Welcome to the story of one old school car and racing enthusiast
George Wallace Toohey of Louisville Kentucky
A True Motorhead Man
the first Toohey automotive discount parts store in 1957
G.W. Toohey(the man, the myth, and the legend)
Some the details i have learned about Mr Toohey
The Toohey Warehouse
On this page. We will be showing you the many parts and views from the warehouse. As we began our adventure of packing and shipping the entire content of this building back to Delaware for the MotorHead Men Foundation.
A small clip of the warehouse as it sits on November 22 2025. as we arrive to finish packing the parts to bring home to Delaware
Built and run by G.W. Toohey and in later yrs run by his son Doug Toohey
this building was G.W. Toohey’s one of his first parts stores and where he choose to build his warehouse
G.W. Toohey opened his first parts building in 1957, later this building was added on to a few times , In 1963 he began working to bring discount auto parts to the Louisville area.
this became the auto warehouse that supplied his 15 parts stores in the Louisville and surrounding Kentucky area