[Alpines] Original vs Restored.

[rande]

This is less about Tigers and Alpines, and more about the debate between keeping
our cars original(unrestored) versus having them restored.

In the October 7 New York Times Auto section, a reporter  interviewed the owner
of the Simeone Foundation auto collection in Philadelphia. Dr. Simeone's raison
d'etre is exhibiting only unrestored cars. His specialty is racing sports cars,
and amongst the exhibits is the only original Cobra Daytona coupe that hasn't
been restored.

The site for the article is www.nytimes.com  and click on 'autos'.

Also, if you are going to be in Philadelphia tomorrow (Oct.8), the museum will
hold an auction for cars not part of the museum collection as well as automobilia,
conducted by Bonhams. Admission to both the auction and the museum is the $30
catalogue, and that admits two people.
The museum site is www.simeonemuseum.org  and information about the cars in
the auction is at www.bonhams.com

Rande