Simeone bought the very first Cobra Daytona Coupe ever built, which became the first car selected to be included in the National Historic Vehicle Register.
VR: How does an accomplished neurosurgeon become such an accomplished car guy?
FS: Both of those things relate to my Dad, and my relationship with my Dad. He was a general practitioner who worked his way through medical school fixing cars. When I was a boy, we would go on housecalls together, and sometimes we would go to junk yards, because in the ’50s and ’60s there were still some interesting pre-World War Two cars in the junkyards. Then there were always car books around the house. He was just a guy who made cars seem to be important, and he certainly did make medicine seem to be important. The cars were always a hobby for him, and they ultimately became a passion. That’s how it evolved.
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