This morning my Sons Don and Dan, Don's GF Taylor, and I went to a little car show that was being held at Rick Treworgy's Muscle Car City in Punta Gorda, Fl. We took Dons and my T's. The thing that attracted us to this show was that they did it smart.........only from 9 am to 1 pm (to beat the heat and rain in the pm) and Don had been to the museum a few weeks ago and said we had to see it.

This guy, Rick Treworgy, makes the rest of us who think we have too many cars look like beginners. His collection has been posted on the internet before, and it got so big (200+ cars) that he bought an old WalMart building and opened a museum that is unbelievable. He pretty much likes GM products, and has so many cars from primarily the 60's-70's that you can find just about every model Chevy, Pontiac, and Olds built in that era. He also has row after row of cars from the 20's, 30,s, and 40's, but I think muscle cars are his first love.

90% or more of his cars are 4 speeds and most are big blocks. I saw so many 409/425 hp cars and tripower Olds 442's that you didn't know which one you wanted to take home. He even has a brand new ZR1 Vette and a 53 Vette that his one employee said was worth more than the ZR1.

Being me, a guy who will walk up and talk to anything that is breathing , I saw a guy on a golf cart who looked like he might own the place, so I asked him if this was his collection. It was Rick, and he was a super nice guy, and said of all his investments this is the one that makes him smile. Made me smile too. He also has a restaurant and speed shop as part of the museum and the prices are really low. I am going to start buying some parts from them as they are only about 45 minutes from home and I like to support a local guy when I can.

I didn't take any pictures, but here is a link to his site:

http://www.musclecarcity.net/

If any of you are ever in the Port Charlotte/ Punta Gorda area do yourself a favor and take a side trip to his museum. It ranks right up there with Don Garlits place as being jaw droppers. I have never seen so many mint GM muscle cars of every description in one place in my life.


Don