Customs Route 66, my family, and a 63 wagon

First day... made it to the hotel in West Virginia.

 

Haha thanks

 

Another great trip! Too bad all the statues are gone. At least the masks are gone too!

 

Life on the wild side...

 

Well, I guess I'm officially getting old.

Instead of going to the bar and drinking too much beer and flirting with old women, or young women that look old, I got started on this thread and finished the whole thing. What a trip,great memories for all of us.Thanks.

 

Road trips with the kids are the best. We did so many that one Friday when the kids got home from school they asked, "Are we going anywhere this weekend?" When I replied that we weren't they were relieved. They just wanted to chill out for once. Hahaha.
Good luck and blessings on your latest adventure.
Andy

 

Re-torque the head bolts and hit the bricks!

Happy motoring out on the freeway, which is already in progress.

 

A hour into Tennessee the car just died. No spark. Thinking the coil went but ended up being my electronic ignition. Thank god I kept the original coil and points in a box underneath the floor in the back. Was able to get her back on the road in about 20 minutes. Easy fix, But I look like a hero for my family. Lol

 

I have never been left on the side of the road with points ignition. I have spent many hours with dead HEIs. I threw them all away! The problem it trying to find a parts store with points and condensers. I keep a tune up set in the pickup and on long trips a complete distributer under the seat.
A friend threw his Mallory HEI in Prudhoe Bay when he was working on the pipeline told me some day you'll wish you had never heard of that SOB. He was right.
Roadside repairs are a big part of my memories of our trips. My dad was a mechanical genius! He did in fact pull off some amazing fixes. Good luck with the rest of the trip and remember there is no shame in getting help when the family's safety is involved.

 

Checked out Nashville, and had to stop at the American Pickers place. Also a pretty cool car collection. Plus a lot of good food spots.

 

View attachment 5101261 View attachment 5101265 View attachment 5101268 View attachment 5101269 View attachment 5101271 View attachment 5101283 View attachment 5101284 View attachment 5101285 View attachment 5101286 Pretty Awesome place.. tried to trade the guy the wagon and my family for one of the Impalas... but he said no.

 

Hit up the museum in Nashville. After that we had the best milkshakes of my life for lunch. Highly recommend this place. A must stop

 

If you're still in Nashville drive down Broadway after dark...

I'll be back down there sometime this summer and I'll make it a point to try their milkshakes.

 

What a great bunch of pictures! Thank you.

 

We did! Very cool... we cruised it twice. The Kid Rock place was bumping. A lot of drunk people yelling they liked my car. Lol

 

Broadway; after dark; drunk people; if you have the first two you'll get the third.

Great trip (again). I wish I could go back 60 years and you be my dad.

 

You know I thought about that, but the real issue in this kind of operation is Mom. If momma don't like road trips, esp. in an old station wagon, guess what? It ain't gonna happen.

When I was growing up our family made a couple trips to Hackensack for lake fishing and staying in cabins. We thought it was great. Mom, not so much. And that, as they say, was the end of that.

 

Your point is valid but if Dad doesn't want to do it, you'll never know whether Mom would be OK with it or not! My Dad would never have done this because to him a car was simply a way to get from point A to point B.

 

Funny, I don't remember us being brothers.

 

Truth!

 

WOW those Pickers must be rolling on money if they can keep all those cars just hanging around. Yea I know they think of them as investments but that is a lot of cash tied up.

But never mind you and your family had a great trip.

 

Looks like another great trip! Thanks for taking us along!

 

No pictures of the 66 drive in in Carthage mo The drive on 66 from Carthage to Webb city really shows how narrow the early road was.

 

We lost a headlight... had the boys replace it. They’re are finally starting to pull their weight. Lol Also, at the parts store there was a bad ass Two Lane Blacktop clone. Had to check that out.

 

You sure are doing the "DAD" thing the correct way.

 

Maybe he meant Rocky Top

 

Need to have your daughter help with the next bulb change.

 

She did the ignition fix or at least told Dad how to do it.

 

Thank you sir... trying my best to raise men in this new weird world of ours.