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11-08-2006, 08:31 AM
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road-trip to Garlits' Museum 1/28/07
In early October of this year, a group of Corvette-owners gathered at Orlando Speed World Dragway, having a BBQ while running their cars at a Friday evening 'test-n-tune' session:
that event was so well-enjoyed that Forum-members litevette and Red 69 have announced another gathering at OSWD on Sunday, December 3, as part of that track's "Funday-Sunday" program.
With the Holidays just a few weeks after that, and wanting to continue 'keeping-in-touch' over the Winter, we are organizing a road-trip on Sunday January 28, from the Orlando area, to Don "Big Daddy" Garlits' Museum of Drag Racing, near Ocala
http://www.garlits.com/
where some historic drag-racing vehicles have been retsored and are on-display:
with it's huge parking-lot, we can travel caravan-style if we desire, and have ample & safe parking while visiting the Museum.....
if rain is forecasted that day, we can bring our daily-drivers instead.
After our visit, we will probably find a steak-house/rib-joint/pizza-parlor near the Museum for a late-lunch and bench-racing/lie-telling, before heading for home.
We will probably meet near the I-4/Turnpike junction that morning, and be traveling the Florida Turnpike from Orlando to I-75, then North to the Museum, which is located right-off I-75 @ Exit 341:
we can pick-up interested Corvette-owners as we proceed North along the way.
I would think if we can meet @ I-4/Turnpike around 9:00 AM that morning, we should easily arrive at the Museum by 10:30 AM, giving us plenty of time to visit the Museum and it's gift-shop:
this visit isn't 'ONLY' for Corvette-owners from the Orlando-area, as anybody is welcome to join us @ the Museum from other locales in Florida.
Garlits-himself has told me that if we can bring 10-or-more visitors, we will receive a $3-per-person discount upon entering the Museum:
those interested in joining us should please sign-in here, so we can finalize plans and confirm our intentions with Large Father beforehand.
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11-08-2006, 08:49 AM
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Count me in and a buddy of mine from Lake Wales wants in as well...I would be glad to organize a meet up at an I-4 rest stop for those of us coming from the east coast...
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11-08-2006, 08:53 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fuzzy dice
...I would be glad to organize a meet up at an I-4 rest stop for those of us coming from the east coast...
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..... does a meet at I-4/Turnpike at 9:00 AM sound acceptable/feasible to you, Herr Funk-meister ?
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11-08-2006, 11:36 AM
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This sounds like fun and the weather that time of year is great for a cruise. I have never been to the museum so I look foward to visiting the home of "Big Daddy". Meet up at rest area sounds fine.
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11-08-2006, 12:33 PM
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You know, the wife and I drive by that place whenever we drive up and down 75 on our way down south from here, but have never stopped in. Maybe this would be a good opportunity to do so.....
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11-08-2006, 01:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich Z
..... have never stopped in. Maybe this would be a good opportunity to do so.....
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Rich, Large has some of his earliest dragsters, the front-engined car that blew part of his foot-off, leading him to design the first successful rear-engined car, his 'Side-winder' (transverse motor-mounted ) dragster, some early Funny Cars, and anything you can imagine:
perhaps his most-famous car, Swamp Rat XXX, which performed this 'blow-over' in New Jersey in July '86
is not at the Museum, being on semi-permenant display at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.
BERNADETTE and I stopped-off on our way here in Feb '06, but only had 40 minutes before they closed that day, so I am looking forward to 'WALKING' -through this time.
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11-08-2006, 06:49 PM
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Count me in! I'm only about 45 minutes west of Garlit's Museum so I'll just cruise over and meet you all there.
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11-08-2006, 07:14 PM
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Sounds like fun! Tampa crew, let's go!
The Garlits museum is Great! We've only been once and drove past a couple of times this year, making me think it's time for a return trip.
Let's see if we can't get some of the Tampa and Pinellas crew to drive up together. Where's Jim Kill?
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11-08-2006, 07:46 PM
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Wassup!!!
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2 more... Guess we'll meet ya's there.
Looks like we're going to show up as well. We live pretty close (20-30 minutes away), yet we've never been there.?
Ray
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11-09-2006, 08:54 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by USA-1
..... does a meet at I-4/Turnpike at 9:00 AM sound acceptable/feasible to you, Herr Funk-meister ?
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That sounds fine to me...there is a rest area on the Turnpike called "Turkey Lake Service Plaza" which is only a couple of miles north of I-4 on the Turnpike...might be a good place to hook up...I have a PDF map but can't get it hosted to post here...oh well...
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