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As I'm retired, thanks to Vietnam, I spend almost all of my days out here in my little museum (sounds so lovely and fun -- much better than garage). I collect antique typewriters and diecast cars and trucks. So, welcome to the "museum". I hope you enjoy the tour!

On entering, the wall above is to your left. It is adjacent to the garage door and contains Hubleys, fire apparatus and family photos, and various diecast vehicles. One passes between that wall and a glass display case, which has the gas pump, the yellow Brum roadster, and a typewriter atop it.

The picture above shows the backside of the small case just inside the door. To the left of it is a 4' case with part of the typewriter collection. I have a lot of typewriters, but not enough. The photo below is of the door-side case and its contents.

Now we can start up the north wall (below), the wall where the oddball in charge surfs the web, writes, and generally enjoys looking out the windows. A lot.

Space is always at a premium out here. Vintage typing tables make great displays. Usually, two to a table works out nicely. The roll-top stand is about halfway up.

Ah, the surf shop, the place where the curator spends most of his free time.

Not much serious goes on within our museum. No bone scraping, no carbon dating. No painting repair. But, the old man manages to keep busy and have a lot of fun, as one might guess from the photo above. I have to include a shot of my heroes from "Napoleon Dynamite" and my "Ship of Homies".

The counter above runs to the end of the north wall and makes a 90 to the left. Most of the Remington portables are shown here.

With this turn, above, we're on the western wall. Here is where the scanning is done that pays for the typewriters and toys. I loathe scanning as it is deadly dull work, but it does pay for the joy of collecting.

With the exception of space given reluctantly to an upright freezer, this wall is mostly shelf units for displaying antique typewriters. Happily, the freezer is to be sold soon. When it's gone, these shelves will be replaced with metal wire rack shelf units that will show the typewriters better.

Here is a view along the west wall over toward the south wall. This is the working end of the Model A Ford project. Just roll the typewriter tables out of the way and go to! The south wall, below, has acrylic display cases for rubber toy vehicles, photos of my mom and dad in their youth. The display case in this view contains half of the toy typewriter collection. The other half is in another case at the east end of the wall.

Below is the rest of the south wall. There are two glass cases of toy typers and the one of vintage Remington, Corona, and Royal portables. In the foreground is a rolling workstation for messing with machines. In the background is a rack that holds plastic toys and various typewriters. All around the shop walkways, mats purchased from a gym have been put down, with rugs over them. Really a help on the feet, and a help as well on cold days.

The plan is to hang these diecasts on the garage door in a way that will allow them to swivel as it is opened. Still working on how to manage that.

This is a closer view of the display rack for most of the plastic cars and trucks, and various typewriters. The one on the floor, by the way, is an example of the first IBM Electric. It's waiting for another typing table to call home. On the floor? Doggie toys. My two miniature Schnauzers stay out here with me most of the time.

Looking north from the east wall. A rotating rack holds hobby publications. There is an empty glass display case as well as a full one. Both will hold typers in time. Right now, the closer of the two provides parking for toys, mostly. With that, we've come to the end of the tour. Come back soon!

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