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Article: Chugging along; A 120-mile antique car run is in its 23rd year, with drivers getting behind the wheels of cars pushing 100 or more (years, not mph).(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- August 5, 2009
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Byline: MARIA ELENA BACA; STAFF WRITER
The slow-moving traffic you might encounter on north and west metro country roads and city streets this weekend just might be cars taking a trip back in history.
The 23rd annual New London-to-New Brighton Antique Car Run has attracted old-car buffs and their centenarian automobiles to what has become one of the nation's premier events of its kind. During Saturday's 120-mile trek and shorter tours that precede it, many participants will drive autos from 1908 and earlier; vehicles from 1909 to 1915 are limited to those that run on one or two cylinders.
The event started in 1987 to highlight the connection ...