Lowell “Pete” Laycock talks about the history of the Laycock Motor Company in Delta and Grand Junction, Colorado. He describes building frames to haul cars by truck from Lansing, Michigan to Grand Junction and driving the trucks with his father’s company, one of the first in the country transport cars in this way. He describes the build of Chrysler engines and other makes of automobile, and also talks about small airplane engines. He and interviewer Al Look talk about auto racing and the Land’s End Hill Climb. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
