Dwarf Car Museum

[SS_Malibu]

My wife, son and I went to the Dwarf Car Museum today. Real cool place. For those of you living in the southern Arizona area, it is a must see! The rest of you can Google it and check it out online. The old guy you see in the pictures is Ernie. He hand built all these cars with homemade tools and jigs he made to make these cars. The car with the 34 on it was his first one he built in 1965 out of 9 refrigerators. All the others you see there are exact replicas of the original cars except 5/8 scale. They are all street legal and he’s driven some of them across country. They’ll do 85 mph all day long. With the exception of the engine, trans and rear end, (he used early 70’s Toyota then shortened the rear axle) EVERYTHING is hand made. Body, trim, dash, wheels. Etc. There is a couple pictures with me standing next to them so you can see the actual size of the cars and my wife and son sitting in one so you can see how roomy they are inside. I’ve seen them before at some of our local cars shows. This guy is truly and artist and a completely down to earth guy. He makes you feel like family when you’re there.
A definite must see.

 

[DRIVEN]

Very cool

 

[ck80]

Our firm aided in the liquidation of a microwave collection here in Georgia, must've been... 2014ish. Maybe 2015. I forget the guy's name, but they weren't hand built, just restored production models. Massive collection though. Can't recall the guy's name at the moment.

One benefit to that kind of collection is the number and variety with so so so much less space.

 

[Zeus1978]

I think he calls it "Itty Bitty", but it is usually a staple at the KKOA show every year.