Route 66 21 day trip

left Daytona on a Wednesday and arrived back on a Tuesday evening 3 weeks later. To Chicago from Daytona Beach, out Route 66 to Santa Monica, CA then back to Daytona on I-10. only 1 1/2 hours of rain all the way. Had to adjust right rear spring height and fix a wire inside drivers door that came loose, that is all the trouble we had with car. 17 mpg and 6300 miles we arrived home. 32 Ford we built ourselves after starting with bare body and chassis from N&N Fiberglass. I bobbed the front and back of chassis, pinched the front frame of chassis and installed roll pan on rear of body after getting it. 283 Chevy with Duntov solid lifter Corvette Fuelie Cam replica from Lunati and 3 dueces backed up with 700R4 transmission.

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wife took over 1000 photos along the way

Nice pictures, looks like it was a blast!

Gary, did you go through Springfield, Auburn, Virden and Carlinville, Illinois? I grew up driving those parts of US 66.

We did stay right on Route 66 roads all the way through from Chicago until we got into Texas some. At that point route 66 is nothing more than a frontage road running along Interstate 40 and you can see the same sights from the Interstate and have smoother roads. But went through all the small towns in Illinois and I believe there was less than 20 miles where we had to get on the Interstate highway all the through that state.

Boy, a lot of familiar places. That is a great ride and it looks like you had a lot of exploring. Wish I would have known you were out there, we would have joined you for part of it.

Thanks for all the great photos!

Looks like a great trip. We did some in Illinois on the Power Tour this year, but it would be nice to drive the whole thing. We ran into some folks from New Zealand at the Dwight, Illinois station in your pics. They had driven from California on 66.

There's just nothing like a great American road trip!

BTW - Did you stand on the corner in Winslow, AZ?:cool:

Awesome, I have done almost 3 states but our family is planning a full trip next year to Santa Monica as well. Some things look very familiar others I can't wait to see! Thanks for the pics!

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Looks like a great trip. We did some in Illinois on the Power Tour this year, but it would be nice to drive the whole thing. We ran into some folks from New Zealand at the Dwight, Illinois station in your pics. They had driven from California on 66.

There's just nothing like a great American road trip!

BTW - Did you stand on the corner in Winslow, AZ?:cool:

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At every motel, museum, etc. that had a registry to sign, well over half of the signatures were from people from outside the US. Lots of people from all over Asia, Europe, New Zealand and Australia. In the Petrified Forest came upon 12 Australians who had flown into Chicago, rented Harley Motorcycles and were doing the whole route on the bikes. Met a real nice group of young Chinese kids also doing the whole route after flying into Chicago. One of the photos shows them. The Motheroad is really as much world famous as US famous.

Did not stand on the corner in Winslow, just drove through.

Post 4 second pic...just wait 'til Emm sees that!
He'll love that one.

Crikey mate; different cars, different people, but those pics could've come straight from our albums!
Had to bring the missus in for a look...She recognised them all too.
Many thanks for that; you brought back happy memories.

That's just plain fantastic! But the burning question is; did you finish the steak?

The anticpation of that TEXAS size steak hurts the restuarant bisnesses all thro Oklahoma on Rt 66

Henry---Virden Girard and Carlinville are on Rt 4-- 66 was a few miles east

Love the pics...can't wait till it is my turn!

Thanks for the fantastic photos and sharing your trip. Always been a dream to drive it from one end to the other in a classic rod. Been on parts of it, but never the majority! By the way for anyone else planning this trip. Plan on lunch or dinner in Winslow Az, at The Last Great Railroad Hotel built in 1929 by the Santa Fe Railway for the Fred Harvey Company. The La Posada restaurant was voted the best of Arizona and is about a block from the standing on the corner Jackson Brown exhibit! Some great history on that route.
Also love the old famous Tee Pee motels you posted pictures of! Remeber seeing them in an old Matt Helm movie, and maybe one of the James Bond films?

Great car, and great trip!!

Rich

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The anticpation of that TEXAS size steak hurts the restuarant bisnesses all thro Oklahoma on Rt 66

Henry---Virden Girard and Carlinville are on Rt 4-- 66 was a few miles east

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Wrong, Jerry. They were on the ORIGINAL Rt. 66, which was realigned to the east in 1930 to bypass all of the small towns. The original Rt. 66 went through the center of Springfield, Chatham, Auburn, Thayer, Nilwood and Carlinville, among others. There's a brick section still in place near Auburn, and I have driven on it. There are several sections of old Rt. 66 around Virden that are no longer Rt. 4 or Rt. 66, but local farm roads. There is a photo of a section near Auburn AT THIS LINK

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Did not stand on the corner in Winslow, just drove through.

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We passed through Winslow on the motorcycle a few years ago. After hearing that line in the Eagles song all my life, I couldn't resist checking it out. There is an official corner in Winslow dedicated to that song.

We stopped at many of the Route 66 places that you had in your pics, but didn't ride on the actual road. I've really got to do it one day. Thanks for sharing your pictures.

What an awesome trip! The coupe looks great too. Someday I will do a RT66 trip too.

Jack-thanks didn't know that-found this for interesting read Route 66 Drive Tour

That was interesting, Jerry. The attached photo is the old Sugar Creek bridge on old Rte. 66 (Rte. 4) south of Carlinville. I was born in St. Louis, and this is the road my parents used to bring me home to Virden when I was less than a year old.

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That is just awesome! I'd love to do something like that with my Dad when our '32 is done. Great pictures and thanks for sharing.

Really enjoyed the pics.:cool: Traveling in a hot rod coupe is an adventure and you better like the person sitting next to you - it's shoulder-to-shoulder in there. Back in '06 my wife and I left Titusville, FL and went to Jackson TN, Indianapolis IN, and returned through the Carolinas. 2400 miles and averaged 18.5 mpg.:3dSMILE: My coupe (see avatar) is a '31 on a home-built '32 style frame running a 350-350 with 2.79 rear gear; it's a true hot rod - no power anything and no A/C. When we were preparing to leave, our son and some others said we were nuts for traveling that far in a homebuilt car! Hey, I trust my abilities...:rolleyes: I had the ignition wire come off the coil at a stoplight in Tuscumbia AL. Took me about 4 minutes to find and fix the problem and on the road again. No other problems on the trip. We have talked about possibly doing it again; I still have the coupe and this summer will be the 10th anniversary of that last trip.

I'd love to do Rt 66. I'm building a Deuce roadster now; maybe when it's finished...:D

That is awesome Jim! I'd rather take a chance with my work as well any day. At least I know who to call a dope when it breaks. haha

Looks like you had a great trip thanks for sharing. The wife and I did that trip a few years back in our 38 sedan, we loved every mile of it! thanks for bringing back some great memories...........