Hot Wheels Hall of Fame" that is back at the museum as of December 21st.
[quote]After a brief hiatus, the Hot Wheels

by **th3118** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:29 am

by **danjmcs** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:05 am

by **th3118** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:26 pm

I'm booked for Friday and Saturday nights.

Looking forward to seeing some little cars.

by **Sanbient** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:38 pm

Won't be able to make it...Going to be geeking it out here ( http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/ ).

Take lots of pictures though.

Michael

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