Metallica guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield has quite the car collection. Hetfield recently donated a handful of his collection to the Petersen Automotive Museum, including a 1948 Jaguar Black Pearl and the 1937 Lincoln Zephyr Voodoo Priest.
Petersen Automotive Museum has now posted a pretty cool mini-documentary on Hetfield and his collection that you can check out above. Read more about the best double din head units.
In 2019, James Hetfield donated his car collection to the Petersen Automotive Museum. James has always been a car guy and shares his car journey to one of the coolest custom car collections around. Hetfield, has described seeing cars in the same way he sees music: as forms of freedom and expression that convey the passions of their creator.
Best known as a co-founder, songwriter, singer, and guitarist for the heavy metal band Metallica, James Hetfield has also gained recognition in the automotive world for his unique collection of entirely bespoke vehicles. While the vast majority of collectors acquire vehicles by purchasing pre-existing examples, Hetfield elected instead to build his from scratch, channeling creativity often reserved for his music into the production of rolling sculptures.
As for Metallica themselves, they might work on a new album during quarantine.
