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Tankwilson ;;; why not go on to St Louis ?? same distance ,,but more Route 66 to drive on ,,AND ,,there's a lot more to see & do in St Lous ,,
Yep ,,Route 66 goes within a couple miles south of MOKAN Drag Strip ,just north of Joplin,Missouri ,then tru a chunk of Kansas on thru Oklahoma...
My parents and I drove Route 66 to Calfornia ,in '57 ,,in a brand new '57 Chevy and again in '59 in a brand new '59 Chevy ,,it was a trip to...
Route 66 was invented by a group of men in a Springfield ,Missouri Hotel ,they made sure it went thru their hometown ,Springfield ,Missouri...
Sorry Man,,Route 66 didn't go thru Kansas City ,,it went from Chicago to St Louis ,,thru Rolla ,Mo the thru Springfield & on to Oklahoma ,,there...
Acid Battery's ????Buy a OPTIMA non acid baterry from Speedway ,,put it under the passenger side floor ,,AND FORGET ABOUT IT !! it'll last 5...
Hey Badfella ; Thanks ,,it's a two door hardtop too,,,white with white leather ,,under 100,000 miles ,,not a show thing ,but a good cleam driver...
Lovin' that Riv ,the wheels and especially the paint job ,,I'm 67 ,,so i was around in the '60's when a ;ot of neet cars were painted that way...
wQw !! that is really sumthin' ,,home it gets restored back to original ,,darn ,,makes me thirsty for a "Seagrams 7 and Coke" ,'hhmm,,beter go to...
Mor-Tec ain't gone ,,there's a ton of their web sites out there ,,check this SB Chevy Head I D page ,,might help ,,...
Billy Creech helped me with my C.Gasser and my MotorCycle shop back in the '60's when i lived in alaska ,,we still are in contact ,,he;s a kool...
Oh ,,it has a Hurst/Olds 330 hp BB Olds motor ,Doug Thorley SS hedders n Mufflers n 25 ft long tail pipes,,a '78 Caddy 4 speed OD front wheel...
Gosh ,,I might be able to make the Sept 11 th date ,,got a place i can park n hook up my old piece a junk motor home ?? i would just need eletric...
Wish I lived closer to these back East shows ,I hope you East Coaster Guys go to em ,,gotta be kQQl to even see the stars ,,yet alone the cars...
If any of you go to these Grafitti Tour Shows ,,ask Fagari Why He's Hypin' His '55 Clone as the Real Deal ,,Ya ,,Junp on Him About It ,, [IMG]
Say What !?!! oh ,,i wasn't here then,,not sure where i was ,,just not here ,,but then maybe i was ,,just can't remember fer sure ,,,but those...
Yes,,Easy Rider WAS the deal in '69 ,,made me glad i still had my Vincent Black Shadow ,,it was old ,,but still the fastest on the road ,,my girl...
You can Google"" Lt Col Gene Frank"" ,,he has a real hero's history ,,he's a neighbor / good friend of mine here on Table Rock Lake ,MO,,
This has been published in hot rod mags a million times over the last 30-40 years ,, [IMG]
Sorry guys ,,the stories my friend ,Lt Col Frank told me about those days in Nam in his F-105 "Thud" just couldn't be fer got about , Summer of...
The twin engined F-105 "Thud" fighter /Bomber ,, [IMG]
Where most of the F-105's were used as decoys ,, [IMG]
YES !!! me too ,,great vedio dewd ,,,thanks ,,a lota memories there ,,
The F-105 was called by those Nam pilots ,"The Thud" because thats the sound they heard ,up in the air , when they hit the ground ,,"Thud" pilots...
Dueces; in '61 ,,I went to Jet Mechanic Tech School in Amarillo ,our main werk aircraft was a F-105 and a F-100 ,,we tore the F-100 apart & put it...
Dueces:Yep ,,the F-89 Scorpion ,,came out in 1947 ,,a real piece a junk ,,the F-100 they repaced at the Iowa ANG was 3 times the aircraft the F-89...
When our one n only rock radio station in Anchorage back in '69 signed in every morning ,,they signed in with the movie theme ,,"The Hills Are...
Marshalltown ain't very far from Cedar Rapids ,,back in the late '50's early '60's ,we used to cruze to C R to find street races ,,plus...
Roth gave me a couple of those in '57 and '59 ,,when i hung out at his shop when my folks went to So calif on vacation & visit relatives ,,i...
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