Sri G D Naidu, an eminent industrialist and philanthropist of Coimbatore, South India, had a great passion for the automobile. He visited several countries during his lifetime and was fascinated by the workmanship and engineering capabilities of Germany and other forward nations. He was an ardent automobile enthusiast, science lover and loved learning the science behind the functioning and invention of everything that he came across.
G D Naidu Charitable Trust was started by Mr. GD Naidu in 1950. His purpose was to start a charity and make it a perpetual entity for imparting knowledge and sharing information to the community. He was a man of practical learning and he strongly believed that empowerment comes through dissemination of knowledge.
Gedee Car Museum is the only classic car museum of its kind in south India, located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. It has an impressive collection of more than 100 vintage cars, each with a history or a unique technology.
The cars are a private collection of G D Naidu Charities, a social trust founded by (late) Sri. G D Naidu. Like his father, Sri. G D Gopal, who is also an avid auto enthusiast, purchased and collected several cars, especially those that had unique mechanical features or the ones that had significantly influenced the evolution of the automobile.
The main objective of the museum is that students and the general public, who see these vintage beauties, learn about the technology and the people behind designing and manufacturing the cars, with the minimal technology available in that era.
The museum has a section that acknowledges the achievements of five car designers who revolutionised the automobile industry.