eBay’s inventory of automotive parts and accessories is vast. That makes it extremely useful for finding exactly what you need for your car—but it can also present a challenge for holiday shoppers looking for a one-of-a-kind gift for the gearhead in your life. Here’s an idea: Click over to one of the auto-museum stores on eBay Motors for a unique selection of auto museum gifts.
Not many Corvette owners already have a press kit for the Stingray.
Gifts for the Stingray Enthusiast
The National Corvette Museum - opens in new window or tab. in Bowling Green, Ky. has an impressive supply of auto museum gifts in its online shop. How about a “Corvette Parking Only” banner for a garage? Or a banner with a C4 logo that was used for the first Corvette Caravan? Or go all out with an unopened press kit from the release of the new C7 Stingray. Many of the items offered by the National Corvette Museum are exclusive and affordable one-of-kind pieces from past displays.
Indy Car Gifts
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway - opens in new window or tab., home to the Indy 500, has choice offerings as well. Who couldn’t use a set of STP cufflinks and tie tack from the 1970s? Indy's unique auto museum gift collection is quite extensive, with many affordable pieces of memorabilia, including stickers, posters, signed hero cards, media vests, magazines, and keychains. If you attended a race at the Speedway - opens in new window or tab. but forgot to buy a program, you're in luck. The museum store stocks authentic programs for both the Indy 500 and NASCAR Brickyard 400, as well as other races in the IndyCar series.
This is the 1990 printing of Edward Cunneen’s Chevrolet Camaro Copo Connection Source Book for ZL-1, L-72 and Yenko vehicles.
Vintage Auto Museum Gifts
The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) - opens in new window or tab.—based in Hershey, Penn. and with chapters throughout North America—offers literally thousands of unique vintage books, catalogs, brochures, and factory-stock photos. It’s a blast to scroll through all the fascinating historical material.
Museums offer common items—like calendars—in their gift stores, but they also sell these special historical items when they have duplicates. So buy one of these creative gifts knowing that the proceeds help support their historical mission. Besides, think about how much fun it will be when the recipient of your gift asks, “How in the world did you find this?”
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