Demonstration Day at the Simeone Foundation -- Gallery

Over Thanksgiving weekend, we checked out the "People's Choice" Demonstration day over at the Simeone Foundation in Philadelphia.  They had the 250TR, the 917, and the GT40 opened up for all to see, and they took the Corvette Grand Sport and Shelby Daytona Coupe outside for a spin! There was a great enthusiast crowd, and Dr. Simeone gave a very informative lecture about the cars beforehand. For anyone on the East Coast who hasn't been over to see this collection, you really need to go. Now. The cars are not only top notch in curation and originality, but almost all of them have some significant provenance. Case in point: There are were only 6 Shelby Daytona Coupes built. Simeone has one of them. But this is the ONLY one that was actually built by Shelby in the USA. The other 5 were made in Italy to save time and money.  See what I mean?

Click the photo below for the entire gallery.  I shot these on my cel phone, so the quality isn't up to my usual standard!

This image taken from the foundation website: http://simeonemuseum.org/

Comments

[F1 Tommy]

Nice post. You know the story about the Cobra's previous owner taking legal action against the doctor? What a mess that has caused. Always a great collection and nice owner who also loves Alfa's.

Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2012-Chicago March 2012

[Walter Jamieson Jr]

Don't know "the story about Cobra's previous owner taking legal action..." Why not let the rest of us in on it?

[Automobiliac]

No, I hadnt heard that story! Do tell!

[crusader1973]

Here's a great article from 2001 on the history of the 1st Daytona Coupe. Most of the legal wrangling that went on is discussed but it was published before it was all settled.

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/death-deception-and-the-4-million-cobra

[Walter Jamieson Jr]

I'm glad I asked.