Story by Eric Davison
Photos courtesy Tampa Bay Automobile Museum
From the Archives, 2017
Karl Ludvigsen and the Editor owe a debt of thanks to Alain Cerf and his remarkable museum in Tampa Bay for helping with the Claveau articles. We were a little concerned about the effects of Hurricane Idalia on the Museum but they are back, and open for business. And certainly worth a trip! Ed.
Usually I am a sucker for any car museum therefore I can’t imagine how I missed the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum. But, I did. Inexcusable on my part.
But, a few months ago my friend Dale Powers asked if I wanted to go to Pinellas Park, about 35 miles north of my home in Anna Maria, Florida. He was looking for a home for his DB Le Mans and there was a French car museum in Pinellas Park that we might both enjoy
Off we went and, indeed there is The Tampa Bay Automobile Museum located in Pinellas Park and, yes, it is primarily French cars. And, yes, the pretty little DB eventually found a new home and is now on display amid some pretty wonderful and beautifully restored cars.