A couple of weeks ago I managed to work a car museum into our holiday in Pennsylvania/Washington DC. Dr Fred Simeone was a neurosurgeon who sadyly passed away last year but has left behind a real legacy in his collection of cars, and had the foresight to ensure they could stay under the same roof for the time being at least. Its primarily intended as a collection that traces the history of racing cars (and production cars used for that basis) rather than motoring as a whole.
The building is really quite a plain warehouse out near Philadelpiha airport, but various 'sets' have been built to display some of the cars and the central area is left clear so that various types of function can be held (presumably to ensure income beyond that of just relying on visitors.) They also have a bit of land outside that they use to take some of the cars out and drive them around once a month or so though outr visit didn't coincide with one of those dates.
Anyhow, here's some of the cool stuff.
An Allard that's not actually too fugly.
Now here's the coolest thing I've seen for a very long time. Its the first of the six Cobra Daytona coupes made in nicely preserved/used sort of condition.
This was fun. Push the button and the whole sectioned driveline woutd rotate.
Woodlites. Something something, for looking cool rather than for actually seeing where you're going.
A superb Voisin, that is considerably more reserved than many of the marque. The interior was even quite normal!
Amazing deep V shape to the front bumber of this Delahaye.
Nearly as cool as the Cobra coupe, Ferrari Indy car.
This is the actual car that won Le Mans in '63.
Awesome GT40 MkiV.
Finished up with a bit of an art exhibit on a mezzanine floor. Original paintings, not prints/copies.
So, all in all, a pretty good way to spend a morning en route to DC.
The building is really quite a plain warehouse out near Philadelpiha airport, but various 'sets' have been built to display some of the cars and the central area is left clear so that various types of function can be held (presumably to ensure income beyond that of just relying on visitors.) They also have a bit of land outside that they use to take some of the cars out and drive them around once a month or so though outr visit didn't coincide with one of those dates.
Anyhow, here's some of the cool stuff.
An Allard that's not actually too fugly.
Now here's the coolest thing I've seen for a very long time. Its the first of the six Cobra Daytona coupes made in nicely preserved/used sort of condition.
This was fun. Push the button and the whole sectioned driveline woutd rotate.
Woodlites. Something something, for looking cool rather than for actually seeing where you're going.
A superb Voisin, that is considerably more reserved than many of the marque. The interior was even quite normal!
Amazing deep V shape to the front bumber of this Delahaye.
Nearly as cool as the Cobra coupe, Ferrari Indy car.
This is the actual car that won Le Mans in '63.
Awesome GT40 MkiV.
Finished up with a bit of an art exhibit on a mezzanine floor. Original paintings, not prints/copies.
So, all in all, a pretty good way to spend a morning en route to DC.
