Fifty-one courageous owners of 1914 and older cars plus three loyal tour marshals showed up at Pebble Beach, California on June 22, 1982 to participate in the fifth VMCCA transcontinental trek across the United States. Months of planning and preparation were on the line, and with the cars shipped, driven, or trailed to the starting point, there was no turning back. The list of participating cars read like an automobile Who’s Who. There were twenty-eight different marques. Rolls-Royce was predominant with four beautiful Silver Ghosts. There were three each of Cadillac, Chalmers, Ford, Packard, Pierce-Arrow and Overland. Among the rarer cars were an Abbott-Detroit, a Cole, a Knox, a Moline and a Pullman. Over eighty percent of the entrants were old-timers, five having completed all five tours, and ten cars were piloted by rookies. Seeing all the beautiful, shiny cars and meeting up with so many talented and knowledgeable friends made Pebble Beach seem the only logical place in the world to be on this particular day.