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Derek E. Moore is the Director of Collections & Curator of the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. As a lifelong automotive enthusiast Derek has turned his passion into his career. Past roles have included the Crawford Curator of Transportation History at the Western Reserve Historical Society and Conservation Specialist for Transportation Collections at The Henry Ford. As an automotive historian, he is passionate about connecting the formative years of the automobile to the present and how the automobile has impacted society and culture. Derek’s interests in the automobile and its history have led him to collect vehicles and he currently owns a 1917 Overland, a 1919 Chevrolet, a 1923 Peerless, and a 1961 Ford Falcon.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • Sports Car Market • Buy Sell Hold Podcast • Christopher Kimball Financial Services • Adobe Road Winery • Techforce • Carnection Advisors • Saratoga Auto Auctions • American Collectors Insurance
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
“If we choose to run old vehicles, we risk the damage that may come with their use. But that’s how we grow in life.”
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
At 14 years old ending up in an international Jazz group traveling Europe, and not knowing how to play jazz!
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
1974 Pontiac GTO and a 1929 Roosevelt built by the Marmon Corporation
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
When it comes to buying a collector car, always buy what you love.
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PARTING WORDS OF WISDOM
History is not about memorizing names, numbers, and facts… it is about understanding what has happened in the past, what is going on in the present, and how that impacts what is going on today and what will happen in the future.
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