Floyd Garretts museum closing for good
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I'm headed to Gatlinburg this week and thought I'd stop in. Just saw they are closing for good Oct 31 2021.
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Re: Floyd Garretts museum closing for good
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I was there earlier this year. You should absolutely go if your going to be that close.
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Re: Floyd Garretts museum closing for good
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I visited a few years ago. You can easily spend hours in there.
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Re: Floyd Garretts museum closing for good
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Sad to see another car museum closing. Copper
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Re: Floyd Garretts museum closing for good
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I've been several times over the years, lots of cool cars. I would stand and drool over the Curious Yellow 71 GTX! Huh...there was one of them that kicked around the area I live for years. Always wonder where it ended up. Was Curious yellow, elastomeric bumpers, houndstooth interior, etc. Was a cool car.
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Re: Floyd Garretts museum closing for good
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Was last there in 2010. Last time I actually took a vacation. Although my kids liked the cars, they were 9 and 6 so my ability to linger and really look stuff over was a bit limited. What I thought was cool is he was always moving cars in and out. If you stuck around long enough, you would see one of them get fired up.
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Re: Floyd Garretts museum closing for good
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Aw man. I always wanted to go. Had a plan to see Floyd's and Graceland in the same trip.
What a shame.
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Re: Floyd Garretts museum closing for good
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We went on Thursday and the gentleman at the counter said that the Chevy dealer next door had purchased the property. Possibly for a body shop and whatever else. Glad we got to see the collection one last time.
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Re: Floyd Garretts museum closing for good
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I went about 15 years ago. Really cool stuff. Best part was I got to talk with him for quite awhile. He rattled off some damn good business advice that day.
Sad to keep seeing these museums keep closing. Seems to be about one a month this year. New collection is being opened in Columbia Tn per latest MCG however. .
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Re: Floyd Garretts museum closing for good
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Is he selling off the cars? A majority of the cars are privately owned and were there on loan. Floyd owns a few that are on the show floor.
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Re: Floyd Garretts museum closing for good
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Dang, hate to hear this. Never missed going anytime we went to Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge. Tim
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Re: Floyd Garretts museum closing for good
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Cripes I would like to see that beauty in the flesh!
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Re: Floyd Garretts museum closing for good
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I've seen the Dickson GTX in California back some ten years ago! Great story, an ex VET from the Nam war, bought this to 'save his sanity'... Yep I just love 71 GTX's as I have the only UK one...
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Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero, thanx Horace!
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Re: Floyd Garretts museum closing for good
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Last visited that place in the 90’s. Garret was hanging out chatting about some long ago street race somewhere back in the day.
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