The longest antique car trek of all time is now history. The twenty-one entrants plus our Tour Marshall, Fred Kelly, have all completed the course. Believe it or not, in spite of every conceivable problem, all the cars survived the grueling heat, cold, rain, hail, and tornado, until we felt like living examples of the postman’s motto. But there was always the satisfaction of knowing that no matter how miserable the day, or how hopeless the breakdown, it would be appreciated by the editors as good copy.

Some two years ago, a group of the 1968 Trans-Continental tourists met with the Tour Director, Millard Newman, and asked him to run a 1972 tour. It was decided that he should pick the route and that Canada to Mexico would add glamour and an international flavor. The 1968 tour was “prescribed” in that it duplicated the course of the 1908 Great Race and ran through many major cities. The 1972 route was selected for its beautiful scenery and friendly small towns. Who can ever forget the wonderful North Bay Canadians who helped fix our cars, or the hospitable warmth of Sid Strong’s Atwater, Minn., the parade and rodeo of Livingston, Montana?