BangShift.com Don Garlits Museum Of Drag Racing Images: One Of The Greatest Automobile Man Museums In The Nation

There are some fairly cool automotive museums world wide, and I’ve been fortunate sufficient to go to a number of of them. They’re all crammed with automotive examples that encourage, awe, and excite however a few of them go the additional mile. The Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing is a type of. It isn’t the largest automotive museum, however what it homes is actually particular and the tales and particulars and memorabilia are superb. You actually should go to. Because of our dude Joe Grippo, we’ve received one other nice gallery to share with all of you. Test it out under, together with a hyperlink to any you may need missed.

(Phrases and Images by Joe Grippo) I suppose it was early February, on a freezing afternoon and I used to be simply going by means of my day working and minding my very own enterprise and my spouse Stacey turns to me says. “We should always go to Florida.” I stated, “You don’t have to inform me twice. The place ought to we go?” Her reply was, “How concerning the Child Gators?” I used to be in instantly. After some fast dialogue and planning, we had booked a VRBO, a rental F150, and aircraft tickets. Quick ahead a couple of weeks and there we had been in sunny Jacksonville, Florida and shortly heading south in the direction of Ocala.

When you don’t know what the attraction to Ocala is, you could be on the unsuitable web site. Ocala is the house of the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing. This place is a should for even probably the most informal fan of the 1320, it’s the Louvre for gearheads, the MOMA for the quarter mile. In case you have by no means been, you owe it to your self to test it out. Large Daddy’s vehicles dominate the gathering however a real cross-section will be discovered, from High Fuelers to Professional Stockers and different oddities of the strip. The vehicles are entrance and middle however Don Garlits is named the Swamp Rat, however he is also referred to as the Pack Rat. Don has amassed an unbelievable array of drag racing memorabilia and artifacts and it’s all on show. The Museum of Drag Racing consists of some buildings and a number of rooms inside, one constructing homes Don’s in depth early Ford assortment, a little bit of a departure from the nitro-burning monsters on show in the principle constructing however are off the dimensions cool, nonetheless.

Dig into the galleries, and make sure to get down there your self, it’s definitely worth the journey.
Keep tuned for extra trip images from our whirlwind automotive tour of the Sunshine State.

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