Monday, 7/07/03, Day 19 and last day on the road for this trip.
Here’s the plan for today - check out the parking lot at the NE Classic Car Museum. If it's adequate, ok. If not, park the rig somewhere and take the car to the Museum.
As it turns out, the lot is just fine. It has an entrance in the front and one in the back as well. The one on the back empties into an industrial area so there is plenty of room --
For anyone interested in cars, the Northeast Classic Car
Museum is one stop you have to make.
http://www.classiccarmuseum.org/ will
take you there. This museum has at least 100 restored antique cars on
display - Duisenberg, Cord, Auburn, Packard, Chalmers, Franklin, cars from
1902 through the 60's. Some of them are the only known examples left - and
for the most part, the restorations are incredibly done. The bulk of them
were the luxury cars of their time. My intention was to spend an hour - I
ended up wandering around for well over two hours.
A 1930 LaSalle Convertible Coupe, 340 cubic inch, 90° V-8. Factory Price, $2590.
A 1936 MG Model NB, only 98 made. 1271cc 6 Cylinder N-type Engine. It came from the factory with no air cleaner as there was no room under the bonnet for it!
A 1928 Franklin Airman Sport Touring. Air cooled 6 Cylinder, 46 HP. All Franklins had air-cooled engines.
Factory Price, $2975. The Franklin Airman was named for aviator Charles Lindbergh, who was an avid Franklin fan. In 1928, Cannon Ball Baker drove a Franklin on a number of endurance runs.
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