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Thursday, January 05, 2023

Revs Institute car museum in Naples Florida

We spent two weeks with my in-laws in Southwest Florida. We spent most of the time hanging out in the condo, on the beach, and in the pool. But I made sure to visit the Revs Institute.

This is probably the best all around car museum I have visited. Others may have more cars, but in terms of the importance of each car on display, the themes, the presentation/curation, and the dozens of knowledgable docents on standby to answer your questions, this museum has it all. It's even built to withstand a Category 5 hurricane!

The "owner" is a Mr. Collier. The museum is in Collier County. His family developed much of the area, hence the $$$. 

The museum's website is also worth checking out. Every car is documented with high quality photos and sometimes even videos.

The first car you see in the lobby is this green McLaren F1. That is quite a statement.



Collier had some kind of relationship with Cunningham, which I am wholly unfamiliar with. There are quite a few Cunninghams on display.



I learned about these 1950 Cadillac Series 61s that entered Le Mans. So much effort was put into modifying the second car for the race (aerodynamically and losing weight-wise), and yet it finished one place behind the stock version.





4.25, 6.5, and 8 litre Bentleys.




1928 Hispano-Suiza chassis.


1964 Abarth, Porsche,  and Alfa.



Eagle F1 car.







The Porsche collection speaks for itself.





Chrysler Airflow!


Silicon Valley AV!

Saturday, May 07, 2022

Friday, May 06, 2022

Saturday, October 16, 2021

Vettel and Stroll drive Bond's Aston

 Has anyone seen the new movie yet? Is it good?

Monday, March 22, 2021

Kubica around the Nurburgring

Ever since his accident, I've been curious to see what his hand looked like and how it functioned. This video popped up on YouTube. It's amazing.

Saturday, December 05, 2020

Romain Grosjean's tale of survival

Chilling.

Saturday, December 14, 2019

World's highest paid athletes

Friday, July 05, 2019

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Alonso out!



Had I actually followed IndyCar, would I have known that there was actually a chance that Alonso wouldn't make it into the Indy 500?

According to reports, Alonso's McLaren:

  • did not have a steering wheel just before testing in Texas;
  • was painted the wrong orange, and sat in a paint shop for a month;
  • had the wrong tire sensors and thus failed to notice a puncture before a qualifying run;
  • had gearing for 227.5 mph instead of 229 mph;
  • had wonky suspension setup because of failure to convert from metric to American!
What the fuck?!

Monday, April 29, 2019

Nurburgring in an F1 car


I had no idea that Heidfeld drove his Sauber on the 'Ring in 2007.

From WTF1:
Equipped with super-hard demonstration tyres, short gear ratios and a super-high ride height to cope with the bumps, Nick Heidfeld gave it some beans on a few occasions but had to keep slowing down for photo opportunities, meaning he didn’t get to set a fully representative lap time. Still, it looked cool, though!

Thursday, April 04, 2019

Alonso IndyCar seat fitting

We got tickets to the Indy 500! Alonso better win.

Tuesday, December 04, 2018

I'm going to the Indy 500!

I just bought my plane ticket. Now I just have to scrounge up a decent seat at the race. I'm looking at Penthouse level at Sections A, B, and E next to Turn 1.

Hopefully, Alonso will win.

If anyone has tips on places to visit and eat for the weekend, please share!

Saturday, October 13, 2018

Red Bull F1 in Colorado and Miami

@F1O: You have lived in both places. Which is better?

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Thursday, August 02, 2018

Red Bull F1 car in San Francisco

Why didn't anyone tell me about this?!

Friday, June 01, 2018

Monaco F1 helmet cam