Going Back

Caught my eye on Google news this morning, the 1940 Ford coupe that finished last month’s 2013 Peking to Paris Race. It’s a 1940 Ford Standard that the owner drivers found on the internet for sale in Michigan, 

and shipped to the UK where they tore the car completely down and built it up for the grueling race.

They named the car “Shiner” to honor the classic ’40 Ford V8 coupe, fast and with a huge trunk that was perfect for transporting moonshine.

Run every three years, the Peking to Paris Rally is the longest and most difficult in the world, over 7,000 miles. 

Reading about it brought to mind the front cover of a 1952, ’53, ’54 Motor Trend magazine that’s likely in my treasure chest, showing a Lincoln Capri leaning into a turn at high speed in La Carrera PanAmericana. It was a day and age when Lincoln was big on racing and got great publicity from their fast and beautifully designed cars. 

Would I go back? For a day as Emily did on her 12th birthday in Our Town. 

TW