THOMAS FLYER

As a boy in the 1940s, museum co-founder Jim Sandoro used to sneak into his neighbors' garage where they kept their Pierce-Arrow. This started a lifelong quest to learn about and collect everything related to the company and its automobiles. Later, his family moved closer to the shuttered factory, and Jim would roam around the grounds searching for remnants of the great company. This passion never subsided as he grew up, and Jim and his wife, Mary Ann, spent years traveling the U.S. and expanding their collection... Together they founded The Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum in 1997 as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. They housed their collections in several downtown Buffalo buildings. The museum is located in a building that was once a Mack Truck showroom and repair shop. The collection represents a passion spanning more than 50 years, and includes many automobiles that were once produced in Buffalo. It is considered by car enthusiasts as one of the most unique in the..

Primary location: Buffalo United States