Seaba Station Motorcycle Museum
The Seaba Station was built by John and Alice Seaba back in 1924 as a Sunray DX gas station on the now famous Route 66.
Sun Oil merged with Tulsa, OK-based Sunray DX Oil Company in 1968 which marketed gasoline under the DX brand in several midwestern states. Sun Oil continued marketing its petroleum products under both the Sunoco and DX brands through the 1970s and into the 1980s. In the late 1980s, Sun began rebranding DX stations in the Midwest to the Sunoco brand which brings us back to Seaba Station.
Museum Location -- Warwick, OK
In 2007 the property was purchased by Jerry Ries and Gerald Tims who restored it to its original look. They recently opened the property as Seaba Station Motorcycle Museum on old Route 66. Interestingly 25 years ago, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials officially decertified U.S. 66 as a federal highway. In essence, U.S. 66 ceased to exist. But I’ve digressed. Mr. Tims owns Performance Cycle in Bethany, OK., and with that motorcycle interest in mind help populate the museum with some classic antiques. One of the rarest motorcycles in the museum is a 1913 Pope Board Tracker, with a replica section of wooden track from that era to simulate what it would have been driven on.
Future plans include adding antique gas pumps to the front of the building and long-term they want to include a restaurant in one of the side rooms. The museum is open seven days a week. Admission is free, but donations are accepted.
Route 66 is an old road, but it still “kicks!” If you happen to be traveling the “Mother Road” then this museum is a great place to stop and take in some motorcycle history.
Photo courtesy of Seaba Station and Route 66 News.
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