Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Sports cars

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Sweet!  There's a museum in Maia, Portugal that is very similar.

http://195.23.88.40/automuseu/PT/empresa.asp

Fantastic place.  We'll visit it when we meet for the vintage F1 races at the 
Boavista Circuit in Porto!

Rick

--- On Sun, 2/22/09, Doug and Terri Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:

> From: Doug and Terri Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Sports cars
> To: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 10:49 AM
> Preserved - not Restored.  Good words, Rick, and gaining
> popularity.
> 
> In the Los Angeles area?  Witness the Nethercutt
> Collection.  Merle Norman cosmetics.  A museum of, as they
> say, "Functional Art."  Everything works. All cars
> are gassed up, have oil (even the British cars) and are
> ready to drive on the road.  Many brass era cars are, as
> well as newer twenties / thirties / and forties cars, NOT
> restored.  Just shined up - some thru the original paint -
> and ready to go.
> 
> http://www.nethercuttcollection.org/EndPage.aspx?page=grandsalon
> 
> If you opened the URL above, on the second floor-center,
> see the row of fluorescent lights?  That's the cafeteria
> for the employees.  Ayep - 25¢ gets you a French Chefs menu
> du jour.
> 
> Oh, yeah - and in their own words -  It is "open to
> the public at no charge." See hours of operation.  I
> think they are open everyday except Christmas and
> Thanksgiving.
> 
> Worth the visit.  Cameras yes - flash no.
> 
> DOUG