NZ Classic Car

POSTCARD FROM AMERICA

In June 2023, my wife and I visited the US again. My wife is American and we have a five-year-old, so spending time with grandparents motivates our trips across the Pacific. Of course, being a car nut and even more than that, a US car nut, I have other motivations to visit the Land of the Free. Our recent visit spanned two months, including a road trip from Denver, Colorado, to Washington State and then down the length of the West Coast. Further, on returning from Europe, we visited North Carolina, Las Vegas, and California.

With all this tripping around, I was fortunate enough to visit all sorts of car museums and related places of interest. New Zealand Classic Car published my reports about the two previous museum visits, but this is the first of my ‘Postcards from America’, to coin a phrase.

“Attendance is massive, the largest each year being in Indianapolis with 250,000

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

More from NZ Classic Car

NZ Classic Car1 min read
Vale: Lorraine Stanley-joblin
Lorraine Stanley-Joblin passed away at Rose Court, Rangiora, on 26 March 2024. Lorraine married our long-time contributor Trevor in 1958. For many years, she was always beside him helping at events, car shows, and motor racing. Between them, they con
NZ Classic Car1 min read
Napier Art Deco Festival 2024
Trust committee chairperson Jeremy Smith said that the atmosphere was “absolutely amazing” as thousands flocked to Napier over four days from 15 February, enjoying warm weather with a chance to dress up in period and kick up their heels. The city’s A
NZ Classic Car6 min read
Barn Find the Holy Grail
On hearing these words separately, the listener may envisage a country scene with an American red barn in the first case, and the verb ‘to find’, meaning ‘to look’ in the second. Taken together, however, the words take on mystique, giving rise to vis

Related Books & Audiobooks