No, but whilst driving Route 66 a few years back I was kinda surprised when the Rolling Stones Route 66 song came on the car radio in OK. Did you know there are 2 towns called Las Vegas in the USA and the one on the Route 66 map is not the one you go gambling at. One in NV and the other NM. Ive been to both. How much of route 66 have you driven Ive picked up bits all the way from north eastern CA thru to east OK and probably the most memorible was Flagstaff AZ and Delia NM for no real reasons, except to say I attented a back to Route 66 hotrod show and town fair in Flagstaff and Delia because it seems to be a forgotten stop and I believe it is one of the oldest original stops. Well thats my story and I am sticking to it.
Been thru alot of the little towns in Arizona. Oatman,Seligman,Winslow, Holbrook etc. Mostly on My MC. Seligman is my favorite.
Part of the one lane section, (1932 version) somewhere in Oklahoma. So far we've done Joplin to Santa Rosa, without any cheating.
I got tried of running into fenced off parts in NM and eastern AZ! A bit hard on a guy towing a Big Tex.
I've driven it from Illinois to west of Oklahoma City. But, I grew up three blocks off Route 66 in Tulsa, OK, so I drove on it every day. Someday I hope to travel the full distance. Oklahoma has the greatest number of miles that one can still drive: 396.
Driven "66" many, many times over the years! I grew up in Covina. Glendora and Azusa were part of our stomping grounds! In the summer of '64, me and a buddy took off to Phoenix in his '57 Ford by way of "66". Lost the bearing out of the transmission tail section going over Sitgreaves Pass. Spent two miserable days between Kingman and Oatman getting it repaired at a sevice station in the middle of nowhere! Early in my truck driving career in the late '60's and into the '70's, much of I-40 was incomplete, especially in the west, you were traveling on "66" alot. In 2003 we rode our Road King from Arkansas to the West Coast. We rode "66" in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
Just out of Kingman Racing with trains south of Kingman, enroute to Hackberry. At the Hackberry Store - the gas pumps are set at 15 cents per gallon. Ten minutes after parking. Mens restroom at the Hackberry store . . . ten year olds go in, are amazed and come out another step closer to being a man. Model T slidin' by on a trailer . . . on a 100 degree day. Just another typical sight on a weekday when cruising Route 66. Leaving the Hackberry General Store about 25 miles east of Kingman. Old Town Kingman during the Saturday car show at the Route 66 Fun Run.
Springfield IL to Santa Monica, 1995. Not in a hot rod, but a Corvette convertible Took a week. Stopped at most every museum/cheesy attraction/flea market/junk/antique store along the way. Ate at the Big Texan twice(out AND back) Ran into Bob Waldmire(the artist) in Vega TX by chance. Spent the afternoon in Galena KS with local legend Howard Litch(RIP). Stayed at the Blue Swallow in Tucumcari NM, and met the lady that owned it(I forget her name, also passed now) Too much to recall. Best trip of my life, I do believe. Hope to do it again soon, but doubt it will be the same.
At the steak house? When it cools down a touch, thinking of getting Chuck and Sid, the girls and making a run down there. You in? Ya can't lose us . . . just follow the white blob. And wear your goggles....
I've only been on the sections around St. Louis. I do want to take my family up/down Rt.66 when I get my 56 done.
In June of 1967, my friend, Phil Dunn, asked me if I wanted to go with him to see his uncle in St. Louis. I was 16 and Phil was 21. He had a steel T-bucket that had an Olds, six carbs, and a Hydro. I had just gotten out of the 11th grade for the summer and the gas station owner where I worked gave me a week off, so off we went. We left Arcadia, California (next to Pasadena) at sundown and headed towards Barstow We left Barstow at sunrise to head to Flagstaff, Arizona We stopped for gas here. We never found the owner of this T Coupe... We would "draft" behind semis to try to get better mileage, but that also caused us to overheat. We quit doing that. Here we found the only shade...under the car. That desert in June can get mighty warm New Mexico: Adjusting the carbs in Gallup, NM This policeman, Officer Fine (really, that was his name) pulled us over in New Mexico. He wanted to look at the car. He wanted to show us his '40 coupe he was working on so he invited us to dinner with his wife that evening. We went. Great evening just talking cars... We hit alot of rain going through Texas.. We added that beer keg for added fuel before we left. I would reach over while we were driving and turn the shutoff valve on the fuel line on the beer keg, and fill the 6 gallon tank occasionally. The two tanks were not hooked together with a fuel line. Somewhere in Texas: I climbed up onto an overpass for this shot, somehwere in Oklahoma: We finally made it into St. Louis after overheating, flat tires, dead batteries, fussy carbs, etc. Phil stayed for the summer in St. Louis. I grabbed a flight back to Los Angeles. I struck up a conversation on the plane with the lady sitting next to me after about two hours of silence. She inquired where I had been. I told her the story of my trip and she said, "Oh, thats a nice story. From the way you look, I thought that you had walked to St. Louis." I took that as a compliment.
Great stuff MAZOOMA, thanks.. That Will Rogers turnpike toll ticket was cool. You need to hear James McMurtry sing "Choctaw Bingo" I know you'll like it...
With all the money this country pisses away you'd think, with the following that US 66 has, that Washington could be persuaded to restore route 66 to it glory days and employ a bunch of people good wages at the same time.
I drive on the Route almost daily. Here are a few pictures. My husband and I with some friends bought an old brick building on the corner of Fountain and Main (Route 66) in Carterville. We are going to set up the bottom floor for auto repair. It will be a great place to store and work on our cars. Second floor will be an apartment, third floor?? Tons of storage space for car parts. The 1970's photo was taken from the roof our our building. The 1950's gas station shots were on the corner opposite the building and the other on the same block. The Dixel structure remains today. The early Pine Street view was taken in the 1920's before Pine Street was designated Route 66.
Driven on part of it many time and some almost every day where it went through Tulsa. Contact Doc Parsons I think he still has some concrete chunks about the size of walnuts for sale that he broke off of some original route 66 road. _______________________________________________________________________ Like I told the kid, "Your music not too loud, it just sucks!"
Hi Everyone, Many great gas stations to photograph along Route 66. Hope this photo attaches ok. First try at photos here. Shamrock, Texas on Route 66, with my black Z-26 under cover. Duane Koss / Fort Sumner, New Mexico
I hit that place every year during the St. Patricks Day Celebration they did a great job restoring it. Vance
Hi Everyone, Shamrock, Texas on Route 66 has several gas stations restored. The one downtown that is part of a musuem is another great place to photograph your ride in front of. Here is a photo attached... Have a great day. Thanks for sharing the other photos of the Shamrock Conoco Station...duane' Duane Koss / Fort Sumner, New Mexico
I got on a stretch of it outside of Kingman a few years back.It was pretty bad.I remember going through a town with burros or mules wandering around;Oatman maybe? I was on a bike and the road was pretty rough coming in from Kingman.
Here's another stretch on the same area.Not exactly user friendly here.There are some good stretches.
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