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Grandfather Mountain, a popular tourist attraction is located in northwestern North Carolina close to the border with the state of Tennesse and about six miles east of Linville, North Carolina. The Mountain rises 5966-feet above sea level and the famous “Mile High Swinging Bridge” is located at the summit.

In June of 1954, a group of sports car enthusiasts organized the first annual Grandfather Mountain Hill Climb that started at its base. The run traveled 2.7-miles up the very challenging gravel road lined with rocks, curves, and switchbacks end at the top, the location the well-known Bridge.



Later in 1955 the group formed the North Carolina Region of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and continued to run the event until 1961. The Hill Climb was not held again until about 20 years later in the early-1980s before it finally ended in the late-1980s.

The lead image and the picture of a blue Jaguar XK-120 roadster (below) were taken post-1958, and are followed by a short film on a video of the action on the Mountain in 1960. Below the film are eight more color and black and white photos taken at the 1958 running of the Hill Climb.



The 1960 film clip and the photographs are courtesy of the East Carolina University Collections.



Learn more about Grandfather Mountain and the post-war history of automobile use on its road.

Courtesy
of The Old Motor

 

Haha. Who knows how old that woman is now. I bet the car is still just as pretty. Reminds me of a song i always thought was kinda stupid but I liked for some reason. Never seen it with this radical movie though. I think I teared up a bit

 

What a cool old video. Wonder what that place looks like now. Probably the same actually. When I’m in East Tennessee I feel like all the roads are like that except 2-4 lanes. But the people are still driving that way

 

The Dauphine might have made it to the peak, by midnight

 

Although remaining very polite, a young George Fredericks sternly asked the young maiden. Please get your GD hand off my new Dodge

 

Here “Brilliant Ethyl” is seen posing by here new Cadillac. At 29 cents a reading she rubbed a lot of palms to get that car.

 

Dark days.

 

Spotted, here:

 

Well now, that is certainly unique. Never seen one like that before. I assume it's a parade car for VIP's.

 

Reportedly, Queen Elizabeth rode in one, during a stately visit to Canada. Here's a close-up