The Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, recently dedicated its 66-foot-tall gas pump more than two years after work on the project began.
Attending the ceremony May 11 were Lt. Gov. and gubernatorial candidate Todd Lamb, state Rep. Kyle Hilbert, state Sen. James Leewirght, state Rep. Mark Lawson, museum founder and president Richard Holmes, several Sapulpa officials and members of the museum’s board of directors.
GTR Newspapers reported:
“We are extremely grateful to American Heritage Bank for their contribution to this huge monument. Without them, we would never have been able to build it,” said Richard Holmes, founder and president of the not-for-profit museum. “That gas pump is one-of-a kind. There is nothing like it anywhere in the world and we are really proud of it.”
The Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum, a planned museum featuring vintage cars, opened to the public in August of 2016 and has since had visitors from 45 countries and 36 U.S. states.
Along with vintage cars, the 12,000 square foot museum has the Jack E. Wachob Military Hall, and an area designated for Route 66 memorabilia. A large collection of car engines and artifacts from both Ford and Chevrolet collections are also on display.
The 66-foot-tall gas pump — built primarily to draw visitors to the museum — originally was planned to include an observation deck, but that idea was scrapped.
The museum hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. It is closed Monday. The Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum is at 13 Sahoma Lake Road, just off Route 66 on Sapulpa’s west side.
(Facebook image by Mark P. Lawson of state and local officials gazing at the 66-foot-tall gas pump at the Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum in Sapulpa, Oklahoma)
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