1961 Chevrolet Corvette (left) and 1957 Ford Thunderbird
The Willses and the Eckenrods

    The Willses and the Eckenrods wrote the following about their summer road trip:

    “On a six-day road trip earlier this summer, covering over 2,200 miles in their vintage 1961 Corvette and 1957 Thunderbird, were Blair County Antique Auto Club past presidents/current executive board members Ken and Carolyn Wills of Ashville and Howdy and Gloria Eckenrod of Ebensburg. Highlights of the trip were the casinos in Jackson, Miss.; Graceland in Memphis, Tenn.; the National Corvette Musuem in Bowling Green, Ky.; the Toyota Plant in Georgetown, Ky.; Makers Mark Distillery in Loretto, Ky; and the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia.

    “It was Chevy vs. Ford on the byways and highways of Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee and Mississippi. This trip reiterates the fact that vintage cars were engineered to be driven and enjoyed rather than to merely be works of art hauled to and from shows in pursuit of a trophy. “While the Eckenrod and Wills family took their 40-year-old two-seat sports cars on this epic journey through the Southeast, what is stopping you from taking your vintage ride on the next family vacation?’’

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    Ken and Carolyn Wills (left) of Ashville and Howdy and Gloria Eckenrod of Ebensburg took their antique cars on a six-day road trip over the summer.