Mercedes Club Weekend Event - Car Museum

 

Two weekends ago my Mercedes Club visited the Grey Motorsports Museum in Jupiter FL. What a treat with 43,000 sq feet of classic and vintage cars from the early 1900s to a classic '65 GTO, ++, New and vintage Corvettes a plenty and fully restored 1955, 1956 and 1957 Chevys. I did not count all the cars, however, my best guess between 35 and 50.

That floor is really that shiny and clean

Growing up I had a '65 Impala 327 and a '69 SS396 Chevelle. The museum had a '64 SS Impala convertible 409, and a '69 SS396 Chevelle. What a nostalgic walk down memory lane.

This is not just a storage facility, it is a true museum, Wall facades depicting streets and stores of the period for the car being displayed. Downstairs and upstairs restaurant quality bars with walls lined with racing trophies.

Johnny C Grey, the former Funny Car and Pro Stock driver raced competitively in various arenas. A businessman from Artesia, NM, he joined the professional racing ranks in 1993, and claimed his first win in 2011.Gray has been racing in various forms of motorsports for nearly half a century; he began drag racing in the early 1990s, climbing the ladder from the National Hot Rod Association's Competition Eliminator division to Pro Stock and later, the Funny Car category with Don Schumacher Racing. Gray retired in 2013 to support the Pro Stock efforts of his son, Shane, and grandson, Tanner. Tanner went on to win the NHRA Pro Stock title in 2018 before moving on to stock car racing, (Wikipedia)

We had the Museum curator, Craig, answer question all morning during our over two hour visit. He is not just a car enthusiast himself, but a master mechanic and machinist that keeps all the cars in running condition. Yes, drivable on any day. Other than the track cars, all are registered, licensed and are driven regularly. Craig even makes parts that are obsolete to keep the the older vintage cars roadworthy. What a dream job!