RENO — The National Automobile Museum, The Harrah Collection, in downtown Reno is scaring up some extra fun on Saturdays in October with ghost tours. From 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturdays, Oct. 3 through 24, a variety of the liveliest spirits you can imagine will be on hand for ghost tours.

Costumed characters will “relive” moments in the former lives of automobiles — or the lives of people who drove them — in each gallery and indoor street scene.

The museum will “call up the spirits” each Saturday and a variety of them will respond in the form of costumed characters.

You could spend time with:

• George Schuster, the man who drove the 1907 Thomas Flyer to victory in the 1908 Around the World Automobile Race from New York to Paris.

• Henry Ford, who will talk about his first car and discuss his dream of building an affordable automobile by using an assembly line.

• One of the Stanley twins, who will discuss the method used to “steam up a car” for transportation.

• The ghost of an old fireman who will tell tales about the historic fire truck in the museum’s collection.

• The spirit of an old mechanic will be at the 76 Service Station with his tale of woe about the lack of service today.

• Rust Heinz, of Heinz Catsup fame, is expected to appear to discuss the Phantom Corsair and his death during the project.

• James Dean, the star of the movie “Rebel Without a Cause,” will be chillin’ near his Mercury.

• A fading Hollywood starlet will be on hand to talk about Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and JFK — and the cars they drove.

• The spirit of an old racer will appear to discuss the wild days of racing.

• Alice Ramsey, the gutsy young woman who was the first female to drive across the U.S., will share bone-chilling tales about her adventures.

You never know what other stars from the “Movie Cars: Cinematic Stars on Wheels” exhibit will materialize for a performance in the Masterpiece Exhibit Gallery.

Some ghost tours characters will wear traditional costumes while others will be wearing “really creepy” garb to enhance the Halloween atmosphere.

Ghost tours are included with the regular price of admission, which is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $4 for children 6 to 18 years. Children age 5 and younger are free. Parking is free in the museum lot. For more information on ghost tours at the National Automobile Museum, call 333-9300 or visit www.automuseum.org.