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The Simeone Foundation Museum in Philly continues their celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the USA with a special exhibit (4-10 thru 4-26-26) and Demonstration Day (4-11-26).
See Dan's preliminary post at:
https://www.saac.com/forum/index.php?topic=31825.0

I copied and pasted other details from the Museum below.
Details for the Demonstration Day (nominally 11 AM to 2 PM)
"Carroll Shelby and the Rise of Professional Racing in America - Carroll Shelby carried America's ambition on his shoulders, proving that one determined dreamer could topple giants and redefine an era. Cars from the Museum's Collection to be highlighted include: 1950 Allard J2 (Caddy powered); 1954 Austin Healey 100; 1954 Ferrari 375 MM Pinin Farina Spyder; 1958 Aston Martin DBR 1; and THE 1964 Shelby Daytona Coupe (CSX2287)"
The Museum folks note that "Shelby Events" always bring out a great crowd.

(side note: the cars have been selected - list is for reference)


Museum Website: https://www.simeonemuseum.org/

Full disclosure: my Tiger has been accepted for the Exhibit 

Thanks for posting.
I'm pretty sure that I saw the "flip top" car at LMC back in 2022... but that part of the collection was a strict no-photo zone. I wish that I had known a little more about it at that time. Wow  🏁

back in the 80s Tom Peters told the story... "it's all about the sizzle..." (forget the actual steak)  

Fantastic 

Great - thanks 

Sounds great - I'll watch for additional details and plan to see you there 👍
The Museum guys always note that Shelby events are very well attended.





The "Corvette" form shown is for a multi-week exhibit... what is planned for this?

Sweet car.

"Happy Wife = Happy Life" 🥰👍

[but talk about ease of parking - who's gonna fight you for a spot]

Ya know, with something like this, one of the first questions you'll always get is: "Where are you doing to park that thing?" 

    The answer obviously is: "Where ever I want!" 
    Scott.

Exactly. There was a recruiting ad for the Army years ago - probably during one of the eras of a gas crisis - that featured a Tank.
They noted the horrible fuel mileage. The punchline was (from my memory anyway), "but talk about ease of parking - who's gonna fight you for a spot" 

never any replies on this... seems a shame - but it will likely be in the scrap pile next time my buddy at work heads to the yard with his truck bed filled.
LMK if any other ideas. Thanks

this was great fun Dan    - thanks for putting it all together.
The variety of cars was pretty wild... [almost?] everything from a '65 GT350 to the latest Ford GT - with a hefty dose of "late model" Shelby's and other special Mustangs. 2 "Daytona Coupes", 2 of the '04-06 GTs, that hot rod Focus, and even one Shelby F150.
Adding a few pix for the "non-facebookers" 

Wow - and of course your car looks great.
Meeting Jay Leno - and confirming that he is "one of us" = fantastic 
"My wife had more fun than she has ever had at a car show" - that's the real win 👍✅

Congratulations!

3.09 regular in Phila across the bridge in Nj 2.80 and they pump it .

We see quite a bit of variation over here in the Garden State due to some archaic "zoning" and other factors.
I commute thru parts of 3 counties that are directly across the Delaware River... seems like I'm seeing mostly about $2.999 for regular [87] the last couple of weeks.

see you there

... Just didn't seem right, Not seeing him in the swap meat area and being able to talk over 50yrs of old times. Does anyone know what happened with his car?
  Roy

... Exactly. The 50th Event with the Drag Racing segment was absolutely F%*%@#$ made for Randy and his car