The Simoene Foundation, Philadelphia, PA - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

QuasiMondo · 05-02-2009, 08:18 PM

I took a trip up to Philly today with some Miata folks to visit the Simoene Foundation, a collection of pre- and postwar sports cars raced at famous venues like LeMans, the Nurburgring, and the Mille Miglia.

This collection is badass becasue:

1. All but two of his cars are in working condition.
2. He's not afraid to take these cars out of their climate controlled habitat.
3. He doesn't believe in trying to restore these cars to concurs condition. He'll leave it as is, and do only enough to get it back to top mechanical shape.
4. He knows the history not of the model, but of the car itself.
5. He has cars that I thought I'd never be able to see with my own eyes.

Here's a short sample of what he had (and that's not even the good stuff):

This is one of only two Corvette ZL1's known to be in existence. Many clones are out there, but this is the genuine real deal with paperwork to back it up.

1958 Aston Martin DBR1 raced by Sir Stirling Moss and Sir Jack Brabham

1964 Daytona Cobra Coupe driven by Carroll Shelby, sold to Phil Spector, and disappeared for 30 years, the history behind that is crazy.

I got a bunch of other pictures taken here. If you're ever in the Philadelphia area, you gotta look this place up.

Some of the pictures came out crappy because I don't know how to take pictures indoors under medium lighting conditions.

BadNick · 05-02-2009, 09:26 PM

Wow, fantastic. Thanks for the pics....and the reminder. This place is 20 min. from my house and I must go there very very soon.

QuasiMondo · 05-02-2009, 09:32 PM

If you get the opportunity, try to arrange a group so you can have the tour led by Dr. Simoene himself. The way he talks about these cars you'd never guess that these are multi-million dollar vehicles he's talking about.

05-02-2009, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
QuasiMondo Wise-ass Latino Location: Pretoria (Tshwane), RSA	The Simoene Foundation, Philadelphia, PA I took a trip up to Philly today with some Miata folks to visit the Simoene Foundation, a collection of pre- and postwar sports cars raced at famous venues like LeMans, the Nurburgring, and the Mille Miglia. This collection is badass becasue: 1. All but two of his cars are in working condition. 2. He's not afraid to take these cars out of their climate controlled habitat. 3. He doesn't believe in trying to restore these cars to concurs condition. He'll leave it as is, and do only enough to get it back to top mechanical shape. 4. He knows the history not of the model, but of the car itself. 5. He has cars that I thought I'd never be able to see with my own eyes. Here's a short sample of what he had (and that's not even the good stuff): This is one of only two Corvette ZL1's known to be in existence. Many clones are out there, but this is the genuine real deal with paperwork to back it up. 1958 Aston Martin DBR1 raced by Sir Stirling Moss and Sir Jack Brabham 1964 Daytona Cobra Coupe driven by Carroll Shelby, sold to Phil Spector, and disappeared for 30 years, the history behind that is crazy. I got a bunch of other pictures taken here. If you're ever in the Philadelphia area, you gotta look this place up. Some of the pictures came out crappy because I don't know how to take pictures indoors under medium lighting conditions. __________________ Cameron originally envisioned the Terminator as a small, unremarkable man, giving it the ability to blend in more easily. As a result, his first choice for the part was Lance Henriksen. O. J. Simpson was on the shortlist but Cameron did not think that such a nice guy could be a ruthless killer. -From the Collector's Edition DVD of The Terminator

05-02-2009, 09:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
QuasiMondo Wise-ass Latino Location: Pretoria (Tshwane), RSA	If you get the opportunity, try to arrange a group so you can have the tour led by Dr. Simoene himself. The way he talks about these cars you'd never guess that these are multi-million dollar vehicles he's talking about. __________________ Cameron originally envisioned the Terminator as a small, unremarkable man, giving it the ability to blend in more easily. As a result, his first choice for the part was Lance Henriksen. O. J. Simpson was on the shortlist but Cameron did not think that such a nice guy could be a ruthless killer. -From the Collector's Edition DVD of The Terminator

05-02-2009, 09:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Wow, fantastic. Thanks for the pics....and the reminder. This place is 20 min. from my house and I must go there very very soon.