Wow!!! I never knew he had flathead stuff. Drove by there numerous times when my daughter was a student at USF, but sadly never stopped. Always was on a tight travel schedule.
Been there, saw that, sitting at work wearing the t shirt. it is well worth the trip. Grandma and the grand kids were at Disney; me and the sons went somewhere interesting.
Sweety and I stopped in there two years ago just amazing and 3 or 4 hours is the minimum time to catch a glance and take some pix, thanks for posting. I literaly bumped into Don but there was a bunch of people and he was in a hurry, so no chatting,didnt wash my shoulder for a week.
Big never thru anything away, the museum even has the marbles he played with as a kid. I think everything he ever owned is in that place, well worth the time to visit
I've been there several times, and I think I could spend days there and not get bored. The best visit was meeting Don himself. We were there once when it was really really quiet. He must have been walking through, and as he passed by he stopped and said hello. Asked if we were enjoying our visit etc.. I had been looking a car from the late sixties, and was curious why they had done something in the injection / fuel plumbing on the car . . . So I asked. He said they were trying a lot of wild stuff then, and went on to explain what their idea was at the time. I'm thinking this is REALLY cool. Then he walked us over to see another car (not one of his), and explained how those guys had tried something different. Then to another car to explain someone else's idea. He sat down on the slick of the third car, and talked another twenty minutes about how all these things evolved into the modern car. It was incredible, he was with us about 40 minutes total - until he was paged for a phone call. What was so cool was his obvious passion for the cars and the history - not just a famous guy who opens a museum to make a buck. I left as impressed with the man, as the museum.
Neat pictures, and a place to go when in Florida. He is an icon, I didn't realize he had that much in his museum though
Me & 2 pals went there in 1996. A rainy Wednesday & just him & his daughter were there. Even then it was a sight to behold. One pal said...." I'm beginning to think he's been down the quater Mile a time or two....". Don himself took us on a partial tour & it's something I'll never forget. He told us the tale an 66 ish plain Jane white 4 door 426 Hemi belvedere gov't undercover car that was an amazing sleeper in his 2nd building, man i'd love to have that car. A must see place for any car guy. Plus I love racing. Flux
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