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re: Tupelo, MS - What to do in 6 hours?
Posted on 11/8/22 at 4:49 am to fool_on_the_hill
Posted on 11/8/22 at 4:49 am to fool_on_the_hill
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there used to be a car museum that had a tucker , not sure if its still there though
It sadly shut down. Just not enough people going to see it. Largest private collection East of the Mississippi.
Frank Spain(former owner of the local TV station) procured all of those vehicles with he money he made traveling around upgrading TV stations to microwave signal. I used to know his wife and one of his engineers. Heard some great stories about how he got a few of those vehicles. They had everything from 1890's steam vehicle(basically a platform with wheels and a bench) to the aforementioned Tucker, to a '92 Viper with 11 miles on it. The reason why the viper has such low mileage is because Frank and his lead engineer/mechanic loved to frick with the cars and trashed the wiring. Dodge took one look at the wiring and said "
sorry guys yall are on your own with this one." Really sad that place couldn't support itself.
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Posted on 11/8/22 at 5:37 am to pankReb
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There is a burger place there where you can sit in the exact same booth that Elvis sat in 60 years ago. You can tell which one by the photo posted of him sitting in it.
You are thinking of Johnnie’s. One of my favorite places.
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