Trip to the Tallahassee Automobile Museum a/k/a Tallahassee Antique Car Museum

What do you get when you combine substantial wealth, an obsessive personality and a love of Cars, Knives, Batman, Pianos, Golf and Cash Registers....You get one man's passion, the passion of DeVoe Moore.  

Mr. Moore has assembled a unique museum in Tallahassee, Florida

 (the state capital and home to Florida State University - Go Noles!)

I have made two trips to the TCM and if you are nearby I higly recomend visiting.  

The collection is eclectic, spanning nearly 150 years of transportation history, from an 1860 hearse (that carried Abraham Lincoln to his grave) to a 2001 Plymouth Prowler.

(complete list here:  http://www.tacm.com/carmuseum/thecars.htm)

Here are some of the most memorable cars:  

Lincoln's Hearse

Original Batmobile

Wrecked faux Tucker (movie prop)

Amphicar

Second Floor View (and my son, Christopher/FSU 2015)

And Now for Something Completely Different....Fish

Went snorkeling in Hawaii and took a few snaps with my 

ancient three megapixel Minolta....No Fisheye, but lots of Fish Eyes!

Two Classic Cars and a Race Car

I love attending car Shows and Car Museums.  

I tend to take a ton of pictures and here are some shots from older car shows:

Rare BMW Z-1 at the Zentrum in Spartenburg, SC

A Little Fish Eye in the Fish Eye

Taken on a Dive in St. Lucia in 2002

Minolta Xi 3 meg Camera

Tribute to BMW M cars

I have been lucky enough to own several BMW M cars.  Here is my tribute to them:

2000 M Roadster (E36/7)

2002 M3 Coupe (E46)

2002 M3 Vert (E46)

2008 M Roadster (E85)

2008 M3 (E93)

 These are Ms from shows:

2012 1M Coupe (E82)

The Original M1 (E26)

Fisheye for the Electric Car Guy (GM EV-1)

Here is nostalgic fisheye of the General Motors EV-1.  This picture was taken in 1996 with an Apple Quicktake and early digital camera and distorted in Photoshop.

(it was a 1/3 megapixel camera!)

I drove this car for two weeks in 96'

(here is a link to an article I wrote about the experience:

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2008/07/1997-general-motors-ev-1-review/)

More Non-Car Fisheye for the Non-Car Guy/Gal

A few more shots taken over the years....

Ketchikan, Alaska

Mount St. Helens

BMW Z Homecoming 2007

Author/Photographer of Take the Long Way HomeMarch 08 BMW Car Magazine 

BMW Z Homecoming 2008

Author/Photographer of Homecoming 2008
December 2008 Roundel

Fisheye for the Instant Camera Guy

I collect Instant Cameras.  Yes, I am not ashamed to say that I collect Instant Cameras.  

419 and counting.  

I have Polaroids, Kodaks, Fujis, Berkleys, Chrislins and two from Russia!  

Here they are in their shelf like glory:

No Car Pics Saturday

What, no cars.....Yes its Random Pics for the Day

JULY 21 CAR SHOW...

Great turnout and nice hot weather

Rocky's the Wonder Dog's View

A Self-Portrait

Restored Nova

How hot was it...Ask Rocky!!