president of the Packard Motorcar Company in a 1913 Packard doing a trailblazer journey across the USA scouting a route for the Lincoln Highway

photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=930 Conceived in 1912 by Carl Fisher, (founder of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway), the Lincoln Highway would be the first highway to stretch coast-to-coast. In those days few “improved” (graded) roads existed, and those few were only found within city limits. Long-distance auto trips weren’t something even considered

Cool old cars

the Miss Houston is featured in a gallery about the Houston Speedway in the 1920s http://www.sloanegallery.com/houston_speedway.htm Stanley Steamer that didn't need a restoration The front of a Packard dealership 1912 Moon Raceabout Speedster, see a whole gallery of one at http://www.flickr.com/photos/94957089@N00/3607440577/ The building of the Nurburgring, photo from http://

variety of ambulances

from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=738

Tow trucks were sometimes made from big used cars, because trucks were really expensive, so here's a Packard and 2 other cars converted

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