Road Trip: Classic Remise

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But the star of the show is the climate controlled showroom displaying vintage race cars and vehicles that you can't afford for sale. If you simply want to display your classic car, you can rent one of 75 glassed-in individual garage bays within the building. Your car won’t be subjected to any inclement weather and other car enthusiasts can appreciate your masterpiece when you can’t.

And while it may smell a bit of motor oil and race gas (my perfume of choice), neither of those are consumable but there is an indoor bistro and outdoor summer beer garden.  Classic Remise also offers guided tours, a large event hall with room for up to 600 people, and other smaller galleries and seminar rooms.  And it’s open from morning til 8pm and oh yeah-“THE BEST FREAKING PART”– did I mention it’s completely free to peruse on your own?  Car trip on a budget FTW!

Porsche 2.8 RSR
The Porsche 2.8 RSR was a factory built race car based on the 911 chassis.  It was a privateer's dream with a flat six hitting 300hp at 8,000 rpm.  
 
Porsche 911 2.8 RSR
Only 49 of these were ever built and it won the Sebring 12 Hours and the 24 Hours of Daytona that year. 
 
Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0
The Porsche GT3 RS 4.0 uses a longer stroke to get another 200cc displacement out of the track GT3 R and RSR models. Better designed intake manifold with shorter runners and a modified exhaust also help increase output from 450 to 500hp and 339 lb-ft of torque. Distinctive striping and aerodynamics differentiate it from the other GT3's. They were only offered in white or black and started out just shy of $200k.
 
Corvette Stingray Split window
The 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Split Window was a controversial design. Stingray's top designer Zora Arkus-Duntov battled with GM's Design Chief Bill Mitchell. Being a racecar driver, Arkus-Duntov didn't want to detract from rear visibility but when Mitchell threatened to use his influence to pull the independent rear suspension from the car's design, a compromise was made to keep the split window for a year. The 1964 models used a single pane rear window.
 
Glass garage at Classic Remise- open cockpit and El Camino
This is the kind of diversity you see in the glass garages- open cockpit race car, meet the El Camino.
 

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