Riverside International Automotive Museum
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I read many magazines that list things to see and do in Southern California
and when see something interesting I rip it out. It was a dreary rainy
winter day so I got out my stack of places to go. The article on this museum
was from September of 2006. I decided hey looks good. What a nice find. The
museum was very good and the docent was great. It is on the famous Riverside
International Speedway and besides the cars ahs a great collection of
memorabilia. He walked me through telling me about every car. This particular
Cobra, and yes it is original and not a kit car, was the winningest Cobra
built the story goes. Currently valued between 5 and 10 Million $. |
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There is a collection of 6 Gurney Eagle race cars and many other street
cars. The day I was there a couple of the cars were already out in the
desert for a Classic Concours d'Elegance car show in La Quinta. A couple
more were on trailers waiting to be driven there. Because of that he took me
over to another building where these two cars were. This building housed
many upcoming project cars so was a great treat. |
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The Lotus on the left was the Docents vehicle and it was originally his
fathers and it has been raced in may races. The Maserati MC12 Stradale
below is a natually aspirated vehicle with 620 HP and capable of 205 Mph.
I don't recall the model of the Alpha Romeo in the lower left but it was a
thing of beauty. Now when Karen gets back and all the cars are there I am
sure we will both go visit again. |
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