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Mountaineer Motor Tours Mountaineer Motor Tours will take you on a tour of Asheville, North Carolina in a 1923 Ford Model T!
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See Asheville with a local in a car that lets you experience the splendor of Asheville's golden age, the 1920s.

Check out our latest blog on the history of a Cold War era fighter jet, right here in Candler! The Enka Jet has long bee...
09/16/2024

Check out our latest blog on the history of a Cold War era fighter jet, right here in Candler! The Enka Jet has long been an important school mascot for our community, but its history is even more interesting! From flying for the United States, being loaned to France for 20 years and then brought to Hominy Valley in 1972, it's quite a tale!

"The Spirit of Enka" a Cold War Era 1953 Republic-Fairchild RF-84F Thunderflash aircraft in Candler, North Carolina. Photo by author after restoration in summer/fall 2018Did you know that there is a Cold War era Reconnaissance Fighter Jet in Candler, North Carolina? It was brought to Enka High Schoo...

09/14/2024

Hi All! Unfortunately with the weather in Asheville today, we are having to postpone our pop up rides that were scheduled for this morning! Don't worry - there will be several more opportunities this season to join us for one of these events! Stay dry and have a great Saturday!

Check out this month's blog, exploring different ways you too can become involved in the antique car hobby!
08/14/2024

Check out this month's blog, exploring different ways you too can become involved in the antique car hobby!

Photo by Camilla Calnan Photography Being out on tours, we hear a lot of different comments about our dear 1923 Ford Model T Mabeline. Comments range from "I like your car, but I'm not really a car person myself" to "What kind of engine/transmission/rear axle gear ratio does that have?" In this mont...

Thanks to   and  for coming to visit us in Asheville today for a tour and stroll through the Estes-Winn antique car muse...
08/11/2024

Thanks to and for coming to visit us in Asheville today for a tour and stroll through the Estes-Winn antique car museum! Good to meet y’all and tour Asheville. Thanks to Tripp for this photo of us out on the tour!

Good to see our local friends at the Street Tiques car show in Candler this morning! Started the day off driving the 195...
08/10/2024

Good to see our local friends at the Street Tiques car show in Candler this morning! Started the day off driving the 1956 Chrysler 300B to the show and finished the day with two tours in the Model T!

Many thanks to WLOS ABC 13 for this great feature on my tour business, Mountaineer Motor Tours. Todd Robbins, who filmed...
08/03/2024

Many thanks to WLOS ABC 13 for this great feature on my tour business, Mountaineer Motor Tours. Todd Robbins, who filmed and put together this segment is also a car enthusiast and did a great job! I hope you'll take a look but more important, come take a tour with me!
https://wlos.com/news/local/carolina-moment-explore-asheville-style-with-mountaineer-motor-tours-sightseeing-estes-winn-antique-car-museum-business-1923-ford-model-t-touring-car-vintage-vehicle #

There are many ways to take a tour of the mountains, such as on a comedy bus or a ghost-chasing adventure. One Asheville family does it in a unique way.

Did you know that for a brief period during the 1950s, McCormick Field Stadium was home to various types of automotive r...
07/28/2024

Did you know that for a brief period during the 1950s, McCormick Field Stadium was home to various types of automotive racing? In this month's MMT blog, we take a deep dive into the history of the McCormick Field Speedway and some of the great racers that left their mark on Asheville! Also, we have made a special commemorative T-Shirt with the original logo for McCormick Field Speedway, available for sale on our website!

Racer Banjo Matthews in "Mr. X" crossing the finish at McCormick Field SpeedwayCome along with us on this month's historical journey through Asheville's motoring history as we take a glimpse into competitive motorsports in the city! Did you know there was a brief break in baseball so that racing cou...

We’ve had several fun tours today! Great weather and no better way to see the city!
07/27/2024

We’ve had several fun tours today! Great weather and no better way to see the city!

Taking advantage of the great weather this morning, we had such a fun tour with Barbara today! Come take our North Ashev...
07/26/2024

Taking advantage of the great weather this morning, we had such a fun tour with Barbara today! Come take our North Asheville architectural tour and see the city in a totally different way - from the back of a Ford Model T!

I’m excited to have finally tracked down an Eddie Joyner speed shop club plaque for my hot rod! This one is a replica fr...
07/25/2024

I’m excited to have finally tracked down an Eddie Joyner speed shop club plaque for my hot rod! This one is a replica from eBay, made by O’Brien Truckers but I’m still ecstatic to have it. Eddie Joyner was the speed shop to visit on Patton back in the day and he later had Eddie Joyner marine, where they sold boats and outboard engines. In the 1950s, Eddie Joyner had a race shop on Brevard Road that was home to the racers Banjo Matthews and Dickie Plemmons, along with master Ford Flathead V8 engine builder, Toy Jones.

  and I took a little trip down to Hickory to see  for a part for the Chrysler 300 and stopped in Valdese on the way hom...
07/24/2024

and I took a little trip down to Hickory to see for a part for the Chrysler 300 and stopped in Valdese on the way home to eat at Myra’s diner. So many neat pieces of history and interesting architecture in Valdese. Lots of interesting North Carolina history here!

Harry’s Better Used Cars - just one of several locations around   of Harry Blomberg’s car dealers. Of course Harry’s Cad...
07/22/2024

Harry’s Better Used Cars - just one of several locations around of Harry Blomberg’s car dealers. Of course Harry’s Cadillac and Pontiac in downtown Asheville is the most well known. This used car dealer was located at 75 Coxe Avenue - roughly where is located today. It’s interesting how much Coxe Avenue and Hilliard Avenue have changed. Look at the large boarding houses on Asheland Avenue behind the dealer. None of those exist today and were part of the Southside neighborhood. This was the boundary between Asheville’s commercial district and the historically African-American Southside Community that went from Southside Avenue all the way down to Depot street. Harry’s used cars was next to Carolina Tire and Retreading, also known as as the Sultan of Tires, which was owned by Norm Sultan. Every couple of days, Norm was said to get an irate phone call when Harry found dust and rubber shavings from his tire business blown all over the cars and stuck to them with the morning dew. The photo is by Asheville legend, Juanita Wilson - THE photographer you went to back in the day for your business, band, etc.

We saw this very cool, mostly original Pontiac Firebird at Elk Mountain Motors a couple days ago in for some work. Alway...
07/18/2024

We saw this very cool, mostly original Pontiac Firebird at Elk Mountain Motors a couple days ago in for some work. Always great to see a car like this with the original style wheels and hubcaps!

Brown Motor Company on Hilliard Avenue, downtown Asheville selling Chevrolet. I think this was located between Coxe and ...
07/17/2024

Brown Motor Company on Hilliard Avenue, downtown Asheville selling Chevrolet. I think this was located between Coxe and Asheland avenues.

Harry’s Cadillac/Lasalle probably around 1940-1942 down on Haywood Street in downtown Asheville. This would have been ri...
07/15/2024

Harry’s Cadillac/Lasalle probably around 1940-1942 down on Haywood Street in downtown Asheville. This would have been right after he got the Cadillac franchise in 1938. What a beautiful Cadillac!

We had such a fun tour with the Gillian’s last night! Saturday evening tours through downtown are something special!
07/14/2024

We had such a fun tour with the Gillian’s last night! Saturday evening tours through downtown are something special!

Nothing feels more like summer than a night at the  in historic McCormick Field! Grab a Tourist dog, a basket of fries a...
07/11/2024

Nothing feels more like summer than a night at the in historic McCormick Field! Grab a Tourist dog, a basket of fries and of course some Dip N Dots and enjoy the evening!

Got to do a little more carspotting at a show in Sweetwater, Tennessee today. My pick was this little MG gasser! Very co...
07/06/2024

Got to do a little more carspotting at a show in Sweetwater, Tennessee today. My pick was this little MG gasser! Very cool little car.

  in Tennessee - spotted this handsome old Chevy at the Sweetwater Valley Farm!
07/05/2024

in Tennessee - spotted this handsome old Chevy at the Sweetwater Valley Farm!

Carspotting from my friend  - loving this late 1970s Jeep Wagoneer in North Asheville!
07/02/2024

Carspotting from my friend - loving this late 1970s Jeep Wagoneer in North Asheville!

We had a fun tour with beautiful weather this morning  through Beaver Lake and Grove Park! Thanks to Spencer and Rachel ...
07/01/2024

We had a fun tour with beautiful weather this morning through Beaver Lake and Grove Park! Thanks to Spencer and Rachel for coming along on the adventure and always happy to be at our home base, ! Come see us and view Asheville like you never have before!

Today’s the day   - come join us today and tomorrow from 11am to 1pm at  for our pop up ride event with  ! We’ll be offe...
06/29/2024

Today’s the day - come join us today and tomorrow from 11am to 1pm at for our pop up ride event with ! We’ll be offering 15 minute rides for $25 - cash or card accepted. Rides are first come first serve and the price is for two riders.
Grab one of our new McCormick Field Speedway shirts while you are here! Super soft cotton and printed locally at Take home a piece of Asheville’s auto history you can wear everyday!

We had such a fun tour with Mike, Eno and Patches today! Everyone got dressed up for the occasion! Come tour with us and...
06/28/2024

We had such a fun tour with Mike, Eno and Patches today! Everyone got dressed up for the occasion! Come tour with us and let’s enjoy the rest of summer!

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