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A really
great collection of over 50 Classic Sports Cars, mostly English with some
Japanese and European ones thrown in. There are a dozen Lotuses, half
a dozen MGs, Triumphs and Jaguars, and a bunch of Austin Healeys, TVRs,
Datsuns, and Ferrari, Mazda, Morgan, AC, Sunbeam, Mini, and a few more.
And, of Course, they are all
red.
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 Toad
Hall kinda started out with a few sports cars housed in a shed
behind the Simmons Homestead Inn in Hyannis Port on Cape Cod. Over the
past dozen years the number of sheds and cars grew and grew. Finally
when there were some three dozen cars, the sheds all got tied together
and enclosed. Now there are more than 50 inside and another bunch
outside that at least can get driven around. Most are classics from the
50s to the 80s. Most are English, all are red. There are several cars of
which less than a dozen are in the States, but the rest simply will
bring back happy memories to the older folks. The cars are all nicely
restored, and they are all handsome drivers, that is if you can get them
out of a now rather crowded garage. The Toad Hall Collection has just
been open a year, but everyone who has visited it has had a really great
experience. It's now one of the largest collections of Sports Cars in
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If
you remember back in your childhood,
or maybe more recently, you probably read the book or saw the Walt
Disney movie THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame, written
back in 1908. About a bunch of animal characters in England in the
late 1800s. The leading guy was Toad, Lord of Toad Hall. He was
totally fascinated by the then new motorcar. And, all of Toad's
cars were red too. This same fascination is carried forward today
at the Toad Hall Sports Car Museum at the Simmons Homestead Inn
in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, right in the center of Cape Cod.
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 This
collection of classic sports cars is the private collection of Bill
Putman, Innkeeper of Sorts at the Simmons Homestead Inn It was just
opened up to the public for the first time in 2003. It's open daily
from 11 A.M. till 5 P.M. year round. Admission is $8 per adult,
big kids from 10 to 16 are $4, and kids under 10 are free if they
come with their folks. We will make one exception for bored spouses
and only charge them $4, and we have chairs for them while waiting
for the car nuts to finish up. Then there is an added 'benefit'
if you are staying as a guest at the Simmons Homestead Inn. You
can get in free! Bring a camera
if you want. If you are old enough not to rip things off the dashboard,
Bill might let you sit in one of them to bring back the old times.
This is a place to enjoy.
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 The
cars are all registered and run if you can get them out of the garage.
Place has gotten a bit crowded over the years as it grew out of
control. Oh well. You can get a preview by going up to the top and
clicking on the various marques.
You can also go to the directions page and find out how to get here.
Toad Hall and the Simmons Homestead Inn are in Hyannis Port, just
outside of Hyannis smack in the middle of Cape Cod.
Also feel free to call us at 1-508-778-4934 or e-mail us at ToadHallCars@aol.com
Toad
Hall Sports Car Museum is a great place to spend some time and really
enjoy these classic red little critters.
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