Some of the services provided by the museum include guided tours for such groups as local schoolchildren, veteran organizations and car clubs.

The museum was founded by real estate developer Mel Martin to showcase his collection of vintage vehicles and automobile related memorabilia.

The family moved to Mayer, Arizona, a mining town, where his great uncle John Martin lived.

Martin's father purchased a service station, where he worked pumping gas.

The museum was originally located in a nondescript commercial building which Martin purchased alongside Interstate 17 on a frontage road in north Phoenix.

[1][2][3][4] The museum moved to a much larger location on the northwest 43rd Avenue and Thunderbird Road in early 2022.