Members of the Wichita Horseless Carriage Club regional group are spending the weekend visiting five communities in the east central Kansas region. According to Austin Anders, Club spokesman, the participants are headquartered for the weekend at the Hampton Inn in Junction City.
Their schedule called for visits to Junction City and Wakefield on Friday, Manhattan Saturday, a trip to Alta Vista and back through the Flint Hills on Sunday, and a visit to Chapman for the car show during the Labor Day celebration on Monday.
Anders said some of the cars range anywhere from a 1914 Cadillac up to a 1939 Studebaker. "Mostly Model T's, Model A's. " There was a green 1929 Model A that's been in Ander' family for many years, "with straw yellow wheels and a straw yellow pinstripe. " The car has a mohair interior. Anders noted the vehicle is priceless to his family.
Anders said top speed for a Model A is claimed at about 70 miles per hour. 'We normally tour comfortably at around 30. That's what most of these tours are based around, a 30 mile per hour speed limit."
The tour stopped at the Geary County Historical Museum on Friday morning.