Gateway Auto Museum By John Lamm
Down in a valley at the junction of five spectacular Colorado canyons is Gateway. The municipality is so small there’s not much to Google to learn, but take our word for it, the area is beautiful. And not easy to get to, about 1 1/2 hours from Grand Junction, Colorado.
Yet worth the drive. That’s where you will find the Gateway Canyons resort, a luxury retreat, but what we care about is the Gateways Canyon Auto Museum. Created by John Hendricks, who founded the Discovery Channel, it is a beautifully done display that walks you through the history of cars from the Model T forward with a nice emphasis on postwar cars. Well done displays and open seven days a week from 10 am.
Catch it on your way to Moab, Utah and the spectacular Arches National Park.
1954 Oldsmobile F-88 Concept Car
From left to right, 1967 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro, 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1, 1970 Plymouth Barracuda “Hemi Cuda”
1953 Cunningham C-3 Continental Coupe
1953 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible
1954 Buick Skylark Convertible
The stock car room, with a Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet (foreground), 1977 Richard Petty Dodge Monaco (left) and a classic dirt track stocker.
1952 Chevrolet 3100 5 Window Pickup (right) and a 1941 Packard 120 Woodie Wagon
1950 Packard Super Eight Victoria Convertible Coupe
1957 Ford Thunderbird
1936 Auburn Model 8-852 Supercharged Cabriolet
1954 Packard Caribbean Convertible
1958 Ford Edsel Citation Convertible
1957 DeSoto Firesweep
1955 Nash Metropolitan
1937 Terraplane Convertible Coupe