MORE IMPORTANTLY HAVE A GREAT SUMMER.

VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER IS MADE POSSIBLY THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT BY THE PARSON FOUNDATION.

>> Huell: WELL HELLO EVERYBODY.

HERE WE ARE AT THE PETERSON MUSEUM.

I LOVE THIS MUSEUM AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT IT IS YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND WHEN YOU COME IN HERE.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO VISIT AN EXHIBIT CALLS THE CARS AND GUITARS OF ROCK-AND-ROLL.

WE'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE MOST FAMOUS CARS, MONKEYS CAR.

>> MONKEYS CAR, IT'S A GTO PONTIAC JAZZY THE CAR WAS BUILT AS PART OF THE SHOW.

THE MONKEYS WOULD DRIVE OFF INTO THE SUNSET.

>> Huell: SO THIS CAR WAS IN THE TELEVISION SERIES THAT WAS FILMED BACK IN THE 60s.

THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE CAR TOO.

>> WELL WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS, AS WHAT'S HAPPENED TO ROCK-AND-ROLL AND COLLECTABLE GUITARS.

ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH MUSIC.

AND SINCE THERE IS ONLY TWO OF THESE OUBLZ AROUND AND BOTH OF THEM WERE USED IN THE SERIES.

SO THIS CAR IS WORTH APPROXIMATELY 350,000.

>> Huell: LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

>> IT'S A COLLECTABLE AUTOMOBILE.

AND WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE IT HERE.

AND MOST OF THE CARS ARE VALUABLE TO THE COLLECTOR.

AS A COLLECTION PIECE IT'S GREAT.

>> Huell: LET'S GO TO THE MAIN THEME.

>> WE HAVE CARS THAT HAVE CONNECTION WITH ROCK-AND-ROLL AND THE RIFT OF ROCK-AND-ROLL.

WHICH IS THIS IS THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF ROCK-AND-ROLL.

>> Huell: LOOK AT THAT, IT'S MADONNA'S LIMOUSINE.

>> NOTHING IN THIS CAR IS PRODUCTION, THIS IS ALL CUSTOM BUILT.

IT HAS LINCOLN IN THE MIDDLE BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS MODIFIED.

THIS WAS USED IN THE LATEST VIDEO.

>> Huell: HOW DO YOU GET THESE CARS.

>> WE'RE RIGHT AT THE CENTER OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

THIS IS THE COSMIC CENTER AND ALSO THE CAR CENTER.

IT WAS--NOT EASY, BUT WE WERE A, ACCOMMODATED BY THE INDUSTRY.

AND WE HAD MADONNA'S LIMOUSINE.

AND WE HAD THE GRAMMY.

AND THEY SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO USE YOUR LIMOUSINE, AND THEY SAID YOU CAN HAVE IT.

>> Huell: SO WE'VE GOT MADONNA'S LIMO HERE.

AND WE'VE GOT THAT AMAZING BLACK TRUCK THAT BE LONGED TO KHER.

>> IT DOES BELONG TO CHER.

>> THIS HAS ABOUT 150,000 JUST IN THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND SHE DOES NOT DRIVE IT MUCH BECAUSE IT DRIVES TOO MUCH ATTENTION.

>> Huell: HOW DO YOU GET INSIDE?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW THE KEY FIEM ON FILE--AND THE CAR OPENS.

DON'T DO IT THOUGH, CAUSE THE ALARM IS ON.

>> Huell: SO SHE DRIVES THIS AROUND?

>> SHE WAS DRIVING IT AROUND.

SHE HAS STOPPED BECAUSE IT DRIVES TOO MUCH ATTENTION.

>> Huell: THIS ONE I WAS STANDING EARLIER READING WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT IT.

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF ELVIS'S CAR.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CARS HE HAD.

>> HE HAD A LOT OF CARS.

HE GAVE A LOST THEM AWAY.

HE WOULD HIT DOWN--.

THIS IS A PANTERA FROM THE 70s.

AND HE BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR PRECILLA BEFORE THEY GOT MARRIED.

THERE IS TWO STORIES, HE SHOT IT THREE TIMES.

AND ANOTHER STORY, HE GOT MARRIED-MAD AT PRECILLA AND INSTEAD OF SHOOGT AT HER HE SHOT AT HER CAR.

THE BULLET HOLES ARE THERE.

>> Huell: BULLET HOLES ARE THERE, AND IT MAKES IT MORE VALUABLE.

>> YEAH, THEY ARE IN THE STEERING WHEEL.

THIS CAR AS IT SITS WORTH 25,000 NORMALLY.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE LEGEND, THOSE ARE THE STEW STORIES, I GO TO WITH THE FACT THAT THE CAR DID NOT START.

BECAUSE IF THEY ARE NOT USED THEY DON'T START.

>> Huell: KIDS DON'T DO THIS IN REAL LIFE.

>> RIGHT.

>> Huell: THIS IS?

>> CAPTAIN'S VALENTINE'S FROM THE GO-GOs.

THESE ARTIST COMING OUT WITH THEIR AUTOMOBILES.

SO IT'S A CULTURE THING.

THEY CREATE THEMSELVES.

KATHY VALENTINE HAD THIS CAR MODIFIED.

IT'S A BUICK RIVIERA.

SHE HAD THE CUSTOM WHEELS PUT ON IT.

SHE DRIVES THE CAR.

>> Huell: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMBINATION OF CREATIVITY IN MUSIC, COMBINING ROCK-AND-ROLL WITH THE CREATIVE OF CARS?

>> EXACTLY.

>> Huell: AND DEVINE AND FUNCTION.

>> IT GOES BACK TO THE OL' HOLLYWOOD.

IN THE OLD HOLLYWOOD THEY ALWAYS HAD FANCY CARS.

THEY HAD MER KAIDCEDES AND-- AND--JAGUARS.

>> Huell: NOW THESE CARS ALL BELONG TO MUSICIANS.

>> THAT'S THE CROSS OVER.

>> Huell: LET'S GET TO SOME MORE.

THIS IS AS FAR AS I WENT.

>> WE'VE GOT SOME JIMMY BOND CAR HERE.

A LOT OF THEM LIKE CADILLAC.

>> Huell: LOOK AT THE PAINT JOB ON THAT.

>> YES.

>> Huell: AND LEOPARD SKIN SEATS IN THE FRONT SEAT.

>> THIS IS DESIGNED BY JIMMY VON AND THEY DO THE DESIGN AND THE PAINT SCHEME.

THEY DON'T PAINT THE CAR THEY GET A PAINTER TO DO IT.

BUT JIMMY VON DESIGNED THIS.

THIS IS A 69 IMPALA.

>> Huell: LOOK HOW LOW IT SITS.

>> YEAH, IT'S A REALLY NICE CAR.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THESE CARS?

>> WELL, THIS IS THE SENGD TIME I'VE BEEN HERE BUT I ENJOY IT.

>> Huell: DO YOU KNOW ALL THE MUSICIANS.

>> NO, BUT MY SON DOES.

HE'S THE REASON I'M HERE.

I'M ENJOYING IT.

>> Huell: IT'S A GENERATIONAL THING.

SOME PEOPLE WOULD NOT KNOW WHO SOME OF MUSICIANS ARE?

>> WE HAD A BIG GALA LAST WEEK AND A LOT SHOWED UP FOR THAT.

THEY COME AROUND.

AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU WILL RUN INTO.

THESE ROCK STARS TELL THEIR FRIENDS.

AND THEY SAY MY CAR IS PETERSON MUSEUM.

>> Huell: WHAT IS THE STORY ON THIS ROLLS ROYCE.

>> THAT'S FRANK ZAPPA'S CAR.

WHO OF COURSE PASSED ON--.

>> Huell: THIS IS JUST A ROLLS.

>> THERE IS A HERITAGE THING IN A LOT OF THESE CARS.

AND THAT ROLLS MIGHT BE WORTH X-NUMBER OF DOLLARS BUT IT MIGHT BE WORTH MORE WITH FRANK ZAPPA AS OWNER.

THIS IS A DODGE, 71 DODGE DART.

AND IT'S ANOTHER MUSICIAN THAT OWNS HE MODIFIED THE CAR.

THEY DO THE MODIFICATION.

IT'S A D-40, A 71.

IT'S A COLLECTABLE CAR.

BUT AGAIN ROCKER'S CAR AND IT EVEN BECOMES MORE VALUABLE.

WHAT YOU FIND OUT THESE ROCKERS LOVE TO HAVE FANCY CARS.

THIS HUMBY IS COOLIO'S CAR.

HE HAS ABOUT A 100,000 SOUND SYSTEM.

HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS HUM BY.

THEY POPULAR IN HOLLYWOOD.

YOU'VE GOT ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER.

>> Huell: THIS IS THE TIE IN BETWEEN THE GUITARS AND THE CARS.

>> THESE ARE COLLECTABLE GUITARS.

VERY VERY COLLECTABLE.

THE JUKE BOX IS COLLECTABLE.

THIS IS THE MONKEYS STOUND SYSTEM.

>> Huell: AND WHAT IS THIS OVER HOO á HERE?

>> THIS IS A DRUM SET USED BY ONE OF THE STARS.

THIS WAS DESIGNED DE--.

>> Huell: OH THIS IS BY VAN HAYLEN.

>> YES, AND THE CAR WAS IN THE VIDEO HOT FOR TEACHER BY VAN HAYLEN.

HE DESIGNS THIS CAR.

>> Huell: NEAT LOOKING CAR HERE.

>> AND ALL OF THESE CARS RUN.

THE ROCKERS DO DRIVE THESE CARS.

WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR US IS THEY LEAVE THE CARS LEAVE FOR SIX MONTHS SO PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND ENJOY THEM.

>> Huell: YOU'VE GOT THE DRUM SETS.

>> YEAH, PICTURES OF PEOPLE PERFORMING.

ALL KINDS OF GRAPHICS.

>> Huell: MORE GUITARS.

YOU'VE GOT PROBABLY WELL NOT AS MUCH MONEY BUT SOME OF THESE GUITARS ARE AS EXPENSIVE AS SOME OF THE CARS?

>> OH, THESE ROCKERS GUITARS.

THEY'RE SIGNED AND USED IN CONCERTS.

THEY ARE STRE VALUABLE.

AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE--YOU HAVE GUITARS WORTH MORE THAN THE CARS.

>> Huell: WHAT IS IS THIS?

>> JEFF BECK IS AN INTERESTING MUSICIANS.

THESE ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST GUITARIST.

THERE IS SOME OTHERS LIKE BILLY GIBONS.

THIS IS A COVER OF ONE OF JEFF'S ALBUM, AND THIS IS ONE OF HIS GUITARS.

INTERESTING THING IS HE MAKES HIS LIVING BY PLAYING THE GUITARS BY HIS HANDS BUT HE BUILDS THE RODS WITH HIS OWN HANDS.

>> Huell: SO THESE GUYS ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR CARS.

THESE ARE NOT JUST TOYS.

THESE INTEREST THINGS THAT WE NREKT WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY LIKE?

>> EXACTLY.

EXACTLY.

THESE ARE AS MUCH CAR GUYS AS YOU'LL MEET.

AND ROCKERS HAVE A CERTAIN REPUTATION TO PARTY AND PLAY MUSIC BUT SOME OF THE GUYS SPEND A LOST MUSE WICK THEIR CARS.

>> Huell: WEREN'T WE GOING TO HAVE A CELEBRITY TODAY?

>> HE'S SIGNING AN AUTOGRAPH TODAY?

>> HI, WHAT ARE YOU DOING.

>> I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THEY HAD THE LITTLE KEYS TO THIS.

>> Huell: INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

>> BILLY F GIBONS FROM ZZ TOP.

DICK, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> Huell: YOU'RE STANDING NEXT TO THIS CAR.

TELL BUS THE HISTORY OF THIS CAR?

>> IT'S REALLY INTERESTING.

IN FACT AS THIS GREAT EXHIBIT OPENED, DICK AND I WERE SPEAKING OF ALL THE UNUSUAL FEATURES THAT HIDE UNDERNEATH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A RATHER SIMPLISTIC OF HOT RODING TECHNOLOGY.

AND AGAIN, YOU'RE HEARING THIS FROM A GUITAR PLAYER, THAT IS JUST LOOKING FOR THE KEYS.

WHAT YOU HAVE A 1954 TRANS FORD INTO A 3-WINDOW COUPE WHICH WAS NEVER MANUFACTURED.

THE WAY THIS WAS DESIGNED UP CAME LIKE ONE OF HENRY FORD'S CREATEION.

JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

>> A VERY DRIVEABLE CAR TOO.

BILLY DRIVES THIS CAR IT WAS BUILT TO BE DRIVEN.

>> Huell: YOU DRIVE THIS CAR?

>> THE GIRLS DRIVE THE CAR.

WE PUT A NUMBER OF MILES ON THIS ONE.

AND--I'M GLAD WE CAUGHT UP WITH YOU, THERE IS ANOTHER ZZ TOP VEHICLE CALLED CADZILLA.

>> Huell: CAN WE LOOK AT THAT.

THIS IS A REAL BEAUTY.

HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN INTO CARS?

>> IN DEED.

ONE OF THE INTERESTING ASPECTS OF OUR GROUP ZZ TOP.

AND IT'S IN THE TITLE OF THIS INTALLSTALLATION.

HERE WE HAVE ONE OF OUR ALL TIME FAVORITE.

CADZILLA.

>> Huell: WHAT'S THE STORY ON THIS ONE?

>> THIS BEGAN, IT'S INCARNATION AS A CADILLAC SERIOUS 62, THE FAMOUS 2-DOOR MADE.

AND ONE MIGHT IN A MEXICO CANTINA.

>> Huell: IT SOUNDS LIKE A MUSICIAN STORY.

>> WE WERE DREAMING UP WAYS TO FOLLOW-UP THE FAMOUS RED CAR THAT APPEARED IN THE VIDEO LEGS AND SHARP MEN, GIVE ME ALL YOUR LOVIN'.

AND WE SAID THE LITTLE RED CARS, WE'RE SHORT AND A BIT MORE BOXY.

AND LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT A COUPLE OF OUR PALS WERE SCRIBBLING NAPKINS, THE GREATEST IDEA PAPER, YOU CAN FIND.

AND SHORTLY THE WORK BEGAN AND WHAT YOU SEE IS THE RESULT OF A FAITHFUL NIGHT IN A MEXICAN CANTINA.

>> Huell: HOW HAS THIS CAR BEEN USED?

>> THROUGH COMPLETION AT PETERSONRSON MUSEUM AND OUR FRIENDS AT THE HOT ROD.

IT'S MADE TO CRUISE AROUND THE COUNTRY.

AND WE MANAGED TO GET IT BACK HERE SAFE AND SOUND.

>> PARTICULARLY NOISE CARS, THEY ARE ALL DRIVEABLE AUTOMOBILES.

THIS ONE HAS BEEN TWICE BACK AND FORTH.

YOU CAN'T GET A BETTER RIDE THAN THAT.

>> Huell: I THINK YOU LIKE DIDESIGNING CARS?

>> WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT NEXT COCKTAIL NAPKIN.

WE'VE BEEN WANTING ANOTHER THING TO DESIGN.

>> Huell: IF YOU WERE TO JUST PULL OUT HIS MUSICIAN AND HIS OR HER MUSIC, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PREDICT WHAT KIND OF CAR THEY WOULD DRIVE?

OR ARE YOU SURPRISED AT SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS AND WHAT THEY'RE DRIVING?

>> EVERYBODY IS ALWAYS SURPRISED.

WE'VE GOT OUR FAVORITES HERE AND THERE, SOMETHING WE WOULD MOST LIKELY WANT TO GO HOME WITH.

AND MANY TIMES THAT'S A FAR CRY FROM WHAT YOU GET.

ALSO IN THE BUILDING IS OUR GOOD FRIENDS FROM TEXAS JIMMY VON.

AND WHAT STARTED OUT AS A FENDERLESS FORD ROADSTER.

KATHY VALENTINE OF THE GO-GOs.

>> Huell: WHAT DID YOU DRIVE IN HIGH SCHOOL?

>> WHAT DID WE WRECK IN HIGH SCHOOL, WAS THAT THE QUESTION?

>> WE HAD A LITTLE OF EACH.

AND A LOT OF THAT TOO.

>> Huell: I'M NOT SURE I KNOW WHAT ALL THAT MEANS, BUT I THINK YOU MADE THE ROUNDS.

>> DETAILS WILL BE SHARED LATER.

>> Huell: WELL, HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING THAT APPEALS TO YOU?

IS THERE ANOTHER CAR THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ATTRACTED HERE SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE.

>> WELL, NORM'S CAR.

>> Huell: CAN WE SEE THAT.

NOW YOU WOULD NEVER BE IN A BIG OL' GREEN CAR LIKE THAT.

>> THIS BELONGS TO OUR GOOD FRIEND JIMMY VON.

AND THE IRONY HERE IS TAKEN FROM JIMMY'S INITIAL PIPE DREAM OF STARTING A FENDERLESS ROADSTER.

>> Huell: WOW.

>> THIS IS WHAT A FAR CRY FROM THAT.

>> Huell: WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT CAR?

>> DESERT GREEN.

IT'S LIKE A TRIPLE ACTION DEAL ON THIS CARS--IT LOOKS DIFFERENT.

>> Huell: I LIKE THIS.

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS PICTURE OF BO DIDLY.

>> WE KNOW BO DIDLY BEING A FRIEND OF ZZ TOP FOR MANY YEARS.

HIS OWN USUAL SET OF GUITARS.

AND ALONG CAME HIS FASCINATION WITH CARS.

THIS WEEK, WE WERE TOLD, WAS ORIGINALLY AN AIRPORT SHUTTLE VEHICLE.

AND I THINK IT WAS BUILT IN CHICAGO.

>> Huell: AND OBVIOUSLY THESE WERE THE EARLY YEARS.

THEY WERE TRAVELING ON THIS.

THIS IS LIKE THEIR VAN BUS.

>> 58 CHEVY, I DON'T REMEMBER EVER A CHEVY BEING THAT LONG.

>> AND THE GUITARS, AND AS BILLY SAID A LOT OF THESE ARTIST.

DIDESIGN THEIR OWN GUITARS ALSO.

AND THE DIFFERENT SHAPES.

>> Huell: THAT'S THE TIE-IN BETWEEN THE MUSIC AND THE CARS.

>> IN DEED.

>> AS WE MENTIONED NORM BIRANSKI WHERE WE CAN'T GO MUCH FARTHER THAN A NICE RED HOT.

THIS BELONGING TO MR. JEFF BECK ANOTHER GOOD FRIEND OF US.

THIS SUMS UP HOT RODING AS WELL AS HIS GUITAR SUMS UP MUSIC.

THERE IS ABOUT ONE OF EACH WE SHOULD TRY TO LEAVE WITH.

>> EXACTLY.

I WOULD LOVE TO DRIVE THEM ALL.

BILLY SET THE STANDARD WITH PUTTING THIS CARS IN VIDEOS WITH THE ELIMINATE OR.

AND THE ROCK-AND-ROLL MUSEUM IN CLEVELAND.

AND BILLY'S ILLUMINATEER IS THERE.

THEY BECOME STARS IN THEIR RIGHT.

>> Huell: VIDEOS IS WHAT REALLY TURNS THE CORNER BETWEEN THE CONNECTION IN MUSIC AND CARS.

>> CERTAINLY DID.

AND EVEN TODAY, AS THE VIDEO MOVEMENTS TONS EVOLVE, ON OCCASION, YOU'LL RARELY FIND A VIDEO THAT DOES NOT HAVE SOMETHING AUTOMOTIVE CONNECTED TO IT.

>> Huell: YEAH.

YEAH.

WHAT A GREAT IDEA FOR AN EXHIBIT.

>> WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 40 CARS ON DISPLAY.

THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE MUSEUM IS TO EDUCATE.

IT'S NOT JUST A BUNCH OF PRETTY CARS.

BUT YOU SEE THE HISTORY OF ROCK-AND-ROLL.

50th ANNIVERSARY BEING THIS YEAR.

FIRST OFFICIAL ROCK-AND-ROLL SONG IN 1951.

SO YOU WALK THROUGH HERE AND YOU GET A FEEL OF HOW THE HISTORY WENT.

AND BILLY, ONE OF THE GREATEST XAR COLLECTORS.

SO YOU KNOW, IT'S BECOME A PASSION WITH HIM BOTH HIS MUSIC AND AUTOMOBILES.

AND BILLY WAS MY INSPIRATION FOR THIS.

WE HAD A LONG TERM YEAR, AND I SAID YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF CARS AND GET A COUPLE OF GUITARS.

>> Huell: SO YOU STARTED THIS.

>> ONE PHONE CALL LEAD TO THE NEXT.

AND 60 CARS LATER AND NOW GUITARS, AND COSTUMES AND NOW THERE IS POSTERS.

JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WOULD SUGGEST THERE MIGHT BE A WAY SOME WAY HOW THIS ALL PLAYS TOGETHER.

IT'S AN ENDEAVOUR TO POKE AT WHAT MAKES CARS, GUITARS AND ROCK-AND-ROLL MAKE SO MUCH SENSE.

AND IF THERE IS ANY ANSWERS AFTER SPENDING A DAY HERE IN PETERSON MUSEUM.

>>♪ SHE'S GOT LEGS.

♪ SHE KNOWS HOW TO USE THEM.

♪ KNOWS HOW TO CHOOSE THEM.

♪ THESE GOT HER TIME.

♪ ALL THE TIME.

♪ SPENDING THE TIME CRUISING THROUGH TOWN.

♪ WHOA WHOA, I WANT HER.

♪ ♪ I'VE GOT TO HAVE HER.

♪ THE GIRL IS ALL RIGHT!

♪ SHE'S ALL RIGHT.

♪ WHEW!

♪ THE ♪ VISITING WITH MULE HOUSE