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The Spirit of Competition By Frederick a. Simeone, M.d. Dr. Simeone began collecting cars before he could drive, because his father gave him, as his first car, an Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 in dire need of restoration. He figured the job would deter his son\u2019s driving days for at least a while, but what it also did was plant in young Frederick a seed that has blossomed into a collection of more than four dozen machines that illustrate the evolution […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":590569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11339],"tags":[2942,17152,17940,3297],"class_list":["post-491165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-product","tag-car-books","tag-car-culture","tag-product-reviews","tag-products"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/a>Dr. Simeone began collecting cars before he could drive, because his father gave him, as his first car, an Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 in dire need of restoration. He figured the job would deter his son\u2019s driving days for at least a while, but what it also did was plant in young Frederick a seed that has blossomed into a collection of more than four dozen machines that illustrate the evolution of the automobile as dictated by competitive considerations.<\/p>\n