[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 77 (Wednesday, June 12, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1014]
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                       HONORING STANLEY ZIMMERMAN

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 11, 2002

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Stanley Zimmerman on 
the occasion of his 70th birthday and the Preview of the Automobile 
Driving Museum. For over 30 years, Stanley Zimmerman has been 
collecting, restoring, and showing classic automobiles, amassing nearly 
40 cars. This life long passion will culminate with the opening of the 
Automobile Driving Museum in the fall of 2002.
  Stanley's passion for automotive restoration began in the 1970s when 
he purchased a 1936 Packard Convertible Sedan which he painstakingly 
restored over the ensuing 28 years to award-winning, 100 point 
perfection. Since that time, his collection has expanded to include: 
Packards, Studebakers, Lincolns, Fords, Cadillacs, Chryslers, and a 
Stutz. Due to its uniqueness of variety and perfection, Stanley's 
collection has been shown around the country, winning awards and 
inspiring fellow collectors.
  Over the last 30 years, Stanley Zimmerman's passion has contributed 
to the preservation of the history of automobile production in America 
as well as the histories of the famous Americans who drove them. His 
collection contains such historically significant automobiles as a 1955 
Packard Caribbean, a car first purchased by Howard Hughes for his wife, 
Jean Peters, and a 1936 seven-passenger Packard Phantom, purportedly a 
gift from President Roosevelt to Joseph Stalin.
  As a member of the Classic Car Club, The Packard Automobile Classics 
Club, the Antique Studebaker Club, the Lincoln Owners Club, the Walter 
P. Chrysler Club and the Earl C. Anthony Packard Club, Stanley has 
gained priceless knowledge about each of the cars he has restored and 
has thus been able to pass on this knowledge to countless other classic 
car owners and members of our national community. With his years of 
experience as his guide, Stanley will open the Automobile Driving 
Museum, the only car museum in the United States which allows visitors 
to ride in the classic cars on display.
  I ask all Members to join me in congratulating Stanley Zimmerman for 
his devotion to the history and restoration of classic automobiles and 
in wishing him good fortune upon the opening of the Automobile Driving 
Museum.

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