Nearly 100 of the rarest vintage cars in America pulled onto North Main Street in Monticello Thursday for a brief stop on their trek toward Mobile, Ala. The cars, participants in The Great Race, left St. Paul, Minn., on June 22 for a nine-day, 2,100-mile rally criss-crossing the Mississippi River toward Mobile.
Small crowds lined the sidewalks braving the triple-digit temperature as the vehicles arrived in one-minute intervals and parked on North Main Street for a brief stop before heading to Vicksburg, Miss., for the night.
While in Monticello, spectators met with the drivers and navigators, kids were encouraged to climb in the cars, and lots of photographers snapped photos.
After leaving St. Paul, the Great Race stopped in La Crosse, Wis., on Saturday night; Davenport, Iowa, on Sunday night; Hannibal, Mo., on Monday night; and Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Tuesday night. After Vicksburg tonight, the racers stop in Baton Rouge, La., on Friday and Covington, La., on Saturday before the finish line in Mobile on Sunday afternoon.

Photo courtesy of Andy Shaw

1916 Hudson Speedster

1916 Hudson Hill Climber

1917-Peerless

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1928 Ford Model A

1928 Ford Model A Speedster

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1928 Ford Model A

1929 Ford Roadster Pickup

1931 Rolls Royce

1931 Buick Racer

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1932 Ford Boattailed Speedster

1932 Ford Hi-Boy

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1932 Ford M-1 Racer

1932 Ford Pickup

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1932 Ford Pickup

1932 Ford Roadster

1932 Ford Speedster

1934 Ford

1936 Buick Special

1936 Buick Sport Coupe

1936 Chev Panel Delivery

1936 Ford Fordor

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1938 Ford 5-window Coupe

1938 Packard 120-D

1940 Ford Deluxe

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1941 Packard

1948 Buick

1960 Morris Minor

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1961 Cadillac Convertible

1962 Volkswagen Beetle

1966 Corvette

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