Volo Auto Museum Unveils the Blues Brothers Exhibit June 23, 2001

    VOLO, Ill., June 4 Look Out! The "Blues Brothers" are back
in town and they're at the Volo Auto Museum.
    The year was 1979.  The place was Wauconda, Illinois, just five or so
miles south of Volo.  The Highway: Route 12.  The action: the Blues Brothers
leading a police chase to Chicago.  The extreme action: unforgettable police
car crashes in Wauconda -- cars crashing over an embankment off Highway 12.
And most memorable -- the airborn police car crashing through the side of a
semi trailer.  Great fun.  And great music, too.
    Jake and Elwood Blues -- the Blues brothers -- were on a mission from God
to save an orphanage, in a tired, old retired police car from Mount Prospect,
Illinois.  To a dismayed Jake, fresh out of prison and riding in this Police
Car, Elwood put begs this question, "Its got a cop motor, a four hundred and
forty cubic inch plant.  Its got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks, it's a
model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.
Whaddya say?  Is it the new 'Bluesmobile' or what?"
    Well here you go.  22 years later and they're back.  One of the many
tableaus at the Volo Auto Museum, this display features life size figures of
the Blues Brothers -- Dan Akroyd and John Belushi.  And the old, well worn,
clapped out 1974 Dodge 440 police car full of treasured memories.

    The Bluesmobile unveiling celebration is Saturday, June 23.
    And the band plays on -- the "AFFECTS", Tony Shemberger's 50's & 60's Rock
and Roll band will be spankin' the hits all afternoon.

    Volo Auto Museum also presents: THE 3 MOST FAMOUS CARS IN TV HISTORY.
    Bo Duke's own General Lee from the hit show "The Dukes of Hazzard"; the
K.I.T.T. stunt car from the TV smash, "Knight Rider"; and the most famous TV
star car of all time.  Everybody's just bats about this one.  Zowie, what a
howl of a hit.  And a wow of a hint.
    The Blues Brothers exhibit joins many other star car displays like the
famous and infamous "Boothill Express" the most highly publicized Rod & Custom
of all time; a flamboyant red and black 1960 Buick LeSabre, star of the movie,
"Right of Way", with Jimmy Stewart and Bette Davis; the bonbon pink and white
Lincoln Mk 4 that belonged to the "disappeared" candy heiress Helen Brach, the
1993 Corvette ZR-1, the first one, built by Chevrolet especially for Michael
Jordan; the 1988 Porsche 930 Turbo Carrera, created to satisfy Scotty Pippen's
personal desires; Natalie Wood's 1963 Buick Riviera -- all those and many
more.
    Volo Country Village has been extensively renovated.  Trees, flowers, a
beautiful park with old world fountains, the works.  A newly created old-time
gas station welcomes visitors to the new Volo Gift Shop with its extensive
selection of automotive related items -- including a huge collection of
automotive books.  In short, something for everyone.  Tickets to the auto
museums are sold here, and just beyond, some 250 collectible cars await
visitors' pleasure in four display salons.  Almost all these cars are for
sale, and it's these sales that keep the museums fresh, with up to 80 new
additions every month.
    All that and the most extensive selection of die cast miniature
automobiles ever, in the showrooms of Gearhead Hobbies.
    The 4 Volo Auto Museums and 3 large Antique Malls are located near the
junction of Illinois highways 12 and 120, about 50 miles northwest of Chicago
and 50 miles southwest of Milwaukee.  Hours are 10 to 5 -- seven days a week.
Visitors are also welcome at the Volo Auto Museum's internet site:
http://www.volocars.com .  Or for further information, phone 815-385-3644.

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