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Who said that?

"He picked me up in a 1941 four-door Cadillac sedan. There were two hub caps missing. When I sat down wires came through the seat where I was sitting and I was thinking, what am I doing in this car?"

-- Joanne Dauer

Dear car lovers, turn on your engines.

A candy land of vintage American vehicles — kept all but secret since 2001 — welcomes your arrival.

The family-owned Dauer Museum of Classic Cars in the Broward County community of Sunrise quietly opened to the public last year just before the shutdown.

“We wanted to share it with other people. What better than to show it and learn about the nation’s history,” says Joanne Dauer, a registered nurse and lecturer at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies who owns and helps curate the museum along with her husband, Dr. Edward Dauer.

Read more at the Tampa Bay Times