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To Naples, FL for a visit to The Collier Collection.
Sensory overload! They've got TWO Bugatti 35's, one of which is in "as found" condition. The poor thing is missing parts, no paint left to speak of and some body/frame rot. The car had been dis-assembled by its French owner and distributed around his French village to keep it from falling into the claws of the Nazis as they infected France. The C.E.O. of the Collection caught wind of it while roaming around Europe a few years ago, looking for interesting vehicles. It sits proudly in disheveled condition as much in honor of Bugatti's heritage as in pride at French resistance to the Nazis. True survivor.
BRM and Cooper F-1 cars, Porsches of various eras and purposes. A very early (like the FIRST!) Gmund 356 and a six-cylinder sports-racer once owned in the early '70's by a friend who'd sold it for a pittance, 'cause he thought he'd not have time to recondition it. Now it has been restored and is worth a literal fortune! A LeMans winner... :madder:
Two Ford GT-40's. Both in running condition but they have come to the conclusion they need to be preserved as such and have stopped taking them out to events.
Ironic that I have personal connections to that place, I've known the C.E.O. from decades before. As our small group of three pals were leaving (the last of the 75-person "tour group"), I asked of the docent who led our bunch around to give a "Hi!" from me to the C.E.O. (he'd taken their Ferrari 166 to the Palm Beach event across the state). Explained I'd known the guy from decades back at a PA dealership. A voice behind me then says: "Hey! You don't recognize me?!?" Turns out HE worked at that dealership along with me... small world, indeed. Many stories. Including some about the guy I posted the link to earlier in the week. He was the one who brought Porsche to the PA dealership, back-when.
Sensory overload! They've got TWO Bugatti 35's, one of which is in "as found" condition. The poor thing is missing parts, no paint left to speak of and some body/frame rot. The car had been dis-assembled by its French owner and distributed around his French village to keep it from falling into the claws of the Nazis as they infected France. The C.E.O. of the Collection caught wind of it while roaming around Europe a few years ago, looking for interesting vehicles. It sits proudly in disheveled condition as much in honor of Bugatti's heritage as in pride at French resistance to the Nazis. True survivor.
BRM and Cooper F-1 cars, Porsches of various eras and purposes. A very early (like the FIRST!) Gmund 356 and a six-cylinder sports-racer once owned in the early '70's by a friend who'd sold it for a pittance, 'cause he thought he'd not have time to recondition it. Now it has been restored and is worth a literal fortune! A LeMans winner... :madder:
Two Ford GT-40's. Both in running condition but they have come to the conclusion they need to be preserved as such and have stopped taking them out to events.
Ironic that I have personal connections to that place, I've known the C.E.O. from decades before. As our small group of three pals were leaving (the last of the 75-person "tour group"), I asked of the docent who led our bunch around to give a "Hi!" from me to the C.E.O. (he'd taken their Ferrari 166 to the Palm Beach event across the state). Explained I'd known the guy from decades back at a PA dealership. A voice behind me then says: "Hey! You don't recognize me?!?" Turns out HE worked at that dealership along with me... small world, indeed. Many stories. Including some about the guy I posted the link to earlier in the week. He was the one who brought Porsche to the PA dealership, back-when.
