Philly Fantastic: Simeone Museum

Highline Autos, April 2014

Next time you’re in the City of Brotherly Love, before you altruistically cruise over to Pat’s Steaks, ascend Rocky’s favorite art museum steps and grab a hot pretzel on a cold street corner, stop in at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. One of the world’s great collections of racing sports cars has been meticulously assembled during 50 years of collecting by Philadelphia neurosurgeon, Dr. Frederick Simeone. The eponymous museum contains approximately 65 of the rarest and most significant race cars, 1909 to the mid ‘70s, including a 1912 National Speed Car powered by a 7-litre engine which, in a similar car, powered the only stock car model to win the Indianapolis 500, in 1912.

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Harley-Davidson Museum: Hogs Gone Wild

Highline Autos, October 2012

The Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, Wis., is owned by the 110-year-old company — and it’s a two-wheel thrill ride into hogs and history. The 130,000-square-foot museum complex is just a mile from the Santiago Calatrava-designed Milwaukee Art Museum. More than 500 vehicles and thousands of artifacts comprise the motorcycle museum’s collection, including Harley-Davidson Serial Number One — the oldest known Harley in the world, with a clearly stamped “number one.” “This isn’t just a piece of Harley-Davidson history; it’s American history, too,” says Bill Davidson, vice president of the museum and the great-grandson of co-founder William Davidson. Jump on, stop in.

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Carroll Shelby – A Life Lived Large

Highline Autos, June 2012

Carroll Hall Shelby, 89, died May 10, 2012. Born Jan. 11, 1923, in Leesburg, Texas, Shelby was a championship racecar driver, wartime pilot, philanthropist, entrepreneur, car manufacturer and world-championship racing team owner. He is the only man to win Le Mans as a driver, team owner and automotive manufacturer, and his racing team won the Manufacturers’ World Campionship in 1965, besting Ferrari and his unbeatable GTOs. Shelby created the legendary Cobra as well as the Daytona Coupe and King Cobra, and his Carroll Shelby International outputs muscle cars, including the Shelby GT500 Super Snake and continuation Shelby-badged cars. Hop in to celebrate the legend.

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GreatGarages: Shelby Museum

Highline Autos, April 2012

The Shelby American Collection in Boulder, Colorado, showcases the heritage of Shelby American. Founded in 1997 by Steve Volk and fellow Cobra enthusiasts, brothers Bill and Dave Murray, the nonprofit museum offers guests approximately 25 classic Shelby racers as well as other marques with unique histories: small-block 289 Cobras; the potent 427s; and the Pete Brock-designed champion Daytona Coupe. In addition, the museum collection includes the Ford GT40, Shelby GT350; GT350R and the 428-powered Shelby GT500; the Cobra forerunner, the AC Bristol; and a 1958 Ferrari Testa Rossa. High-powered rides inside: Have Vrooom for a minute?

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Bob Parsons: Life Runs in Cycles

Highline Autos, October 2011

GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons loves his custom cycles –– all celebrating in some way his service in the U.S. Marine Corps. He even once kept a camouflaged two-wheeler in the corridor just outside his Scottsdale, Arizona, office, sans gasoline and oil. Just a work of art, a nod to esprit de corps, he says. But all of them are beautiful, and powerful: Hang out riding with Bob for a few minutes, and hang on!

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