Planning permission has been granted for a new motor museum at Jurby Industrial Estate which will include classic cars, buses, lorries, fire engines and other classic vehicles.
Behind the plan are, father and son, Denis and Darren Cunningham who aim to erect a building housing the motor museum as well as a workshop, coffee kiosk and gift shop to open in 2015.
Cunningham Classic Cars was set up over 30 years ago by Denis as a small collection of classic cars which now numbers over 100 vehicles.
Denis began restoring cars as a hobby and the business grew from there.
Some of the highlights of the collection are; an ex-White House 1965 Lincoln Continental limousine used by secretary of defence, Robert McNamara, a prototype right-hand-drive DeLorean, the first Monica, a 1954 GM PD4501 Scenicruiser Greyhound coach, and a coachbuilt 1954 Humber Super Snipe built for and used by Queen Elizabeth II on her coronation tour of the Commonwealth.
The museum will also be seeking out motorcycles, race vehicles and other items of interest to loan for display.
Local owners of classic vehicles will also be invited to exhibit them in the museum on a rotating basis.
The layout also includes 107 parking spaces with seven disabled spaces and four electric car charging points.
The Jurby Industrial Estate is currently the home to the Jurby Transport Museum, a go-kart track, a racetrack, and the annual VMCC Festival of Jurby.
Work must begin on the project within four years of approval.
You can view the plans under reference 14/00343/B on the Isle of Man government website.