RAVE - Petersen Automotive Museum

Strange that, having lived barely half a mile from this place on Wilshire Boulevard for a couple of years, it took a trip back to LA and the services of our hosts - George and Cecile - to allow us to visit this museum that celebrates America's devotion to the automobile.

It has around 150 vehicles on display at any one time, with another 200 or so in storage, creating an inventory that allows the museum to rotate its exhibits.

There was everything from ancient late 19th Century vehicles that were at the forefront of motorized transport, right up to bleeding edge electric cars, with a healthy dose of Packards, Deusenbergs, lowriders, hot rods and motorcycles in between.

A perfect way to spend an hour or two away from the LA traffic.