Keystone Truck & Tractor Museum
The Keystone Truck & Tractor Museum located in Colonial Heights, Va. is home to more than 100 trucks, close to 200 fully restored antique farm tractors, and hundreds of pieces of other farm-related equipment. “We’ve also got vintage fire trucks, Porsches, Lamborghinis, you name it,” says Alan ‘Bones’ Stone, the museum curator.
The Museum got its start when founder Keith Jones acquired his first tractor, a 1950 John Deere M owned by his late uncle. When it went up for auction after his uncle passed, he placed the winning bid of close to $1,400. Weeks later, Jones’s aunt returned the money, telling him that his uncle always wanted him to own it, but she wanted him to earn it first.
Restoring his family tractor inspired Jones’s collecting fever. In 2010, he started the Keystone Truck & Tractor Museum.
Today, visitors can explore more than 70,000 sq. ft. of floor space filled with detailed informational signs about what’s on display. “Give yourself plenty of time,” says Stone. “You could spend days looking at everything we have.”
According to Stone, the diversity of the Museum’s collection is what makes it worth seeing. “We have a wide variety of vehicles on display,” he says. “Most places specialize in just one brand, like John Deere, or one type of vehicle. We stand out because we have a little of everything, even Americana pieces like vintage gas pumps and jukeboxes.”
The Museum houses what Stone believes is the only UDLX Minneapolis Moline tractor available for public viewing in the United States. Just 25 are known to be fully restored today, and the others are in private collections.
For visitors, the Keystone Museum is approximately 30 min. south of Richmond. Admission is $10 per person, with discounts available for students, seniors and military personnel. Fitting with the theme, the property is truck and RV-friendly. Once you make the trip, be sure to stop at the Museum’s vehicle-themed giftshop and the Keystone Grill, an onsite restaurant serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Keystone Tractor Museum, 880 W. Roslyn Rd., Colonial Heights, Va. 23834 (ph 804-524-0020; www.keystonetractorworks.com).
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Keystone Truck & Tractor Museum TRACTORS Antiques The Keystone Truck & Tractor Museum located in Colonial Heights Va is home to more than 100 trucks close to 200 fully restored antique farm tractors and hundreds of pieces of other farm-related equipment “We’ve also got vintage fire trucks Porsches Lamborghinis you name it ” says Alan ‘Bones’ Stone the museum curator The Museum got its start when founder Keith Jones acquired his first tractor a 1950 John Deere M owned by his late uncle When it went up for auction after his uncle passed he placed the winning bid of close to $1 400 Weeks later Jones’s aunt returned the money telling him that his uncle always wanted him to own it but she wanted him to earn it first Restoring his family tractor inspired Jones’s collecting fever In 2010 he started the Keystone Truck & Tractor Museum Today visitors can explore more than 70 000 sq ft of floor space filled with detailed informational signs about what’s on display “Give yourself plenty of time ” says Stone “You could spend days looking at everything we have ” According to Stone the diversity of the Museum’s collection is what makes it worth seeing “We have a wide variety of vehicles on display ” he says “Most places specialize in just one brand like John Deere or one type of vehicle We stand out because we have a little of everything even Americana pieces like vintage gas pumps and jukeboxes ” The Museum houses what Stone believes is the only UDLX Minneapolis Moline tractor available for public viewing in the United States Just 25 are known to be fully restored today and the others are in private collections For visitors the Keystone Museum is approximately 30 min south of Richmond Admission is $10 per person with discounts available for students seniors and military personnel Fitting with the theme the property is truck and RV-friendly Once you make the trip be sure to stop at the Museum’s vehicle-themed giftshop and the Keystone Grill an onsite restaurant serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Keystone Tractor Museum 880 W Roslyn Rd Colonial Heights Va 23834 ph 804-524-0020; www keystonetractorworks com
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