Rock-N-Roll Stars Visit Volo Auto Museum

Rock-N-Roll Stars Visit Volo Auto Museum

Volo, IL - Visit the Volo Auto Museum and you are guaranteed to see some of the hottest cars to ever hit the street and you might even spot a rock star or two.

After playing two sold out concerts in the area, James Hetfield, lead singer of Metallica, spent a day touring the Volo Auto Museum.

Hetfield said he traveled to the museum specifically to see the George Barris Movie and TV Car Collection.

He snapped a ton of pictures of the original Batmobile, Grandpa Munster's Drag-U-La, the Starsky and Hutch Gran Torino and other famous Barris cars. He also purchased several Barris items from the museum's gift shop.

The museum's staff honored Hetfield's request not to take any pictures and to keep his visit as low key as possible. With a big smile on his face, Hetfield left promising to visit the museum again soon.

Metallica is not the museum's only Rock-N-Roll connection.

Joe Perry, lead guitarist for Aerosmith, purchased an Oldsmobile 4-4-2 convertible from the museum.

Perry said he searched the entire nation before finally finding the right car hidden among the museum's collection of nearly 300 muscle cars. He said his search was made more difficult because he wanted a bench seat, so he could sit close to this wife.

Perry said he plans to visit the museum the next time he's in town.

A 30-acre theme park, the Volo Auto Museum is the proud home of the George Barris TV and Movie Car Collection, 300 collector and muscle cars, military artifacts, children's exhibits, a 1950s food court, five antique malls and lots of other cool attractions.