***U.S.A 1966 a Hot Rodding Trip of a lifetime.MANY pictures***

Very Kool......I hope there's more to come......Thanks!!!

 

I'll give someone 10 bucks if they clone that Plymouth gasser.

 

Yes, very cool! Thanks for sharing!

 

You have all the makings of a book.

I encourage you interview your dad and anyone else you can, and actually publish this book. People will buy it.

 

Those pics and story made my day!

 

Wow...Those pictures are fantastic.

 

Thanks for taking to the time to post these great photos.

Sean

 

im just sad because your post ended!!!!!i could have sat here for hours lookin at this one!!!!!best thread ever!!!!thank you very much!

 

flatoz -- Great pictures and great stories with plenty of memories. Makes me think of my mother's story. My grandfather had just sold his corner grocery store and had bought a new model T Ford. He decided to take my mother and explore the United States (remember this is the 1920s.) My mother mentioned that when they got to the Rocky Mountains, my grandfather backed up the mountains and she would walk along side carrying a large rock to place under the wheels in case the motor stalled to prevent the car from roling back down the mountain. At that time there were no guard rails and the roads were dirt, too. With a little experimenting, he was able to use a cut bicycle tube to be wrapped around the gas filler tube and pressurize it with a hand pump to drive foward up the mountain. They covered 46 of the then 48 states. Like others have mentioned. you should get with your dad and his buddies if available and record all this information on tape. This was one thing I regret that I didn't do. Again I really enjoyed your story.-----

TwoChops

 

that was good ,

 

Great story...thanks for sharing

 

Rad! VIVA LA HAMB...

 

WOW WOW WOW A beautiful piece of hot roddong history. SWEET

 

thanks for the great story, one of the best i have seen on the hamb!

 

Man, those are some tight pants. LOL

 

you made my day.

 

Absolutely one of the best H.A.M.B. threads ever! You have to post more pics.! You have the makings for one of the best hot rodding books ever. The pics are first class and I can only imagine the stories that go with them. Seriously, think about a book. Thanks for posting!! Those guys must have had the time of their lifes, I'm surprised none of them moved to the States for good.

 

Thank you SOOOO much for sharing such great slides with us all ( THANKS also to A32Flathead for pointing out to me ). They were all GREAT but one great one for me was the first shot of your dad in the Continental as I have a 58 in the same colour! GREAT GREAT pics & GREAT stories. THANKS to you both.
Steve.

 

Wow! I was born in 1966! I love, love, love that flathead powered '34 at Bonneville! Wow! I know people say this all the time, but this is one of the best threads ever! Fantastic story. I'd love to know more about how some foreign kids come over and meet so many of hot roddding's biggest names. "Oh, just go over and meet Wally Parks" and he gives them season passes. Charmed lives. Great story.

 

Fantastic post. Anyone here know how to build a time machine? I wanna go on a road trip like that one!!!

 

This absolutely needs to be put to print, I know I'd buy a copy.

 

The early slides of Cal Custom and the other kustom shops are amazing as well as the early shots of the legends of that time. preserve them well. Excellent post.

 

I agree with everyone else when they say this story would make a great book.

 

Those are amazing pieces of history, thanks for sharing them with us!!!

 

Wow, how cool was that. I should dig out our old family slides. Never thought about that.

more more!!!!!

 

(Flatoz :dont know about this)
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1955 Merc concept car D-528
used in Jerry Lewis movie-THE PATSY

 

So great, man o man. What an incredible trip that must have been. Thanks for bringing those to the HAMB, all the comments about a book are right. Get in touch with a publisher, any out there listening ?????

 

You need to take the slides and get them on a DVD. Ya'll have DVD down there by now, right? Just better protection. I'd hate for something to happen to them.

And yeah, it would be a cool book. You could interview some of the people that they met on the trip (Barris, Jeffries etc.) to see if they remembered some crazy Aussies stopping by. Sure, some of them won't remember, but some might have good stories.

Great post. Post more pics and stories when you get a chance.

 

dig the sparkplug wire tubes (?) on this flattie..

 

Thanks All, but dont thank me!

This isnt about me, I'm just the means to get this up here. I have told the old man for a long time that people would be interested to see this stuff, its a great cross section of the hot rodding culture and American culture of the time.

Ironically, his computer is down at the moment or there would have been more stories, but he couldnt see which slide I was looking at. its a taste anyway, glad you enjoyed it.

Anyone else able to identify some of the cars? Thats cool I reckon

cheers flatoz.