"This was a great gift from a gentleman in our community who has been very involved with INK for a long time since we have been in this location," said Executive Director Sheri Hooper. "A good friend of ours and a great Kiwanis member, P. Martin Ellard, donated his 1931 'A' Model convertible roadster to us. He actually drove it here to put into the facility."
Hooper said getting the car into the museum took some doing.
"With the help of our fire department and Carroll Daniel Construction Company, they came over and had to take the doors off the front entrance and moved it in," Hooper said. "We had an inch on each side of the doors to get it through; it was a beautiful sight to see it come through."
Hooper says plans are to move the car again inside the museum and set it up with its own exhibit, but admitted it is quite an attention getter for visitors when they see it sitting just inside the front entrance.
"It's been here about three weeks and every time someone walks through the door all they can say is Wow!," Hooper added.
Hooper said the vintage roadster is still in running condition and is a welcome addition to INK's exhibits for kids, which include an air plane, an old time fire engine, a Hall County Sheriff's patrol car and a Gainesville Police Department ATV (All Terrain Vehicle).
"We have a great transportation department," Hooper said. "What we have really tried to do is give children a taste of every career opportunity that we have including a little bit of history."
Gainesville's Interactive Neighborhood for Kids (INK) is beginning the new year with a brand new exhibit; a vintage 1931 Model 'A' Ford convertible.
it is quite an attention getter for visitors when they see it sitting just inside the front entrance
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