Revs Institute Cars and Coffee show

[jaymcminn]

Polished up the Miata and drove down to a Cars and Coffee event hosted by the Revs Institute, the amazing local auto museum. It was a fantastic show, even with my scruffy little Merlot '95 Miata in attendance (hiding behind the green Lotus Elise in the first pic). Everything from Porsches (so...many...Porsches...) to muscle cars, including the restomod Superbird with a Hemi crate motor. The Porsche tractor in Lowenbrau/Pink Pig livery was great! Had fun with some fellow enthusiasts, got a sunburn and bought a lemonade for $7. All before 11am! Pics of some (but by no means all) of the great cars in attendance below...

Edited April 15, 2023 by jaymcminn
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[Gramps46]

Mouthwatering!!!  Thanks for posting.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Yup, tasty indeed.  

[espo]

A lot of great looking cars. You mentioned your Miata. That color is one I have always liked but rarely offered on anything I would buy. 

[webestang]

That Shelby is oh so sweet and that green 260 is the cats pajamas......! 

[Paul Payne]

Thanks for sharing- seriously kool cars!

[Zippi]

Looks like it was a nice car show with lots of really kewl cars.  I like the older cars. 

[Zoom Zoom]

Very nice turnout, thanks for sharing. Your Merlot Miata looks great! I was down in Naples in early March to visit friends, drove my '06 Miata all the way down there. Honestly aside from the day we took it down to the everglades for an airboat ride etc. it was wasted on the boring/crowded boulevards of FL. Highlight of the trip was our day at Revs Institute, we had a morning docent-led tour of the collection and a brief tour of the workshop. After lunch at Spanky's Speakeasy we went back to go through the collection at our own pace. Mindblowing collection, probably the best museum I've ever been to. After that we drove down to the airport observation deck, my goal was to see my first HondaJet, and thankfully that goal was achieved as well as seeing a really cool metallic green w/gold accents Cirrus Vision jet. Unfortunately never hit the beach due to the red tide. Drove up the coast to Ft. Myers, was heartbreaking to see the hurricane damage. Naples looked like nothing ever happened except for the row of mansions right along the coast. 

[Bruce Scully]

Thanks for the great pics , so nice to look at.

[SpikeSchumacher]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing 😉

[catpack68]

Thanks for the pics👍

[vamach1]

Looks like a great turnout.  Are pictures allowed in the museum?

[Zoom Zoom]

9 minutes ago, vamach1 said:

Looks like a great turnout.  Are pictures allowed in the museum?

Yes, I took many cellphone photos. Not sure they allow any flash photography. Their website is pretty good to give you an idea of what to expect. The collection is mind-blowing. 

[jaymcminn]

2 hours ago, vamach1 said:

Looks like a great turnout.  Are pictures allowed in the museum?

Allowed and encouraged. Revs more or less requires tickets to be purchased in advance to limit the number of people in the museum at any given time. If you're used to auto museums with cars behind velvet ropes and barriers Revs will be a bit of a shock... no ropes, no barriers. Of course you can't get in the cars and make "vroom vroom" noises, but you can get fantastic pictures from all angles. It's really the best auto museum you've never heard of!

[jaymcminn]

On 4/16/2023 at 9:06 AM, Zoom Zoom said:

Very nice turnout, thanks for sharing. Your Merlot Miata looks great! I was down in Naples in early March to visit friends, drove my '06 Miata all the way down there. Honestly aside from the day we took it down to the everglades for an airboat ride etc. it was wasted on the boring/crowded boulevards of FL. Highlight of the trip was our day at Revs Institute, we had a morning docent-led tour of the collection and a brief tour of the workshop. After lunch at Spanky's Speakeasy we went back to go through the collection at our own pace. Mindblowing collection, probably the best museum I've ever been to. After that we drove down to the airport observation deck, my goal was to see my first HondaJet, and thankfully that goal was achieved as well as seeing a really cool metallic green w/gold accents Cirrus Vision jet. Unfortunately never hit the beach due to the red tide. Drove up the coast to Ft. Myers, was heartbreaking to see the hurricane damage. Naples looked like nothing ever happened except for the row of mansions right along the coast. 

Naples got lucky with Ian. Coastal areas got hit and the Pier was wrecked, but for the most part the town came through okay. Further inland there was little to no damage- I lost power at my house 5 miles inland for a grand total of 10 hours. Ft.Myers Beach is a wreck, and will be rebuilt in a totally different way. A lot of the people who lost their houses there won't be able to afford to rebuild to the new codes and many of the people whose houses are repairable won't be able to afford the ridiculous insurance rates going forward. 

Agreed that Revs is an incredible museum. There are definitely larger collections out there but Revs is really distinctive for its collection of significant and beautiful cars as well as its dedication to preserving rather than over-the-top restoring them.