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Very cool Car Collection/Museum in Iowa-Check it out!
I was fortunate to be invited to visit a car collection in Iowa this past Friday and Saturday. We were able to take a Cessna Citation charter to see this collection. All I can say is I am blessed...with great friends.
Friday we had a private tour of the museum/collection (Okoboji Classic Cars) and Saturday we did garage tours and then hung out and talked to folks at the collection again, before flying back to Scottsdale. The collection in Iowa is owned by Toby Shine and is amazing. Not only is there a car collection, but there is a full service restoration shop as well. The restoration of the barn find Cadillac that Toby brings to Pavilions was done by his shop.(Picture courtesy of Rick E. !) He has a very modern paint facility on site, too. There is also a dyno on site to sort out the cars after they've been restored
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Bruce Choose Life-Donate! Last edited by Xplantdad; 02-18-2018 at 10:23 PM. |
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An article written by a local paper says it way better than I can...so I am reposting their words The article was written when the construction was still taking place
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The fact that Toby recreated the Spencer area from his childhood is cool, but the Buick dealership shown in his recreation inside the museum-is still there in Spencer and still operational. GM is pressuring the location to update the dealership-but they are refusing to do so...
Bob Anderson, Rich Rendino, Chris Picciano and I were lucky enough to get a private tour of the collection on Friday. Here are the pictures...which DON'T do the collection justice....Bob is shown in the Corvette below in the photos By the way, the murals encompass the entire facility-and are worth the trip alone!
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There are all sorts of cars in the collection, some race cars, some modern cars and tons of memorabilia everywhere you look.
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The recreation of the downtown is just amazing, down to the details of the correct era suits in the tailors shop (actually bought there by one of Toby's current employees who worked at the tailors shop as a kid!). There are so many cool details-it's mind blowing!
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More of the varied cars on the main street!
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WOW!!! What a fabulous "exhibition" ... there is something there for everyone. Bruce -- thanks for taking those great pictures and sharing with us. Hope you enjoyed the ride in one of those "Wichita Wonders" ... Craig
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Okay some of the garage tours that we went on, where the local car guys...all friends of Toby's and folks he grew up with...opened their garages for us to take a look see!
Here's the first garage...lots to look at! Owner is a hoot! The pics are from my cell phone
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WOW!Thanks for sharing Bruce!!
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Way cool Bruce and thanks for sharing w/ us all! ~ Pete .
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Xplantdad (02-18-2018) |
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