The Collector's Museum

06/03/2026

A lot of history on the latest! 142 mph was quite a lot in 1959! Same owner, 65 years. I was able to find a pair of front ties, same tread and manufacturer as the originals went on today. The last photo, isn’t the same car, but I like the shot, from the magazine, which write up the previous owner and builder. Sometimes, when you’re going sooo fast, when you’re pulled over, you need the parachute!

05/31/2026

Let's have coffee and talk cars! You know, I seem to have all the boxes set correctly, so you can post about your car, your collections and what you want to share, hobby related, but you can’t! My goal is to resolve this, so you can!. This is rater than commenting on a post I put up, I've been trying to correct this for a couple YEARS!! If I go to a site, where members can't contribute, beyond comments to a moderator's posts, I don't bother with it. Next week, I am going camping, with a friend , who has an RV adventures, travel site and she said, she could correct this for me/you/us. Yay! So, soon you will be able to post and share your interest's, on the museums wall, not just as a comment, related to one of my posts. That's our coffee table below, soon, let's chat about your subject lines, the cool cars you like, motorcycle, collections and history/hobby related stuff.!

05/27/2026

Found this, going though things, related to the newest addition. Can you imagine, going 143 mph is the new roadster, back in the late ‘50’s! Yikes! What’s the fastest, you’ve driven?

05/25/2026

I had time to be deep and a bit intellectual, when I was in Los Angeles, picking up my new 1932 Ford roadster. What’s especially cool about the car, are several things. 1. it has a period Chrysler hemi engine, plus a Helibrand rear end and a ton of chrome plating, before chroming got up there, with the price of gold. 2. It was a one owner, for 64 years (not his age, he passed), actually built the roadster 64 years ago and kept it in perfect condition. 3. Lastly, all the photos related to its build and its life, to date, plus the awards it had received over the years, but wait, this is also about automobile related art! In a deep moment, I went to “The Corey Helford Gallery” to check out, their auto related art show, that even had spread out, onto their parking lot. Check out their art here!

05/24/2026

2AM, just pulled into a “Motel 6”, some where off I-5, in California, headed towards Oregon. Oh, looked at the map, it says I’m in Dunnigan. Ate at Harris Ranch last night, it was excellent! Some, I am sure, wonder why, a “street rod”. The museum has cars, high lighting different eras and the styles of those time periods.1950’s and ‘60’s, hot rods were trending we. The coolest engines, at the time, were the Chrysler hemi engines
, which this has! No one could afford all that chrome plating today, which was trend back there!

05/23/2026

Headed from L A to Brookings! Her grandfather owned this 64 years! He was an editor of “Hot Rod Magazine”! I have a bunch of “build” photos and years of ownership. Zooom

05/18/2026

05/18/2026

05/17/2026

Here’s the still’s from the “May Madness” event in San Rafael, CA. As always, big fun. I have both “The Walking Man” (Oscar) and the 1910 Rauch @ Lange electric, on display. A lot of other cool cars on display! Are yours, in any of these shot?