FARMERS BRANCH, TX – Sam Pack is the CEO and President of the Pack Auto Group, consisting of Five Star Ford in North Richland Hills, Texas, Sam Pack's Five Star Ford of Carrollton, Texas, Five Star Ford of Plano, Texas and Ford Country of Lewisville, Texas. He is also co-owner of another Texas Ford store as well as three other dealerships in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mr. Pack has been the recipient of Ford Motor Company's "Distinguished Dealer Achievement" Award and Ford's "Salute to Dealers" Award that recognizes dealers that make the greatest difference in their communities. Additionally, Mr. Pack is one of only two Ford dealers nationally to have won Ford's "Triple Crown Award" 11 times. As you might expect, Pack is a Ford guy.

Beyond all of the industry accolades for, and accomplishments by, his Pack Auto Group, Sam Pack is also a “car guy.” In fact, this longtime Texas classic-car collector has amassed some 250 vintage vehicles, and keeps them in the suburban Dallas building complex that also houses his 100 corporate employees. Back in 2005, he turned one of the buildings into a superb museum – one that unfortunately is not regularly open to the public but is in constant use for special events including private parties and political and charitable fundraisers.A “special event” was exactly how we got to see the collection. A while back, Ford Performance was invited as a guest speaker at the one of the Mustang Club of America’s ongoing series of Director’s Summit meetings that was held at the Museum. After sitting in on the MCA meeting and delivering a presentation about our Ford Performance Club Connect program initiative to more than 100 MCA club principals and regional directors from all across the nation, we were given special access to tour the Pack Museum collection.Downstairs from our conference room that overlooked the museum, we discovered some 250 cars on display – which was only about half of what Pack had originally collected. It turns out that he had hosted a noteworthy auction back in 2014 (which itself drew $11.5 million in sales) to downsize his collection so that it would better fit into the building. Part of what he put up for sale included several concept cars, including the 2004 Lincoln Mark X Concept and the 2005 Ford Sport Trac Adrenalin Concept.

Technically, the museum does open to the public once a year, but only during the Dallas Spring Nationals Classic Car Show. Event-goers can check out the museum for a $5 donation to Pack’s favorite charity, the Holy Angels Residential Facility. While the cars on display here cover a wide range of automotive history, Pack once explained to the press that, "My preference is obviously Ford, and I have a strong preference for the '40s, '50s and '60s.”Introducing that one-time yearly public tour, attendees are welcomed by a quote from Pack that reads: “"It is with great pleasure and pride that we are able to make this showing available to the public and we hope you'll enjoy and relate to these museum pieces as much as we do."

Until you have the chance to get in line for that rare visit for yourself, we’ll offer you a peek inside the Pack Auto Museum by sharing with you the photos we took there in the gallery below:

FORD PERFORMANCE PHOTOS / COURTESY JOHN M. CLOR