It’s possible you’ll recall final summer time that Metallica’s James Hetfield had agreed to donate ten of his basic customized automobiles to the Petersen Automotive Museum for an exhibit this 12 months. Now comes phrase that Hetfield can be showing at the opening night time festivities at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, collaborating in a chat and serving to to public sale two of his ESP guitars.

Hetfield has been largely out of the general public eye since final fall when Metallica shut down their touring and the musician introduced that he was coming into rehab to battle his addictions.

The Jan. 30 ceremony will launch the exhibit, which has been dubbed “Reclaimed Rust: The James Hetfield Assortment.” Among the many autos on show are Voodoo Priest, based mostly on a ’37 Lincoln Zephyr, a ’36 Auburn roadster named Sluggish Burn, a Delahaye impressed ’34 Packard, Aquarius, a ’36 Ford in naked steel referred to as Iron Fist, a purple ’56 Ford F-100 pickup truck, and three automobiles by customized fabricator Rick Dore: Black Pearl, a customized 1948 Jaguar, a ’52 Olds named Grinch, and Skyscraper, Hetfield’s 1953 Buick Skylark.

“‘Reclaimed Rust’ brings collectively two industries that go hand in hand with artist expression,” mentioned Petersen Automotive Museum govt director Terry L. Karges in a press release. “That is the primary time the Hetfield assortment can be showcased to the general public and we will not wait to share the inspiration behind these extraordinary autos with the world.”

Study extra in regards to the exhibit and decide up tickets to the opening reception right here. The exhibit is predicted to stay on show at the Petersen into October.