Hemmings Daily: R.E. Olds museum offered chance to buy its building from Lansing for $2

Image via Google Street View. Kristi Schwartzly still recalls the morning she came to work at the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum to find that a roof leak had flooded the executive director's office. Nothing in the museum's collections got soaked, but the incident may very well not have happened if the museum owned the building, something the city may soon arrange for the museum. "It is a setback to us that the city owns the building," she said. However, as the Lansing State Journal reported last week, Lans [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Wednesday, October 11, 2017 [R.E. Olds museum offered chance to buy its building from Lansing for $2]( [R.E. Olds museum offered chance to buy its building from Lansing for $2]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Image via Google Street View. Kristi Schwartzly still recalls the morning she came to work at the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum to find that a roof leak had flooded the executive director's office. Nothing in the museum's collections got soaked, but the incident may very well not have happened if the museum owned the building, something the city may soon arrange for the museum. "It is a setback to us that the city owns the building," she said. However, as the Lansing State Journal reported last week, Lans... [Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1971 Datsun 240Z]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1971 Datsun 240Z]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Lightly restomodded 1971 Datsun 240Z for sale. From the seller's description: late series 1 car. 240 twin carb head, 280Z block, 280ZX 5 speed trans, TBC Motorsports ceramic header, 3 core Koyo alum radiator. Panasport 8 spoke wheels. No rust top or bottom. Great paint, excellent interior. Heater bypassed, but all there. Rebuilt R180 differential. Addco 1 1/8" frt sway bar, 7/8" Suspension Technologies rear sway bar, Eibach struts and springs. Repainted original 907 Dark Green. 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