The Tampa-area man
became a tire shop owner after serving in the Navy during the 1950s, eventually expanding his business to eight stores. He also owned the now-defunct Twin City Dragway from 1964 to 1970, where racing legends like Don Garlits and Shirley Muldowney used to compete, and promoted a well-known annual car show called The World of Wheels that ran into the 1980s.Gonzalez stored several cars in this barn on a farm he owned.that numbered 27 by the time he died this past January at age 84, but no one was sure how many there were until they started looking for them.
The cars were parked across seven properties and included four that had been sitting for decades in a barn on a farm his father owned.Among them were two 1956 Continental Mark IIs in rough shape.Elvis Presley owned a 1956 Continental Mark II similar to this one.There was also a corroded 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Daytona 500 pace car replica missing its hood and grille.Parked in front of them near the door was a 1951 Ford Woody Wagon with its headlights and a few panels missing.