Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Hemmings Motor News

Coast to Coast Classics

As Americans are finally getting out and about, 2021 is the year of the Great American Road Trip. One of the finest cross-country journeys is a jaunt on the Lincoln Highway. Conceived by Carl Fisher and dedicated in 1913, it ran from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, California, becoming the first transcontinental automobile roadway in the United States.

Aside from seeing America up close, classic car fans have the added bonus of seeing more than a dozen automobile museums along the Lincoln Highway.

(Note: Although there were several different alignments of the Lincoln Highway with various auxiliary routes, the focus here is on museums that are the most readily accessible, i.e., within a half hour or so of the original route. In later

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Hemmings Motor News

Hemmings Motor News8 min read
Backfire
I’ve sent along a picture of my dad, my sister, and myself in his 1957 Corvette, circa 1959. This was a PR shot from the Boston Globe; my dad was honoree spokesman for the American Heart Fund, having been only the third person to survive open-heart s
Hemmings Motor News3 min read
The Great Race, 2024
The Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Coker Tire is an automotive challenge like no other. The event is a nine-day time, speed, distance rally geared toward classic cars, thanks to a 1974 vehicle age cut-off. This year, the event traveled f
Hemmings Motor News9 min read
Mecum, Tulsa
Mecum held its first Tulsa auction at the River Spirit Expo Center in June of 2021, filling the vacuum left by the departure of Leake the previous year. Since then, it’s moved nearly $60 million worth of vehicles. Even though it’s not one of Mecum’s

Related