"The Jackson Car" sits outside of its new home - the Hartford Heritage Auto Museum in Hartford, Wisconsin. The museum is home to the national Kissel museum and the national Nash museum. This car holds its own in impressive company here, including Kissel, Pierce-Arrow and other famous marques.

Hartford, Wisconsin. The flagship of the Model A Ford Foundation, Inc., an early 1928 Model "A" Tudor known as, "The Jackson Car," went on display this week at the Hartford Heritage Automobile Museum in Hartford, Wisconsin. The arrangement for the display was made by former Trustee, Dennis Pierce of Hales Corners, Wisconsin. The vehicle is known as "The Jackson Car" in honor of its donor, Mr. Archie Jackson of Galena, lllinois.

"This is a wonderful relationship to develop for MAFFI," Pierce said about the arrangement. The Hartford Heritage Automobile Museum has been open since July of 1986 and is the national museum for the Kissel and Nash automobiles. According to Pierce, the previous display area, owned by Nick Mazos in Franklin, Wisconsin, was no longer available as Mr. Mazos required the space for his own use. "The Model A Ford Foundation, Inc. owes Nick Mazos an enormous debt of gratitude," Pierce said, "As the car has been on display in Nick's personal museum since the car was donated to MAFFI by Archie Jackson. While we are grateful to Nick, we also recognize the extra exposure that will be gained for MAFFI by displaying the car in this museum."

Director of the Hartford Heritage Automobile Museum, Mr. Dale Anderson, was enthused about the loan of this automobile. "While we are known for our display of Kissels, we are pleased to display any automobile of historical interest," Anderson said. "This is a fine addition to our display."

The prize winning Model A was removed from its former location in Franklin and moved to Hartford on August 27, 1996. The volunteer effort to move the vehicle was spearheaded by Pierce, along with Jerry Flynn, Darrell Schlueter, Ray Schlueter and Ken Ziebell. Ken Ziebell donated his time and effort along with his car hauling rig.

The museum is home for a large display of Kissel automobiles, built in Hartford from 1906 through 1931. Although there were more than 35,000 Kissel automobiles built, only about 150 are known to exist today. Most famous of the Kissels was the "Gold Bug" speedster, owned by such notables as Amelia Earhardt and Fatty Arbuckle. Many other body styles as well as fire trucks and other truck styles were built by Kissel. Another wing of the museum is dedicated to the Nash, another Wisconsin built automobile. Thomas Jeffrey started building his "Rambler" in 1902 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Jeffrey Company eventually became Nash and ultimately became American Motors, which was absorbed by Chrysler Corporation just a few years ago.