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For the info of others...who may be visiting the Tampa Bay Area and wonder what to do other than enjoy the beach, fresh air, and great food Pinellas County has to offer as the Sun Coast...I had visitors from out of state and we had a very rainy day so I happened to find something I was unaware of, and quite delighted to explore.

Not totally T related as he doesn't have one...but here exists a microcosm of 1930's European automotive development where a family private collection has continued to grow and become available to view most days of the week.

There is a Model A that has the charcoal burner on the back for when gasoline was not available. There is a 4 wheel drive prototype early Mustang. There is the evolution of the CV joint system, there is physical prototype of hydrogen to electricity vehicles.

I plan on making it a future stop for all out of town visitors. It's not in Tampa itself, but rather 20 some miles to the west in a place called Pinellas Park.

https://www.tbauto.org

(edit) p.s. oops...just dawned on me, this should maybe be OT? People can't move posts...admin, please do?

If you put it under OT you might as well delete it. Not many will see it there. It pertains to cars that may have used techniques used on a Model T, so my feeling is to keep it here. I doubt I will ever go back to Florida but nice to know what is there.

Thanks for posting this topic. We were in the area a couple of years back and on an overcast day I did some exploring. Went to an interesting military museum down the road that I believe is now gone and thought since I had time I might as well check out this museum as well. Being out of my main interests I thought I would be there maybe 30-40 minutes and instead spent hours. This place is amazing!!! The docents were quite knowledgeable, and I learned things about different makes of cars I never heard before. The variety of cars both European and U.S. built was wide and covered mostly the first half of the last century. I will go back next time we are in Florida, and I recommend it to anyone I hear is going down there.