What a wonderful collection. My father very much enjoyed the early French automobiles at the Greenwich concours while he was able to attend. It kinda brings me back to the years i would push him around to see the stunning design and lines of very similar cars. He grew up blocks away from that show and we would always make a little pilgrimage while i had him there at the harbour. Thank you Tom for sharing this golden opportunity. He would have enjoyed it so much.

Great museum. Visited in 2018. Don't be sad. Now other collectors can enjoy those cars and objects. And perhaps the cars will be more visible. If you have one Bugatti as opposed to 40, you're probably more likely to show it off. I hope whoever buys the Bugatti truck restores it and shows/drives it. It was a unique opportunity to see so many Voisin all in one place. That's for sure.

Thanks for the glimpse. That docent was wonderful.

I fully agree with you on the sad part. I toured the museum with my wife and daughter back in 2018. Being a car guy, went to school at Art Center for car design I so love pre-war French cars. Plus living in Carmel and attending every year of Pebble Beach since 2003 and like you seeing many of the on the lawn. I just shake my head in sadness as you are right there will not be a group of cars like this in the USA ever again. Yes, can run to the Mulhouse museum in France but the way it is laid out and feel is so different. I am a lover of Delahaye and the amazing Avions Voisin! It is too bad a group could not have come together to find a way for keeping the museum open. Most likely the family who are not into car just see the money sitting there. No the museum was far for a cash cow but just a pure love project. I did hear Peter passed which at the time made me say, the family will likely close/sell all the museum. On my way back from Orange County end of last year I was planning to stop by but found the museum was already closed. I am short on words expressing my feelings of how much I loved that museum.

Sad on one hand that the museum is closing and the cars dispersed, but on the other hand it means that other enthusiasts can own and enjoy them now, as long as they don't all end up in Petersen's vault.

Thank you for this video. I would see Peter Mullen since 2005 at least three or four times a year and he would definitely recognize me when he saw me then I met his brother at the Palos Verdes concourse and his brother is a very nice guy. I would definitely miss Peter Mullen because he was definitely a part of the Beverly Hills concourse. Palos Verdes concourse Orange County and everything here in California definitely Pebble Beach. And definitely from France. When he brought the Schlumpf brothers collection and don’t get mad at me. I don’t know how you spell the two brothers in France with the big Bugatti collection but I want to say thank you for this video. Thank you.

thank you for that. the man had taste.

So sad I never made it out there, it's been on my list for a while. Gotta get to checking those lists off.