Date: January 1963 Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source: Dominic Pasquarella, Temple University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
Date: August 1970 Location: Schuylkill Expressway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source: Richard Rosenberg, Temple University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
David Hobbs at the Simeone in 2015. Images courtesy Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. From 2010 through 2017, David Hobbs and Will Buxton delivered the inside scoop on Formula 1 to U.S. viewers, ...
Date: July 1972 Location: Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source: Jack Tinney, via Temple University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
Date: October 1981 Location: Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source: Richard Rosenberg, via Temple University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
Rick Adams explains the Simeone’s 1907 Renault 35/45 Vanderbilt Cup race car to the summer camp students. Photos courtesy Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. This June through August, the Simeone F...
Date: June 1960 Location: off Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source: Charles T. Higgins, Temple University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
Bentley 4.5 liter. Photo by David LaChance. More than 240 years after the founding fathers met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to sign King George’s walking papers, the Simeone Foundation Automotive M...
Date: July 1978 Location: 30th and Market streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source: Temple University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
Hurley Haywood at the 2015 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. Photo by Nate Deremer/ Deremer Studios LLC. Hurley Haywood was born with the gift of speed, and the ability to master the razor-thin line...
1970 Ferrari 365 GT 2+2. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. Of all the reasons to buy a Ferrari, “room enough for the entire family” rarely makes the list, yet that’s exactly what prompted the purchas...
1913 Stutz Series B Bearcat. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. In 1911, the Ideal Motor Car Company — renamed Stutz in 1912 — demonstrated the durability of its products by finishing 11th in the inau...
Enzo Ferrari, racing driver, sometime in the 1920s. Public domain photo. From the 1920s until his death in 1988, Enzo Ferrari played a significant role in shaping the evolution of motorsports, as wel...
Date: June 1979 Location: Market Street near 32nd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source: William Owens, via Temple University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
The Winner’s Circle display at the Simeone. Photo by Jim Donnelly. In June of 2008, the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum opened in its current location on Norwich Drive in Southwest Philadelphia....
The Simeone’s 1913 Mercer Raceabout. Photos by Andrew Taylor, courtesy Simeone Museum, unless otherwise noted. In 1911, the two-year-old Indianapolis Motor Speedway held its first “International Swee...
All images courtesy of McLaren Automotive Inc. North America. The McLaren F1 is the superlative of supercars, a much-admired design that no one has dared truly imitate. Extremely lightweight, constru...
The Simeone Museum’s Ford GT40 Mk IV, constructed by Kar-Kraft. Photos courtesy Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. Kar-Kraft was the independent Michigan contractor behind such legendary Ford perf...
The Simeone’s collection of cars that raced at Le Mans. Photo by Michael Furman, courtesy Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. Being picked as a nominee for “Museum of the Year” by the Octane Awards...
The Shelby-built Trans-Am Mustang of John McComb, which sold for $400,000 in January 2013. Photo courtesy Mecum Auctions. Chuck Cantwell is no stranger to fans of early Shelby Mustangs. As project en...
Derek Bell at Sebring in 2008. Photo by Freewheeling Daredevil. Derek Bell has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans a total of five times, the 24 Hours of Daytona three times, and the World Sportscar Champion...