Tuesday, January 31 - We did have one outing together while in Maricopa, AZ. We went to the Dwarf Car Museum.
An amazing fellow by the name of Ernie Adams builds miniature replicas of cars in his shop out in the desert.
That is Ernie getting into one of his cars. You can see how small the cars are.
He is a real old-time American inventor. He uses scrap pieces from old refrigerators, old cars and tractors, and other junked items to build these unbelievable autos.
He then enters them in car shows or displays them in his museum/construction shop. This is a free museum, but he does accept donations.
A peek inside.
1934 Ford Sedan. The boat is real with a 12-horse Westbend motor.
The next few photos are of the strangest car we have ever seen. It actually had the first cell phone. And inside is a pot-belly stove.
First cell phone carrier.
All around the “shop” are the strangest items.
Monkey light.
We have never seen a soup vending machine.
Can you find the kitty? Yes, it is real.
We really enjoyed the museum and would recommend it to fellow travelers heading across Arizona on Interstate 8. It is only a short jump off the interstate and can be viewed in less than an hour.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!
Interesting place for sure. I saw the cat right away.
ReplyDeleteWhat a unique hobby! Interesting museum that looks like it was fascinating! Great find!
ReplyDeleteWhat a an interesting car museum! Love that last car. Reminds me of a junkyard rebuild:)
ReplyDeleteInteresting thanks for the tip, just read about on 2 other blogs as well.
ReplyDeletehmmmm. . .mmmmm. . .well, that was interesting. . .LOL!
ReplyDeleteI think I would have left a larger than my usual donation at that one. I even enjoyed just seeing everyone's photos.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun place to visit that was! I'm glad Sandie suggested it. I also see you have a picture of all the refrigerators that will soon be used to make a new dwarf car.
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