by "Poor_Sh" (ar4x)
Published 12/09/2017 at 22:04
by "Poor_Sh" (ar4x)
Published 12/09/2017 at 22:04
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So it’s snowy today as you might have heard, some friends and I decided to stay warm in the somewhat new Newport Car Museum (in Portsmouth RI). I had heard a lot about it so I had to check it out, and now hopefully some of you might go too! Also, every couple months they do a “Hoods Up” weekend and that was this weekend.
Their main room has a bunch of super cars from history and today. 2 old NSX and one new one (pictured above). Lambos, Ferraris, Porsches, etc etc and a lot of them have interesting serial numbers or back stories.
For some reason there’s contemporary art furniture all over the place. Fun to sit in I guess. Anyway there’s a Porsche... yay targa! Then below you see part of the Corvette room. From the beginning all the way to the C7.R so that’s cool.
The room next to the Corvettes is the Shelby room. AC Cobra, GT350s, GT 500s etc etc. See below.
Going back through the Corvette room and the main room you get to an American Fin Cars (or something like that) with a bunch of LONG boats, with sofas for seats, and no seat belts. Seriously, one of them is 20ft long. And it’s one of the rotating ones. Crazy.
The last showroom has MOPAR. Think Vipers, Challengers, a Road Runner etc.. I didn’t take a pic here because I was getting antsy for the driving simulators. They have 5 seats with feed-back steering wheels and individual screens. It’s really just Forza on an xbone but it’s still tons of fun. We happened to have 5 of us and we all drove our specific cars, but you can’t race each other for some reason. I played around with different C7s, a BMW M4, a Porsche Cayman GTS before we left.
Anyway, it was a really fun time and I’d love to go back for some event or something. Great way to spend a few hours.
"Saab wagon is best wagon-now with less Saab" (saabwagon)
12/09/2017 at 22:51, STARS: 1
I drove by this place a few months ago, didn’t have time to go though. It looked like it was some kind of military base with all the fences around it.
"wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
12/09/2017 at 23:15, STARS: 1
interesting - the rear hatch on the new 911 Targas are hinged at the rear? Did not know that. Looks like a neat museum.
"Poor_Sh" (ar4x)
12/09/2017 at 23:30, STARS: 0
It shares a campus with Raytheon which recently became declassified to a level allowing public access. Just go right in!
"Poor_Sh" (ar4x)
12/09/2017 at 23:32, STARS: 0
Yes it is! The collection is owned by a couple, and my friend noticed they have a flair for serial numbers in that some pairs of cars share the same number. I.e. original GT350 is 26 as well as the modern GT350 R is 26 (of the first 37).
"Racin'Jason001" (racinjason001)
12/09/2017 at 23:43, STARS: 1
Funny thing is, it’s only a 53 minute drive from my place, but I’ve never gone. Interesting to see your findings, I might have to check it out.
"whatisthatsound" (whatisthatsound)
12/10/2017 at 01:29, STARS: 1
I had wedding photos shot there, can’t recommend it enough.
"Poor_Sh" (ar4x)
12/10/2017 at 16:44, STARS: 0
That’s awesome, and congrats!