Ten miles south of Ocala, just off of Interstate 75, you will find the Garlits Museums. One is mostly "Drag Racing" cars and is known as the IHRA hall of fame. Here you will find on display perhaps 150 of these machines dating back to the beginnings of the sport in the late 40s. It is a wonderful museum however the collection,perhaps the best of its type in the world, is of limited interest to those who are not fans of motor sports. The other museum the Antique Museum is more varied and has some neat suprises that one would not expect to find in a car museum. There are stair treads from the 1936 Worlds Fair used as table tops,there is a bicycle with wooden wheels that is still operable,there is a mock up of an old garage with a crank phone on the wall that actually works. There is one of the best collections of "flat head" Fords outside of the Ford Museum in Greenfield Village. The best part of the display is the memories that these old cars bring back,many of us especally the Americans were concieved in the back seat of cars like these. If you like Rock music the way we heard it in the 50s be sure to drop a quarter in the Juke box and fell free to dance to the music. There is a charge for this attraction but it is nominal and well worth the investment. Buccaneer Bill
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