{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"Classic Auto Mall - #252 Stewart Howden welcomes Jeff Lane, Founder and Curator of the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, TN plus Keith Martin of Sports Car Market","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/classic-auto-mall-252-stewart-howden-welcomes-jeff-lane-founder-and-curator-of-the-lane-motor-museum-in-nashville-tn-plus-keith-martin-of-sports-car-market","audioUrl":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2197312/episodes/19501449-classic-auto-mall-252-stewart-howden-welcomes-jeff-lane-founder-and-curator-of-the-lane-motor-museum-in-nashville-tn-plus-keith-martin-of-sports-car-market.mp3","description":"Show #252 airdate: July 15, 2026Stewart welcomes Jeff Lane, Founder and President of the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee. Jeff shares the story behind one of the world's most unique automotive collections, explaining how a personal fascination with unusual vehicles evolved into what has been called a \"hobby gone wild.\" The conversation explores the museum's remarkable assortment of rare, unconventional, and often very small automobiles, along with motorcycles, aircraft, and other mechanical curiosities.Jeff highlights some of the museum's most fascinating exhibits, including the Alfa Romeo, BMW, Berkeley, Citroën, Crosley, Honda, Isetta, Lotus, MG, Messerschmidt, Red Bug, Sunbeam, Volkswagen and others with the museum's strong emphasis on distinctive European automobiles.  He recounts taking his first driver's test in a car he built himself and reveals his current \"daily driver\". Later in the program, Keith Martin, publisher of Sports Car Market magazine, joins Stewart for an entertaining discussion covering the future of electric vehicles, the enduring appeal of Mustangs and Camaros, Keith's \"new\" Porsche 996 Carrera 4S, and the problem with car CD changers.Featured TopicsThe origins of the Lane Motor MuseumThe museum's diverse collection of cars, motorcycles, aircraft, and moreCollecting unusual and microcarsRare European automobiles and automotive historyElectric vehicles and the collector car marketMustang and Camaro enthusiastsKeith Martin's Porsche 996 Carrera 4SCDs versus modern digital mediaFeatured WebsiteLane Motor Museum: lanemotormuseum.org Send us Fan MailCONTENT NOTE: Contests, Prizes, Offers, Vehicles & other items may no longer be available or offered after each show's original broadcast or posting date.Recorded in our Showcase Studio just inside the entrance of the Classic Auto Mall in Morgantown, PA, Host Stewart Howden, Classic Auto Mall President and Classic Car Specialist Steve Saffier talk about this unique and amazing place often with amazing guests.  YES...Classic Auto Mall is a REAL former shopping mall that covers almost EIGHT football fields with an average of nearly ONE THOUSAND classic vehicles under one, climate controlled roof and they're all FOR SALE!  Be sure to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to be informed of new episodes and SEE them on the Classic Auto Mall YouTube Channel.  We also invite you to VISIT US IN PERSON at Classic Auto Mall, one hour west of Philadelphia at PA Turnpike Exit #298, VISIT us online at ClassicAutoMall.com or talk to real, live people about visiting, buying or selling your classic on consignment at 610-901-3804.GET OUR FREE APP:   https://ClassicAutoMall.appimize.app                              When it opens click on the ORANGE button to install on your phone or computer for DIRECT ACCESS to our VIDEO and AUDIO shows and our website. "},"annotations":[{"id":496231,"startTime":9.0,"endTime":12.3,"type":"place","title":"Morgantown, Pennsylvania","url":"/glossary/morgantown-pennsylvania","quote":"Broadcast from the studios inside the Classic Automall [9.0s] in Morgantown, Pennsylvania. 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