Simeone Museum Demo Day Sat Aug 24, 2019

[dwdirks]

I was at the Simeone Museum Demo Day in Philly yesterday - great day for race car enthusiasts! The 4 featured cars were:

• 1936 Bugatti 57G 'Tank'
• 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (the one used for Bonneville Salt Flats speed records in 1965)
• 1967 Ford GT40 MK IV no. 4 (driven by Lloyd Ruby and Denny Hulme at Le Mans in 1967)
• 1970 Porsche 917 LH (043) (2nd at Le Mans in 1970)

What's great about the Simeone is that their collection includes a number of cars that are still is 'as raced' condition. For example, the Cobra Daytona and the Ford GT40 MK IV look like they just came off the track back in the sixties - a bit grungy, some dings and scratches, but still running well enough for the Simeone folks to take them out on their parking lot and zoom around for the crowd. After they are done with the driving demo they park the cars, pop the hoods and invite spectators to crowd around car, take pictures of anything and answer questions. I have posted a few photos below and you can see lots more at this link to Google Photos:

Simeone Museum Demo Day Aug 24.2019

The Simeone Museum also has a great website with descriptions, history and pictures of the cars in their collection:

Simeone Museum Collection

[Gramps46]

Thanks for sharing the pictures and the links.  Was there for the first time for the Philly NNL in March and it is a must see place.

[vamach1]

Great museum and the NNL show is very well run.  See you all in March.

The next one of these I build will be glued shut.  It's nearly impossible to get it to fit together.

Edited August 26, 2019 by vamach1
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