[1] It is the personal collection of Detroit native Ted Stahl, the chairman of fabric-based heat printer GroupeSTAHL in St. Clair Shores.

[1][3] The collection contains over 90 cars housed in a 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m2) garage,[1] most of which are from the Art Deco era and the Great Depression.

[1][3] Stahls purchases vehicles largely based on their degree of innovative engineering and their importance to the development of automobile design.

[4] The oldest car in the collection is an 1899 De Dion-Bouton tricycle, and the first one that Ted Stahl purchased is a 1930 Ford Model A Roadster Deluxe.

[1] Regular events at the collection include an annual Autos for Autism fundraiser, which benefits the Ted Lindsay Foundation,[6][7] and a Veterans Day open house.