Drove down with an old friend and racing buddy to Naples. FL for a private tour of the Collier Museum. On board were his nephew - also a car nut with a VW Scirocco, his wife and someone I never met, who turned out to be Dave from PA, aka Vette on the Austin Healey board. Incredible place. The former Briggs Cunningham collection is also there now, including every Cunningham ever built, the Le Monstre, the LeMans Cadillac, cars of all kinds from 1899 to super race cars of yesterday like the Miller Special, and today, more Porsches than in the Stuttgart Museum, a 1939 Mercedes Grand Prix cr (the kind that used to race with Auto Unions), an SSKL Mercedes, Delahaye, Bugatti, Delage, Ford GT40s, actual winners, a Scarab, a Birdcage Maserati, Lancias, Alfas, Ferraris, Deusenbergs, including Gary Coopers, the first Ferrari to win a race in the US and the car Sam Collier was killed in, auto memorabilia, the largest collection of auto books, original photographs, blueprints, you-name-it, in the entire world. British cars included a McLaren, a 1935 MG Magnette, several Rolls and Bentleys, Vanwall race car (the last rear wheel front engine car to win a Grand Prix race), Cooper, original Mini, and a Lotus Elite (being restored and up on blocks). Most of the cars also had a written plaque containing the story of the car. There was also a complete restoration shop with skilled techs walking around. Beside the Lotus, being worked on was a VW Beetle with a Porsche engine and a famous racing Corvette coupe. The library is upstairs and is not open to the general public but we had a guide and pre-arranged to see the archives. Lunch at Spanky's - a local joint a few blocks away, followed. Well worth a visit if you're in South Florida. Vette also has a BJ8 Healey, two Corvettes and an MGB needing total restoration. He was very knowledgeable.