New Year? New Car Museum Visit! The Brumos Collection

1970 Porsche 917 K. The answer to "What car is in the Steve McQueen movie LeMans?"

On the drive from South Carolina to Daytona Beach, we happened to go by Jacksonville Florida and visit the Brumos Collection. What's that all about? It's a car museum. It's a car museum with cool cars. It's a car museum with cool RACE cars! It's a car museum with some cool PORSCHE and other brand race cars! Here's their website too:  

        THE BRUMOS COLLECTION

Jerry Seinfeld had a Porsche 917 racecar until he sold it last year. Estimates are that it sold for "around $25,000,000." (cue the sound of jaw-dropping)

The museum is mostly in two sections (old non-Porsches, and newer Porsche racecars) with a bonus small workshop and overflow kind of large room.  The old racecars started with an 1894 Peugeot, and included a variety of cars like a Locomobile, Duesenberg, Packard, Miller racers, a 1939 Alfa Romeo 8C, some AJ Foyt owned racers, a Bugatti too, so pretty much a you-name-it!

1894-95 Peugeot 

1929 Duesenberg Model J

1926 Bugatti Type 35 GP

1939 Alfa Romeo 8C

Next up, a short visit to the work shop and overflow area! We talked to a technician that was freshening up a 90s NASCAR racer, which I believe he said was a Mark Martin car, but don't quote me on it. Just sitting around in this big room was a 1930s Mercedes, 1930 Bentley, a 50s Porsche Spyder, a Porsche Indy racecar, Porsche 959, Porsche 918 Spyder, and a Porsche Carrera GT. If you aren't familiar with all of those, that's OK. Only a few of them would be worth over a million dollars, no big deal! 

1930s Bentley on a 1950s Bentley frame. 

I wanted a photo of this detail on the Bentley, and noticed the reflection of the car body hanging up on the wall. 

Workshop at the Brumos Collection

Mercedes and NASCAR, together again?

1955 Porsche 550 Spyder

Porsche 959

Brian checks out the 1990 March Porsche Indy Car

I know you can read, it says 918 Spyder

Carrera GT

We give this museum two thumbs up. WAY UP!

Stay tuned for a visit to the more modern Porsche racers in another blog post. Thanks for reading.