Brothers Collection Tour
By Jim Sweet
Thanks to an invitation from former RCT member, Jeff Gretz now of the Oregon Region Porsche Club of America (ORPCA), many RCT members had a rare opportunity to enjoy a tour of the Brothers Collection of cars on an intermittently rainy February 22, 2026.
I think the Brothers Collection is best described by excerpts from their website:
“The Brothers Collection houses the largest collection of automobiles in the Pacific Northwest, all painstakingly restored and displayed.
The Brothers Collection is tucked away in a large building with … no obvious entrance from the street. This truly large and astonishing car collection and museum is not publicized, and is hard to find.
There are 355+ cars housed in the 117,000 sq. ft. museum. In addition, a number of cars are stored in various locations throughout the Pacific Northwest.
All cars are in fully restored condition, including muscle cars from the 1960s onward to the present era.
Seen in its entirety, the collection is eclectic, and includes various classics from the Thirties, vintage cars from the Forties and Fifties, exotics from across three decades, and even a couple of wooden hydroplane racing boats—one a Ferrari and one a Maserati—from the 1950s. The biggest and most notable contingent are the American muscle cars, comprising more than half of the entire displayed collection.”
It should also be mentioned that while the Brothers Collection does charge an admission fee for visitors, 100% of the money collected is given to local charities.
A few of my personal favorites were a 1978 Harley-Davidson XLH Sportster 1000 motorcycle with 5.9 miles on the odometer. These miles were accumulated by pushing it around various display venues over the years. The engine has never been started – it has never had gas or oil put into it! My favorite car was probably the 1934 Packard 2-seater roadster. It features a 455.5 cubic inch V-12 engine that makes a whopping 160HP! This car was reported to be similar to, but much less expensive than a Duesenberg of the same era. Another favorite was the very innovative 1948 Tucker 48. This very rare car is the 43rd car of a total of only 51 produced! See the movie, “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” starring Jeff Bridges. Great movie!
While Brothers has three of a total production of 300 1953 Corvettes, not to mention at least one of every iteration of Corvette since, sadly, there was not a single Thunderbird on display, of any vintage! Oh, they have lots of Fords: exotic GTs, Shelby Cobras, Mustangs, Mercury Cougars, etc. But no Thunderbirds! Oh well…
