S.D. Vehicle Museum to increase resources with raffle of traditional muscle mass car or truck

The San Diego Automotive Museum is raffling off a 1968 Dodge Coronet to aid with modern financial shortcomings.

The museum has skilled some hardships after owning to near for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. It first shut its doorways on March 19 just before opening on June 19. The Balboa Park establishment once more shut on July 7 before reopening on Sept. 17.

On Nov. 14, it again closed immediately after San Diego County moved into the purple tier, the state’s most restrictive stage for COVID-19 reopening.

“The COVID pandemic has been devastating to the San Diego Automotive Museum. Not just fiscally, but team morale is at an all-time low,” claimed Lenny Leszczynski, the museum’s CEO.

“We have labored tricky to not only meet the COVID pointers when we are permitted to be open up, but to exceed them. When we were being permitted to be open, we confined our capability to 50 people at a time, which is 10 percent of our total capacity. Also, there has been no COVID tracing connected to museums, but we are forced to close and there are no nonprofit museum reduction funds obtainable.”

The possibility to individual the 1968 muscle auto will set you again $100 per ticket. Numerous tickets can be obtained.

The 1968 Dodge Coronet has had a floor-up restoration with a subtly modified 440-cubic-inch V8, along with other upgrades. An advertisement for the raffle claims the car or truck is all set for “show, cruise or club drags.”

The San Diego Automotive Museum opened in 1988 and is found in the coronary heart of Balboa Park’s Pan American Plaza. It shows dozens of varied automobiles spanning a lot of a long time and has a outstanding collection of bikes.

The auction will conclusion Dec. 17 or when 3,500 tickets are marketed. For much more info about the auction or to acquire tickets, go to sdautomuseum.org/raffle.