Simeone Foundation Museum- Trip Report(warning 56k & DSL users) Update Post #7

[cmbeal317]

A few weeks ago I traveled to Philadelphia, PA to visit an outstanding collection of race cars and sports cars. The collection owned by Dr. Fred Simeone is his personal collection he has put together and he displays it for the public to see. Once a month they have demonstration days and get 3 or 4 of the cars and run them around the parking lot, unfortunately we were there a week early. The collection ranges from the earliest car dating from 1909 up into the 1970's and contains a few cars that are extremely rare. I'll start off with the highlights and I will later add in some of the more of the collection. I will also list any major races the cars completed in, or anything unique about the cars.

Starting with the oldest car in the collection: The 1909 American Underslung

1937 Supercharged Cord

1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe - The 1st Daytona Coupe built, set many records at Bonneville Salt Flats, and has never been restored

1930 Bentley 4.5L Supercharged- Note the supercharger mounted on the front of the car.

1938 BMW 328

1955 Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing

1926 Bugatti Type 35

1937 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A- Came in second at the 1937 Mille Miglia and one of two in existence

1933 Alfa Romeo Monza

A Trio of Auburn Boat Tail Speedsters- Cream & Black is a 1928 8-88 Speedster, Maroon & Black is a 1933 V-12 12-165 Speedster(1 of 14 made), and the White one is 1935 851 Speedster

1956 Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing

Extremely Rare Ferrari 365P- One of two made, notice the 3 seat arrangement with the driver in the middle

1970 Plymouth Superbird Roadrunner

Jaguar C-Type and D-Type

1958 Ferrari Testarossa

1963 Ferrari 250LM

1970 Porsche 917LH- Came in second at the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans, nicknamed the "Hippie Porsche"

1966 Ford GT MkII

1967 Ford MkIV

1959 Aston Martin DBR1- Won the 1958 Nurburgring 1000km driven by none other than Sir Stirling Moss and Sir Jack Brabham, and was later raced twice by Jim Clark at Le Mans.

1938 Alfa Romeo 2900B MM- Won the 1938 Mille Milga, one of two intact cars of the four built.

And the last one for now, an also extremely rare 1936 Bugatti Type 57 G "Tank"- Only survivor of the 3 built, set speed records and won every race including the 1937 24 Hours of Le Mans.

My thanks to Dr. Simeone for displaying his outstanding collection of priceless automobiles that exemplify his phrase for defining the collection, "The Spirit of Competition." All the information about the cars comes directly from the placards by the vehicles. For more information on the museum please follow the link below.
http://simeonemuseum.org/

Thank you for your time and I hope you enjoyed, I will post more pictures in this thread as time permits me to.

 

[Zenith]

Drool....

 

[FordMKIVJ5]

Wish you'd have got some more of the MKIV, this is one of the originals that was driven at Le Mans in 1967 by Ruby/Hulme.
Did you notice that the wheel caps are red on the left and blue on the right?

 

[cmbeal317]

I did get another picture of the MKIV but it was just a head on picture, I can upload later when I put some more up. I also did not notice the difference in the color of the wheel caps, probably because I was just in awe of all of the amazing cars. If anyone is ever in Philly make sure to check it out, you won't be disappointed.

 

[Sniffs]

THESE are what PD needs to scan in for GT

 

[Cano]

got DAMN, there are some VERY significant cars there, not only because of the racing pedigree of some, but because of the sheer rarity of the non-racing cars. Worthy museum indeed.

MOAR.

 

[cmbeal317]

Thanks for the comments guys. Now for some more pictures.
Starting with a 1913 Mercer Raceabout

1963 Corvette Grand Sport- 1 of 5 built and the most original

1934 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Spider- This car went 135mph at Brooklands in 1938

1925 Alfa Romeo RL Super Sport- Alfa's First successful sports car.

1929 Dupont 2 Passenger Speedster

1928 Auburn 8-88 Boat Tail Speedster

1933 Auburn V12 12-165 Speedster- 1 of 14 and the rarest of all Auburn Speedsters

1935 Auburn 851 Boat Tail Speedster

1933 Squire Roadster

1953 Hudson Hornet Twin H-Power-Interesting family fact: My grandfather told me when I showed him this picture that he had a Hornet back in the 50's.

1928 Stutz BB Blackhawk Speedster

1938 Jaguar SS-100 3.5L

1982 Alfa Romeo GTV-6

1936 Aston Martin Le Mans- 1 of 2 built, upgraded from 1.5 to 2.0L and was the most powerful prewar Aston Martin

1938 Peugeot Darlmat Le Mans- 1 of 3 built in 1938 with all aluminum bodies, extra road lights, electric gear shift, and modified engines for racing.

1936/1948 Delahaye 135S- 1 of 14, built before and after WW2, the chassis was from the 1938 Le Mans winner, but the body you see was installed in 1948.

1954 Ferrari 375MM- Raced in Italy, then owned by actor William Holden

1956 Maserati 300S- Raced at Le Mans at 1956/57, owned by Jean Behra

1921 Dusenberg Race Car- 1 of 3 that raced at Le Mans in 1921, sister car gave America its first international victory.

1927 Stutz Black Hawk

1927 Mercedes Benz Sportwagen- Only intact car of 8 built, won the first German Gran Prix at the Nurburgring in 1927