Wow, not too far from Redding

 Tucked away in a large building in Salem, Oregon, with no external signage and no obvious entrance from the street, is a truly large and astonishing car collection and museum. It is not publicized, and is hard to find. Most significantly, it is not open to the general public.

The identity of the owners is a closely guarded secret. (Several websites have claimed to know, but they are likely in error.) Word is the brothers that own it do have some plans eventually to open the collection up to more public view, but that’s some time off. For the time being, tours can be arranged for a fee, with the proceeds going to charity. 

The biggest and most notable contingent are the muscle cars. Those are clearly of special interest to the owners and comprise more than half of the entire displayed collection. 

A long line of Hemi-powered Seventies Dodge Challengers and Plymouth ‘Cudas is displayed in long rows on both sides of one aisle. Not that these are the only Mopar cars on display: There are two identical Dodge Daytonas on turntables, and several more earlier Mopars are featured along nearby aisles. There are two racks of Mopars along one wall that couldn’t fit neatly into the rows, and there’s a Charger with a seldom-seen 426 wedge head with twin crossover four-barrel carburetors.

Ford's muscle cars are well represented—a lot of Mustangs including some original Shelby GT350s, but also larger sedans and several race cars from the era. There’s a Ranchero pickup with a factory-installed Paxton supercharger that's so rare that it’s seldom written about. 

GM is represented by a long row of Camaros, including several COPOs and Yenkos. Even the 1967 Camaro Cherokee, an early one-of-one styling convertible exercise, is included.

If you want to arrange for a tour or an event at the museum, you can email info@thebrotherscollection.com. This will put you in touch with a designated spokesperson for the collection, and any arrangements thereafter are a matter of individual discussion.

The collection is notable not only for the remarkable number of cars, or for the variety on display, but also because each and every one of them is restored to perfection. They are as they were when new. The owners continue to acquire new cars to add to the collection, and rumor has it there may be many more housed elsewhere that are currently in the process of restoration.