Event Coverage The Corvette Adventure

Car is running good. Getting 18 mpg too.

Happy gauges



We're getting dinner somewhere in Mississippi now.

Saw one other old car on the road. A 58 to 60 Vette, primer gray with a maroon hardtop, going the other way on I20

 

That's awesome! Give it hell big guy!

 

160 mph speedo, cruise control and keyless ignition too!

 

That’s a badass photo!

 

Shhhhhh!! That switch is just for looks, the real ignition switch is hidden

 

I hope so. Hate to see that car end up in a Kentucky holler!

 

I worked with a guy, road trips? He said tape up the gauges and run for it...

 

This is great, enjoy every moment you have with your boy. The vette looks good, that's what they are for, driving. Good Luck!

 

What a crap comment. Stereotype much.

Carry on with your adventure Jim. Can you ever have too much fun? Apparently not. People to be met and places to be scene along the way. Thanks for letting us ride along in the back seat as such.

 

18!? thats almost hypermiling it!
and nearly better than my modern efi car gets...

 

Uhhhh…..it’s called a joke. After all this is a hot rod and custom site.

Enough derailing Jim’s thread.

 

How about a little driving music

 

What a cool road trip & adventure have a great time, looking forward to following the trip.

 

Jim & Steven stopped by my place for a visit around 1:00 pm and I can't express how much I enjoyed them taking the time to tell tall tales and going for lunch at Arnold's Hamburgers, I took them to ACE hardware for Gorilla tape and RainX, time passed much to quickly and they were soon gone, Good luck with drag week my friends.

The Vette looks like it would be so much fun and they both had grins that a side grinder couldn't remove.

HRP

 

Nice!

 

Salute. A moment in time

 

TOO Freakin' Kool, Man!!! TOO Freakin' Kool!!!
Danny, You're lookin' good Brother! Glad to see you up and about!!!

 

Very cool! So glad @HOTRODPRIMER and @squirrel could hang out a while!

 

Dang, Squirrel is on a quest! I’d still be in New Mexico

 

What a wonderful picture. Two of our many HAMB statesmen!

 

"Doctor Squirrel" and son are still making house calls!

 

That's called a Fingergrip ignition switch. Once it's out of the lock position, you can remove the keys and give them to your wife when you drive off to work for the day. Common to GM cars at the time.

Devin

 

Makes it tough to get home if you shut the switch off

 

You need the key to turn it to the lock position

 

That is interesting. My first car was a '56 Chevy and it had a similar looking switch but, I never knew that was an intended feature. Learn something new every day as they say!

 

It’s probably the early Chevy Off-On-Off switch.
Left Off is locked if the key is out.
If you remove the key when it’s in the On position, you can turn it off by rotating to the right Off. Then you can turn it On and Off without the key. It’s for a system with a separate start button

 

^^^^^ No

 

Nope. That's just how old Chevy's are...

 

Old GM Holdens us the same or very similar ignition switch. The keys come out of them too. I always figured it was because the lock tumblers/key ridges were flogged out, but perhaps I am wrong.

Cheers,
Harv