
Quality Inn Coldwater
Host Hotel
1000 Orleans Blvd.
Coldwater, MI 49036
(517)278-2017
Website
The Old U.S. 27 Motor Tour was the brainchild of one very remarkable man, Craig Parrish. Craig was born in Lansing, Michigan to a family deeply embedded in the car industry and his love and passion for automobiles grew from that family heritage at a very young age (at the age of 4 he could identify cars by their tail lights). In his teens, like most, he would drive his car to downtown Lansing and “Cruise the Gut”. Later in life, while reminiscing about how much fun they had on Friday nights “Cruisin the Gut”, he came up with the idea of restoring the cruise in the form of a car show during each summer months. He worked tirelessly with the City of Lansing and the downtown merchants to organize and host the Cruises during summer for ten years.
In the early 2000s, Craig had the idea to have Old U.S. 27 in Michigan become designated as a historic highway and went about making that happen. In 2010, that dream became a reality as the Michigan House of Representatives passed a resolution sponsored by Lansing Representative Joan Bauer to officially designate the route as a historic highway.
As part of the historic designation of U.S. 27, Craig had the vision to create a Motor Tour along the route from Coldwater to Cheboygan, like the Route 66 experience, driving a piece of US history. He went to communities along Old U.S. 27 to ask if they would be interested in having their town participate in a week long traveling car show with a police escort from one town to the next. He told them, “I will bring the cars and the people, you bring the party”.
The Tour began in 2006 and has evolved into a summer highlight in the State of Michigan for car enthusiasts as well as anyone looking to come out, view the amazing cars that come into town, and capture a bit of history.
Throughout the years, the Old U.S. 27 Motor Tour has helped to bring life to the small-town communities in Michigan as well as to bring people together to drive the old road, forge strong friendships and have fun together.
We are forever thankful too Craig for his vision and his passion. Craig lost his battle with cancer on July 29, 2021, but his dream lives on.
Kilgore International, 595 W Chicago St. Coldwater
Quality Inn hotel – host hotel while in Coldwater
The historic train depot Waterloo. Indiana on Old US 27
125 W. Chicago Rd. Coldwater (Go-Kart races, Putt-Putt)
Performance Plus Quick Oil Change | 775 E Chicago St. Food Trucks on Site.
378 W Chicago St, Coldwater, MI
Passport Stamping: on-site at each activity
Quality Inn hotel – host hotel while in Coldwater
Meet @ Quality Inn Lobby
Broadway Grille. 19 S Monroe St. Coldwater
With police escort
Rest stop with MSP escort
DeWitt Meijer's on Old US 27
With police escort
Passport Stamping: Pictures Home - 104 N Clinton
Adornmint - 223 N Clinton
With police escort
With police escort
Passport Stamping: TBD
With police escort
Live Band - Leave for Clare with police escort
Passport Stamping: Flegel Tech Repair/Mom N Dad’s – 134 N. Mill St
Room 132 Gifts – 132 N. Mill St
Peters Hardware – 128 N. Mill St
With police escort
(Boy Scout bellhops for the Doherty Hotel)
Passport Stamping: Ideal Theater – 609 N. McEwan St.
The Evening Post Bar & Grill – 114 W. 4 th St.
Meet @ the intersection of 5th St & McEwan
With police escort
Passport Stamping: at the welcome table
106 S James St, Grayling, MI
Passport Stamping: at the welcome table
High School in Grayling
With police escort
Passport Stamping: Korner Gift Shoppe – 1301 S Straits HWY (Old 27)
Downtown Market – 12961 S Straits HHY (Old 27)
@ the end of US 27 in Cheboygan
Passport Stamping: Cheboygan Brewing Company – 101 N Main St.
116 S Main St, Cheboyga
Thank You So Much For Attending
Host Hotel
1000 Orleans Blvd.
Coldwater, MI 49036
(517)278-2017
Website
1055 Aaron Drive
Dewitt, MI 48820
Phone: (517) 374-0000
3545 Forest Road
Lansing, MI 48910
Phone: (517) 351-8181
1101 Commerce Park Dr.
DeWitt, MI 48820
Phone: (517) 351-8181
604 N. Mc Ewan Street (Old U.S. 27)
Downtown Clare
Clare Michigan 48617
Ph. 989-386-3441
515 E Park St
Harrison, MI 48625
Phone: (888) 999-1145
1508 N McEwan St
Clare, MI 48617
Phone: (989) 386-7787
10318 S Clare Ave
Clare, MI 48617
Phone: (989) 386-1111
5828 Nelson A Miles Pkwy
Grayling, MI 49738
Phone: (989) 710-2087
Call for special event pricing
2650 I-75 Business Loop (OLD US 27)
Grayling Michigan 49738
Ph. 989-348-7611
267 S I 75 Business Loop
Grayling, MI 49738
Phone: (989) 348-9094
847 South Main Street
Cheboygan MI 49721
231-627-5688
Toll free: 877-627-9552
1305 Mackinaw Avenue
Cheboygan MI 49721
231-627-5862
Toll free: 888-543-3099
1257 Mackinaw Avenue
Cheboygan MI 49721
231-627-2143
Toll free: 800-276-9382
613 N. Main Street
Cheboygan MI 49721
231-627-7164
Toll free: 888-543-3102
889 S. Main Street
Cheboygan MI 49721
231-627-3126
Toll free: 888-705-4085
1380 Mackinaw Avenue
Cheboygan MI 49721
231-627-4696
1355 Mackinaw Avenue
Cheboygan MI 49721
231-627-3129
Toll free: 866-745-6681
102 LaFayette Street
Cheboygan MI 49721
231-268-3210
314 S Main Street
Cheboygan MI 49721
Phone: (833) 832-8963
Entry fee for the tour is a 1 time $20.00 fee, not per city.
You can register in person at any town on the tour you wish to start at.
Registration fees go towards the purchase of historic signage along the route, which was a dream of Craig’s. Please do your part and support the tour.
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