Many readers have no idea who Big Daddy Don Gartlets is. Back in the 60s he was the hottest thing in drag racing. He broke many track records including being the first person to exceed 200 MPH in 1/8 mile! Not 1/4 mile but 1/8 mile. Talk about G force!
Don has a drag racing museum and a classic car museum in Ocala Florida. Attached are a few pictures of some of the items in the museum and a few of the wilder cars.
After we visited the museum we had linner at Outback steakhouse. Donna has been talking about steak lately so we had one at Outback and I will be doing some Rib Eyes on the grill today. That should conclude her need for steak and we can get back to chicken.
After we had linner we drove around Ocala and on the way home we stopped at an antique mall. I always like looking at the old magazines. Ads for old free standing TV's in color and you can even get it with remote control! Ad's for '57 Chevy's selling for a little over $2,000.00. Wish I had 10 of them.
The weather here has been extremely cold. Most mornings we wake up to frost on the car. The highs have been in the upper 50s to lower 60s.
We are in Bushnell, FL now and will be returning to the Brandon area again next weekend. I have a physical with the VA the following Monday and Donna has an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic in Ft. Lauderdale the following Thursday, for her leg problem. We will be staying around the Brandon area until the weather starts getting back to normal. In the worse case, we plan to start heading North by the end of March.
Below are a few pictures for the nostalgia file
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