Boy, this sounds like our kind of place. With more than 100 cars spread over 60,000 square feet, the Museum of Speed in Mentor, Ohio, is a place we recommend you get to on May 30th.
It’s the day of the grand opening and they’re letting people in for free to check it out.
Who’s in the area and wants to check out the collection and report back for BangShift.com? It seems like most of the stuff in the “museum” may be for sale as well. If you have a few tens of thousands of dollars laying about, bring that along with your camera.
Here’s the official press release:
Mentor, OH May 22, 2009 — The Mentor Museum of Speed presented by Best of Show Automotive will celebrate its Grand Opening in Mentor, Ohio on May 30. Grand Opening festivities will kick-off with free museum access beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday and will culminate with the 3rd Annual Best of Show Automotive Car Show and Cruise, 5/31/09.
Located at 7700 Tyler Boulevard in Mentor Ohio, the museum has over 125 cars on display, translating to over 10 million dollars of collector car inventory . The museum’s 60,000 square foot facility is an exciting new organization to the region — unlike anything else in the country. The Museum displays high performance muscle cars, hot rods, customs and restorations. Many of the cars shown are historically significant, World-class, meticulously restored vehicles and award-winning autos. The museum is also a celebration of automotive heritage with an old-fashioned free game arcade. Visitors will experience an automotive setting that is sure to please even the most discriminating car enthusiast. The Museum’s Open House Saturday’s hours will run from 9-6pm.
The next day, Sunday, May 31, 2009, the Mentor Museum of Speed will host the 3rd Annual Best Of Show Car Show and Cruise. The show, already a regional favorite, will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and offers music, raffles, free food and giveaways. It’s an open car show with free admission for everyone and is Best of Show Automotive’s way of thanking their classic car friends and the community for their support. Over 200 vehicles were on hand for last year’s event and more are expected this year.
The Mentor Museum of Speed is a leading classic and high-performance car museum that is focused on presenting World-class, award-winning automobiles. Located just outside of Cleveland, Ohio, its business hours are Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. throughout the year. General admission tickets to the Museum will be $10 for adults, $5 for children (ages 12 and under).
Best of Show Automotive, headquartered in Mentor, Ohio, boasts one of the finest Muscle and high performance car showrooms in the world. Stocked with World-class, show-winning vehicles, their classic and muscle car inventory is also known as a premier classic car, high performance store for restorations, sales, meticulous quality and discriminating offerings.
