Tuesday, December 14, 2021

SAVOY? YES SAVOY AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM AND THE CLOSING OF FLOYD GARRETTS MUSCLE CAR MUSEUM

 I am going to post a few extra blogs to catch up a bit! So far the email reminders are still being sent so just type your email address up above and confirm the email, but check back for the newest CARHUNTER! 

Cartersville Georgia, a site is picked to build another museum in the area and they find this Plymouth Savoy on the property long forgotten! 


Yikes!





The interesting part is they were building a new Automobile Museum! 



December 8th 2021 the New Savoy Automobile Museum is opened and CARHUNTER wasted no time heading down US411 right to the new museum! Named for that Savoy found on the property!


Part of the areas Museum network! 


There will be rotating exhibits, car shows, cruise ins and events coming on the large grounds of the museum


They kept with that old standard, every museum worth it's weight in engine oil has a curved dash Olds- they reproduced replicas years ago



It's a replica of  Georgia Tech's Ramblin Wreck! 



1st car you see inside is Dicky Landy's HEMI pro stock!
Did you know pros stocks were actually built from street cars?  





What better than a pair of iconic winged warriors on loan?
The King Richard Petty's 1970 Superbird







Took me a few years, but CARHUNTER finally caught the K&K 1969 Daytona piloted by Bobby Isaac which was out the day I visited Tim Welborns museum down in Alabama






Sorry folks you won't see Mustangs and Chevelles all over this museum


Very rare Coupe/Pickup



You will see fins




You will see Studebakers




An Edsel



A Fraser 



A nice Cord





A classy Buick



A place to see Packards




A Kaiser Daren



A Kaiser Dragon 





A Chrysler Airflow





Hye how did that Ford get in there, truck was perfect!




CARHUNTER has met up with this Pierce Arrow Silver Arrow before, she remembered me!





CARHUNTERS 2nd Ruxton 




Unrestored Stutz





Marmon



A dual cowl Packard Phaeton




What a Duesy and yes that is where that saying came from




Caddy




Auburn Boat Tail Speedster - yes Supercharged




Wood-Lites and mini Wood-Lites


Local racer, he was 66 when he last raced it


Tucker #44 from Howard Kroplicks's collection in NY





We got Chrysler Wood





We got Ford wood



We got some Packard wood




We got Mercury wood




Another Studebaker



Henry J





It is a Fabulous Twin H powered Hudson Hornet 



Some Nash's



A Davis from Lane Auto Museum in Nashville 



Time allowed a quick visit to the nearby Tellus Science Museum 





























Ironic; one museum closes as one is born!
CARHUNTER enjoyed many visits to a great collection of rare muscle cars.
As the museum closed it's door forever on October 31st the owner Floyd Garrett passed away.   
GODSPEED has never been a more correct statement!
RIP FLOYD! 



These photos were from CARHUNTER'S last visit in October 2021, quite a few cars already were heading home from the museum in Sevierville Tennessee












































































Had a chance last week to say goodbye one last time as the museum was being emptied 























One by one the cars are being removed, I wish everyone had the chance to see the collection and museum! 



  





















 


2 comments:

  1. Very, very sad to see these museum closures. Loss of an era.

    Dogbob

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  2. Enjoyed the photos of both museums!

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