Simeone Museum

FYI Everyone not familiar with news events, the Obama/Biden train is coming through the Philly and Wilmington area this Saturday between 9 AM - 1 PMish. Not sure what this means for traffic though. The Wilmington train station (and I'm assuming some of the roads around the train station will be closed at 10 AM) I do know that the ceremonies are 10:15 AM in Philly and 1 PM in Wilmington...I 95 goes right past the Wilmington train station and the ceremony grounds.

 

Looks like I95 will not be restricted as of now...notice the disclosure at the bottom of the press release though:

STREET CLOSINGS (Delaware)
Thurs., Jan. 15: 100 Blk. S. French Street and Rosa Parks Drive.
Fri., Jan. 16 (8 pm thru Sat. afternoon): Route 13 southbound (Also known as S. Market Street) closed at MLK. Blvd. to "A" Street.
Sat., Jan. 17 (8 am thru Sat. afternoon) S. Walnut Street at "A" Street (Alternate Rt. "A" Street east or west); MLK Blvd. East bound - Closed at Orange Street (All traffic will be diverted north on Orange Street); Water Street - Closed

NOTE: Additional closures and restrictions may occur beyond what is listed above. Allow ample time for commuting to work on Sat. Jan. 17.

 

I'm in downtown Wilmington, so shouldn't be any problem for me at least- at least it wasn't the last time Obama was in town and I foolishly drove in from Philly. No traffic issues, but my garage which I pay a monthly fee for was full!

 

You're lucky you're uptown...here's the view from my desk. Biden being dropped off one morning.
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On a related but unrelated note, is anyone besdes me crazy enough to take their fancy foreign sports car out for this event?

DM

 

I would definitely take the Mondial. Unfortunately, i am being blocked in by a wall of rock salt. There is more salt on my block then in the dead sea. UGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!

 

If I'm there, YES! Besides the parking lot is separate and the last thing on someone's mind at the museum are the cars in the lot

 

Pics:

http://picasaweb.google.com/CarsandCoffeePAEdition/CarsAndCoffeePAEditionVisitingThePast#slideshow

http://picasaweb.google.com/CarsandCoffeePAEdition/CarsAndCoffeePAEditionVisitingThePast# Album

 

Great meeting everyone today and we all had a blast. My pics should be up sometime this week


Thanks again guys and see you all again soon








~Chris

 

Alex, Nice photos. the museum provided a great opportunity to show your skills!! Great turnout today. A rather unscientific method of counting came up with 60 attendees. We had people as far away as Baltimore and North to Allentown. Great event!! Thanks everyone for coming out in 7 degree temps!!
PS I think Dr. Simeone's personal tour made the museum come alive!! Jon in Delaware

 

Great photos puts my selection to shame on flickr - delawarepca (search for person - new to this! )

Thanks for recording a marvelous day and turnout .....

 

Way cool. More than we were expecting

Did i mention that the heater in Steves car is broken? Yep, we drove up and back with no heater. We were rather cold to say the least but well worth it

Couldn't agree more



Thanks again to everyone who made this happen

 

Yup.

the new museum is good news and bad news.

good news? Cars are now spread out enough to get really good photos, and the facility is wonderful.

Bad news? Can't get up close and personal with the cars like you could in the past.

Best news? Dr. Simeone gives a great tour and knows those cars like the back of his hand. And the photos make a great desktop for your computer.

DM
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oh good point on the desktop background. going to change mine today to the pontoon fender testarossa. Thanks for the idea!! Jon

 

Panorama i made. I should have made more but i didn't think it would work so i didn't bother

Larger here:

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj65/tifosichris/Panorama1.jpg
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Neat!

 

Yea. It came out well. I wish i had done more. Next time i guess

 

I take it you like how the museum turned out?
Erik

 

Yes yes. Very much

 

Was a great day with a great turnout. I'm just warming up now. That drive with no heat froze my bones. I knew it was cold when there was frost INSIDE on the windows. Hoping to get that sorted out sometime this week. Anyway, thanks to all that showed up, and big thanks to Dr. Simeone for the tour and his amazing collection.

-Steve

 

The museum is a great place to go for any car enthusiast. oldest car is 1907 all the way through the early 1970's

 

One of the best sports racing collections out there!